When does the next RBB open?

No official announcement exists until FHCI releases one. The pattern is yearly: RBB 2025 opened on March 7. A sensible anchor is assuming the next batch arrives early in the year, while monitoring rekrutmenbersama.fhcibumn.id and FHCI's official accounts.

Is 3 months of preparation still enough?

Enough if your foundation is decent and your schedule stays disciplined: compress the foundation phase into one month, combine AKHLAK and TWK in month two, then English, Learning Agility, and simulations in the final month. Your diagnostic results decide which components can take a smaller share.

Which component should I study first?

The TKD, because its learning curve is the longest. The AKHLAK test follows close behind with a large share, since it carries 50% of Stage 1. English starts no later than 2 months before the expected test for anyone long out of practice.

Is it true that RBB registration costs money?

RBB registration is entirely free and happens only through the official portal rekrutmenbersama.fhcibumn.id. Indonesia's communications ministry has published hoax warnings about fake registration links. Anyone charging fees or promising a pass is running a scam.

How to Build a BUMN Test (RBB) Preparation Timeline

The ideal BUMN test preparation timeline starts 3 to 6 months before RBB opens. RBB usually runs once a year: the 2025 batch opened registration on March 7, held online tests through April and May, and announced final results on July 14. This article walks through planning your study backward from that schedule pattern.

RBB 2025 ran about 4.5 months from registration to final results
The registration window lasts about 2 weeks, with the first test a month later
Five different test components need scheduling in the right order

What You Need

A preparation calendar with weekly targets
Administrative documents: diploma, transcript, ID card, supporting certificates

6 Steps to Build Your Preparation Timeline

This framework uses a 6-month anchor. With 3 months available, compress the first two steps into one month.

Stage	Actual 2025 Timing
Official release and registration opening	March 5 to 7, 2025
Registration closing (after extension)	March 19, 2025
Online Test Stage 1: TKD, AKHLAK, TWK	April 19 to 28, 2025
Online Test Stage 2: English, Learning Agility	May 20 to 22, 2025
Stage 3 at each SOE: field tests, interviews, MCU	June to July 2025
Final announcement	July 14, 2025

Months 6 to 5: diagnostic test and document cleanup

Start by measuring your position: complete a timed set of TKD questions, AKHLAK situational questions, and an English test. The results decide how you allocate study time, since everyone has different weak components. In the same period, settle your administrative documents: legalized diploma and transcript, valid ID card, an English certificate if your target position requires one, and photos matching specifications. Failing administrative selection over paperwork is the most painful way to lose a year. Check the regular-path age and GPA requirements too: D4/S1 up to 30 years old with a 3.00 GPA in RBB 2025, so you register through the right path.

Tips

Store every document as a clean PDF from the start, upload rules usually cap file sizes
English certificates expire, check the validity date

Months 5 to 4: build the TKD foundation

The TKD has the longest learning curve because it measures core verbal, numerical, and logical ability built through accumulated practice. Start from whichever area your diagnostic flagged weakest. For numerical work, re-master basic arithmetic, series, and ratios before touching mixed sets. For verbal work, build a habit of reading dense text plus drilling synonyms, antonyms, and analogies. The target of this phase is accuracy: work without a timer until your correct rate passes 80%, then speed gets trained in the next phase. Set aside 4 to 5 study sessions a week at 60 to 90 minutes each.

Tips

Log repeatedly missed question types in a dedicated notebook, that is your weakness map
Accuracy first, speed second: this order saves total study time

Months 4 to 3: bring in AKHLAK and TWK

Once the TKD foundation is moving, add the AKHLAK test to your study rotation. Learn the 6 core values and their behavior guides, then drill situational questions through that framework. This component carries 50% of Stage 1, so from this phase onward it deserves a practice share equal to or larger than the TKD. The TWK can run light yet regular: its material (Pancasila, the constitution, national history) is dense with recall and comprehension, and only 10 questions decide a 10% weight with a threshold of 50. One consistent TWK session a week beats a last-minute cram.

Tips

Read our guide on passing the AKHLAK test for the full strategy on this component
For TWK, focus on applying values in situations, modern question patterns lean that way

Months 3 to 2: English and Learning Agility

The Stage 2 English test demands a minimum score of 450 across 85 questions in 80 minutes. For anyone long out of touch with English, two months is the realistic minimum to lift a score meaningfully: focus on structure, grammar, and reading comprehension, which carry the largest share. Learning Agility material is harder to find; understand its framework (the ability to learn and adapt in new situations) and work through available behavioral assessment samples. Postponing these two components until Stage 1 results come out is a trap: the 2025 gap between the Stage 1 announcement and Stage 2 tests was only about 3 weeks, far too short to learn from zero.

Tips

Practice reading passages on business and corporate topics, the test context points that way
For Learning Agility, answer consistently within the framework instead of chasing perfection in every dimension

Delaying Stage 2 preparation until the Stage 1 announcement is the most common and most expensive timeline mistake.

The final month: full simulations and score stability

The last month before the expected opening belongs to simulation. Run full Stage 1 simulations (TKD, AKHLAK, TWK back to back in one sitting) at least 3 times, on the same device and in the same room you plan to use for the real test. The target is stability: TKD above 70, AKHLAK above 75, TWK above 70, all with safe margins over the official thresholds (58, 65, 50 in RBB 2025). Stable simulation scores predict test-day performance far better than one lucky personal best. Spend remaining time closing the small gaps your simulation reviews keep surfacing.

Tips

Simulating at the same hour as typical RBB test slots helps your biological rhythm
Stability beats records: three 75s say more than a single 85

When registration opens: register fast, carefully, and only through the official portal

Once the official announcement lands, register in the early days. The 2025 window lasted only about 2 weeks and the portal typically clogs near closing. Enter data exactly as your documents state, upload files within format and size rules, and save proof of every step. RBB registration happens only at rekrutmenbersama.fhcibumn.id and is entirely free: Indonesia's communications ministry has issued warnings about fake RBB registration links circulating widely. Ignore anyone promising a pass for payment. After submitting, pour all remaining energy into test consolidation, because Stage 1 starts a month later.

Tips

Type the portal address directly into your browser, avoid links from forwarded messages
Screenshot every registration step as your personal archive

Every registration link outside the official FHCI portal is a scam. RBB registration never charges a fee.

How to Build a Joint SOE Recruitment (RBB) Preparation Timeline

Want a timeline built specifically around where you are now?

RBB 2025 Competition and Duration at a Glance

The Actual RBB 2025 Schedule as a Pattern Reference

The Core Principle: Count Backward from the Test, Skip What Is Uncertain

6 Steps to Build Your Preparation Timeline

Months 6 to 5: diagnostic test and document cleanup

Months 5 to 4: build the TKD foundation

Months 4 to 3: bring in AKHLAK and TWK

Months 3 to 2: English and Learning Agility

The final month: full simulations and score stability

When registration opens: register fast, carefully, and only through the official portal

Adjust the Timeline to Your Profile

Final-Year Students

Fresh Graduates

Career Switchers

Administrative Document Checklist

RBB Timeline Questions

Sources & References