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Final Filing Date: 5/13/2025.

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will not be accepted.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• INVESTIGATIVE AUDITOR IV (SUPERVISOR) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - Open

Applications received without the required documents will be considered incomplete and may be rejected. To apply for this examination, please complete and return the following required documents: 

• Standard State Application (Form STD 678): All applications must include "to" and "from" employment dates (month/day/year), time-base, and applicable classification titles 
• Official school transcripts (if applicable to meeting minimum qualifications): Candidates unable to obtain official transcripts before the final filing date may submit unofficial transcripts for the examination process. However, candidates will be required to submit official transcripts upon appointment to a position.

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Department of Justice
  Testing and Selection Unit
  ATTN: Investigative Auditor IV (Supervisor) Examination
  P.O. Box 944255
  Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Department of Justice
  Testing and Selection Unit
  ATTN: Investigative Auditor IV (Supervisor) Examination
  1300 I Street, 1st Floor Lobby
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

• Transcript (Official or Unofficial)

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

PERFORMANCE EXERCISE – 50%

The performance exercise consists of candidates completing tasks that simulate those performed on the job. Candidates’ responses will be evaluated by a panel of Subject Matter Experts against job-related scoring criteria.

Candidates will be provided with the date and time of the perfromance exercise approximately two weeks prior to the exam. The online examination is typically taken on a personal computer through a third-party testing platform. The link to take the performance exercise will be sent to the email address provided on your application. To ensure you receive the examination link, please provide an accurate email address on your application materials.

QUALIFICATION APPRAISAL PANEL (QAP) – 50%

The QAP consists of an oral interview that will contain a set of job-related questions. Candidates will be provided a copy of the interview questions to review and take notes for a period of time before starting the interview. Candidates’ verbal responses will be evaluated by a panel of Subject Matter Experts against job-related scoring criteria.

To obtain a position on the eligible list, applicants must receive a minimum rating of 70% on the examination. The final score will be a combination of both examination components.

Test Date:

It is anticipated that the Performance Exercise and QAP will be conducted the weeks of June 16, 2025 and/or June 23, 2025. The Performance Exercise will be conducted through an online testing platform, Assess.ai. The QAPs will be remotely administered via Microsoft Teams. 

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

KNOWLEDGE OF:

1. Business and management principles involved in strategic planning and resource allocation.
2. Economic, auditing, and accounting principles and practices.
3. The structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
4. Effective supervisory principles, practices, and techniques to appropriately oversee and direct the work activities of subordinate staff.
5. The mission and goals of the Department of Justice and unit to ensure that the completion of work assignments and tasks conform to the overall objectives of the work unit.

ABILITY TO:

1. Effectively manage and coordinate a project including all necessary details and proper order of procedures.
2. Understand complex information and ask questions when appropriate.
3. Effectively problem solve by analyzing the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
4. Plan, organize, and manage one’s own time and workload to ensure timely completion of tasks.
5. Read and comprehend legal, financial, and technical documents.
6. Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
7. Analyze large amounts of information to obtain an accurate conceptualization of a complex situation.
8. Exercise attention to detail to come to accurate conclusions.
9. Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
10. Explain complex terms, concepts, and situations to laypersons.

SKILL IN:

1. Communicating effectively verbally and in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience (e.g., attorneys and juries).
2. Communicating with others to effectively obtain information.
3. Leading subordinate staff to complete projects or objectives timely.
4. Planning, organizing, directing, and overseeing the work of subordinate staff.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the INVESTIGATIVE AUDITOR IV (SUPERVISOR) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Classification will be established for:

• Department of Justice

The list(s) will be abolished 12 months after being established, unless the needs of the State and conditions of the list(s) warrant a change in this period.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of Justice

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of Justice reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.