In countries with “civil service examinations”, what is a “civil service” and why does it need an exam?

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I’m American so I don’t think we have any such thing so it’s hard for me to wrap my head around.

[The Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service?wprov=sfti1#) makes it sound like it’s all non elected government employees, but it’s hard for me to imagine a single exam that you need to pass to become a post office worker or a DMV worker or something like that.

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It’s a competency test for things like showing an ability to understand and follow instructions and/or knowledge related to specific fields and the test subject[s] varies with the position.

US Federal/State/County/Municipalities often has these.

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