Notice amending the notice of open competition – EPSO/AST/148/21 – Proofreaders/Language editors (AST 3) for the following languages: Greek (EL), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Irish (GA), Italian (IT) and Portuguese (PT) (OJ C 58 A, 18.2.2021)
Date: 2022-03-08
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: assistant, competition (EU), information profession, official language








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8.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 111/2






Notice amending the notice of open competition – EPSO/AST/148/21 – Proofreaders/Language editors (AST 3) for the following languages: Greek (EL), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Irish (GA), Italian (IT) and Portuguese (PT)
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 58 A of 18 February 2021
)
(2022/C 111 A/02)
On page 5, Section 5 ‘Assessment centre’ should read:

‘5)   
Assessment centre




A maximum of 3 times
 the number of successful candidates sought for each language will be invited to this phase. If you meet the eligibility requirements according to the data in your online application and if you scored one of the 
highest total marks
 at the selection based on qualifications, you will be invited to attend the assessment centre (online or in-person) over one or several days in your 
languages 1 and 2
. Please note that the field-related test may be organised either in one of EPSO’s accredited test centres or remotely. Further details and instructions will be included in your invitation letter.
If the computer-based MCQ tests described in point 2 were 
not organised upfront
, you will sit them during the assessment centre phase either in one of EPSO’s accredited centres or remotely. These tests are eliminatory and the marks obtained will not be added to the marks of the other assessment centre tests in the calculation of your total score.
Unless instructed otherwise, you will have to upload scanned copies of your supporting documents to your EPSO account. Further details and instructions will be included in your invitation letter.
Seven general competencies, as well as the field-related competencies required for this competition, will be tested at the assessment centre through 
three tests
 as described in the following matrices:







Competency


Tests


Language










1.


Analysis and problem solving






Situational competency-based interview


Language 2










2.


Communication






General competency-based interview


Language 2










3.


Delivering quality and results






General competency-based interview


Language 2










4.


Learning and development






Situational competency-based interview


Language 2










5.


Prioritising and organising






Situational competency-based interview


Language 2










6.


Resilience






General competency-based interview


Language 2










7.


Working with others






General competency-based interview


Language 2




Each general competency will be marked out of 10. There is no pass mark per competency. However, you must reach a pass mark of at least 35/70 in total.








Competency


Test


Languages


Pass marks




Field-related competencies


Proofreading and correcting a text in Language 1.
The first part of the test will be done 
with
 comparison to the source text in Language 2, the second part of the test will be done 
without
 comparison to the source text in Language 2.
Proofreading will cover both the linguistic aspects (grammar, spelling and punctuation) and typography. Candidates must give reasons for the corrections made. (2h30)


Languages 1 and 2


30/50 for each part’