According to Thomas C. P. Peng, an associate research fellow at Academia Sinica's Institute of European and American Studies who specializes in domestic and foreign civil service exams, Taiwan's civil service examination system has always stressed the appearance of fairness, with specialized subject exams and a format emphasizing rote memorization. "It's the least effective of all examination methods, but is rarely criticized," he says.
專研國內外文官考試制度的中研院歐美所副研究員兼台大政治系副教授彭錦鵬指出，我國公務人員考試制度向來側重「形式公平」，採取專業科目筆試及強調背誦的考試方法，「效度是各種評選方式中最低的，卻鮮少受到檢討。」