Tambayan NiYoh

First let us know the purpose of passing Civil Career Service Examination.

If you want to be a regular employee of the government, you'll need to have a Civil Service Certificate of Eligibility, and one way to get that is to passed the Professional or Subprofessional Civil Career Service Examination. I said one way, because Civil Service Commission offers other special eligibility certificate, but I won't be speaking of it here, you'll have to visit their official website. This Article will only focus on the Career Service Examination.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants for Career Service Professional and Sub-professional levels must:
A Filipino citizen
At least 18 years old
Have no criminal record or has not been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude
Has not been dishonorably discharged from military service or dismissed for cause from any civilian position in the government
Has not taken the same level of CSE within three months from last exam taken

REQUIREMENTS

Fully accomplished Application Form (CS Form No. 100 (Revised November 2012)).
Four ID pictures:
Philippine Passport size (1.8 inches x 1.4 inches)
Colored, with white background
Printed on good quality photo paper
In standard close-up shot (from shoulder level up with the head and face occupying at least 80% of the picture and with the name tag positioned at approximately 1 inch or 2.54 cm below the chin)
In bare face (with no eyeglasses or any accessories that may cover the facial features)
Showing left and right ears
Taken in full-face view directly facing the camera
With neutral facial expression, and both eyes open
Handwritten name tag in the format: First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name, and signature over printed name
Original and photocopy of any valid ID* containing applicant’s clear picture, date of birth, signature, and signature of the authorized head of the issuing agency such as Driver’s License, SSS ID, GSIS ID, Philhealth ID, current Company/Office ID, current School ID, Postal ID, BIR ID, Barangay ID, Voter’s ID, Valid Passport, or Police Clearance
Examination fee:
P500 for the Paper and Pencil Test (PPT)
P600 for Computer-Assisted Test (CAT)
Copy of Appointment letter received by the applicant through email (for Computer Assisted Test)

Here comes the big question, how to pass Career Service Examination?

Well, I'll just be speaking on how I did passed the Professional Career Service Examination, for it to be a testament that what I did was effective.

Anyways, let me get into it. I took the exam twice but failed, its a long story, let me just say that in my first take, I was prepared physically but not mentally, the second, I was prepared mentally but not physically. Now you have a whole picture on what happened in my third try. Savvy? :)

I'd like to call this Yoh's three (3) steps.

First, Know yourself. What you can do, what you're good at, what you're worst at. This is I guess what they call Self Inventory.
Second, Accept the result of your Self Inventory. Simple as that, don't be discourage or ashamed if you find yourself bad in Math or English, or anything. It is in acceptance that you'll have the courage to work on yourself.
Third, Start with what you have, know what available resources you have, don't ask or wish for anything you can't have for the moment. Work with it, and grow it. But of course, if you have resources, you'll have liabilities. deal with it! :)

Application of yoh's three (3) steps to me.

First, I'm not good at Arithmetic and Vocabulary, a little above average on statistics & graphical analyzation, Physically, I'm in good shape. :)

Second, Of course, I accepted the first facts, so I said, I'll give it a time to work on those area that I'm not good at. It kinda give me a perspective of what I should do.

Third, The best resources that I had is, I had ME. :) kidding. Seriously, the best resources that I had for this exam is internet, a 5" android smartphone, time of course, and a little money. On the liability side, I got bills of course and the need to provide for my parent with their daily needs.

I started working with those steps or facts. I used the internet to research on arithmetic & vocabulary for career service exam using my 5" android smartphone. I did find a good material, its entitled Arco Civil Service Arithmetic and Vocabulary 15th Edition by Thomson & Peterson, you can search the internet for that material or you can just post your email on the comment below and I'll send you a copy of it for free. The material is 360 pages, focusing on Arithmetic & Vocabulary, it has also Test-Taking Techniques that is very helpful,

Here's a screenshot of the material on my smartphone.

I give it a time to read and practice what's on the material, the only hard part is that I need to earn to sustain my daily needs and support my parents. So I need to be doing a little bit of everything when it comes to my field. :).. Anyways, too much of what I've been through, this is about me giving you a hint how you might do it your way, not about I've been through..

During the exam, I:

was Physically & Mentally ready;
had two pencils & one pencil sharpener
had in my pocket 10 pcs of max candy. No kidding, it helps me from being hungry.

To give you a little motivation here's a picture of my Certificate of Eligibility.