Other Grades
Trade Officer, Statistician, Labour Officer and other professional grades.
See the recommended stackSource: Civil Service Bureau published pay scales. Figures reference the HKSAR Civil Service Bureau published pay scales.
What this interview actually measures.
Many disciplined and professional grades sit outside the headline tracks but follow the same interview architecture: written round, group exercise, board interview. IRB's core bundles — Government Fundamentals, Precise Writer, Policy Express, NAC, Interview Crusher — apply directly. Book a Know Each Other session and Mike will recommend the exact stack.
What the grade pays. Where it leads.
Source: Civil Service Bureau published pay scales.
- 01Grade-specific entry rank
- 02Grade progression by seniority and merit
- 03Senior grade rank
- 04Cross-grade or directorate where eligible
Many disciplined and professional grades follow the same interview architecture — written, group, board. Prepare the core once and apply it across grades.
What we drill, and why.
Notes from Mike Yeung — former Senior Administrative Officer, twelve years across seven bureaux.
The architecture is the same: written, group, board. Prepare the core once and apply it across grades.
Book a Know Each Other session and Mike will map the exact stack to your target grade.
Professional grades still test orientation and composure. The same drilling transfers.
The recruitment calendar — and where your preparation sits against it.
Twelve months, two tracks. Above, the official Other Grades milestones — applications, written papers, interviews. Below, the Companion preparation schedule: policy fluency from March, deepening through the autumn, government fundamentals in summer, the interview crusher in December, mock panels in the January–February crunch.
Most professional grades publish vacancies via the CSB G.F. 340 system; dates vary by grade. Book a Know Each Other session for a calendar tuned to your target post.
What the OTHER panel is really reading for.
Five character and work calibres the Other Grades panel weighs — drawn from the department’s own published values and the Civil Service Bureau’s competency framework.
The baseline of every grade. No exceptions.
Read the problem before you reach for the answer.
Write plainly. Speak clearly. Listen hard.
Decide with reason, not reflex.
The public is the point of the work.
Source — Civil Service Bureau — Civil Service Code core values
How we prepare for it.
- Grade-agnostic core: writing, policy, government, interview
- Custom recommendation via Know Each Other session
- Meticulous Marker essay review available for senior-grade entrants
Assessments this position must clear.
Bundles built for the OTHER track.
Government Fundamentals Bundle
The organisation chart is on gov.hk. How the machinery actually moves is learned inside, or not at all.
Precise Writer
The examiner will never meet you. They will read three hours of your handwriting and decide.
Policy Express
A standing, bilingual library of Hong Kong public policy dossiers — built so that when the question lands, you already know the file.
Interview Crusher Module
They won't remember your credentials. They'll remember how you made them feel.
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Know Each Other session.
Mike will hear your situation, name your gaps honestly, and recommend the exact stack for the Other Grades track. No obligation. No upsell.
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