Category Rating and Selection Procedures

Number: 9337.1 HRM
Status: Active
Signature Date: 03/10/2022
Expiration Date: 03/10/2029

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1.  Purpose

This Order provides the procedural requirements for the use of Category Rating throughout GSA for covered positions.

2.  Background

The Presidential Memorandum, “Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process,” dated May 11, 2010, directed that category rating be used as the method to rate and rank applications under competitive examining procedures for competitive service positions and certain excepted service positions. Category Rating is intended to increase the number of qualified candidates from which a selecting official can choose, while preserving veterans’ preference.

3.  Scope and Applicability

     a.  This order applies to all GSA appointing offices and will be used when filling:

  • competitive service positions when competitive examining procedures are used (in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3319 and 5 C.F.R. 337)
  • Pathways Recent Graduate and Intern positions in the excepted service when candidate ranking is used (in accordance with 5 C.F.R. Part 302)


 

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Last updated: Apr 18, 2025
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