Examinations
This section includes information about current examinations. You may also find it useful to review a list of Entry Classifications used by the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, organized by educational level.
For more information about the examinations listed below, please call our 24-hour Job Hotline at (916) 445-7676, or call our Testing and Selection Unit at (916) 324-5039. We look forward to hearing from you.
Any applicant who meets the minimum qualifications may apply for open examinations, whether or not he/she is currently employed by the State of California. Click on the examination title to view the examination bulletin.
Continuous Open Exams | Open Exams | Continuous Promotional | Open Promotional
CONTINUOUS FILING OPEN EXAMINATIONS
Please submit an Examination Request Form for each continuous filing open exam in which you are interested. Submission of that form places your name on a mailing list for the designated class(es) to receive examination materials when an examination is scheduled. Exams are scheduled as needed by the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice.
NOTE: If a final filing date is shown for a continuous filing exam, submission of the form after that date will not be accepted for the current examination, but will be held for the next scheduled examination. Eligible lists established as a result of these examinations are only used for the location(s) specified. Please click on the examination title for more detailed information.
The following Examinations are available in PDF (Portable Document Formats). To open PDF files, download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Examination |
Location |
Final Filing Date |
Criminalist |
Statewide |
Filing Temporarily Closed |
Deputy Attorney General |
Statewide |
Continuous Filing |
Graduate Legal Assistant |
Statewide |
Continuous Filing |
Laboratory Technician - Criminalistics |
Statewide |
Filing Temporarily Closed |
Legal Secretary |
Fresno |
Filing Temporarily Closed |
Legal Secretary |
Los Angeles |
Continuous Filing |
Legal Secretary |
Sacramento |
Continuous Filing |
Legal Secretary |
San Diego |
Continuous Filing |
Legal Secretary |
San Francisco/Oakland |
Continuous Filing |
Special Agent, DOJ |
Statewide |
Filing Temporarily Closed |
Special Agent Trainee, DOJ |
Statewide |
Filing Temporarily Closed |
Senior Criminalist |
Statewide |
Filing Temporarily Closed |
CONTINUOUS FILING PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS
Applications are now being accepted on a continuous basis for the following departmental promotional examinations. Applicants must have a permanent civil service appointment with the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice. Applicants not meeting promotional requirements will not be admitted to the examination. Exams are scheduled as needed by the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice.
NOTE: If a final filing date is shown for a continuous filing exam, submission of the applications after that date will not be accepted for the current examination, but will be held for the next scheduled examination. Eligible lists established as a result of these examinations are only used for the location(s) specified. Please click on the examination title for more detailed information.
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Examination |
Location |
Final Filing Date |
Associate Personnel Analyst |
Spot - Sacramento |
Continuous Filing |
Criminal Intelligence Specialist II & III |
Statewide |
Continuous Filing |
Deputy Attorney General III |
Statewide |
Continuous Filing |
Investigative Auditor III |
Statewide |
Continuous Filing |
Programmer II |
Spot - Sacramento |
Continuous Filing |
Deputy Attorney General III |
Statewide |
June 30, 2004 |
OTHER PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS
Applications are now being accepted for the following departmental promotional examinations. Applicants must have a permanent civil service appointment with the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice. Applicants not meeting promotional requirements will not be admitted to the examination. Please click on the examination title to view the examination bulletin.
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Examination |
Location |
Final Filing Date |
N/A |
RESOURCES
State Application Form STD 678
Other Examinations Administered by the State Personnel Board
State Civil Service Process (PDF 14K/2 pages)
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