Many candidates think (wrongly) that they’re no good at numerical reasoning. Maybe, at school, they were always “bad at maths”. And just seeing a table of figures is still enough to make them panic.
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Is verbal reasoning a test of language?
The EPSO competition verbal reasoning test takes place in language 1. Each question consists of a text and four statements. The candidate must choose the statement that can be deduced from the text. Here is an example question. You will find the answer at the end of this article.
The abstract reasoning test – two approaches
The EPSO competition abstract reasoning test assesses candidates’ ability to identify and understand relationships between concepts with no linguistic or numerical elements. Each question consists of a series of diagrams containing geometric shapes that are repeated or modified according to a logic sequence. Candidates must identify the underlying logic and find the diagram that completes the series from 5 possible options.
In which languages must I sit the competition?
If you are sitting a competition for interpreters, translators or proof readers, the answer will be clearly stated in the Notice of Competition. For all other open competitions (AD and AST) run by EPSO, you must sit the tests in two languages:
- language 1 for verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning and abstract reasoning;
- language 2 for all other tests, including both access tests and assessment centre tests.