Brigham Young University's Foreign Service Student Organization (FSSO) is sponsoring a series of free preparation courses for the Foreign Service written exam beginning Thursday, March 17, at 11 a.m.

John A. Boland got a top score on the Foreign Service written exam and, after an all-day interview session, received a job offer from the State Department, pending a medical clearance. An official ...

The old civl service hiring exam is a thing of the past, a victim of lawsuits and the mainstreaming of what had once been alternative hiring techniques. But the rigorous Foreign Service exam lives on ...

The State Department is failing to recruit a Foreign Service that fully represents the American people, as required by the Foreign Service Act of 1980. One of State’s most glaring recruitment ...

WASHINGTON — With a focus on Los Angeles, the State Department is pressing to bolster the number of Latinos, African Americans and other minorities in the U.S. Foreign Service -- the diplomatic force ...

Northwest Catholic alumna RaeJean Spears Stokes ’98 visited the school Monday, September 11 to teach students in AP Government, AP U.S. History, and the history and religion seminar called HILL the ...

In the midst of a period of tense diplomatic negotiations, the State Department announced some good news this week: More candidates took the U.S. foreign service exam on Sept. 29 than in any year ...

As a 31-year veteran of the Foreign Service, I am dismayed by the suggestion that passing the Foreign Service Officer Test would no longer be a requirement for recruitment into our diplomatic corps ...

Students at least 21 years old and under 31 are eligible for competitive examinations in the Foreign Service, the State Department announced yesterday. Applications must be made on or before July 1 ...

When a family friend gave Phyllis Oakley a sample of the State Department’s foreign service examination, she doubted she could pass. A few years later, she scored high enough to become a member of ...