Anyone studying for the FSO/US embassy exam?

Question

I am starting to prepare for it. If anyone lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and wants to collaborate in preparing for it, I would like to hear from you.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The best advice I heard someone give for preparing the foreign service exam came from an old deputy chief of mission--get a subscription to the Economist and read every article each week, even the boring ones.

Good luck,

Answer 2

Self-study is better rather confusing ideas with another.

Answer 3

The best way to study for the exam is to read the New York Times  and listen to "All Things Considered"  for a year.  Seriously, these two are the best sources of detailed, in-depth information on current events, history, economics, commerce, culture, etc.

It worked for me.