如果你打算投考政務主任或行政主任，JRE 是你必須跨過的一關。這篇文章把散落在官方公告、招聘廣告和各處資料的重點集中起來，由資格、報名、考試格式到通過率，一次過講清楚。
If you are aiming for Administrative Officer or Executive Officer, the JRE is the gate you have to get through. This guide pulls together what is otherwise scattered across official notices, recruitment advertisements and hearsay — eligibility, application, paper format and pass rate, all in one place.
JRE 全名 Joint Recruitment Examination，中文是聯合招聘考試。它是香港政府為幾個學位程度主任職系而設的統一筆試， 每年舉行一次，通常在十一月底至十二月初。
要理解 JRE 的性質，最快的方法是把它跟 CRE 對照。CRE 是資格測試，JRE 是遴選考試。 CRE 告訴政府「這個人夠不夠格投考」，JRE 則決定「這個人值不值得請來面試」。 前者有明確的合格等級，後者沒有公開的合格分數——你的對手不是一條分數線，而是同場的其他考生。
JRE 是三小時、兩條題目、中英文各一的寫作考試，考核分析能力與撰寫能力， 由公務員事務局主辦，不設公開合格分數。
一次 JRE 可以同時申請多個職系，這是它「聯合」的意思。近年涵蓋的職系包括：
| 職系 | 英文簡稱 |
|---|---|
| 政務主任 | AO（Administrative Officer） |
| 二級行政主任 | EO II（Executive Officer II） |
| 二級助理勞工事務主任 | ALO II（Assistant Labour Officer II） |
| 二級助理貿易主任 | ATO II（Assistant Trade Officer II） |
| 二級管理參議主任 | MSO II（Management Services Officer II） |
個別年度的招聘會有調整，例如某些年份亦包括二級運輸主任。 實際涵蓋哪些職系，以該年度的招聘廣告為準，切勿假設每年相同。
值得留意的是，這五個職系的競爭程度差異很大。政務主任是公認最激烈的一個， 每年申請人數以千計而聘任名額有限；行政主任的名額相對較多。 申請時可以同時表達對多個職位的興趣，這樣一次考試就有多個機會。
這是最多人搞錯的部分。完整要求有四項：
很多人以為「必須先考完 CRE 才能報 JRE」。這是錯的。 如果你申請時還未有 CRE 成績，仍然可以遞交 JRE 職位申請， 公務員事務局會安排你在申請期內應考 CRE。你的 JRE 成績會在取得所需 CRE 成績後才處理。
另外，若你在認可的公開考試中語文成績達到指定水平，有機會獲豁免相關的 CRE 語文試卷。 但能力傾向測試並無豁免安排，無論如何都要考。
近年的節奏大致固定：九月中開始接受申請，十月初截止，十一月底考試。 以 2025/26 年度為例，九月十三日開始報名，十月初截止，考試在十一月二十九日舉行。
報名只接受一個途徑：公務員事務局網頁的網上申請系統。 郵寄、傳真、電郵提交的申請一律不獲處理。
一個實務提醒：截止前幾天系統會非常繁忙，每年都有人因為最後一刻遞交而遇上系統擠塞。 如果你已經準備好資料，早一個星期交比較穩妥。
這部分官方講得很清楚，值得逐項理解。
考試時間三小時，試卷內中文英文各一條題目，每題都附有背景資料。 考生可以自行決定兩題的時間分配，但必須完成所有題目，才有機會晉身次輪遴選。 換句話說，放棄任何一題等於放棄整場考試。
題目會設定一個虛構城市（官方樣本用的是 City of Jade），你的身分通常是某個部門的政策人員， 需要就一項議題撰寫討論文件或建議書。題目會給你背景資料作參考。
官方對這題有一句非常關鍵的說明：考生應該充分理解和獨立分析議題，提出務實而具創意的方案； 若只是不假思索地重複背景資料的內容和文字，不會獲得任何分數。
這句話值得抄下來貼在書桌上。它意味著把背景段落改寫一次就交卷，是零分做法—— 而在時間壓力下，這恰恰是最多考生會犯的錯，因為複述比思考容易得多。
題目關於香港某項社會或政策議題，要求你闡述個人看法，並就立場提供理據。 背景資料通常比題目一少得多，考的是你日常對本地時事和政策的認知。
官方公布的樣本題曾以「大牌檔文化」為例，要求考生分析建議的利弊、表明支持或反對， 並按立場提出相應建議或替代方案。從這個結構可以看出， 這類題目不接受模棱兩可的答案——你必須表態。
兩題分數比重相同，但英文題資料較多、閱讀時間較長。 常見的分配是題一約 100 分鐘、題二約 70 分鐘，最後留 10 分鐘檢查。 最常見的失誤是英文題寫得太投入，導致中文題只剩三十分鐘匆匆了事。
根據公務員事務局向立法會提交的數字，只有大約兩至三成考生能夠通過 JRE 並獲得下一輪面試機會。
這個數字需要放在正確的脈絡下理解。能夠坐在 JRE 試場的人，全部已經通過 CRE、 取得學位、通過基本法測試——換言之，你的競爭對手全部是條件相若的人。 在這個群體中被淘汰七至八成，說明評核相當嚴格。
而這只是筆試一關。通過 JRE 之後還有遴選面試，最終聘任人數更少。
這一點跟 CRE 完全相反，也是很多人的痛點。
| CRE | JRE | |
|---|---|---|
| 成績有效期 | 永久有效 | 只適用於當次招聘 |
| 落選後 | 不需重考 | 翌年須重新申請及應試 |
意思是：如果你今年 JRE 落選，明年想再試，必須重新遞交申請、重新應考 JRE。 但 CRE 成績可以一直用下去，不必再考。
假設你目標是下一屆 JRE，由零開始的完整路徑大致如下：
| 時間 | 要做的事 |
|---|---|
| 全年任何時間 | 應考 CRE（三份試卷）及基本法及香港國安法測試 |
| 約 9 月中 | JRE 職位開始接受網上申請 |
| 約 10 月初 | 申請截止（未有 CRE 成績者於此期間應考） |
| 11 月底至 12 月初 | JRE 考試，香港及七個海外城市同步舉行 |
| 翌年上半年 | 公布結果，獲高分者獲邀出席遴選面試（只在香港舉行） |
海外試場包括北京、上海、倫敦、紐約、多倫多、溫哥華及悉尼。 但要留意：筆試可以在海外考，之後的面試只在香港舉行， 如果你人在海外，需要預留回港的時間和成本。
如果你想更清楚 CRE 和 JRE 的分別，可以看 CRE 與 JRE 有什麼分別。
如果你正在找歷屆試題，先看 JRE 有歷屆試題嗎——答案可能跟你想的不一樣。
本文考試格式及評核說明整理自公務員事務局官方網頁。 考試安排每年或有調整，報名前請以 www.csb.gov.hk 的最新公告及該年度招聘廣告為準。
JRE stands for Joint Recruitment Examination. It is a single written examination the Hong Kong Government uses to recruit for several degree-level officer grades at once, held once a year, normally in late November or early December.
The fastest way to understand what kind of examination it is, is to set it beside the CRE. The CRE is a qualifying test; the JRE is a selection examination. The CRE tells the Government whether you are eligible to apply at all. The JRE decides whether you are worth inviting to interview. The first has published pass grades; the second has no published pass mark — you are not competing against a line on a scale, you are competing against the other people in the hall.
The JRE is a three-hour written paper with two questions, one in English and one in Chinese, testing analysis and drafting ability. It is administered by the Civil Service Bureau and has no published pass mark.
One sitting of the JRE can be used to apply for several grades at the same time — that is what "joint" means. Recent years have covered:
| Grade | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Administrative Officer | AO |
| Executive Officer II | EO II |
| Assistant Labour Officer II | ALO II |
| Assistant Trade Officer II | ATO II |
| Management Services Officer II | MSO II |
The list is adjusted from year to year — some years have also included Transport Officer II. Always take the grades actually covered from that year's recruitment advertisement rather than assuming the list repeats.
It is worth knowing that competition differs enormously between these grades. Administrative Officer is by common consent the most intense: applicants number in the thousands each year against a small number of appointments. Executive Officer has comparatively more vacancies. You may express interest in several grades in one application, which turns a single examination into several chances.
This is the part most often misunderstood. There are four requirements in full:
Many people believe you must finish the CRE before you can apply for the JRE. That is not correct. If you do not yet hold CRE results when you apply, you may still submit your application for a JRE grade, and the Civil Service Bureau will arrange for you to sit the CRE within the application period. Your JRE result is processed once you hold the required CRE results.
Separately, if your language results in a recognised public examination reach the specified standard, you may be exempted from the corresponding CRE language paper. But there is no exemption from the Aptitude Test — everyone sits it.
The rhythm of recent years has been fairly settled: applications open in mid-September, close in early October, and the examination is held in late November. For the 2025/26 exercise, applications opened on 13 September, closed in early October, and the examination was held on 29 November.
There is only one route for applying: the online application system on the Civil Service Bureau website. Applications by post, fax or email are not processed.
One practical note: the system gets very busy in the last few days, and every year people are caught by congestion when they leave it to the final hours. If your materials are ready, submitting a week early is the safer choice.
The official description here is clear, and each element repays attention.
Three hours. One question in Chinese and one in English, each with background material supplied. You decide how to split your time between them, but you must complete both questions to be considered for the next round of selection. Abandoning one question means abandoning the whole examination.
The question sets up a fictional city — the official sample uses the City of Jade — and you are usually cast as a policy officer in some department, asked to write a discussion paper or a set of recommendations on an issue. Background material is provided for reference.
The official guidance contains one critically important line: candidates are expected to understand the issue fully, analyse it independently, and put forward practical and creative proposals; no marks will be awarded for unthinking repetition of the content and wording of the background material.
That line is worth copying out and pinning above your desk. It means that paraphrasing the background paragraphs and handing that in scores zero — and under time pressure that is exactly the mistake most candidates make, because restating is so much easier than thinking.
This question concerns a social or policy issue in Hong Kong. You are asked to set out your own view and support your position with reasons. There is usually far less background material than in question one; what is being tested is what you already know about local affairs and policy.
A published sample question used "dai pai dong culture" as its subject, asking candidates to analyse the merits and drawbacks of a proposal, state support or opposition, and then make recommendations or propose an alternative consistent with that position. The structure tells you something important: this kind of question does not accept a fence-sitting answer. You have to take a side.
The two questions carry equal weight, but the English question comes with more material and takes longer to read. A common split is roughly 100 minutes on question one, 70 on question two, and the last 10 for checking. The usual failure is getting absorbed in the English question and leaving yourself thirty rushed minutes for the Chinese one.
On the figures the Civil Service Bureau has submitted to the Legislative Council, only around 20 to 30 per cent of candidates pass the JRE and reach the interview round.
That number needs the right context. Everyone sitting in a JRE hall has already passed the CRE, holds a degree and has passed the Basic Law test — your competitors are, by construction, people with much the same credentials as you. Eliminating seven or eight in ten of that group tells you how demanding the marking is.
And this is only the written stage. Beyond the JRE comes the selection interview, and fewer still are appointed.
Here the JRE is the exact opposite of the CRE, which catches a lot of people out.
| CRE | JRE | |
|---|---|---|
| Validity of results | Permanent | That recruitment exercise only |
| If unsuccessful | No need to resit | Must reapply and resit the following year |
In practice: if you are unsuccessful this year and want to try again next year, you must submit a fresh application and sit the JRE again. Your CRE results, by contrast, stay with you and never need retaking.
Starting from zero, with the next JRE as your target, the path looks roughly like this:
| When | What to do |
|---|---|
| Any time of year | Sit the CRE (three papers) and the Basic Law and National Security Law Test |
| Around mid-September | Online applications open for JRE grades |
| Around early October | Applications close (candidates without CRE results sit it during this period) |
| Late November to early December | JRE, held in Hong Kong and seven overseas cities simultaneously |
| First half of the following year | Results released; high scorers invited to selection interview (held in Hong Kong only) |
The overseas centres are Beijing, Shanghai, London, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney. But note the asymmetry: you can sit the written paper overseas, but the interview is held only in Hong Kong. If you are abroad, budget the time and cost of returning.
For a clearer picture of how the CRE and the JRE differ, see What is the difference between the CRE and the JRE.
If you are hunting for past papers, start with Are there past JRE papers — the answer may not be the one you expect.
The examination format and assessment notes in this article are drawn from the official Civil Service Bureau website. Arrangements may change from year to year; before applying, rely on the latest announcements at www.csb.gov.hk and on that year's recruitment advertisement.
看懂考試格式只是第一步。JRE 考的是三小時內的實際產出，唯一有效的準備方式是限時寫、有人批。 本站提供 10 個政策範疇的模擬題庫、線上限時練習系統，以及導師逐份批改服務。
Understanding the format is only the first step. The JRE tests what you can actually produce in three hours, and the only preparation that works is writing against the clock and having it marked. This site provides mock question banks across 10 policy areas, a timed online practice system, and paper-by-paper marking by a tutor.