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The 2020 edition is the biggest ever and full of strategies, advice and practice exercises. Included are methodologies, warm-up exercises and hundreds of practice questions with answer explanations showing shortcuts and common pitfalls. A brand new feature for 2020 is a specially designed warm-up exercise for tackling abstract reasoning questions, the test which gives many candidates particular difficulties. The book also includes a detailed guide to the whole EPSO process for EPSO Administrator-level open and CAST competitions, explaining how to improve your chances and the common errors to avoid. Note: Candidates for Assistant (AST or AST-SC) exams should use "The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2020" and those who reach the final stage Assessment Centre should use "The Ultimate EU Test Book Assessment Centre 2020"

The Ultimate EU Test Book Administrators 2019 is relevant for all EPSO AD5-AD 9, Linguist, and AD Specialist exams and also CAST competitions. It is packed with strategies, tips, advice and comprehensive practice exercises. The book opens with 2 chapters explaining the EPSO process, looking at issues such as chances of succeeding in different competitions, typical timelines, scoring, and key mistakes to avoid. There are then chapters on the skills and shortcuts needed in tackling verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning questions, backed up by comprehensive practice exercises designed to simulate AD-level competitions. Multiple choice questions are accompanied by detailed answer explanations to enable you to understand your mistakes and improve your speed and accuracy. Finally situational judgement tests are explained, with practice scenarios. The focus is on the so-called pre-selection tests as this is where the great majority of candidates fail. A separate edition, The Ultimate EU Test Book Assessment Centre 2019, is available for those who make it to the Assessment Centre phase, where the exercises used are very different.show less