EN
C 255 A/4
Official Journal of the European Union
20.7.2023
Successful candidates, once recruited, will be asked to demonstrate their skills and competencies — both general and field-related — in one of the languages of the EUIPO.
It is therefore necessary to organise the main aspects of the selection in this language.
Due to technical reasons and to guarantee consistency across the tests, the instructions given during tests, the IT interface(s) for test administration, and the language of communication with proctors will be in English.
In the invitations to candidates and on EUIPO website, a link will be provided with the translation of the instructions and of the relevant print screen(s) of IT interface(s) into the five languages of EUIPO. 4.3.
Competition phases 4.3.1.
Application To apply, a candidate needs to have an EPSO account.
Candidates who do not yet have an EPSO account, will need to create one.
Only one account may be created for all of a candidate’s EPSO applications.
The candidates must apply online on the EPSO website (4) by 29 August 2023 at 12:00 (midday), Central European Time.
By validating their application form, candidates declare on their honour that they meet all the conditions mentioned under Section ‘Am I eligible?’.
Once the candidates have validated their application form, they will no longer be able to make any changes.
It is the candidates’ responsibility to ensure that they complete and validate their application within the deadline.
Candidates will have to upload — to their EPSO account — scanned copies of the documents supporting the declarations made in their application form by 2 October 2023 at 12:00 (midday), Central European Time.
4.3.2.
Testing All candidates who have validated their application form by the deadline indicated in this notice will be invited to sit a series of tests.
(a) Reasoning tests The tests of the candidates’ reasoning abilities will be organised as follows:
Test
Language
Questions
Duration
Pass mark
Verbal reasoning
Language 1
20 questions
35 min
10/20
Numerical reasoning
Language 1
10 questions
20 min
Abstract reasoning
Language 1
10 questions
10 min
Numerical and abstract combined: 10/20
To succeed in the reasoning tests, a candidate needs to reach both a pass score of at least 10/20 in the verbal reasoning test and a combined pass score of at least 10/20 in numerical and abstract reasoning tests.
These tests are aimed at selecting candidates with sufficient level of reasoning abilities.
These tests are eliminatory, which means that while candidates need to reach the pass scores to remain in the competition, the scores obtained will not count towards the final overall score (see Section 4.3.3).
Candidates who do not reach the required pass score in the reasoning tests will not have the results of other tests (field-related MCQ test and the case study) scored and will not be notified of those results.
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