The White House is pushing back on criticism of its merit-based federal hiring plan, asserting that it’s not a “loyalty test,” Axios reported Monday.

Days after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management released a 30-page memo outlining the standards, critics are bristling at what they call philosophical questions instead of knowledge, skills, and aptitude, according to the report.

One question from the Office of Management and Budget in particular asks, “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?”

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