There will be special sittings so the civil service exam can cope with an influx of applications
The EU’s recruitment office is planning to split the selection process for more than 170,000 applicants seeking careers in the European civil service into two stages, the agency announced on Instagram.
A surge in applicants for the EU’s generalist entry examinations – exceeding expectations threefold – has forced the executive to split the procedure into two sessions to filter the candidates.
“Instead of sitting all tests at once, candidates will complete them in two separate sittings,” the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) told Euractiv.
The first part is expected to take place over a few weeks during October and November this year, while the second part would take place sometime in 2027 at a time that has yet to be announced – but expected during the first half of the year.
