Many government jobs require a civil service examination; it's a test that you have to take.
许多政府职位需要公务员考试；这是你必须接受的考验。
中国小历史
After coming first in his local civil service examinations he made the move to Guangzhou to take on the provincial examinations.
在地方公务员考试中名列前茅后，他搬到广州参加乡试。
中国小历史
When Hong’s family were no longer able to afford his tuition fees, he became a tutor to make money and pursue his dream of passing the notoriously difficult civil service examinations.
Civil service examinations (also public tendering) are examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service. They are intended as a method to achieve an effective, rational public administration on a merit system. In a nutshell, civil service exams were like expanded job applications or expanded degrees or diplomas.