Public Service Entrance Exams

The Public Service Commission promotes and ensures a  non-partisan and merit-based public service that is representative of, and serves all Canadians.  As part of this mandate, the Public Service Commission recruits for the public service with a portal for all public service jobs.   The Public Service Commission administers all public service entrance exams.

Canada Public Service Entrance Test 371

The  (PSEE 371) is used to assess your reasoning and judgment skills for officer-level positions in the federal public service. The PSEE is usually the final step in a two-step assessment process, following an unsupervised version of the test (i.e., PSEE UIT 370).

General Competency Test GCT 2

The General Competency Test is a general cognitive aptitude test that assesses your reasoning and problem solving ability.

WCPT

The Written Communication Proficiency Test is used to evaluate your written English  communication skills.  It is used to evaluate candidates for Officer-level employees, managers who must write letters, memos, reports or other documents, and express themselves concisely.

Test of Judgement 375

The Public Service Commission administers assessment exams for government positions. The Test of Judgment 375 assesses a candidate’s judgment and problem-solving ability. The test provides scenarios and candidates must come up with solutions.

Test of Reasoning 373

The test of reasoning 373 (TOR 373) evaluates the intellectual and problem-solving ability for officer-level positions in the national public service.

What’s on the Test

• Filing
• Arithmetic Calculations
• Checking
• Vocabulary
• Following Directions

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Officer position at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) must take the Situational Judgement Tests (SJT)

Situational Judgement Tests (SJT) give a scenario and you are asked for the best response.  SJT generally cover the following areas:

• Communication
• Being a Team Player
• Building Relationships
• Organization and Planning
• Focus on Customer
• Analytical and Creative Thinking

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The NAV Canada Air Traffic Controller Test is a smaller version of the Wonderlic Test.   You are given 30 questions to be answered in 8-minutes.

Questions include:

• Algebra
• Word-problems to
• Verbal knowledge (Vocabulary)
• logic

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The most common CRA assessment is the Korn Ferry Leadership Test.

Other CRA public service entrance exams are:

• Tax auditor, IT Developer, Customer Service —   CRA SJT-R Practice
• Collection Officer — CRA Writing Test and Accounting Level 1

The CRA Writing Skills test assesses an individual’s primary skills in capitalization, spelling, vocabulary, punctuation, sentence construction, and grammar.
CRA Writing Test

Situational Judgement

The Competency-based Behavioral test is scenario-based, with typical on-the-job situations.  Each scenario concerns a different competency, with 3-9 questions per competency.  You must answer each question in 15 minutes.

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The CRA Accounting Level One Test assesses:

• Knowledge of general ledger, financial statements, CICA Handbook, journal entries, as well as their interrelationships and purpose
• Accounting practices, techniques and principles

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The Competency-Based Organization Test presents work-related experiences that you will encounter on the job.

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For management positions in the CRA or other parts of the Canadian Public Service, the most common public service entrance exam is the Korn Ferry Leadership Assessment.  This test allows recruiters to select the best applicants with desired characteristics and personality traits, that can be quite particular and specific.  The

Korn Ferry assessments are:

1. Korn Ferry Assessment of Leadership Potential
2. Korn Ferry Four-Dimensional (KF4D) Executive Assessment
3. Korn Ferry viaEdge