FCI, EPFO & Cooperative Bank Interview Preparation

Candidates who have cleared FCI Phase I and the post-specific Phase II papers. General and Depot and Movement streams take graduates or MBAs; Accounts takes CA, CMA or CS or an MBA Finance; Technical takes agriculture, food science or allied degrees; Civil and Mechanical take engineering degrees. The upper age limit is generally 28 for Manager posts with the usual relaxations.

Candidates shortlisted by an apex state cooperative bank or a district central cooperative bank after an online test, often conducted through IBPS or a state agency. Posts include Junior Officer, Assistant Manager, Officer Grade II and Branch Manager. Most boards require the state's language and many require domicile; commerce, agriculture and cooperation graduates are common but any graduate is usually eligible.

Candidates shortlisted by UPSC after the EPFO Enforcement Officer and Accounts Officer recruitment test, and candidates for ESIC officer posts that UPSC fills through interview such as Assistant Director. ESIC's Social Security Officer, UDC and MTS recruitments have no interview; those candidates may use this mock only for the knowledge rounds. Any graduate is eligible for EO/AO, with the upper age limit generally 30 and the usual relaxations.

Graduates preparing for NABARD's Development Assistant cadre, and for the development-finance boards they usually also face: NABARD Grade A (RDBS), cooperative bank officer posts and RRB officer scale I. Note that NABARD Development Assistant cycles since 2022 have selected through Prelims, Mains and a qualifying Language Proficiency Test with no interview; this mock prepares the knowledge and personal rounds those other boards do take.