Originally Posted by Unregistered

EDB is definitely harder to get in my opinion. EDB look at the holistic development of the candidate, while MTI just merely look at your academic credential. EDB's interview is much tougher than MTI.

But MTI pays much better than EDB. In fact MTI is one of the top 3 better paying civil service job. I was offered about 4.5K as a fresh grad to join MTI 3 years ago. How ridiculous high is that for a fresh grad with no work exp? ( I have only one internship)

Source: I was rejected by EDB, but luckily accepted into MTI.