The second Panhellenic written contest For the State it launches the ASEP With significant changes in the process and with the aim of leaving behind the delays of the past and to ensure meritocracy, speed and transparency.
ASEP’s written competition is in the final line as the applications has been completed. The 47.410s who have been involved in preparation with the expectation of high performance and their immediate positioning, which is the demand for everyone, for the government, the independent authority and of course the candidates.
The experience of the first competition with the slow absorption of the appointed may be the main reason for the reduced entries over the previous one A written test, for which more than 108,000 applications had been submitted.
Undersecretary of State Vivi Charalambogiannis told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency that by the end of the year the “tank” with the appointed will be ready and is expected that the absorption will begin by early 2026.
For the delay in appointing the successful candidates in 2023, the deputy minister said that “the first competition has already begun with two approved programs, 2022 and 2023. With the new provision established in October, it is given, is given, it is given, it is given, it is given in October. Now the ability to absorb success by the first competition and 2024 and 2025. “This is how the container is reset and we serve our main purpose: the year for which the positions are approved to be the year that the successful ones will sit on the chair,” Ms. Charalambogiannis concluded.
The philosophy of the contest changes
The philosophy of the competition is changing, as ASEP President Thanasis Papaioannou points out in RES-EIA, and explains: “The processes are being modernized as our times impose. Based on the experience we have gained from the conduct of written electronic examinations, such as the selection of public authorities or even forests, we are organizing an electronic competition for the selection of staff in the wider State for the first time. Candidates will compete in front of a computer, which will lead to a faster version of the candidates’ scores. “
This competition will meet the needs of the State for staff of University (IP) and Technological Education (TE) for 2026 and 2027, As part of the recruitment planning approved each year by the Council of Ministers. This means that those who do not participate in the competition will have no other opportunity to appoint at least until the next written competition.
Concerning the successful candidates of the first written competition, Mr. Papaioannou notes that on the basis of the numbers most of them had the opportunity to appoint. He states that a total of 14,837, of which 1,371 did not apply to any 2024 notice. For the 13,466 candidates, a total of 6,119 posts were announced by the planning of 2022, 2023 and 2024 while the planning of 2025 were announced 2.084. That is, for the 13,466 candidates, there has been and will have an opportunity to appoint 12,445 positions. It should be noted that so far there are 600 nominees of 2024 who did not accept their appointment.
In mid -June the electronic examination
Clarifications have already been given to the next tender for the procedure and the timetable. The dates will depend on the number of applications submitted and the allocation of candidates in Athens and Thessaloniki. It is estimated that electronic examination will begin in mid -June at the Athens Examination Center (in Maroussi) and then in Thessaloniki and will be completed by the end of July.
After setting the days of the competition, an electronic platform will be opened, through which candidates will select the examination center as well as the day and time they wish to be examined. If they do not do so, their distribution will be done electronically by ASEP itself.
Exams will be done electronically With the Multiple Choice Questions and includes two modules: knowledge examination and skill test – work efficiency.
The sections of the questions
In the knowledge examination, candidates will be asked to answer questions related to sections a) Constitutional Law, b) Administrative Law, c) European Institutions and Law, d) Economic Sciences, e) Public Administration and Management of Human Resources, f) Informatics and Digital Governance and g) Modern History of Greece (1875-present).
The questions will be drawn by drawing from the issues bank created by ASEP. There are three groups of 400 knowledge questions from all the thematic sections with the four possible answers, and the right answer will be mentioned. Question groups will be gradually released, almost two weeks before the exams, Depending on the time of the competition. From the first team will be asked the questions for those who compete in the first few days, from the second for those who then compete and from the third for those who will be examined in recent days.
The skill and work efficiency test
It will be more difficult to test skills and work efficiency, as it will require more complex thinking, and in this case there will be no questions with the right answers but only questions will be posted. Will be assessed, in particular, skills such as o Productive and inductive reasoningwhile working behaviors related to the Single Skill Framework will be examined and in particular with (a) citizen orientation, b) teamwork, c) adaptability, d) outcome orientation, e) organization and planning, (f) problem solving and creativity, g) professionalism and integrity, and integrity.
The score of the written procedure is set on a scale of 1-100 while the gravity of the score on the skill and work efficiency test and The knowledge examination is the same (50%-50%). Unlike the first competition, there is no base rating, which means that there will be no separation of successful and failure.
As in the first competition, candidates (this time everyone and not only the “successful”) will enter a rating table by category and branch/specialty (first stage), in order to follow, in the second stage, in the posts of posts, respective sectors/specialties, under the supervision of the Ministry and the 1st and 2nd grade OTAs).
Recruitment of a body will be made in order of priority based on exam ratings, which will count additional qualifications (postgraduate, foreign languages, etc.), locality and special social criteria.