General Instructions

IMPORTANT!!

Positions in the Assistant Property Appraiser and Associate Property Appraiser classifications require the ability to read and understand complex instructions, and take necessary steps to remember and implement them. Failure to follow any instructions connected with this examination is cause for disqualification.

• WARNINGS
  • Misuse of any State computing system is a violation of Section 502 of the California Penal Code and/or applicable Federal law, and is subject to prosecution. Taking this examination for practice, or for any other reason not related to establishing list eligibility is considered a misuse of this computer system.

  • Providing false information on a State examination is a violation of State law, and could result in an individual being removed from an employment list and banned from future employment with the State. Applicants successful in this examination and called for a hiring interview will be required to bring documentation of all education and experience claimed on the examination questions.

• COMPLETING THE EXAM (Knowledge and Experience Questionnaire)
  • Once you have begun the actual examination on Part 1, Statistical Information, immediately following the Internet Test Page, you MUST continue to the end of the examination. Failure to complete the examination will be counted as a failing score and you will not be able to retake the examination for 6 months after recieving your score.

  • The examination will take approximately one hour to one hour and 30 minutes to complete, including reading all the preparatory material. Answering the examination questions will take between 1/2 hour and one hour to complete.

  • The Internet exam system will be shut down every Tuesday for evaluation and maintenance at approximately 8:00 AM, Pacific Time. DO NOT begin the exam process after 6:00 AM on Tuesdays or you might not be able to complete the exam prior to the system shut-down. The system will be restarted and will be available again each Tuesday after 9:00 AM, Pacific Time.

• RESULTS of your examination

  Your examination will be scored immediately upon completion of the examination. Your results page will appear on your screen as soon as you finish the exam. Print it for future reference. Results notices will not be mailed. It will provide you with your score and your rank on the eligible list.

  Names of sucessful candidates will be merged on to the eligibility list in one of three ranks. You will remain eligible for a job appointment for 12 months. If, after 12 months of list eligibility, you have not been selected for a job opening, you will be required to retake and successfully pass the examination. If you do not retake and successfully pass the examination, you will not be considered for future job openings.

  Due to the size of the eligibility list, candidates for interviews may be selected at random. If you are contacted for an interview, you may be asked to demonstrate your readiness for a job. This may include conducting skills assessments.

• CONTACT INFORMATION It is important that you keep your contact information (name, address, phone number, location preferences, etc.) up-to-date. A system is available on-line for you to update your contact information. You are responsible for keeping your contact information up-to-date. If you do not respond to an invitation for a job interview, your name will be placed inactive on the eligible list and you will not be contacted for future interviews until you request that it be restored. If you do not respond to any combination of three invitations for interview or three offers of a job, your name will be permanently removed from the eligible list.
  • TO UPDATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER OR LOCATION PREFERENCE on the Internet connect to:

    http://jobs.spb.ca.gov/contact/pacoi.htm

    (Please note: These changes must be made through the Internet and cannot be made by phone through the Board of Equalization or the State Personnel Board.)