This official U.S Department of State app is designed to educate those interested in careers in the American diplomacy, or more specifically, diplomatic careers in the Foreign Service, and allow those who are unfamiliar with the Foreign Service to discover what it’s all about. The State Department’s Foreign Service employs U.S. citizens who are either Foreign Service Officers or Specialists. The Foreign Service Careers app explains and provides information on the five different Foreign Service Officer career tracks: Consular, Economic, Management, Public Diplomacy and Political as well as the eight different Specialist areas: Administration, Construction Engineering, Facility Management Information Technology, International Information and English Language programs, Medical and Health, Office Management and Security. In addition, aspiring diplomats can watch videos and learn about the experiences of State Department Employees who have chosen this career, as well as take practice tests to help prepare for The Foreign Service Officer test (FSOT). Those who download the DOS Careers can connect directly with a State Department recruiter. Just click on Attend an Event and you can find recruitment events close to your geographic location. Or contact a Diplomat in Residence (DIR) closest to your geographic location. DIRs are career U.S diplomats who are located throughout the United States and are responsible for providing guidance and advice to students, professionals and the community about Department careers. You can even explore the day-to-day responsibilities of Foreign Service employees when you choose the Interactive Experience. U.S. citizenship is required for all Foreign Service careers.
App and site a waste of time
Just downloaded app and for everything it says “check qualifications” and takes you the the internet site. Well, you cannot click the button to check qual on the app. One instance I took a questionnaire and cannot get the results because it’s instructing me to answer all questions which I have done…5x over. I can’t with this app
Needs to be fixed
The answer choices for the test are blank. Please fix!
Practice test questions
It is hard to read the questions due to the white text. The questions seem useful and you can’t change the font color in settings.
Test Practice Questions Unusable
The test practice questions, arguably the most useful offering of this app, have been rendered useless due to a white text that make the answer choices impossible to read. Without the “test yourself” function, this app is effectively useless.
Can’t do Practice Questions
The practice questions’ possible answers show up in white text on a white background and are nearly impossible to see.
Practice Test Answers
I was looking forward to using this app specifically for the practice questions. All the answers are white text on a white background and therefore cannot be read.
Not working
I’ve used the app in the past with some success but now you can’t even see the answers in the Test Yourself program. Really disappointing.
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