- What to prepare for interview?
- Documents to bring in interview
- Proforma font problem
- Contact details/Helpdesk/RTI
ACIO written exam was conducted in 15 September 2013. Result was declared few days back, but in case some of the players are still unaware:
Successful Roll numbers: http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/WrittenResultOfACIO-IIEx-2013.pdf
Call letters for Successful candidates: https://www.onlinesubmit.in/mha/
Around ~3900 candidates shortlisted for ~750 final vacancies. Meaning interview post to candidate ratio is slightly higher than 1:5. In most exams it is 1:3)
@Those who couldn’t make it
Many Good exams coming soon- SSC CGL 2014, Punjab and Maharahstra PSC and many more.
Find out the cause of defeat (low preparation of current / theory /aptitude) and rectify your studies accordingly. Failure in one exam doesn’t make you loser. Hard working person will always meet Success sooner or later.
@Those who cleared the written ACIO exam
You can download call letters from here: https://www.onlinesubmit.in/mha/
Interviews will commence from January 13 to January 25, 2013. That means less time for celebration and more time for interview preparation.
What to prepare for interview?
From the 2012’s recruitment round, many Players had posted their interview experiences in the comments below the following article:
https://mrunal.org/2012/08/studyplan-acio.html/comment-page-5#comments
so just go through them to get a feel of how the interview goes. Note: every page contains 50 comments and interview experience sharing starts from comment page number 5.
Some tips (from those comments)
- 60% on your biodata. (Why do you want to join IB? Educational background, terminology, hobbies)
- 30% on current issue (mostly national and regional. + some current related to neighboring countries from IB/security/terrorism angle.)
- 10% intelligence system of India.
- If you are not fluent in English practice it, as sometimes panel member may insist that you answer a particular question in english.
- For some people it was for 5 mins and for some it went upto 20 mins.
- In the panel, one member will be observing you and taking notes.
(for more, go through the comments in the link I gave above.)
How to prepare the “introduction or tell me about yourself?”,
that is explained in the IBPS interview prep. article, and the funda remains similar for ACIO as well. Click ME
how to prepare graduation related question,
that is also explained IBPS interview and the funda remains similar for ACIO as well. Click ME
After Interview : if you are selected , Medical Test and Police Verification follows.
Documents to bring in interview
- Original certificates in support of age, educational
- qualifications (Matriculation onwards including mark sheets), other qualifications along with an attested photocopy of each of the documents;
- Original certificate in support of belonging to
- OBC/SC/ST/Ex-serviceman/J&K resident category issued from the competent authority in the prescribed proforma along with an attested photocopy thereof;
- Original certificates in support of claimed achievements in Sports/Games and other extracurricular activities along with an attested photocopy of each of the documents.
- A photo identity proof like voter ID card, PAN card, passport, driving license or any other valid proof to verify his/her identity.
- Candidates belonging to OBC category and claiming benefits thereunder must bring their OBC certificate in the proforma meant for appointment to the posts under Government of India as published in the advertisement (copy enclosed) and not for State Government jobs. If they fail to do so, they will not be allowed to appear in the interview. Certificate in any other proforma will not be accepted in any case.
- One copy each of Attestation Forms (A.F.) and Special Security Questionnaire (SSQ) may also be downloaded which are required to be filled in by the candidate for carrying out Character & Antecedents verification wherever required. These forms may please be filled in for all the columns correctly and completely and in case the space provided in any of the column is not sufficient for furnishing the information sought, the candidate can utilize an extra sheet. This is, however, made clear that issuance and filling up of the attestation form (AF) and SSQ at this stage does not mean that the candidate has been or would be necessarily selected to the post of ACIO-II/Exe. The duly filled in AF and SSQ forms are required to be deposited by the candidate on the day of interview.
- The candidate is advised to bring this interview letter without which he/she would not be allowed entry. It may be made clear that no request for change of date and place would be entertained.
Proforma font problem
To all those having font problem in ACIO proforma PDF file, here is the correct version
https://files.secureserver.net/0sK88ts0l9j5eU
And for all the remaining files related to OBC certificate format, notification etc. use this folder:
https://files.secureserver.net/0fGnnSvt1tFfjA
Contact details/Helpdesk/RTI
Email: helpdesk.mha2013@gmail.com
Phone: 91 8800325462 (10AM-6PM / Monday-Friday) & (10AM-4PM/Saturday)
Address (to send letter querries)
Assistant Director/Exam,
Intelligence Bureau,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
35, S.P. Marg,
New Delhi-110021.

Dear fighterclass… Can u plz tell me if i can apply to the various posts of states PCS having the same grade pay(4200) as Acio 2 after joinin IB as acio 2…
HAI I TOO SELECTED AS ACIO-II.MY VERIFICATION WAS OVER ON 29-05-2014. BUT I HAVE CONFUSION REGARDING WHEATHER TO JOIN(OR)NOT. I AM ALREADY WORKING AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN UIIC. I AM FROM GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH.
Hii Rambabu,
Congrats bro..
I have few queries. .
1) is ur police verification or ib verification is over??
2) plz throw some light on ur statement ‘ verification is over’
.I mean did any IB guy told u dat ur verification is over? ?
Thanks in advance :-)
police verification/i.b verification are one another same. as i.b department is having there own verification. there is no special verifiction by police department. for me one i.b official came and enquired all details.
Congrats Ram…!can u plz tell me if…1) Had IB called u before verification…i mean how did u get date of verification.?..
.2) did they tell u any thing about ur mdcl date..?
my verification completed , can any1 tell me is there any possibility to postpone training schedule , when they will call for training ?
THE I.B OFFICIAL CALLED ME TWO DAYS BEFORE AND HE TOLD GET READY WITH ALL DOCUMENTS. THEY HAVEN’T MENTIONED ANY MDCL DATE.
hai sir….dis is ravi….i am from hyderabad…i too selected acio2…..but i didt get any enquiry……can u cal 8886043490 dis no….
me too from andhra
My Hearty congrats To u Rambau sir.
I would like Discuss some things about career and examination and some other issues regarding exams.
could please drop a mail with u ra name to my mail which is mentioned below.b
thank you sir
bukke.balaji@hotmail.com
me too from andhra
@Rambabu I too got selected as ACIO and verification is done on 11/06/14. I am also working (Joined on 02/06/14) as Administrative Officer (IT) in National Insurance (NICL). I am also confused whether to join IB or not. Is ACIO job better than IB? Can you tell me the pros and cons of both the job? Will you join IB or not?
@Rambabu I too got selected as ACIO and verification is done on 11/06/14. I am also working (Joined on 02/06/14) as Administrative Officer (IT) in National Insurance (NICL). I am also confused whether to join IB or not. Is ACIO job better than IB? Can you tell me the pros and cons of both the job? Will you join IB or not?
as of now i have’t decided.i am getting divergent veiws regarding I.B.i will decide later.
Verification completed.no police officials….just the IB guys.anyone here from chandigarh?
Hii biker..congrats 4 d completion of ur verification.
Wich is ur home state??
Did ib officials say nythng abt joining. .??
Thx!chandigarh.he said joining would be in a month or 2 max.said they are short of people.but ya it is a big relief now that it is over.
Hi biker..my ib verification started 2day..one ib official visited my house. .I m 4m delhi.
I am from Chandigarh but living in Vadodara. So gave exam at Ahmedabad and Interview at Mumbai. IB officials visited my place at both places I.e. Chandigarh as well as Vadodara. They even went to my wife’s office as when they visited my place in Vadodara, she was at work. Also came to know from my chacha that they even visited my village that is around 40 Km from Chandigarh. They said that they’ve been told to complete verification asap so we should not need to wait too long for joining letter. Even the people who come for verification don’t know much details about joining.
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hi friends…3 days back got a call from an IB person who had done verification at my permanent address in Tirupati. Asked me questions regarding the details from SSQ form by phone, as i am currently working in chennai. Said verification from that side is over and personnel from the department may come to verify at the present address in chennai and or the office at where i work. The person was very cool and polite and congratulated me for clearing the exam and wished me best of luck for the things ahead.
The person stressed on not to hide any facts/details and said the med exam, call for training would be very soon and asked me to be prepared for the same. And that person asked to keep ready all documents and photocopies ready including marksheets and caste certificates(as applicable) ready, so that if the people who come for verification ask for them then may produce them. Also while reporting for training they may ask for the same in particular.
@abc Sir, can you tell me your location and exam registration number so that we can get an idea of which order they are choosing for verification? I have wife and 1 kid, so we are waiting very anxiously
Yes mr abc,
If u cn plz share ur reg no. It wud b very much helpful 4 us who r desperately waiting4 their verification. .
thanks in advance
@vikram & Sanjay – am at present in chennai & am working in an MNC and my domicile residence is here too, my permanent address is in AP. my reg no is in the 1st page of the results pdf file for sure. i come under the General category. i cant say exactly which is my num as i cant remember my regno exactly as i kept the interview call letter etc at home. so will update when i go home and check. But the above details are 100% correct i can assure you.
But friends, It seems they are covering numbers in no specific order – but by grouping the numbers region/place wise in order to cover them as a whole in batches etc for ease of going thru. One of my friends from bangalore was saying the same, based on his & his friend’s verification coverage.
— Friends, as per what Mr.Fighterclass had said earlier, its their responsibility to conduct verification. Its natural to feel nervous unless contacted by them as I felt the same too. But we can never say or predict in which way they are covering things exactly. I would suggest to keep the documents ready and keep info handy esp reg addresses, qualifctn, emp details, info abt close relatives/siblings & those of people living abroad (I was asked particularly abt this)
——————-> Please stick to what has been declared in the SSQ PI forms submitted at the time of interview or else give details as necessary, because they ask questions mainly based on the details filled in them<———————————-
Verification completed ! submitted zerox copies of certificates… Whatever #Ryan Ibrahim mentioned in the previous post regarding verification and training, the same thing was conveyed to me regarding training and other details.
@abc Sir, can you tell me your location and exam registration number so that we can get an idea of which order they are choosing for verification? I have wife and 1 kid, so we are waiting very anxiously
Any one from madhya pradesh whose verification process is over?
Kindly let me know ……….
hi sat it is not mandatory if your belongings(family members) reply well whatever the ib personnel asks them and inform to ur parents to provide yhem some contact number of yours so that ib men from delhi may contact u . hope ur query is answered. futher r u a civils aspirant ?
IB went for the verification of my family members….without my verification…..The reason may be that I have changed my address….They verified my elder brother residing in Kolkata…I am from delhi…. I am still waiting for them to contact me first for any explaination
This process of random verification is only adding to our miseries, the ones who got verified are crying to postpone their joining and one’s like me are waiting anxiously to get verified.
Too much of secrecy, there needs to be some sort of transparency regarding recruitment.
What absurd process of random verification.Too much of secrecy, Atleast the recruitment process needs to have some sort of transparency!
of course brother. the delay is giving us frustration n hopelessness. our relatives n frnd r asking abt joining BT we r still waiting for verification, then medical n a lot more possible delays.
same situation here brother, anyways where are you from. I am at ranchi will let you know, as and when I get verified lol I wonder if ib walas are even interested in coming to jharkhand.
I m from Lucknow.
Hi guys, myself from Jamshedpur.
yesterday mha.nic.in remove the link regarding online application for post sa/exe
what’s going on they take applications and due to election exam was postpone but now elections are over and other things better so
they shud inform aspirant that they will tentatively conduct exam (for eg july month).
anyone know anything comment
i too completed police verification…… can anybody give any info regarding shiivpuri (training location) dist?? state??
Hii j agni p.,
Wich state u belong 2??
Hii j agni p,
Which state u belong 2? ?
hi j agni p shivpuri is located in madhyapradesh state near to agra and from which state u are?
thanx for the info and i am from andhra pradesh
yesterday i visited one of the IB offices…. the response i received was great. i have inquired about the facilities and work profile… primarily work profile is to collect the data on given task (communal political aspects), training is for 6 months and it is not necessary to post u in the border area at initial posting…
hi j agni p are you jamadagni from krishna district do u remember me i have met u at interview. can u provide ur contact number
give ur mobile num to my mail id thefire222@gmail.com i will reply to that thank u for contacting.
Hi J Agni – I agree about what you said about training & other details, same details were conveyed by the officer who conducted verification.
How many of us are from jharkhand? Has anyone been verified?
No verification as of now.
Yaar people from all states are getting verified.
Waiting 4 verification 2 begin in delhi..
What is d the xpctd date of start of batch this year..if anybody knows..!!
verification started
an IB officer after calling at my cell came to my house, asked me abt all the original documents and took copies of those n of my aadhar card. He asked me question regarding my interview,my address,some very small things like nick name, behavior and inquired abt even my relatives like uncle-aunt, bua -fufa and many more.
He told me some interesting things abt training like it can stretch 6-12months in sm cases. there r 4 training venues in India 4 IB personnel.
IB will decide to alot a particular core to a trainee. He told me that it will take minimum 3 months to b called 4 training.
hope that it will end soon
Hii sherlock. Congrats brother..
chalo atleast process start to hua.
1) Has ur police verification completed? ?
2) as per IB officer ‘ min 3 months 2 b called 4 training’.
is it 4 d first batch or is it a duration between verification n training irrespective of d batch.??
Thanks in advance :-)
hello amit
my verification is not over yet.
he didn’t clearly mentioned whether 3 months wait 4 training is for 1st batch or for me only. but i’ll tell u when will confirmed.
Congratulations!! Now what? Now will you be getting a joining letter? Medical ka koi info?
verification is still on the go. he called the person I hv mentioned in ssq form. 1st he will verify all the persons , addresses mentioned in form. then after 15 days he will submit his report. till now there is no sign of mdcl or joining letter.
wish you luck :)
thanx brother
hope u will b verified soon, and wishing same batch for us.
Hello, I’ve few questions to ask friends, my verification ( including the routine police verification) got done 2 and half months back and I am yet to get my appointment letter.
Secondly, I’ve been selected from 2012 (waiting list) batch, as i was told by the IB officials who visited my house. so i was thinking if any 1 of my particular case received their letter or in general has any 1 received their letter from 2013 batch. and how do i approach them appropriately to know my case situation ?( if its possible to do ) thank you.
last batch for 2012 joined deir training frm 21st april… so nw left r people of acio tech 2012 and acio/exe 2013 people… kindly get in touch wid ur nearest ib office or delhi h.o
Need your help friends. I got selected as ACIO and verification is done on 11/06/14. Other then IB’s ACIO, I also got selected as Programmer (DoITC Rajasthan, Grade Pay – 4800), Administrative Officer (IT) in National Insurance, IT Officer in Bank of Baroda, PO in Punjab National Bank. Just joined on 02/06/14 as Administrative Officer (IT) in National Insurance (NICL). I am confused whether to join IB or not. Is ACIO job better than Programmer and AO? Can you tell me the pros and cons of IB? Suggest me friends.
i also got selected in NICL AO. Im joining IB as it is a more exiting job with more power. It is also an adventurous job. I dont want to sit behind a computer all my life.
Hey Sanjay,u earlier mentioned that you have a wife and a kid thus think of joining
NICL AO as it is more stable job ,u would be able to give time to your family and its salary and perks are higher than ACIO.Regards.
Bhai ye ib jaisi job upto 30 years of age tak hi achi h, it officer aaram ki job h. Nw it depends on u.
Thank you Holmes :) Hope to see you there :)
My verification is done..i m frm Farrukhabad(UP)..i visited to dstct office..they cleared many of my doubts..joining letter may come in august..my frnd which is acio(2012) is posted in J&k ..so get ready to post in boarder area in initial 3-4 years..
If any one got joining letter plz comment on this page. … bcz we all are waiting for joining letter. … plz reply. ……..
My verificatipn is done..joining letter may come in august..
delhi ya mp se koi hi jiska verification hua ho plz share
I m from mp but no verification has been done till now.
If u get any information regarding verification kindly let me know..
verificatio process started in mp too..yesterday ib officer came to my permanent adress in mp…collected doc. but I was not present…they will come to my current adress in delhi.
Yesterday, My verification also got over at my permanent address in mp. 2 ib officials visited my home and took some documents.
Bond bro u r from which dist. In mp?
Hii Bond n sunil..
cn u plz share which docs. Ib official asked 4??
Thanks in advance.
They took only 10th marksheet and passing certificate from me and the rest he note down in his diary.
Hii sunil..4m me he nly took job experience letter..
after few days he called n told me dat my 10th passing certificate is missing n I need 2 submit it again. Bt he didn’t tell me how or where 2 submit..I m still waiting
Been following the trails of people getting verified, got nowhere.
I repeat what absurd process of random verification!
Hii saurabh..where r u from? ?
I am at ranchi,from ranchi. How about you?
I m 4m delhi. .my ib verification started on Saturday
started? how long does it take?
Ya saurabh..I wud say ‘started’..as of now nly ib person visited. .he said sum1 from police will also come 4 verification within a week..so I m still waiting.
Also, he said sum1 4m ib wil visit my previous employer in secundarabad (AP)..
n how long does it take depends on them..once it is started n if they forward req doc n info 2 other depts on time. .verification will b done within 2 weeks or 3 weeks max..den medical..den joining..
dnt worry..urs will start soon. .
Verification has not yet started in Bihar & Jharkhand.
Thanks amit, wish you the best :)
So situation stays the same for aspirants of jharkhand, verification has not yet begun.
2014 me ab june k baad kab aayega ACIO KA notification??
I AM FROM BIHAR.DONE WITH THE VERIFICATION AT MY HOMETOWN.JOINING WILL BE VERY SOON..
Any body from UP…??
Hii frenz. .I m in a situation. .
I m 4m delhi..an ib person came 2 my home 4 verification 2 weeks back..
after 3-4 days he called me b said my 10th passing certificate is missing n I need 2 submit it again..
Its been so many days but no further response from him. .
any of my frnz faced or facing d same situation?????
I am from kerala
my verification started. ib persons visited my eliar college school and they have collected all data about me . but they didn’t say we are from ib
And two persons also visited my home they interacted with me and family members and they collected information about my education .family etc. they asked passport number of my brother who living in abroad. but they also didn’t say we are from ib and i understood local police also veryfied my address and collected information about me
So friends I have confused
1, how can we understood our verification is over or not?
2.,
Same bro
Anybody 4m delhi whose verification is completed? ?
hiii….m also from delhi…has ur verification completed???….mine is over…