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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked September 30, 2026.</strong> High. The State Department page that said the FSOT "no longer has a passing score" (dated Feb 18, 2026) returned "Page not found" on Oct 19, 2026; Pearson VUE's FSOT page (updated Sep 25, 2026) says the score report shows whether a candidate passed or failed. Neither page gives a passing score as a number. A further change to the stages came on Apr 1, 2026, and the Department changes this process often.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7"><strong>No FSOT passing score is given as a number on the official pages we read.</strong> Pearson VUE's FSOT page says the score report candidates receive right after the exam "indicates whether they passed or failed", but neither that page nor the State Department pages we read give the passing score as a number, a pass rate, a cut-off, a percentile or a count of candidates moved on. The State Department's practice-test instructions said, in the copy captured by the Wayback Machine on October 7, 2026, that "the FSOT no longer has a passing score; the State Department will instead select candidates to move on to the next stage based on the highest scores and needs of the Foreign Service". That page returned "Page not found" on October 19, 2026. This guide sets out what each official page says, how scoring got here, and how to practise without a target number. ProSyllabus is an independent study site. It is not affiliated with the US Department of State, its Board of Examiners or Pearson VUE, and nothing here is official. Every rule is quoted or summarised from State Department, Pearson VUE and Federal Register pages, and the Department decides every candidacy.</p>

<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:18px 0"><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">Pass or fail</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">shown on the score report right after the exam (Pearson VUE, updated Sep 25, 2026)</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">No number</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">no passing score, cut-off or pass rate on the Pearson VUE FSOT page or the State Department pages we read</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">Earlier wording</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">"the FSOT no longer has a passing score" (State Department page, captured Oct 7, 2026; not found Oct 19, 2026)</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">No guessing penalty</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">on the official practice test</div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;margin:-8px 0 18px">Pearson VUE FSOT page (read Oct 19, 2026); careers.state.gov practice-test instructions (Wayback capture, Oct 7, 2026); official practice test.</p>

<div style="background:#fff8e8;color:#3a3020;border:1px solid #f0d9a8;border-left:4px solid #b7791f;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#b7791f">Where other pages get this wrong</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29;line-height:1.5">Neither the Pearson VUE FSOT page nor the State Department pages we read give the FSOT passing score as a number. Pearson VUE says the score report shows whether you passed or failed; the State Department's earlier practice-test page said the test "no longer has a passing score" and that candidates are selected on the highest scores and the needs of the Foreign Service.</p><p style="margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#8a5300">Commonly published instead:</strong> Any "FSOT passing score" quoted as a number, and any fixed target score. The regulation, 22 CFR 11.20, says the Board "may adjust the passing score" and gives no number, a 2023 State Department FAQ said the FSOT would "no longer be a pass/fail gateway test", and none of the pages we read gives the figure.</p><p style="margin:0;line-height:1.6">Pearson VUE's FSOT page (updated Sep 25, 2026) is the newest official statement we could read: the score report "indicates whether they passed or failed". The State Department page that said the test "no longer has a passing score" (dated Feb 18, 2026) was still online in a Wayback capture of Oct 7, 2026 and returned "Page not found" on Oct 19, 2026. How the two statements fit together is not published. The regulation text dates from 2015; we found no amendment.</p></div>

The regulation and the practice, side by side

Our reading: the regulation gives the Board room to set the bar by hiring needs. None of the pages we read says where the bar is, how many candidates move on from each window, or how a pass on the score report relates to selection for the next stage.

FSOT passing score: what the official pages say in October 2026

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The State Department's practice-test instructions said, in the copy captured on October 7, 2026: "the FSOT no longer has a passing score; the State Department will instead select candidates to move on to the next stage based on the highest scores and needs of the Foreign Service." When we re-read that address on October 19, 2026, it returned "Page not found". Pearson VUE's FSOT page (last updated September 25, 2026) tells candidates to "refer to the score report they received right after taking their exam, which indicates whether they passed or failed." Neither page gives a passing score as a number or a cut-off for any window. Read your own score report for your result; neither page gives a number to compare it with.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">None of the official pages we read gives an FSOT pass rate or how many candidates moved on to the next stage from any window: the Pearson VUE FSOT page (read October 19 and 21, 2026) and the State Department practice-test page (its October 7, 2026 capture). We print no pass rate, and we would treat any percentage you read elsewhere as unconfirmed unless it names an official source. What the official pages do say about numbers is set out below.</p>

Our reading: because selection is on the highest scores and the needs of the Service, a pass rate would describe one window's pool and hiring needs, not a bar you can plan to clear. The useful number is your own part-by-part practice score, which the self-check below helps you read.

What is a good score on the FSOT practice test?

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">We found no official answer. The State Department practice-test page (October 7, 2026 capture) says the practice test gives feedback on the questions you answered correctly and incorrectly "to provide an indication of how you performed"; it gives no "good" practice score and no conversion from a practice total to a real FSOT score. 22 CFR 11.20 says the parts "will be weighted and graded according to standards established by the Board of Examiners". Our working rule, not an official one: use a practice total to see where your marks go, find the part that loses the most questions per minute (the self-check below does this), and raise that part on each attempt. Scores on the ProSyllabus practice test are our own and predict nothing about a real candidacy.</p>

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Share of questions and of minutes by part (official practice test)</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 8px"><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#1f7a45;display:inline-block"></span>Job Knowledge</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#2f6fb0;display:inline-block"></span>English</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#b7791f;display:inline-block"></span>Logical Reasoning</span></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">Questions (125 in all, our total)</div><div style="display:flex;height:22px;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:40.00%;background:#1f7a45;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">50</div><div style="width:36.00%;background:#2f6fb0;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">45</div><div style="width:24.00%;background:#b7791f;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">30</div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">Minutes (115 in all, our total)</div><div style="display:flex;height:22px;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:30.43%;background:#1f7a45;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">35</div><div style="width:30.43%;background:#2f6fb0;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">35</div><div style="width:39.13%;background:#b7791f;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">45</div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Counts and minutes from the practice test's section headers. How the parts are weighted in the real score is not published, so these shares describe the test, not the score.</p></figure>

If selection is on "the highest scores and needs of the Foreign Service"

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Three practical consequences follow from the State Department's earlier wording (captured October 7, 2026), all of them our reading. <strong>First, a score may be judged against other candidates, not only against a fixed number.</strong> A score that moved a candidate on in one window says nothing certain about the next, because the pool and the Department's hiring needs both change. <strong>Second, "needs of the Foreign Service" can include the career track.</strong> Candidates choose one of five tracks (Consular, Economic, Management, Political, Public Diplomacy) when they register, and the Department keeps separate hiring registers by track; whether FSOT selection itself is made track by track is not stated. <strong>Third, every question counts.</strong> The Part 1 (Job Knowledge) instructions of the official practice test say "There is no penalty for guessing, so you should try to answer every question"; our reasoning from that is that an extra correct answer cannot cost you marks.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0" id="fsotself"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Practice-test self-check: where are your marks going?</h3><p style="margin:0 0 12px;line-height:1.6">The official practice test shows only a total at the end. Count your correct answers per part from its question-by-question feedback and enter them here. The tool shows your raw percentage per part and which part has the most unanswered-for marks per minute of test time. It does not predict an FSOT score: the Department does not publish how the parts are weighted or scaled.</p><label style="display:block;margin:0 0 12px;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472">Job Knowledge: correct out of 50<br><input id="fsotself-j" type="number" min="0" max="50" step="1" value="30" style="width:140px;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:16px;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box"></label><label style="display:block;margin:0 0 12px;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472">English: correct out of 45<br><input id="fsotself-e" type="number" min="0" max="45" step="1" value="30" style="width:140px;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:16px;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box"></label><label style="display:block;margin:0 0 12px;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472">Logical Reasoning: correct out of 30<br><input id="fsotself-l" type="number" min="0" max="30" step="1" value="18" style="width:140px;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:16px;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box"></label><div id="fsotself-out" style="margin:12px 0 0;padding:12px 14px;background:#ecf7ef;border-radius:10px;line-height:1.6"></div><button type="button" id="fsotself-go" style="margin:10px 0 0;padding:9px 14px;border:1px solid #166534;border-radius:8px;background:#ecf7ef;color:#14532d;font-size:14.5px;font-weight:800;cursor:pointer">See my next step</button><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Raw counts only. 22 CFR 11.20 says the parts "will be weighted and graded according to standards established by the Board of Examiners", and no weighting is published. Neither the Pearson VUE FSOT page nor the State Department pages we read give a passing score as a number.</p><script>(function(){var ID='fsotself',R=document.getElementById(ID);if(!R)return;var PT=[['j','Job Knowledge',50,35],['e','English',45,35],['l','Logical Reasoning',30,45]];function go(){var o=document.getElementById(ID+'-out'),tot=0,rows='',best=null,bv=-1;for(var i=0;i<PT.length;i++){var n=parseInt(document.getElementById(ID+'-'+PT[i][0]).value,10);if(isNaN(n)||n<0||n>PT[i][2]){o.innerHTML='Enter a whole number between 0 and '+PT[i][2]+' for '+PT[i][1]+'.';return;}tot+=n;var miss=PT[i][2]-n,per=miss/PT[i][3];if(per>bv){bv=per;best=PT[i][1];}rows+='<li style=\"margin:3px 0\">'+PT[i][1]+': '+n+' of '+PT[i][2]+' ('+Math.round(n/PT[i][2]*100)+'%), '+miss+' missed</li>';}o.innerHTML='<strong>Raw total: '+tot+' of 125 ('+Math.round(tot/125*100)+'%)</strong><ul style=\"margin:8px 0 0;padding-left:20px\">'+rows+'</ul>'+(bv>0?'Most missed questions per minute of test time: <strong>'+best+'</strong> ('+bv.toFixed(2)+' a minute). On raw counts alone, that is where extra practice buys the most questions.':'A clean sheet. Try the same timings again with the checkpoints above.');}['j','e','l'].forEach(function(k){document.getElementById(ID+'-'+k).addEventListener('input',go);});go();var B=document.getElementById(ID+'-go');if(B)B.addEventListener('click',function(){go();try{window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('ps:fsot-selfcheck'));}catch(e){}});})();</script></div>

The same arithmetic without the tool, for three example practice results (raw counts, our arithmetic; not a predicted score):

When you see your result, and what comes next

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">An older State Department FAQ (Aug 9, 2022) says FSOT results "are generally available at the conclusion of the exam". The practice test shows only a total score at the end. No current page describes how or when candidates are told whether they have been selected for the next stage. The next stage is the Written Examination, which the April 1, 2026 fact sheet says was brought back "given that the ability to think critically and write clear prose continues to be an essential skill for Foreign Service Officers". Pearson VUE's FSOA page (last updated Aug 7, 2026) calls it the Written Exercise: invited candidates schedule it on one of the dates in a 5-day window named in their invitation letter, at a Pearson test center or online through OnVUE. Its length, time limit and scoring are not published. Within two weeks of it, Pearson sends an invitation to the final stage, the Structured Interview and Negotiation Exercise (older pages say the oral assessment before the redesign was scored on a six-point scale; no scale is published for the new one). After that comes a hiring Register ranked on the assessment score plus bump-up points. The selection-stages guide in this series covers each stage.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The practice-test page is also blunt about what the FSOT is: "Doing well on the FSOT does not ensure eventually being hired. However, it is the first selection hurdle, which is why we offer this preparation opportunity."</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">What changes without a target number</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Score every practice attempt part by part and push the weakest part first; the self-check tool above ranks the parts by missed questions per minute of test time.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Answer every question. The practice test says there is no penalty for guessing.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Work on speed in Job Knowledge and English, where the practice test allows well under a minute a question, and on accuracy in Logical Reasoning, where it allows about 90 seconds.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Do not rely on any score you read online as a "safe" target. None of the pages we read gives a cut-off for any window.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Prepare for the Written Examination alongside the FSOT: writing clear prose is the skill the Department says that stage exists to test.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Practice-test figures and wording: careers.state.gov (Feb 18, 2026) and the official practice test. The advice lines are ours.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Any cut-off, percentile or number of candidates moved on from any window, and any pass rate.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Whether selection after the FSOT is made separately for each career track.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">How the three parts are weighted, and whether scores are scaled.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The format, timing and scoring of the Written Examination introduced in April 2026.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">None of these was published on any official page we read on Sep 29-30, 2026.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Nothing on this page is legal, immigration or career advice. Questions about your own case go to the State Department at FSOTQuestions@state.gov.</p>

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<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://careers.state.gov/fso-practice-test-main-instructions/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">careers.state.gov — "Instructions to the Online Practice FSOT" (modified 18 Feb 2026; read 30 Sep 2026; returned "Page not found" on 19 Oct 2026, see the Wayback capture of 7 Oct 2026): the section contents since October 2025, no written essay, "no longer has a passing score", the later stages</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20261007042622/https://careers.state.gov/fso-practice-test-main-instructions/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">careers.state.gov — "Instructions to the Online Practice FSOT", Wayback Machine capture of 7 Oct 2026 ("the FSOT no longer has a passing score"); the live page returned "Page not found" on 19 Oct 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/fsot.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Pearson VUE — Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) page, "Last updated 2026-09-25", re-read 19 Oct 2026: February 2027 window January 30 - February 6, 2027, registration opens December 31, 2026; the score report received right after the exam "indicates whether they passed or failed"</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/fsoa-fso-essay.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Pearson VUE — FSOA – FSO Essay (Written Exercise) page, "Last updated 2026-08-07", re-read 19 Oct 2026: the Written Exercise is scheduled on one of the dates in the 5-day window (the Authorized Dates) in the invitation letter</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://forms.office.com/g/PJzzwr9Nib" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">State Department official online practice FSOT (Microsoft Form linked from the instructions page; read, not submitted): Part 1 Job Knowledge 50 questions / 35 minutes, Part 2 English Understanding and Comprehension 45 / 35, Part 3 Logical Reasoning 30 / 45; no penalty for guessing</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/09/foreign-service-officer-test-fsot-updates" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">US Department of State, Media Note "Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) Updates" (5 Sep 2025): the revamped FSOT first given Oct 18-25, 2025; logic and reasoning added, situational judgement discontinued, Personal Narratives removed</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/04/u-s-department-of-state-announces-reforms-to-the-u-s-foreign-service-2" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">US Department of State, Fact Sheet "U.S. Department of State Announces Reforms to the U.S. Foreign Service" (1 Apr 2026): Written Examination replaces the Qualification Evaluation Panel; oral exam redesigned; A-100 reformed</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-11" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">eCFR — 22 CFR Part 11, section 11.20 (Part 11 source note: 80 FR 64320, 23 Oct 2015; no later amendment found): citizenship and age, scoring, separate career-track registers, 18-month Register limit, candidates' travel costs</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/2025*/https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/fsot.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Pearson VUE FSOT page as captured by the Wayback Machine, 16 May 2025 to 17 Sep 2026: the hiring-freeze suspension banner, the replaced 2025-26 windows, and every window listed since</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://careers.state.gov/faq-items/what-are-the-changes-to-the-foreign-service-officer-test-fsot/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">careers.state.gov FAQ — "What are the changes to the FSOT?" (30 Mar 2023; describes the 2023 Personal Narrative model, now replaced)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://careers.state.gov/faq-items/what-are-the-qualifications-evaluation-panels-qeps/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">careers.state.gov FAQ — "What are the Qualifications Evaluation Panels?" (30 Mar 2023; the QEP was replaced in April 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://careers.state.gov/faq-items/i-recently-took-the-foreign-service-officer-test-how-and-when-will-i-be-notified-of-the-results-of-the-qualifications-evaluations-panel-process/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">careers.state.gov FAQ — when FSOT and QEP results arrive (9 Aug 2022): FSOT results "generally available at the conclusion of the exam"</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://careers.state.gov/faq-items/when-do-candidates-for-foreign-service-generalist-choose-a-career-track/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">careers.state.gov FAQ — when generalist candidates choose a career track (28 Apr 2025): at FSOT registration</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://careers.state.gov/foreign-service/foreign-service-officer/fso-test-information-and-selection-process/fso-selection-process-text-version/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">careers.state.gov — "FSO Selection Process – Text Version" (modified 24 Feb 2026; its body says "Updated: March 2024", so its test format, Personal Narratives and QEP are out of date): Register, bump-up points, clearance, offers, training, the $72 no-show fee</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong style="color:#8a5300">reported</strong> = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.</p></div>

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