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• Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) in seven streams
• Pay scale ₹62,500 – 3,600 (4) – 76,900 – 4,050 (7) – 1,05,250 – EB – 4,050 (4) – 1,21,450 – 4,650 (1) – 1,26,100 (17 years)
• Gross emoluments at the minimum of the scale in Mumbai: approx. ₹1,84,000 per month without accommodation, ₹1,43,000 per month with accommodation

Source: Recruitment of Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025 – General, Legal, Information Technology, Research, Official Language, Engineering (Electrical) and Engineering (Civil) Streams (published 30 October 2025). Confirm in the official notice before applying.

• Question papers in both phases are bilingual (Hindi and English), except the English papers. Hindi answers may be typed in the Inscript or Remington (GAIL) layout. The interview may be in Hindi or English.
• You choose up to three cities for Phase I and one city for Phase II. SEBI may change the centre, and requests for a change of centre are not entertained.

• General – Commerce & Accountancy: accounting as a financial information system; accounting standards (including depreciation, inventories, revenue recognition, fixed assets, foreign exchange, investments); cash flow and fund flow statements, financial statement analysis and ratio analysis; accounting for share capital including bonus and rights issues; employee stock options and buy-back of securities; preparation and presentation of company final accounts.
• General – Management: nature and scope; planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling; role of a manager; leadership styles and theories; human resource development; motivation, morale and incentives; communication (process, channels, barriers, role of IT).
• General – Finance: financial system and the role of financial sector regulators; financial markets (primary and secondary: forex, money, bond, equity) and their instruments; basics of forwards, futures and swaps; financial inclusion through technology; alternate sources of finance, cost-benefit analysis and PPP; direct and indirect taxes, GST, Finance Commission, fiscal policy and the FRBM Act; inflation, WPI and CPI.
• General – Costing: overview of cost and management accounting; methods of costing (single unit, job, batch, contract, process/operation, service sector); standard costing, marginal costing and budgetary control; lean system and innovation (JIT, Kaizen costing, 5S, TPM, cellular manufacturing / one-piece flow, Six Sigma, process innovation, business process re-engineering).
• General – Companies Act: Companies Act, 2013, with specific reference to Chapters III, IV, VIII, X, XI, XII and XXVII.
• General – Economics: demand and supply, market structures, national income, classical and Keynesian approaches, consumption and investment functions, multiplier and accelerator, demand and supply of money, IS-LM, inflation and the Phillips curve, business cycles, balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, monetary and fiscal policy, non-banking financial institutions.
• Legal – Phase I Paper 2: Constitution of India; Contract Law; Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Transfer of Property Act, 1882; Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; The Limitation Act, 1963; Administrative Law; Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes; Important Latin terms and maxims; Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
• Legal – Phase II Paper 2 (indicative): Criminal Law (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) and Law of Evidence (Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023) 30%; Corporate Laws (Companies Act, 2013; LLP Act, 2008; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016) 30%; Securities Laws (Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; SEBI Act, 1992; Depositories Act, 1996; listed SEBI regulations) 40%.
• Information Technology – Phase I Paper 2: Database Concepts; SQL Queries; Programming Concepts (Java/C/C++); Data Analytics Languages (Python/R); Algorithms for problem solving; Networking Concepts; Information & Cyber Security Concepts; Data warehousing; Shell Programming. Phase II Paper 2 (indicative marks): Algorithms 30, Data Structure 40, String Manipulation 10, Object Oriented Programming 20 — multiple choice questions on logic flow completion, debugging, syntax understanding, program dry-run outputs and data analysis.
• Research – Phase I Paper 2: Economics; Public Economics; Statistics and Econometrics; International Economics; Financial Markets. Phase II Paper 2 (descriptive, indicative): Economics 25%, Financial Markets 50%, Statistics 25%.
• Official Language – Paper 2 (common to both phases): Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India; Hindi-to-English and English-to-Hindi translation; legal terminology; administrative, banking and capital market terminology (both directions).
• Engineering (Electrical) – Paper 2 (both phases): Electrical Materials; Electric Circuits and Fields; Electrical and Electronic Measurements; Computer Fundamentals; Basic Electronics Engineering; Analog and Digital Electronics; Systems and Signal Processing; Control Systems; Electrical Machines; Power Systems; Power Electronics and Drives.
• Engineering (Civil) – Paper 2 (both phases): Building Materials; Solid Mechanics; Structural Analysis; Design of Steel Structures; Design of Concrete and Masonry structures; Construction Practice, Planning and Management; Flow of Fluids, Hydraulic Machines and Hydro Power; Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Geo-technical Engineering and Foundation Engineering; Surveying and Geology; Transportation Engineering.

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   Register on sebi.gov.in

   Go to www.sebi.gov.in > Careers > APPLY ONLINE and choose 'CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION'. For the 2025 exercise the window was 30 October to 28 November 2025. Note the provisional registration number and password.

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   Pick up to two streams

   You may apply in a maximum of 2 streams for which you are eligible, with a separate application and fee for each.

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Who it is for

Post-graduates, law and engineering graduates and CA/CFA/CS/Cost Accountants who want an officer job with India's securities market regulator; each stream has its own qualification.

Source: Recruitment of Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025 – General, Legal, Information Technology, Research, Official Language, Engineering (Electrical) and Engineering (Civil) Streams (published 30 October 2025). Confirm in the official notice before applying.

• Indian citizenship
• Age not above 30 years on the cutoff date, with category-wise relaxation
• Stream-wise qualification (Master's/PG Diploma, Law, Engineering or professional qualification as printed)
• Apply in a maximum of 2 streams for which you are eligible, with a separate application and fee for each

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Selection runs in three phases: Phase I (two online screening papers), Phase II (two online papers) and Phase III (interview). Phase I marks only shortlist for Phase II; final merit gives 85% weightage to Phase II and 15% to the interview.

• General Awareness (including financial sector), English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Test of Reasoning
• English descriptive writing: précis, essay, comprehension
• General stream: Commerce & Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, Economics
• Stream subjects for Legal, IT, Research, Official Language and Engineering streams
• Interview