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PSU
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GATE

PSU Recruitment Through GATE

A Career is a Life

Contents
GATE: Introduction 

About GATE 2015 

Recruitment Through GATE

Advantages

How to Apply? Common Procedure

Who will get selected? 

Service Bond and What it entails?

How to Prepare for the PSU Interviews?

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List of PSUs recruiting Through GATE 2015

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Must Read

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Introduction

he Graduate Admission Test in Engineering (GATE) is an All-India

level examination conducted by the IITs for admissions to Masters/
Direct PhD in the IITs, IISc Bangalore and other universities/
institutes in India or Abroad. An increasing number of Public Sector Units
(PSUs) have been announcing recruitment at the entry levels of their management cadres through GATE exam. At the time of publication of this book,
a total number of 18 PSUs have already announced the recruitment through
GATE 2015 with more to come in the next few months

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About GATE 2015:

o be conducted by IIT Kanpur, GATE 2015 has some

new features such as a complete online application
process, a validity of the scores for a period of three
years and the use of online calculator during the online tests.
All the 22 papers for GATE 2015 will be online.

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Recruitment Through GATE:

largest recruitment in terms of numbers has been announced

by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) with
745 posts. Coal India, IRCON, BBNL, BNPM, THDC,
NBCC, OPGC are some other PSUs that have announced
recruitment through GATE 2015. Old participants like
BPCL, HPCL, Indian Oil, Powergrid and NTPC have also
announced their recruitment through GATE 2015.

n increasing number of PSUs have been recruiting on

the basis of the GATE scores. Staring with one or two
a few years back, the numbers are slowly increasing
with 17 PSUs announcing Recruitment through GATE 2014.
GATE 2015 has seen 18 PSUs already announcing their
intention to recruit graduate Engineers on the basis of their
GATE 2015 scores with more PSUs expected to join in. The

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Advantages of Recruitment Through GATE:

he advantages are many for both, the PSUs as well

as the students. In the earlier days, all the companies
would hold their individual entrance tests for recruitment. This involved an inordinate amount of time, effort and
cost for each one of the said companies. The applicants were
many thousands in fact for a low number of posts. The other
part was that there was no fool proof system of picking the
right candidate, who had qualified in the entrance test. Many
a times fingers have been pointed out the most recent being
the test paper for the ONGC recruitment being leaked.
For students, this system was a nightmare. It involved preparing for many exams for a well-placed job with no proper
time left for preparation. The other part was the expense
involved as most tests required a small application fee. In
cases where no application fee had to be paid, there still was
the cost of appearing for the test at one of the limited exam
centers specified by the companies.
With the screening test being GATE, a lot of things have
fallen into place. First, students needed to prepare for a
single entrance conducted by the IITs. Reputed to be one of
the toughest exams and clean in its reputation, GATE turned
to be an ideal answer to the PSUs in picking the best candidates for employment. The PSUs dont spend any amount of
money, time or effort in the entrance test part. Instead, they
select candidates who qualify in GATE and start from the
interview part directly. GATE ensures the quality of the candidates considering that only 16.84% of the students actually
qualify and pass the exam (as per GATE 2014 figures). The
other fact is also true that the number of GATE applicants
have increased due to the PSU recruitment.

time for strenuous single minded preparation for success.

Students also save money considering that they need to pay
for the GATE application though some PSUs do charge a
small application fee. In most cases, there is no application
fee though. It is also an advantage that they need to prepare
for the exam in the subject of their specialization unlike
earlier days when most PSU entrance exams would involve
logical reasoning, GK and other such topics.

From the students point of view, it entails preparation for

just a single entrance exam ensuring utilization of precious

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How to Apply? Common Procedure:

he general procedure for PSU Recruitment is that all

applicants are required to apply to each PSU individually as and when they open their application portals. Another common factor is that all the PSU Applications
entail the requirement of the applicants GATE Registration
No. Candidates will also have to furnish their GATE 2015
Admit Card and Score Card during the time of the interview.
Many applications require the uploading of the photographs which also have to be identical to the ones used for
the GATE application. Candidates will also have to check the
eligibility criteria before applying as the requirement of the
PSUs differ in terms of discipline, pass percentage of qualifying exam and so on. Not all GATE applicants can apply for
the PSU recruitment. The other important factor is even if
the candidates meet the criteria, they must also ensure that
they appear for the GATE paper as specified by the PSUs to
be considered.

Most of the PSUs do not charge any application fee but

there have been instances where a small application fee has
been charged. Candidates will also need to check for that
before applying.

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Who will get selected?

ll candidates, who qualify in GATE and meet the

eligibility criteria of the respective PSU, stand a good
chance of being selected. Some PSUs have given additional details of the criteria such as candidates have to secure
the GATE qualifying marks (out of 100) after normalization
as per GATE rules. GATE scores as all candidates may be
aware of are declared as per the formula specified by the
GATE authorities.
In addition, most of the shortlisted candidates will have to
face an interview. In some cases, there will be a group discussion. Candidates must understand that the recruitment is for
the management cadre and hence the requirements include
persons, who are team players; who have a general awareness in addition to subject knowledge. Candidates who are
successful in the interview, group discussions if any will be
selected.

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Service Bond and What it entails?

ost of the recruited candidates will be given hands

on training and work experience. It is but natural
for any company to expect the effort to be invested
in its growth. This forms the main reason behind the service
bond that has to be signed by candidates in many PSUs. The
service bond clause entails giving two to three years of service to the company after the probation period. The Service
Bond is usually set for a certain amount and has to be signed
by the selected candidates. Candidates must check for this
before applying. They must be sure that they understand the
modalities before signing.
Note that the service bond is not mandatory for all PSUs.

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How to Prepare for the PSU Interviews?

his is a tricky part as there is no official know how

for the aspirants. But going by the experiences of
the selected candidates from the previous years, any
applicant is expected to know the subject. The main idea of
an interview is not to grill the applicants but to know about
the candidate, presentation skills, decisiveness and other
personality factors that a PSU may be looking for.
Being well groomed is a must for every shortlisted candidate. It is imperative that candidates are punctual and on
time for the interview. Knowledge of the subject is a mandatory factor. In addition, the candidates are expected to
possess general awareness of the country and current affairs.
This means candidates also must keep themselves up to date
by reading the newspapers and otherwise. A certain deference is expected to be accorded to the panel, which will be
interviewing the candidates. Any disagreement of view point
must be subtly put across.
Candidates need to be alert in this regard. Another important
point is that a group discussion should be highly impersonal.
Personal ego and forceful attitudes should not have a place
in there.

Group discussions are grounds for putting the individual

views in front. It also is a ground for team playing behavior,
leadership qualities that may be put in front of the interview panel. It definitely is not a shouting match ground.

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List of PSUs recruiting Through GATE 2015:

ONGC Ltd

THDC India Ltd

Coal India Ltd

MDL

CEL

NBCC Ltd

NHPC Limited
OPGC Ltd
BPCL Limited
IRCON International Ltd
IndianOil
PSPCL Ltd
POWERGRID
AAI
HPCL
BBNL

NTPC Limited
BNPM

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Note: These are the PSUs that have announced their

recruitment through GATE 2015 at the time of publication of this book. More PSUs are expected to join them
in the next few months.
Some of the new entrants for GATE 2015 are:
F

ONGC

Coal India Ltd

THDC India Ltd

NBCC Ltd

OPGC Ltd

IRCON International Ltd

PSPCL Ltd

AAI

BBNL

BNPM

Careers360 wishes all the GATE 2015 aspirants best of

luck for their PSU placement efforts!

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Must Read

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at BEL

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Important Links:

All you need to know about GATE 2015

M.Tech Admissions 2015

GATE 2014 Official Website

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