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Partea 1 · Recruitment Orientation

2. Recruitment Stages and Knowledge-Test Strategy

Recruitment rules are campaign-specific. RCT-2024-00076 is the concrete FGIV model used here. RCT-2025-00107 is the AD8 model. Both use a negative-marked knowledge test, but eligibility, stage order, scoring weights and interview criteria differ. Never transfer a number from one notice to another.

FGIV and AD8 are different selections

PointFGIV RCT-2024-00076AD8 RCT-2025-00107
StatusContract staff under Article 3(a) CEOSTemporary staff under Article 2(f) CEOS
Published vacancies13837
Role levelStanding Corps Officer, basic levelDeputy Section Leader or Head of Operational Horizontal Activity
Knowledge topicsEU/Frontex law, EU bodies, rights, ethics, ICTSame core plus geopolitics, leadership and resource management
Knowledge score0-10; minimum 30-10; minimum 3
Wrong answerminus half the value of a correct answerminus half the value of a correct answer
EnglishB2; FGIV notice tested reading, listening, speaking and writingB2; proficiency test
Later assessmentpsychometrics, physical, swimming, psychological, interview, medicalpsychometrics, physical, swimming, psychological, interview, medical and document confirmation

The published minimum is only an eligibility threshold. Ranking controls progression. In the FGIV notice, up to 1,500 eligible top scorers moved beyond eligibility review, up to 800 reached Stage II, and up to 400 reached Stage III. In the AD8 notice, up to 250 reached Stage II and up to 100 reached Stage III. Passing with 3/10 did not guarantee a place.

Negative marking, calculated

Treat one correct answer as +1, one wrong answer as -0.5, and a blank as 0. If your estimated probability of being correct is `p`, the expected value of answering is:

`p × 1 + (1 - p) × -0.5 = 1.5p - 0.5`

The answer has positive expected value only when `p` is above one third. Use that as a decision rule:

  • •Certain or strongly supported: answer.
  • •Two plausible choices after eliminating the others: normally answer.
  • •Pure guess among three choices: expected value is zero.
  • •Pure guess among four or more choices: negative expected value; leave blank.

Check the instructions on test day. The notice says at least three alternatives, not always exactly three.

Knowledge-test workflow

  1. Read the legal actor: Frontex, host state, Commission, eu-LISA, EUAA, Europol or another body.
  2. Identify the instrument: EBCG Regulation, Schengen Borders Code, Pact act, Charter, Operational Plan or code of conduct.
  3. Find the operational verb: verify, refer, report, record, stop, assist or escalate.
  4. Reject answers that exceed authority, bypass safeguards, or confuse systems.
  5. Apply negative-marking threshold before submitting.
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Dificultate 2/3

Verificați ce tocmai ați învățat

O întrebare reală în limba engleză din banca Frontex, plasată lângă explicația pe care o verifică.

Which legal provision divides EU contract staff into four function groups according to their duties and responsibilities?

  1. A Article 2(f) of the CEOS, which establishes function groups for agency temporary staff.
  2. B Regulation (EU) 2019/1896, which establishes four function groups for Frontex statutory staff.
  3. C Article 5 of the Staff Regulations, which assigns all contract staff to grades AD and AST.
  4. D Article 80 of the CEOS, which establishes contract staff function groups I to IV.
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Răspuns corect: D — Article 80 of the CEOS, which establishes contract staff function groups I to IV.

De ce: Article 80 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants (CEOS) divides contract staff into function groups I to IV by type of duties. Article 2(f) concerns a category of temporary staff, while Article 5 of the Staff Regulations classifies officials rather than contract staff. Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 establishes the European Border and Coast Guard framework but does not create these function groups.

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Evidence and review rights

The selection committee assesses what appears in the application and performance in the required tests and interviews. Unsupported experience cannot be repaired later with an informal email. Frontex allows a feedback/review request. A candidate who believes a decision is adverse may also use the Article 90(2) Staff Regulations complaint route within the stated deadline.

Campaign check

Before studying physical thresholds, candidate caps, weights, contract figures or stage order:

  1. Download your exact notice and annexes.
  2. Write its reference number and publication date on your plan.
  3. Mark every campaign-specific number.
  4. Recheck the vacancy page before each stage.

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