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		<title>So I won&#8217;t be a Commission official</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 12:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of the concours for administrators are now out, and &#8211; surprise, surprise &#8211; I did not manage to pass. Here&#8217;s the extract of the letter: The selection board for the above competition has now finished marking the pre-selection &#8230; <a href="http://www.jonworth.eu/so-i-wont-be-a-commission-official/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The results of the concours for administrators are now out, and &#8211; surprise, surprise &#8211; I did not manage to pass. Here&#8217;s the extract of the letter:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The selection board for the above competition has now finished marking the pre-selection tests in which you participated. I regret to inform you that although the marks you obtained in these tests were above or equal to the pass mark, you were not amongst the top 630 candidates.</em></p>
<p><em>Point B.1 of the competition notice stipulates that only those candidates with the 630 highest marks in the pre-selection tests would be asked to submit a full application with a view to their possible admission to the competition. </em></p>
<p><em>Your marks are as follows (1): </em></p>
<p><em>Test a): 38.333 /60 (pass mark 30)<br />
Test b): 15.263 /20 (pass mark 10)<br />
Test c): 30.769 /40 (pass mark 20)</em></p>
<p><em>Total: 84.365/ 120</em></p>
<p><em>For your information, the candidates who obtained the 630 highest combined scores had at least 92.611 points. </em></p>
<p><em>I would add that the Selection Board&#8217;s decision does not preclude you from taking part in any future competitions organised by the European Personnel Selection Office.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s beyond me how one can get 15.263 / 20 when there were 40 questions, but anyway, c&#8217;est la vie. All the best to all the geeks who know who won the Sakharov prize in the year X or other equally useful everyday facts.</p>
<p><strong>FILE DOWNLOADS</strong><br />
Blog commenter &#8216;viking&#8217; has made some <a href="http://www.jonworth.eu/downloads/tests.zip">new test files</a> available for download, and he had also supplied the <a href="http://www.jonworth.eu/downloads/manuel_erl.zip">manual for electronic Reserve Lists</a>. Some additional test files have been provided by Sorina (see comment #1003) &#8211; <a href="http://www.jonworth.eu/downloads/sorina-tips.zip">download 342kb, ZIPped</a>. Enjoy!</p>
<p><strong>SOCIAL NETWORKS</strong><br />
If anyone is a member of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> there&#8217;s the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5171487276">&#8216;So I won&#8217;t be a Commission official&#8217; Facebook Group</a>, and the <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/travelpod-challenge/community/574450064/5224">EU Integration Traveler IQ challenge</a> (you need to add the Traveler IQ Facebook application) &#8211; a more fun way to revise for the concours&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>NOTE<br />
Due to such an enormous number of comments here I have had to divide the comments function. The latest few hundred comments are below, and all the older comments are archived <a href="http://www.jonworth.eu/concours-discussion-overflow/">here</a>. All should work technically now.</strong></p>
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		<title>Concours discussion &#8211; overflow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 06:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The sheer number of comments at the main post &#8216;<a href="http://www.jonworth.eu/so-i-wont-be-a-commission-official/">So I Won&#8217;t Be A Commission Official</a>&#8216; has been causing problems, so all the old comments are here instead, and hence searchable.</p>
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