In an open or closed competition, a candidate's path can end at the very first stage: the application is found non-compliant with the basic formal requirements, and admission to the next stage of the competition becomes impossible. It is precisely for this situation that the re-check mechanism before the Bureau exists — the right to apply to the Civil Service Bureau, which gives the candidate the opportunity to have the negative first-stage decision re-examined. This page explains in detail what the first stage is, who checks the application and within what deadline, how the notification of non-compliance must be communicated, and how the two short re-check windows before the Bureau work.
What the first stage of the competition is and who conducts the check
The first stage of an open and closed competition is the determination of the candidate's application's compliance with the basic formal requirements. This means checking the documentation submitted by the candidate against the basic, special and additional requirements established for the announced vacancy. It is not the commission itself that performs this: the determination of the applications' compliance with the basic formal requirements is carried out, on the commission's assignment, by the human resources management unit of the public institution. That unit also has a legally defined deadline: from the expiry of the deadline set for the submission of applications, the human resources management unit determines the applications' compliance within 10 working days. The results are presented to the commission, formalised in an appropriate official record and confirmed by the signatures of the commission members. This means the first-stage decision leaves a documentary trail and can be verified.