Assessment & Selection

Basic Steps of the Assessment Process

Policy Guidance:

• Assessment Practices Guide
• Personnel Bulletin 20-21 Requirements for Assessment Practices During the Selection Process
• Memorandum on Updates to Implementation of EO 13932 and PB 20-21
• FAQs for Implementing Executive Order 13932

USA Hire Resources:

• USA Hire Resource Center
• Occupational Series and Grades covered by USA Hire
• USA Hire Overview Briefing Recording
• USA Hire Virtual Training Recording
• DOI Implementation Guidance for USA Hire
• USA Hire FAQs for DOI

Recent Orders and Memos on Assessment and Selection:

• Executive Order #13932 on Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates
• OPM Assessment and Selection website
• OPM CHCO Memo on Using Effective Assessment Strategies (Sept. 2019)
• OPM CHCO Memo on Implementation of E.O. #13932 (July 2020)
• MSPB Report on Improving Federal Hiring Through Better Assessment (July 2018)