• Departmental Exam

• The Commission conducts the Service/Departmental Examinations prescribed for officials and officers working in various Departments of Government as well as in the local bodies, autonomous bodies, Universities, etc.
• The Departmental Examinations are conducted twice a year.
• Most of the examinations are conducted in all the District Head Quarters except a few which are held at Divisional level in Bangalore, Mysore, Belgaum and Gulbarga.  The State Government Employees working in New Delhi and All India Service Probationers are allowed to appear at Karnataka Bhavan, New Delhi and at Lalbahadur Shastri Academy of Mussorie. 
• The Commission publishes a notification two months prior to the date of the examination.      
• Most of the Examinations are conducted in objective type. Only few Examinations are conducted in conventional type.
• The result of every examination will be published by the Commission in the Karnataka Gazette and a certificate, under the signature of the Secretary and Controller of Departmental Examination will be issued to the successful candidates.