[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR337.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 337_EXAMINING SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 337.101  Rating applicants.


    (a) OPM shall prescribe the relative weights to be given subjects in 
an examination, and shall assign numerical ratings on a scale of 100. 
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each applicant who meets 
the minimum requirements for entrance to an examination and is rated 70 
or more in the

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examination is eligible for appointment.
    (b) OPM shall add to the earned numerical ratings of applicants who 
make a passing grade:
    (1) Five points for applicants who are preference eligibles under 
section 2108(3)(A) and (B) of title 5, United States Code; and
    (2) Ten points for applicants who are preference eligibles under 
section 2108(3)(C)-(G) of that title.
    (c) When experience is a factor in determining eligibility, OPM 
shall credit a preference eligible with:
    (1) Time spent in the military service (i) as an extension of time 
spent in the position in which he was employed immediately before his 
entrance into the military service, or (ii) on the basis of actual 
duties performed in the military service, or (iii) as a combination of 
both methods. OPM shall credit time spent in the military service 
according to the method that will be of most benefit to the preference 
eligible.
    (2) All valuable experience, including experience gained in 
religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, 
regardless of whether pay was received therefor.

[33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 72 FR 12954, Mar. 20, 2007]