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Open Competitive Examination for grade 5

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  1. 1. Qualification

    over the age of 18 and under the age of 60

    do not include the case of Article 33 in the State Public Officials Act

  2. 2. Procedure

    1st round
    (multiple choice exam)
    PSAT(Public Service Aptitude Test), Constitution, English(substituted with English proficiency test), History(substituted with history proficiency test)

    Candidates selected within a multiple of 10

    2nd round
    (essay-type exam)
    Each sector 4∼5 subjects * mandatory 3∼4, elective 1

    Candidates selected within a multiple of 1.5

    3rd round
    (Interview)
    Group discussion + individual presentation + intensive interview

    Announcement of the successful candidates

  3. 3. Examination subjects

    1st round : PSAT(linguistic logic, data interpretation, circumstantial judgement), Constitution, English(substituted with English proficiency test), History(substituted with history proficiency test)

    2st round examination subjects for main functional job series

    Examination subjects
    Job group Job series Subjects
    Administrative General administration administrative law, economics, politics, public administration + elective 1 (policy sciences, social science search methodology, civil law etc)
    Finance and economy administrative law, economics, financethe science of finance, public administration + elective 1 (international economics, statistics, business administration, tax law etc)
    Technical General Machinery machinery crafts, the design of a machine, material mechanics + elective 1 (thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, automatical control etc)
    General engineering applied mechanics, surveying, soil mechanics + elective 1 (Mechanics of materials, structural mechanics, hydrology, fluid mechanics etc)

  4. 4. Applicable targets

    recruitment targets for gender equality
    recruitment target for regional talent