<human>: Hey there,

I am currently a candidate for a career position with a California county after having passed the written civil service exam for the position.  It was a very small candidate pool (8 people including myself) to begin with and am unsure how many will advance to the next round with me.  

Today I received an e-mail from the agency hiring staffing for this particular county that mentioned aside from the "oral exam/interview" that I was aware I would be a part of, that there would be a "performance exam" following it, and to allow for 45 minutes for that.

This is for a Staff Service Analyst job.  Not sure where I was going with this other than....what the hell are they going to have me do in the performance exam and I wonder how many advanced to the next route?  They are having all interviews on a single day.

Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?
<bot>: Small applicant pool (8), passed written exam, taking "oral exam/interview" and found out there is a "performance exam" that will take 45 mins - The hell am I getting myself into?