In case anyone is still following this blog, I was not invited to the oral assessment last year. Even after passing the Farsi language test. So my PNQ responses must have been really poor. I needed to be humbled.
I registered to take the test again, this time in the Econ track, and passed the June 2010 test. I also e-mailed State asking if my SCNL test results carry over, and apparently they do for five years. When you re-register, you have to do everything from square one, but I guess for the language test you don't.
I'm now working on my PNQ responses. The buzz I've picked up from the Yahoo messageboards (FSWE; FSOA [registration required for both]) and other blogs is that you really need to address State's "13 Dimensions" in those responses, so this time I will sit down and make sure each response highlights as many as possible. This was something I kind of glossed over last year, (mistakenly) thinking that my academic background, SCNL result, and decently-written PNQ responses would be enough to get me through. Again, needed to be humbled.
Updates posted as they occur...
Best of luck to you this time around. If this is really the career you want, don't give up.
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