If you applied for AD5 (notice AD/427/26), you're competing in a format that differs from what older guides describe. Here's the structure, what each part actually tests, and where your preparation hours pay off most.
Previous AD5 competitions ended with an Assessment Centre — group exercises, interviews, case studies. Not this time. AD/427/26 is decided through computer-based testing. That's good news if you dread role-plays, and it raises the stakes on every multiple-choice question: your written test performance is your candidacy.
Three tests come first, and they act as the filter for everything after:
Verbal reasoning. Short passages followed by questions where exactly one statement is supported by the text. The trap isn't difficult vocabulary — it's answers that are true in real life but not stated in the passage. The discipline you're training is: only the text counts.