Common Recruitment Examination

Common Recruitment Examination (Chinese: 綜合招聘考試) is an examination for the recruitment of civil servants in Hong Kong. It consists of three 45-minute papers, namely Use of English (UE), Use of Chinese (UC) and Aptitude Test (AT).^[1] Candidates' results in the UE and UC papers are classified as 'Level 2', 'Level 1' or 'Fail', with 'Level 2' being the highest. Results in the AT paper are classified as pass or fail. 'Level 2' and 'Level 1' results of the two language papers and the pass result of the AT paper are of permanent validity. All three papers are in multiple-choice format.

Common Recruitment Examination

Acronym	CRE
Administrator	Civil Service Bureau
Skills tested	English language Chinese language Job skills
Duration	3 x 45-minute papers
Regions	Hong Kong
Languages	English, Chinese
Website	Official website

Common Recruitment Examination
Traditional Chinese	綜合招聘考試
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jung hahp jīu ping háau síh Jyutping Zung3 hap6 ziu1 ping3 haau2 si5