NYC civil service exam: These applications are open in December

To apply for a civil service exam open during this application period, go online via the Online Application System at www.nyc ...
Las Vegas Sun

Loyalty test will corrupt US civil service

Among President Donald Trump’s boldest power grabs is the one he is making to seize control of the federal workforce, transforming an army of nonpartisan civil service workers into a loyal fiefdom.
The Economist

Can you pass the toughest tests in the world?

Max Weber, sensible German intellectual that he was, considered bureaucracy the best way to organise large societies. And societies don’t come any larger than China and India, where the decisions of ...
Times Union

Key Schenectady department head must take civil service test to keep job

In this undated photograph, Schenectady General Services Commissioner Paul LaFond answers questions from City Council members during a committee meeting. A state ruling now requires a civil service ...
The Economist

India’s and China’s civil-service exams are notoriously difficult

Cigarette butts, spectacle lenses and car tyres. Which of those items contain plastic? Papaya, pineapple, guava. How many of those fruits were brought to India by the Portuguese? Last month around ...