April 2016 Career Service Exam Schedule and Results

Civil Service Commission now accepting applications for Career Service Exam in 2016. Results will be posted here once released.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is now accepting applications for next year’s Career Service Professional and SubProfessional written examinations slated for April 17. The application period started on November 9, 2015 and will end on February 25, 2016, on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Career Service Examinations – Paper-and-Pencil Tests (CSE-PPT) are open to individuals who are Filipino citizens including those holding dual citizenship under Republic Act No. 9225, at least 18 years old at the time of filing of application, and have not taken the same level of examination in less than three months. Applicants who meet these qualifications may apply for and take the CSE-PPT regardless of their educational attainment.



The CSC will administer five types of eligibility examinations, with the following schedule:
  • Fire Officer Examination (FOE) on March 13;
  • Penology Officer Examination (POE) on March 13;
  • Career Service Examination, Paper-and-Pencil Test (CSE-PPT) for the Professional level on April 17 and October 23;
  • Career Service Examination, Paper-and-Pencil Test (CSE-PPT) for the Subprofessional level onApril 17 and October 23; and
  • CSE for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) on August 7.
More info for the schedule, please click HERE!

Application requirements include properly accomplished Application Form (CS Form No. 100, Revised 2015), four pieces of recently taken passport size I.D. pictures, and original and photocopy of a valid I.D. card with date of birth. In case the I.D. card has no date of birth, original and photocopy of birth certificate issued by the National Statistics Office should be submitted. Applicants holding dual citizenship should also submit the original and a photocopy of their Certification of Retention/Re-acquisition of Philippine Citizenship issued by the Bureau of Immigration. Examination fee for both levels of examination is PhP500.



Applications should be filed personally at the CSC Regional Office (CSCRO), or at any of the concerned CSCRO’s Field Offices, where they intend to take the examination. Application forms are available at any CSC Regional or Field Office, or may be downloaded from the CSC website.

Interested applicants are advised to access CSC Examination Announcement No. 07, s. 2015, posted in the CSC website www.csc.gov.ph for detailed information on the specifications of the I.D. pictures, the list of accepted I.D. cards, and other information including testing centers.

The CSC reiterates that it neither holds any review class nor publishes and distributes any review material for the career service examinations. Also, the CSC has not accredited any review center for the purpose of offering and holding review classes to prospective career service examinees.

Passing the Career Service examinations results in the conferment of either Career Service Professional eligibility or Career Service SubProfessional eligibility needed, the minimum requirement for permanent appointment to corresponding positions in the government that do not involve practice of profession and are not covered by other/special laws.

– From the Civil Service Commission

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