EPSO AD5 study plan

Outline three EU policy documents in 150 words each, isolating problem, legal base, options, impact and recommendation

Draft one 900-word policy briefing on a current EU administrative topic with an explicit problem statement, options appraisal and single recommendation

Complete 30 verbal-reasoning items on EU-related passages and log every wrong answer with the inference or scope rule missed

Summarise five EU press releases into one sentence each to practise extracting the author's central claim

Restructure the week-1 brief into a strict case-study skeleton: situation analysis, options appraisal, recommendation, implementation risks

Solve 40 data-interpretation questions covering percentages, ratios and index numbers in two 25-minute timed blocks

Convert three EU statistical tables into three-sentence findings with correct units and rounding

Write a 200-word executive summary of the case study using quantified claims only

Produce a full case study under 90-minute exam conditions and mark it against a written 12-point rubric

Draft six STAR outlines for analysis-and-problem-solving and communication questions drawn from your own experience

Rewrite two STAR outlines to strip preamble and lead with the action and the measurable result

Record two spoken answers and time them against a 3-minute limit

Expand the competency bank to 12 STAR stories covering all six competencies, each anchored to a numeric result

Run a 45-minute mock interview of eight questions and score each answer against written anchor descriptors

Solve 60 numerical items spanning percentage change, weighted averages and growth rates, tracking accuracy by item type

Cut average numerical item time to 75 seconds or less while holding accuracy at 80% or better

Complete 60 verbal items across three 20-minute timed blocks and record the score for each block

Analyse ten EU legislative texts to state the main argument, the supporting evidence and one unstated assumption

Work 50 abstract-reasoning items on rotation, mirroring and series, writing the governing rule for each solved item

Compile a one-page rule sheet of recurring abstract patterns and test it against ten unseen items

Sit two full 20-question numerical sets at exam pace and review every error from both a method and a reading angle

Solve 40 abstract items under 60 seconds each and rank the three pattern types consuming the most time

Drill 30 mixed numerical items combining tables, charts and prose to practise selecting the right data source

Draft a one-page numerical checklist covering units, base year, percentage points versus percent and rounding

Work 40 situational-judgement scenarios and write the justifying principle behind each chosen response, aligned to EU institutional values

Map integrity, transparency and service to the public onto six prepared behavioural examples

Stress-test the resilience and leadership stories against adversarial follow-up questions from a reviewer

Condense the judgement principles into a one-page decision heuristic and re-test it on ten new scenarios

Sit two full-length mock exams reproducing the real section mix and time limits

Consolidate all error logs into a two-page revision sheet listing the 20 most frequent mistakes

Re-drill the two weakest domains with 30 targeted items each

Finalise the case-study template and rehearse a 15-minute outline-to-answer drill under exam pressure