Master EPSO Digital Skills
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What is the EPSO Digital Skills Test?
The EPSO digital skills section tests your digital literacy and ability to navigate the modern information environment. Questions cover topics like how search engines work, recognising disinformation vs misinformation, data privacy and collection practices, evaluating online source credibility, understanding filter bubbles and echo chambers, and interpreting data presented in spreadsheets and charts.
This section tests practical digital knowledge that every EU institution employee needs. The questions present real-world digital scenarios and ask you to choose the most accurate or appropriate answer. It requires a mix of technical understanding (how algorithms personalise results, how cloud storage works) and critical thinking (evaluating information reliability, understanding bias in data).
Test Format at a Glance
Top 5 Tips for EPSO Digital Skills
Understand how search engines work
Know that search results are personalised based on location, history, and behaviour. Different search engines can return different results for the same query — this is a frequently tested concept.
Learn to spot disinformation
Understand the difference between disinformation (intentionally false), misinformation (unintentionally false), and malinformation (true but used to harm). Know how echo chambers and filter bubbles amplify false narratives.
Know data privacy basics
Understand how websites collect personal data, what cookies do, how targeted advertising works, and the basics of GDPR. Know the difference between first-party and third-party data collection.
Read all options carefully
Digital skills questions often have multiple plausible answers. The difference between the best and second-best option can be subtle — especially on questions about evaluating source credibility or interpreting data.
Know cybersecurity fundamentals
Understand phishing recognition, password best practices, two-factor authentication, secure file sharing, and the risks of public Wi-Fi. These are increasingly tested in EPSO exams.
Sample Question Format
Digital skills questions test your understanding of how digital technologies work and how to evaluate information critically. Here's an example.
An EU official searches for information on a recent regulation using two different search engines. The results are significantly different. What is the most accurate explanation?
Search engines use different algorithms and personalise results based on user history, location, and behaviour. Answer: B.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many digital skills questions are on the EPSO exam?▼
The EPSO CBT includes 40 digital skills questions to be completed in 30 minutes. This is the section with the most questions relative to time, at just 45 seconds per question on average.
What topics are covered in the digital skills section?▼
The main topics are: internet literacy (search engines, personalisation, algorithms), data literacy (interpreting charts, statistics, spreadsheets), information evaluation (disinformation, source credibility, echo chambers), cybersecurity (phishing, passwords, data protection), and digital tools (cloud storage, collaborative platforms, file formats).
Do I need technical IT skills for the digital skills section?▼
Not deep technical skills. The questions test digital literacy at a professional user level — not programming or system administration. You need to understand how digital technologies work conceptually: how search engines personalise results, how data is collected online, how to evaluate information credibility.
How is this section different from the old EPSO situational judgement test?▼
EPSO replaced the situational judgement test with a digital skills section focused on digital literacy, data interpretation, and critical evaluation of online information. It tests practical digital knowledge rather than workplace behaviour scenarios. EPSO Genius provides 1,000+ questions covering all digital skills topics with detailed explanations.
Deep dive by subtopic
Cybersecurity & Data Protection
Test your knowledge of cybersecurity concepts, GDPR, and data protection — the largest topic in the EPSO digital skills test.
Data & Information Management
Test your knowledge of data organisation, spreadsheets, databases, and information management concepts.
Copyright, Licences & Programming
Test your knowledge of intellectual property, open-source licences, Creative Commons, and basic programming concepts.
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