REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 25-2021 issued on September 3, 2021 prescribes the policies, guidelines and procedures in the conduct of Online PreEmployment Examination (OPE).
The OPE is an alternative to the paper-and-pen pre-employment examination, which shall cover all career positions in the first and second level in Revenue Regions that require air or sea travel and/or considered as Interzonal Travel by the InterAgency Task Force (IATF).
           For Revenue Regions that could not meet the conditions required for the conduct of the OPE, their applicants may take the paper-and-pen test to be accommodated on a coordinated schedule with the Career Management Section (CMS), Personnel Division (PD) in the National Office. Applicant/s must submit a letter signifying their willingness to travel at their own risk, upon compliance of quarantine protocols and/or obtaining of travel pass and/or medical certificate issued within a week before the exam.
            The total number of applicants should be at least fifteen (15) but not exceeding seventy-five (75) applicants per conduct of the OPE by the CMS, PD on a per Revenue Region basis. However, the total number of applicants per conduct may be adjusted depending on the recent IATF guidelines on the allowed number of people in mass gathering. Only areas under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) or Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) shall be allowed to conduct the OPE.
           Only applicants endorsed by the Regional Office to the CMS, PD shall be allowed to take the exam during the scheduled date. The applicant should have not taken the OPE nor the paper-and-pen test for the last six (6) months preceding the date of exam. The most recent exam taken by the applicant shall take precedence if he/she passed the pre-employment examination for Officer position and then took either the paper-and-pen or OPE for Administrative Assistant or Administrative Aide position.
           The validity of the OPE test results and interview of the applicants shall be retained for five (5) years from the date the test is administered or from the date of any personnel action relating to the testing, whichever is later, except in case of reorganization or any other similar event. The testing, interview, and line-up process shall not exceed ten (10) working days from the date of the OPE.
            The general guidelines and procedures, including the functions and responsibilities of concerned BIR offices are specified in the Order.