My understanding is that the program being referred to is the accelerated economist training program. It is a program that is operated by the commission, whereby applicants come in to the commission and are given one of our standardized tests. The standardized tests are standardized competency tests.
After that, candidates are referred to the departments, and the departments may ask further questions and do further examination to choose the candidates. I would not think it would be inappropriate to ask a candidate their views on a major government program, if you were looking for economists, in order to see their ability to analyze.