Educational resource — civil service exam preparation. Not a government website.
Practice exams & study guides
Pass your civil service exam—with structured prep
Start with a free full-length practice test (60 questions) or open an exam guide matched to your job title. Use your official bulletin as the final word on what's tested—we help you build skills and confidence around it.
Choose how you want to prepare
Most visitors start with one of these—both are free, no account required.
Full practice exam
60 multiple-choice questions across reading, math, logical reasoning, and situational judgment—timed feel, instant-style pacing. Pick a topic page (police, clerical, etc.) if you want agency-specific context on the same test.
- Same question bank on every practice page
- Timer and progress as you go
Exam study guides
Title-based guides explain what many civil service exams emphasize—merit system context, common question types, and topic checklists you can line up with your announcement.
- Clerical, law enforcement, fire, trades, and more
- Many guides include a matching practice test link
Exam guides by title
Study guides for your exam
Open the guide that fits your role—each includes merit context, what many tests cover, and a checklist you can compare to your bulletin. Several titles link to a practice test on the same topic.
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Administrative Assistant
Office procedures, scheduling, correspondence, and organizational skills common on clerical and administrative civil service exams.
Open guide - + Practice test
Correction Officer
Security procedures, observation, reporting, and judgment for correction titles.
Open guide - + Practice test
Court Officer
Courtroom procedure, legal vocabulary, public safety, and professional demeanor.
Open guide - + Practice test
Police Officer
Logical reasoning, observation, writing, and judgment for law enforcement entrance exams.
Open guide - + Practice test
Social Services
Case-oriented reasoning, regulations, ethics, and communication for human services titles.
Open guide - + Practice test
Accounting
Bookkeeping, governmental accounting concepts, and quantitative reasoning for fiscal titles.
Open guide - + Practice test
Clerical
Filing, coding, typing, and general clerical aptitude for office support exams.
Open guide - + Practice test
Firefighter
Spatial reasoning, mechanical concepts, reading, and teamwork judgment for fire suppression titles.
Open guide - + Practice test
Maintenance
Trade knowledge, tools, safety, and troubleshooting for maintenance and operations titles.
Open guide Customs & Border Protection
Federal entrance exam patterns: logic, English, and situational judgment (where applicable).
Open guideSupervisory Administration
Leadership scenarios, policy interpretation, and supervisory judgment for government supervisory titles.
Open guideIT Specialist
Technical reasoning, troubleshooting, networking concepts, and systems thinking for IT civil service titles.
Open guidePublic Health
Regulations, epidemiology concepts, ethics, and analytical reasoning for public health civil service roles.
Open guideLibrarian & Archivist
Cataloging concepts, reference services, records management, and public service for library and archival civil service exams.
Open guide
Practice exams
Full-length practice tests
Every practice page runs the same 60-question exam so you can rehearse once and still explore how NYPD, clerical, postal, and other landing pages frame the skills. Use the hub to browse by agency or jump straight into the general run.
What Civil Service Exam is for
We focus on exam skills and title-based prep: how civil service tests are structured, what they often measure, and how to align study with your bulletin. Government-issued test guides remain the authority for your specific exam—we don't replace them.
More resources
About this site and official materials outside of practice and guides.
Official test guides by state
States publish booklets for many titles. Example: the New York Department of Civil Service test guides and resource booklets index lists PDFs for state and local examinations.
Merit system & what written exams include
Civil service hiring rewards job-related qualifications and competitive exam scores. You typically receive a score, land on an eligible list, and agencies use that list under local rules—so preparation affects rank. Veterans credits, residency, and special programs vary; follow your official notice.
Many written tests mix reading comprehension, reasoning, math or spatial items, and situational judgment—not only job facts. Our guides and practice questions reflect those skill areas so you can rehearse the same kinds of thinking.