4,712 Pass Written Exam for Grade 9 National Civil Service Open Recruitment

The Ministry of Personnel Management announced on May 7 that 4,712 candidates have passed the written examination for the 2026 Grade 9 National Civil Service Open Competitive Recruitment.

On this day, the Ministry released the list of successful candidates for the written examination, which was held on April 4, through the National Civil Service Recruitment System.

Among the successful candidates, 4,138 are in administrative positions, and 574 are in science and technology positions.

The average age of successful candidates is 29.9 years, a slight increase from last year’s average of 29.5 years.

Kim Sung-hoon, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Management, conducting a pre-inspection of the written examination venue for the 9th Grade National Civil Service Open Competitive Recruitment last month. Ministry of Personnel Management.

By age group, those in their 20s accounted for the largest share with 2,776 candidates (58.9%), followed by those in their 30s with 1,595 (33.9%), those in their 40s with 290 (6.2%), those aged 50 or older with 44 (0.9%), and those aged 18 to 19 with 7 (0.1%).

Of the successful candidates, 2,405 (51.0%) are male and 2,307 (49.0%) are female.

The interview examination will be held over five days, from May 29 to June 2.

Registration for withdrawal from the interview examination can be completed through the National Civil Service Recruitment System from May 8 to May 11.

The final list of successful candidates will be announced on June 19.

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