Civil-service exams we track
Civil-service exams open on their own schedules, and the dates come from official sources — never from us guessing. Each exam below has its own page setting out who can be appointed, what the written test is built from, what happens to your score after you pass, and what the official notice says about pay — every fact traced to the agency document it came from, with the date we last checked it.
Every exam below works the same way at the end: you pass, you are placed on a ranked eligible list, and agencies hire from that list in number order — which is why a passing score and a job offer are not the same thing. We explain that mechanic in detail for the exam we know best in how the NYS Court Officer eligible list works.
NYS Court Officer-Trainee exam 45-857
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Other exams — prep where we have it, alerts where we do not
NYPD Police Officer
Prep availableNew York City Police Department / DCAS
One Notice of Examination covers twelve exam numbers, 7311 through 7322, each with its own two-week filing period and its own testing week a few weeks later. The cadence is monthly, so a missed window costs four weeks rather than a hiring cycle, and there is no application fee.
NYC Correction Officer
Prep availableNYC Department of Correction / DCAS
Exam 7302 is the current Correction Officer notice and it carries no application fee. Eleven ability areas — the widest of any exam tracked here — and basic calculators are permitted.
911 Technician
Prep availableNew York City Police Department / DCAS
The NYPD's 911 call-takers and radio dispatchers. Exam 7307 is the current notice: one year of experience or 30 college credits qualifies, and there is no patrol duty.
Special Officer
Prep availableNew York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Guard city buildings and the people in them. Exam 7327 is the current notice, and a four-year high school diploma is the entire education requirement — the lowest bar of any exam tracked here.
Environmental Police Officer
Prep availableNYC Department of Environmental Protection / DCAS
Sworn police for the reservoirs and watershed that supply the city's water. Exam 6305 is the governing notice and its cycle is finished; the next filing period opens 2 December 2026 under a new number. Posts are outside New York City, and its age ceiling is the strictest of any title here.
Special Officer H+H
Prep availableNYC Health + Hospitals / DCAS
Peace officers posted in the city's public hospitals. Exam 7329 is the current notice: no firearm requirement, no driver licence requirement, an IEP-diploma route into the job, and $5,000 a year on top for weapons-detection training.
MTA Conductor
Prep availableMTA New York City Transit
Subway conductors on MTA New York City Transit. Exam 6626 is governed by a second amended notice, and a four-year high school diploma is the entire education requirement — no age limit, no driver licence, no experience. The fee was $68.00, and pay starts at $26.70 an hour.
MTA Train Operator
Prep availableMTA New York City Transit
The people who drive the subway. Exam 7603 asks for more than any other exam covered here — a diploma, a New York State driver licence, a year of continuous full-time work with one employer and a separate Education and Experience Exam — and it pays $41.16 an hour against Conductor's $26.70.
NYC Traffic Enforcement Agent
Prep availableNew York City Police Department / DCAS
Traffic Enforcement Agents keep New York City's streets moving, and Exam No. 7331 is the notice that hires them. There is no application fee.
NYC School Safety Agent
Prep availableNew York City Police Department, School Safety Division / DCAS
School Safety Agents are hired through DCAS — a new exam number roughly every quarter, each under its own notice — and posted into New York City school buildings. A high school diploma is the whole education bar.
DSNY Sanitation Worker
NYC Department of Sanitation / DCAS
Sanitation Worker hiring runs on a DCAS civil-service exam and eligible list. Get alerted when filing reopens.
MA Court Officer
Massachusetts Trial Court
Massachusetts Court Officer openings are posted by the Trial Court. We will alert you when a new posting or exam goes up.