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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Interest in becoming a diplomat has grown, and President Biden’s outreach to other nations is appealing to aspiring diplomats, many of whom felt alienated by Trump policies. By Pranshu Verma ...