- 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.

ONE OF MY FRIENDS VISITED IB OFFICE DELHI TO INQUIRY ABOUT MY BATCH DETAILS…. BUT THE IB PEOPLE DID NT ENTERTAIN. EVEN THE RECEPTIONIST ALSO NOT GIVING ANY INFORMATION.. THEY ARE REPEATEDLY TELLING THAT WAIT N WAIT… WE WILL SEND U THE CALL LETTER ONE MONTH BEFORE THE JOINING DATE… AS PER MY OPINION IT SUCH A WASTE OF TIME TO WAIT FOR ACIO II CALL LETTER … PROCEED FOR ALTERNATIVES… ALL THE VERY BEST FRIENDS.
my verification started at 1 week of may and completed on 26 Jun 14 with lot of my personal efforts… yesterday evening IB people came to my address and asking about clarification regarding my Corresponding even i have mentioned the same details in SSQ form and clarify during early visits …. I am really tired Friends and i am trying to shift my concentration to other possibilities instead waiting for another 3/6/9/….. months…
Dear F’s my verification started at 1 week of may and completed on 26 Jun 14 with lot of my personal efforts… yesterday evening IB people came to my address and asking about clarification regarding my Corresponding even i have mentioned the same details in SSQ form and clarify during early visits …. I am really tired Friends and i am trying to shift my concentration to other possibilities instead waiting for another 3/6/9/….. months…
**Corresponding degree
Hello every1..
Lets create a group on watsapp to interact with each other. .
I think u r right..my contact no:9050957540..
mine is 8750569859 ..lets get in touch on whats up.
Its a bad idea. P;ease refrain.
Mosquito nets and no smartphones, amusing!!
Anyways am yet to be verified.They just keep calling then they met my father, my sister, they’re yet to verify my schooling, graduation. Too much left to verify.
I don’t understand why do they need to tell my parents that they’re not satisfied with their job.I mean they should understand how parents react, and what reaction I am having to suffer.
Done with verification!!
how you com to this conclusion
Good for you brother. Interestingly I am still being verified(more than 2 weeks now.). I have been contacted by 10 different people from either IB or state CID.
1) IB@ present address .
2)CID@present address.
3)IB@ present address no.2.
4)IB@ permanent address(village).
5)CID@ permanent address(village).
6)IB@ elder brothers last address in India.(extensive verification, they went to his flat, company headquarter, checked his employment records, met with his friends and ex roommates).
7)IB@ 10th boards exam(residential school).
8)IB@ 12th boards exam school(residential school).
9)IB@ Graduation college.
10)IB@ birth place and the also checked my fathers employment records before his retirement).
It seems too much, no wonder the whole process recruitment takes almost 2 years. Unfortunately for me all of the above places are in different districts and parts of the country. I wonder If its same for everyone else or is it just me. Please share your verification processes. Cheers!
Hi Rambler, I stay near chennai…. as per what you have said, verification was done by the IB person and by the state police(crime branch CID)..over a period of 2weeks…am the only child to my parents, but my cousin bro (son of dad’s elder brother) is in the US… they asked his present & permanent address.. his company address.. passport number, visa validity & expiry date… verified at our permanent address.. present address.. at my PG where i stay while i worked… at my dad’s workplace…at my native place, school, college etc…
Dude, it’s a sensitive post as one deals with the internal security of the country. Therefore these checks are mandatory. I have been contacted too by different state policemen (as in employment,stay,tenure etc) document wise, on phone and quizzed/confirmed the SSQ details many times since 1st week of June. Anyways, good luck!
@Amit Singh – Good Luck to you too bro!
@abc Wish you the same! 25.07.2014
I also talked to one of the officers who came to verify me for almost an hour. I asked him a lot of questions about the job profile, training etc. I will b putting up a detailed post shortly.
This is also happened in my case
Hii Rambler, hello bond :)
See am telling you that am done with verification because – They contacted my father, my sister, my brother and am not sure about school or college.But what the person (they were two) who came to my residence told me when I asked about my joining is that, as soon as they send the SSQ which they had and our handfilled , reaches the headquarters there ends the verification.
Rambler what I feel is that if they’ve checked your documents and got your answers of their questions, then you’re done.Hoping to see you there in the same batch along with sherlock amit and bond if he believes in what I say :p
One more surprising reply that I got from that ib fellow when I asked him for number of candidates from ranchi, he was like see if we get 20 candidates we reject 12 but you’re safe,aapke acche din aane waale hai.
Tried to scare me by asking me to come to police station and be honest about my criminal record lol
Hii saurabh..thanks 4 d detailed post..
What did he mean by ‘out of 20 we reject 12 candidates”
N did he say anything abt 1st or 2nd batch or anything abt acio job profile..?
Thanks in advance. .
Hello saurabh. .congrats 4 d completion of ur ib verification. .
is ur police verification also over??
Hey Rambler, can you give a detailed explanation about your interaction with the IB officer? I have quit my job, so I’m very anxious. Have my wife and 1 kid also, so everyone is waiting. Please tell me.
Brother sanjay there’s nothing to worry about. You.shall your joining and so shall we.I hope you get it soon and your family would be as comfortable as you yourself.
I don’t know and I really doubt him on that.He may have said that to scare me or to get honest answers.He asked me who attested my documents and when I asked him to show he didn’t allow.He thought my father attested the documents as he’s of the same designation and wanted to catch me there, and hence that reply.
Bhai the official i had chat on phone (June end) told me that first batch is to begin from second week of July and we shall be prepared for the next batch.
Police verification shall be done by them, by looking for my criminal record at the police station itself. That’s what he told me.
Thanks 4 d reply saurabh. Plz share in case u get any new info.
Surething brother :)
hope we all be there in 2nd batch
Hi bond007, hoping to meet you guys and that we may make it to the 2nd batch !
Guys 2 things r cleard..mdcl certificate apne district k CMO se bnva k le jana hoga..and police verification IB vale khud plc station ja krege…Its authentic infrmtn..
Guys 2 things r cleard..mdcl certificate apne district k CMO se bnva k le jana hoga..and police verification IB vale khud plc station ja krege…Its authentic infrmtn..
the procedure of police verification started after Ib done its homework/verification and local police will contact everyone you mentioned in SSQ and each location where you stay for last 3 years plus your graduation place is also visited by respective local police
Have you guys been to civil surgeon’s office? Today I just casually went there to get an idea of medical fitness certificate.The clerk there asked me to present joining letter. So I guess no need to worry about medical tests and certificate at this stage.
Share your experiences :)
Medical certificate Dst CMO se bnva kr le zana pdega..So need not 2 worry guys..
what happened no body is writting anything?
How many batches will be there??? any idea
Hi Bond…wats up on ur side ? is ur verification completed ? seems my verification and all procedures are complete, waiting for medical exam…I have resigned from current job and waiting eagerly for the call letter.. did u happen to come across any new info from the 1st batch friends ? fingers crossed to make it to the 2nd batch… any idea when we can expect the call letter ?
Have police officials also visited ur place after the IB officials ??
has anybody received call letter…
@Balram – yes bro, 2 officers from state police i.e from Crime Branch visited & took photocopies with them of address proof & certificates for their own formalities.. they were saying the IB guys would prepare, send separate report to their higher ups and the state guys too would prepare a report & send it, both independent of one another… only after the reports are sent by them, the verification is deemed to be completed… am quoting verbatim as to what they said…
Thnx a lot bro for the info..also can you tell us when did the IB officials visit ur place.. so that we can have a rough idea about the time gap between IB and police verification..and yeah from which state u belong to..?
@Balram, Bond007 – friends, the IB officer came on 15th june, officers 4m Crime branch on 22nd june… Everything was done in 2weeks…am a native of AP, but staying in TN, may i know about you guys too?….
Hi ABC,
There are candidate selected from my district but no one is in first batch and last call from police was on 5/7/2014 latter no conversatio that seems my verification is done
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@abc: m from haryana..n my IB verification was done on 10th june but nothing has been intimated to me after that…still waiting..
can anyone tell …will there be exam this yr also …if yes any idea about notification
Same question from my side too ?
No one can say if there will be a notification or not. That is left to the recruitment section of MHA. No use asking here.
Dear Friends… let the last year process complete no need to worry current year’s notification.
done with verification!!
Congrts bro..After how many days from IB officials’ visit did police officials come..?
sir, when will acio 2 2014 exam ill be conducted?
kindly reply sir
hi guys..hope everyone is doing good..as per above comments i feel most of us will get our joining in 2nd batch
hope most of us will get our joining in 2nd batch
@Anurag – hoping for the same, good luck!
@abc.. sure bro..!!
verification at my temporary ressidence and at my father’s workplace was over two months back
after that no news………. what to do?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,help or suggestion ………..any1
hi friends! i got some info about training in shivpuri and wanna share with u friends.
Day goes in shivpuri as follows:
1.Morning-6am to 8am (Running,physical exercise,drill etc.,)
2.8am to 9.30am( fresh up, tiffin etc.,)
3.6.30am to 1.00pm( oral classes/subject classes)
4.1.00pm to 2.30pm( Lunch break and nap)
5.2.30pm to 5.00pm(oral classes)
6.5.00pm to 7.00pm(physical exercise, drill)
After 7pm freshup, dinner, some homework, then sleep.
Thanks a lot for the info Sruzan !!
Thanks SruZan and what about sports facilities available in shivpuri I heard from friend that there is lot of sports competition are conducted and awards are also given to winner
friends,can i postpone the joining to next batch by giving some reasons?? did anybody postpone earlier?? thanks in advance
@sruzan, is there any information regarding 2nd batch? On 26 june two men, one frm IB and another frm state police CID came to my place for verification.
have you guys formed any group by connecting through email id?
if yes kindly add me as well
how many of you given Sunday ssc cgl and what is your expected score mine is 125 kindly share
Hiii guyz….got sme info…so thought to share it wid u all….candidates who has studied from DELHI UNIVERSITY either by regular…or correspondence, their verification is nt completed till nw…as DU has nt reverted back to d deptt regarding our degrees.
As per my knowledge all the renound universities have online database about their students. So there is no need fot the dept. to contact univerisity regarding any information.
Friends is any chance of extended merit list for ib acio exam 2013.
A guy from bangalore have received call letter for the second batch.. Second batch starts from September 22..
THATS GOOD SIGN BUT SSC MAIN IS ON 26 AND 27 SEPT
Thankyou chetan for the news. But I think he got call letter too early, as 22sep is almost 2 months from now. Have you enquired about the authenticity of this information? Please reply if this information is true.
Yup I spoke with him, he received the call letter on 25th july. His verification was done in mid june.. He collected his call letter from SIB office bangalore..
Thank you Chetan. It means he didn’t got letter via speed post.
@Chetan, how that person in B’lore come to know that he have to collect his letter from SIB office? Somebody contacted him or anything else?
He got a call from SIB office to collect his call letter..
hi chetan pls confirm ur comment and when ur friend received call letter
Hi Sruzan, hope u r doing fine.. Is it possible for you to kindly cross check the above info from chetan, with your friends who r in the 1st batch at s.puri?
ya abc just trying to find out
i received my joining order today ,,,,, batch starts on 22nd sep
Hey pinky, where are you from? On which date letter was dispatched?
dispatched today from hyd
@ Pinky. Ok. So you are from Hyd. You received letter today. But my que is on which date letter was dispatched from Delhi. Any date mentioned on the letter?
hello pinky, when u completed u r verification (pls give us your interview date also)
letter dispatched on 22nd july
Hii pinky..can u plz share wat other instructions r given in d letter..
Hi Pinky, 1st of all Congrats ! my best wishes !
Can you please let us know as to which place you are from and if you got it by speed post ?
Kindly share some general details given in the call letter which may be useful for us all… also please tell us the start & end date for the 2nd batch…
Thanks in advance !
i am from hyd , interview completed on jan 20 verification in month of june
Hii pinky..many congratulations. .plz tell me sumthng. .was ur verification done by both ib n police?
@Pinky, you got letter via post or any other means? As Chetan is saying that one person in B’lore collected his letter from SIB office on 25 july. Please clarify.
got letter by speed post
Hi friends,
I got my call letter 2day :) ! Am into sept22nd batch at S.puri !
Today morning, got a call from IB district incharge to meet him & collect the letter in person at his office, spoke to him.
The call letter has
– instructns, guidelines
– info as gvn by ‘Sruzan’ previously
– surety bond fr rs.60,000 to be signd
– med cert addrssd to d civil surgeon of dist govt hospital whr v r supposed 2 get med exam
– personal details & declaratn form
– character certificate
The officer said withn 1week of traing compltn at s.puri hav to report 2 delhi for further traing.. And then 1mth at sikkim – mountaineering course.
Congrats abc. Which city you belongs to?
Thanks Ceaser… Am living at kanchipuram, near chennai – TN…
hi abc sir, i am living in vellore i interested to work in IB.
what is a study plan for this exam. please help me sir i was a village people
email id:balakrishnanckk@gmail.com please reply
Ok abc, hope I also get call letter in coming days and will join you at shivpuri.
Sure Ceaser, good luck ! In case any kind of group via email/mob has been created, do let me know, we’l stay in touch.
@abc , ya sure.
congrats my friend…. is it only 7days in shivpuri???
Hi agni, thanks for your wishes.
what I meant is, after the usual 2 months at s.puri, with no gap, within 7days in between, may b asked to join at delhi…
Can i ping u on FB?
u can find me on un official intelligence bureau page at FB
Can you plzz specify the format of medical certificate???
Can you plzz specify the format of medical certificate????
Congratulations Ab!! Wish to see you there, and hope to get a detailed post from you. Enjoy bud :)
@Saurabh bhai – thanks a lot !
Hoping & looking forward to meet you and others there.
Hii everybody.I m also waiting for call letter. verification completed.
hi abc congrats bro.
hi abc meanwhile try to learn hindi it is very useful in the training.
@Sruzan – thanks a lot for the wishes & helpful suggestion ! May i know from which place you are?
congrats bhai
@bond007 – thanks bro !
@abc:Congrats bro.. :)
It seems as if they are calling just the south indian candidates in their second batch..tamilnadu,hyd,andhra,bnglore etc…has anybody else got call letter from any other place in ur knowledge..?
@balram – shukria bhai ! Wel the dept works in mysterious ways and we can never guess anything.
Expecting to hear good news soon from you, bond007 and others.
— by the way, did u get the call for the delhi police post u applied for?
@abc: bro according to official ans key m scoring quite well..after this mains will be held on 28 sept and after that physical..its time taking procedure..if m not put into the second batch then its a blessing in disguise for me actually ;)
Well do inform us if u get any other info..are u on whatsapp?
@Balram – bhai prepare well for 28sept.. Goodluck!
No, i dnt hav a smartphone with me now, as i intend to buy new1 aftr training.
Will sms to ur num given in this page bhai, what do you say !
@Balram – bhai prepare well for 28sept.. Goodluck!
No, i dnt hav a smartphone with me now, as i intend to buy new1 aftr training.
Will sms to ur num given in this page bhai, what do you say ?
Sure bro..cheers
dude …i too got same date for joining …could u tell me after getting call letter what all things we should do like medical check up then ??and should u inform them like ‘i am willing to join ‘ something like that?
Hi suresh, congrats!
May i know where you are from?
If you see in pg.4 of call letter,at the bottom, its given tat we need to send a letter by post within 7days of gettng call letter, that we are willing to join, to d asst.director/G in delhi… Atleast tats what in the letter which i have. Please go through the call letter for further details.
Anyone from west Bengal?
from bangalore…hey dude can we request for extending the date of joining bcz have some work
and what about medical check just go to the distict hospital they will do it or what?
suresh how to extend joining? its given we cant extend. give me ur cel number,i wil cal u because am from blore i also want to extend,thanks
Hi ABC my verification just completed yesterday and so very thin chances to get the joining in second batch and I am from Maharashtra and is there anybody in your knowledge or in this forum who hails from M and got letter
@bond007 – am nt sure bro abt any1 frm M.. I suggest tat u can go thru comments/responses in d previous pages to check. W.r.t callup – fingers crossed !! I’ll post here if cme to knw any friend is frm M…
thanks bhai and more thing I want to know,if those who received joining letter for 22nd batch but not interested or want to postponed there joining and thats why not sending willingness letter in such cases will IB send call letter to next candidate
Hi bond007 – am not sure about that bro.. As far as i knw we r expectd to join & extension requests may not b entertained…. kindly check wid Sruzan as i hv limitd info reg this.
Hi Suresh,If u dont mind can i plz get ur no, me too from b’lore and got d same joining date, few things to discuss b4 that..thanks in advance
abc! im from hyderabad
Grt ! My cousin bro is in hyd only-begumpet…
hi friends today received call letter through speed post called for 2nd batch on 22/9/2014
Congrats bro..
congrats dude…some candiates receiving through IB office and other through speed post…Did u receive any call from ur dist IB office..?
@Sruzan – subhaakaankshalu ! Congrats bro !
Pls let me knw ur mail id, wil exchange contact no.s and also wil add in FB…
hi abc and other friends the specific job of acio deals with public safety and we are advised to avoid any type of contacts or accounts with social networks like facebook, twitter etc., and donot entertain sharing the information with ur close friends also pls dont do that .we are going to deal with internal intelligence agency in the country pls maintain secrecy.
Congrats bhai……
good to hear buddy …… u have done a great job in this page please keep continue to do the same as many of use still waiting to join with you.
congrats bhai
Congrats bro…..
Hello Sruzan…. some say that half will leave job within a year. Is it true? If so why? Please clarify …..Also please…. clarify what type of accomodn will we have at Shivpuri/Delhi/Sikkim..?
Hi, I also appeared for IB interview , but was nt selected.. anybody plz tell me where i can chk my marks
Hard luck preeti…and even the selected candidates don’t know their marks…i don’t think there is any provision in IB through which u can see ur marks..
Balramji hw much u were scoring in paper I
Bro its 135..
Balramji objective paper was of 100 marks and hw u are scoring 135? I didn’t undrstand? Pls clarify
Bro i thought u were asking my marks in the ssc cpo xam…and as far as marks in acio xam are concerned,nobody knows his actual score till now..will post my score as soon as i get to know
@Preeti Hw many marks r u scoring in paper I and what abt paper II?
I want to downloada utube video but in audio format not in video. anybody plz help me how I can do it
http://www.youtube-mp3.org/ …. copy you tube link and paste and then convert video
Method 1:
Use Firefox- goto setting- Add Ons- search Youtube to Audio or Youtube to mp3 or mp4- install- restart firfox- open youtube- you will see a button below video- download- thatsit. This trick is simple ad one time work.
Method 2:
Copy each video url individually and paste it in ” http://convert2mp3.net ” and choose format and download.. this trick is hectic. do the first one.
If you are using an android phone then you can use TubeMate app. This is not available on Google Play Store but you will have to search it on google. Just install it on your mobile and download the video/audio.
Hello Sruzan…. some say that half will leave job within a year. Is it true? If so why? Please clarify …..
hello friends., is there any chance that a selected candidate be rejected in any case ? like on medical or any other grounds., plz share ur views
Colour blindness I guess, and in extreme visibility disorder you’re sent to refer the medical hospital by CMO.
thank you saurabh
Hey guys,
I have also got thru this yr n awaiting my joining letter.I am preparng for civil services and looking forward to make a study grp for the same.Anyone preparng 4 the same, p
lz do reply
Hiii i am too looking forwad for my call letter and am preparing for civil service too… yeah we shud mke a grp
anybody tell me thai is there negative marking in ACIO exam
Am from west Bengal and even my verification got completed during the month of June 14..but as per the comments I see that there aren’t anyone from west Bengal. .. and the ones getting their joining in the second batch are mostly from the south.. . Hope we too get our joining soon.. …
Yup i thnk easterners vl b called next…m from assam …my verification ws ovr by june 1st week…hope to get in t next batch ehich will b on nov i guess
Hello friends!!!
Congratulations to all who had cleared the exam and who had received the call letters!!!! & thank u all for ur productive comments (especially fighterclass and sruzan)…….
Received call letter today… Same joining date and every thing is same as mentioned above by abc….
@SRIKS- congrats !
Thanks bro!!!
congrats bhai