Did a full timed practice test today and ran out of time with 10 questions left. Definitely have a time management problem.
The New Jersey Civil Service Exam exam has 121 questions and the time limit is 105 minutes by my understanding. That works out to roughly 63 seconds per question — which should be doable except I keep stopping on "state of new jersey civil service commission" type questions.
My bad habit: I over-analyze questions I'm unsure about rather than making a best guess and moving on.
Any strategies that worked for you? Specifically:
- Do you go through once and skip hard questions to come back to?
- How many questions on "new jersey civil service commission" should I expect — is it worth the time investment?
- Is the real exam usually easier to pace than practice tests, or harder?
I'm good enough on the content, I think — it's purely pacing that's failing me.
The honest answer is: it depends a lot on your background.
If you're already working in this field, the NEW exam is testing knowledge you probably use daily. The "new jersey civil service commission" sections will feel familiar.
If you're coming in from outside, give yourself an extra 2 weeks and really focus on the practical application questions.
The practice tests here are worth doing repeatedly — I did the same test bank multiple times and found new questions I'd missed each time.
The honest answer is: it depends a lot on your background.
If you're already working in this field, the NEW exam is testing knowledge you probably use daily. The "new jersey civil service commission" sections will feel familiar.
If you're coming in from outside, give yourself an extra 2 weeks and really focus on the practical application questions.
The practice tests here are worth doing repeatedly — I did the same test bank multiple times and found new questions I'd missed each time.
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