No Interviews For Govt Jobs From Jan 1; Skill Test May Continue: DoPT
New
Delhi: All central government ministries and their Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs) were today told to dispense with the requirement of
interviews for selections at junior level posts within next two days,
however, they may continue with skill or physical test.
The
timeliness set regarding completing the process of the discontinuation
of interview by December 31, 2015 has to be adhered to strictly, a
communique sent by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to
secretaries of all central government ministries said.
From
January 1, 2016, there will be no recruitment with interview at the
junior level posts in government of India ministries, departments,
attached and subordinate offices, autonomous bodies and PSUs.
“All
the advertisement for future vacancies will be without the interview as
part of the recruitment process,” said today’s Office
Memorandum No.39020/01/2013-Estt (B)-Part.
The
decision to discontinue interview for recruitments is for all Group C
and non-gazetted posts of Group ‘B’ category and all such equivalent
posts, the DoPT said.
“It
is also clarified that as skill test or physical test is different from
interview, they may continue. However, these tests will only be of
qualifying nature. Assessment will not be done on the basis of marks for
such tests,” it said.
In
case of specific posts where the ministry or department wants to
continue undertaking interview as a process of recruitment, a detailed
proposal seeking exemption will have to be sent to the DoPT with the
approval of the minister or minister-in-charge.
The ministries have been asked to send a consolidated report to the DoPT by January, 7 in this regard.
“Report
so to be furnished with the approval of the minister or
minister-in-charge shall include the details of the name and number of
posts where the interview is discontinued and posts for which the
exemption has been sought within the purview of the administrative
ministries or departments,” the order said.
Similarly,
the Department of Public enterprises has also asked all ministries to
advise PSUs under their administrative control to adopt a revised
mechanism of recruitment for the non-executive level posts by dispensing
with the practice of interview.
PTI
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