Overview

• About 761,528 registered candidates will take the CNU 2025 objective tests on October 5 in 1,294 locations across 228 cities for 3,652 federal vacancies.
• New safeguards include metal detectors in all rooms and bathrooms, electronic‑point detectors under police guidance in every municipality, page‑by‑page barcodes tied to each candidate, and reinforced police escort and storage.
• The Ministry of Management coordinates the process with ENAP and execution by FGV, and candidates must access their confirmation cards via the FGV portal using a gov.br login.
• Gates open at 11:30 and close at 12:30 Brasília time, exams run 13:00–18:00 for higher‑level roles and 13:00–16:30 for intermediate roles, and the discursive phase is scheduled for December 7.
• The 2025 edition applies quotas for Black (25%), Indigenous (3%), quilombola (2%) and people with disabilities (5%) candidates and introduces a measure to balance women advancing to phase two, while media outlets plan unofficial answer keys and live corrections on October 5 with preliminary keys due October 6.