u/Fedelgamer

Hello fellow EU‑career aspirants,

I applied for the AD7 Data Management & Knowledge competition (tomorrow are the tests) and I’m a bit unsure about the Field-related MCQ and EUFTE tests, which feel much less concrete than the parts.

1) Field‑related MCQs:
The notice just says “field‑related”, but data management is huge (governance, quality, metadata, knowledge management, EU context, technical aspects, etc.).

My questions are:

• Are the MCQs more conceptual or technical?
• More EU/public‑sector oriented or generic data‑management theory?
• Do they test breadth over depth?
• Is there going to be any coding questions?

2) EUFTE – writing test:
EPSO published the EU document, but I’m unclear on the expected output. I have heard it could be:

• a briefing note,
• an article/internal note,
• a speech, or
• a Q&A.

My questions:

• Do we know more concretely which format to write?
• Roughly how much text do they expect in 40 minutes?

My guess: ~10 min to read/structure, ~30 min to write → focus on structure and clarity rather than length.

Any tips or experiences welcome. Thanks and good luck to everyone!