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STEP 3: PNQ
If you pass the FSOT multiple choice and essay sections, you will receive an email asking you to submit a Personal Narrative (PN) in which you answer questions describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities you would bring to the Foreign Service. The firm deadline for submission will be three weeks after the request is sent to [...]
STEP 2: Foreign Service Officer Test
The Foreign Service Officer Test is administered online at hundreds of test centers across the United States and abroad. The test will measure your knowledge, skills and abilities, including writing skills that are necessary to the work of a Foreign Service Officer. The test lasts approximately 3 hours and and draws upon a candidate’s writing [...]
STEP 1: Register for the Test
The first step in the State Department’s selection process is the actual registration and application process. All registrations for the Foreign Service Officer Test are completed online. The registration package consists of an application form that gathers factual information about your academic background, work history, and other relevant data. You must submit your application before [...]
Links – Oral Assessments
State Department Electronic Reading Room – a great resource for OA preparation.
http://www.state.gov/m/a/ips/c22790.htm
Group Dynamics: The Basic Nature of Groups and How They Develop
http://www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/theory/theory.htm
Memo Writing Tips
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/681/01/
Links – Language Testing
Video Examples of the Interagency Language Skill Levels
Streaming Satellite TV
World Radio Networks
Defense Language Institute
Links – Essay Section
How ACT scores essays
http://www.actstudent.org/writing/scores/index.html
An Introduction to the Analytical Writing Section of the GRE General Test
ftp://ftp.ets.org/pub/gre/awintro.pdf
The ACT: Hamburger Writing – The Organization of the Essay
http://goo.gl/vghl
The 5 Paragraph Essay Format
http://www.englishdiscourse.org/5.paragraph.essay.format.html
Argument Topics
http://www.gre.com/argutop.html
http://www.ets.org/gre/general/prepare/sample_questions/analytical/issues/index.html
George Orwell – “Politics and the English Language.”
http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/patee.html
Links – English Express Section
Strunk & White Grammar
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Links – Biographical Information Section
Jung Personality Assessments
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
Psychology Type Profiles
http://www.typelogic.com/
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter®- A widely used personality test
http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx
Meyer Briggs Personality Types (used by the State Department in FSI Leadership Courses)
http://www.myersbriggs.org/type-use-for-everyday-life/
Links – Job Knowledge Section
International Affairs Resources
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/amforpol.html
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/diplohm.html
The Economist – Audio Edition
http://www.economist.com/audioedition/
Council of Foreign Relations Newsletters & Podcasts
http://www.cfr.org/about/newsletters/
http://www.cfr.org/publication/by_type/podcast.html
United States Foreign Policy
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/
History of U.S. Foreign Relations
http://foreign.senate.gov/
The Teaching Company Audio Lectures (Various Subjects)
http://www.teach12.com/teach12.aspx
BBC Country Profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Geographic Maps (Outline Maps available to print out)
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm
Online Geography Quizzes
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm
http://www.mccollam.com/fun/geoquiz/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy
http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FS#
http://www.geosense.net/
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
Map Outlines to Print and Quiz Yourself
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm
U.S. and World History, Government, and Politics Information
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/
http://www.infoplease.com
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/APGOV_Class_Page.htm
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/ushisgov.cfm
http://www.u-s-history.com/
http://www.cliffnotes.com
http://www.apnotes.net
http://www.apstudynotes.org
http://www.sparknotes.com
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/const.html
U.S. History Trivia/Flashcards
http://www.primate.wisc.edu/people/hamel/histriv.html
www.infoplease.com
http://www.freemultiplechoicetests.com/
http://www.flashcardexchange.com
http://www.nccs.net/constitution/q-start.php
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