Over 600 individuals set to take foreign service officer eligibility test - CSC
By Dhel Nazario
More than 600 individuals will be taking the Career Service Examination for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO), the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Friday, Jan. 27.

In a statement, the agency stated that a total of 643 individuals will take the Career Service Examination for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) on Feb. 5, 2023.
CSc stated that the bulk of examinees will come from the National Capital Region (NCR) with 406 takers, while the rest are from Regions 1 to 11 and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Testing venues are listed in Examination Advisory No. 1, s. 2023, while individual room assignments may be generated using the Online Notice of School Assignment or ONSA. Both are available from the CSC website at www.csc.gov.ph.
Also available through the ONSA is the “Examinee’s Guide in Taking CSE-FSO”, which contains full details on the whole examination process. Examinees must read the guide thoroughly, and avoid sharing a copy with the public as it is only for their exclusive use.
CSC reminded that wearing of face mask when entering and while inside the testing venue is mandatory.
The upcoming exam will strictly observe the “No ID, No Exam” policy.
The CSE-FSO serves both as a qualifying test and an eligibility examination. As a qualifying test, it forms the first of the five-part Foreign Service Officer Examination (FSOE). Thus, passing the CSE-FSO is a requisite to be able to proceed to the succeeding parts of the FSOE—Preliminary Interview, Written Test, Psychological Test, and Oral Test—all administered by the DFA. The FSOE is being done to recruit candidates for the Foreign Service Officer, Class IV position.
As an eligibility examination, passers of the CSE-FSO shall be conferred the Career FSO Eligibility. This eligibility is appropriate for first-level (clerical) and second-level (technical) positions in the government that do not involve the practice of the profession and are not covered by the bar, board, and other laws.