| Conducting body | Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Official website ↗ |
|---|---|
| Posts | Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager), General stream, Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager), Legal stream, Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager), Information Technology stream, Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager), Research stream, Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager), Official Language stream, Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager), Engineering (Electrical) and Engineering (Civil) streams |
| Qualification | General stream: a master's degree or two-year PG diploma in any subject, or a bachelor's degree in law or engineering, or CA, CFA, CS or Cost Accountant. Legal needs a law degree; IT needs a BE/BTech in any branch or a bachelor's degree with a two-year PG qualification in computer science, computer applications or IT; Electrical and Civil need a BE in that branch. Research and Official Language need the specific master's degrees listed in the advertisement. |
| Age limit | Up to 30 years on 30 September 2025 (general category) |
| Domicile | Not required |
| Selection stages | Phase I: online screening exam, two objective papers of 100 marks each → Phase II: online exam, two papers of 100 marks each → Phase III: interview → Final merit: Phase II marks carry 85% weight and the interview 15% |
| Latest notification | Recruitment of Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025 · 110 vacancies |
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About SEBI Grade A
SEBI, the securities market regulator, hires Assistant Managers in Officer Grade A through an open exam. The 2025 advertisement had 110 posts: 56 General, 22 IT, 20 Legal, 4 Research, 3 Official Language, 3 Civil and 2 Electrical. Officers from any stream can be placed in any SEBI department and transferred to any SEBI office in India.
Eligibility
Age limit
General category: Up to 30 years, counted on 30 September 2025.
Age relaxation
- OBC: 3 years
- SC: 5 years
- ST: 5 years
- PwBD: 10 years
- Ex-servicemen: 5 years
- You must be born on or after 1 October 1995.
- SC/ST and OBC relaxation applies only where posts are reserved for that category.
- PwBD relaxation is 10 years for General, 13 for OBC and 15 for SC/ST.
Qualification
General stream: a master's degree or two-year PG diploma in any subject, or a bachelor's degree in law or engineering, or CA, CFA, CS or Cost Accountant. Legal needs a law degree; IT needs a BE/BTech in any branch or a bachelor's degree with a two-year PG qualification in computer science, computer applications or IT; Electrical and Civil need a BE in that branch. Research and Official Language need the specific master's degrees listed in the advertisement.
Other conditions
- You can apply in at most two streams, with a separate application and fee for each.
- Final-year students may take Phase I and Phase II but must show the qualification if called for interview.
- Two years of post-qualification experience is desirable (not compulsory) for the Legal, Electrical and Civil streams.
Selection process
- Phase I: online screening exam, two objective papers of 100 marks each
- Phase II: online exam, two papers of 100 marks each
- Phase III: interview
- Final merit: Phase II marks carry 85% weight and the interview 15%
Exam pattern
Phase I: Screening exam (General stream)
Mode: Online, objective · Negative marking: 1/4 of the question's marks cut for each wrong answer
| SUBJECT | MARKS |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 (60 minutes): General Awareness with financial sector questions, English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning; cut-off 30% | 100 |
| Paper 2 (40 minutes): Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, Economics; cut-off 40% | 100 |
Phase II: Main exam (General stream)
Mode: Online; Paper 1 descriptive, Paper 2 objective · Negative marking: 1/4 of the question's marks cut for each wrong answer in Paper 2
| SUBJECT | MARKS |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 (60 minutes): English descriptive test of drafting skills; cut-off 30%, weight 1/3 | 100 |
| Paper 2 (90 minutes): Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, Economics; cut-off 40%, weight 2/3 | 100 |
SEBI Grade A syllabus
Phase I Paper 1 (all streams)
- General Awareness, including the financial sector
- English Language
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Test of Reasoning
Commerce and Accountancy
- Accounting standards: depreciation, inventories, revenue recognition, fixed assets, forex transactions, investments
- Cash flow and fund flow statements, ratio analysis
- Share capital transactions, bonus and rights shares
- ESOPs and buy-back of securities
- Company final accounts
Management
- Management process: planning, organising, staffing, directing, controlling
- Leadership styles and theories
- Human resource development
- Motivation, morale and incentives
- Communication and its barriers
Finance
- Regulators in the financial sector
- Primary and secondary markets: forex, money, bond, equity
- Derivatives basics: forwards, futures, swaps
- Financial inclusion and technology
- Taxes, GST, Finance Commission, fiscal policy and FRBM
- Inflation, WPI and CPI
Costing
- Cost and management accounting basics
- Methods of costing: unit, job, batch, contract, process, service
- Standard and marginal costing, budgetary control
- Lean systems: JIT, Kaizen, 5S, TPM, Six Sigma, BPR
Companies Act and Economics
- Companies Act, 2013: Chapters III, IV, VIII, X, XI, XII and XXVII
- Demand and supply, market structures, national income
- Keynesian output and employment, multiplier, IS-LM
- Balance of payments, forex markets, monetary and fiscal policy, NBFCs
What they ask
Phase I is a screening round: Paper 1 tests general ability in 60 minutes, while Paper 2 tests your stream subject in just 40 minutes, so speed on commerce and finance matters. Phase I marks only decide who moves on. Phase II is what counts, with an online English descriptive paper and a longer stream paper that carries two-thirds of the weight. You need 50% aggregate in Phase II, and about three candidates per vacancy are called for interview.
How to prepare
- Build the General stream syllabus around the annexure headings: accounting standards, costing methods, the named Companies Act chapters and macroeconomics come up in both phases.
- Practise drafting short formal pieces against the clock for the Phase II English paper, since it tests drafting skills and carries one-third of the Phase II weight.
- Keep Paper 1 above the 30% cut-off without over-investing; Phase I marks are not used in the final merit.
- Follow SEBI circulars, market regulators and recent financial sector changes for the general awareness and finance questions.
- Revise commerce and economics basics through daily topic-wise practice quizzes on the free Improvam app.
Practise SEBI Grade A syllabus topics a few minutes a day with short quizzes in the Improvam app.
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SEBI Grade A FAQs
You must not be over 30 on 30 September 2025, so born on or after 1 October 1995. OBC get 3 more years, SC/ST 5 and PwBD 10 to 15, with OBC and SC/ST relaxation only where posts are reserved.
Sources
- SEBI advertisement: Recruitment of Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025 ↗ (official, checked )
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