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What GATE rank is required to get into PSUs like ONGC and IOCL?
The required GATE rank depends upon various parameters like
- The engineering branch
- Company (PSU)
- Number of vacancies for the stream
People who are graduating in 3-4 years are lucky as both IOCL and ONGC are planning to recruit in bulk because of massive retirements in both the companies.
The mechanical and chemical branches are expected to have the most vacancies. Candidates will be called in a 1:5 ratio and thus, interviews will be the major determining factor of your selection. If you are unable to showcase your knowledge and talent during the interview, even a single-digit rank cannot guarantee your admission. A minimum of 40% marks are required to pass the interview.
So if you get a call for the interview, don’t let your rank discourage you or even make you overconfident.
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If you rank in the range of 100-200, you should receive interview calls from PSUs like ONGC and IOCL.
Here are the cutoff trends for ONGC and IOCL for the last few years.
ONGC -
- For the open category, you need to rank below 100.
- SC and ST category students need to rank below 1200 and 2000 respectively.
IOCL -
- For the open category, you need to rank below 600.
- OBC category usually has a cutoff rank below 800.
- The required cutoff for SC/ST category is 3000 and 4000 accordingly.
The final selection to any of these two PSU depends on your performance in GD and personal interview.
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If you hold a rank under 250-300, you will get all PSU interview calls. But if you are preparing exclusively for GATE(not IES), make sure you keep in contact with books. Don’t abandon the habit of reading books after GATE. Most people leave their studies after GATE and don’t perform well in the interview. One of my friends works in NTPC. Discussed below are his experiences during the interviews.
Getting PSU interview calls is not that difficult. Converting it to the final selection is tougher.
NTPC:
- For mechanical, if your rank is under 300, you will receive an interview call (for General- 280)
- How you perform in your interview depends on your conversation skills.
- Several top rankers were rejected for their performance in the interview.
IOCL:
- Although the selection is up to 1800(gen) for an interview call, there is zero selection above 400 ranks. The weightage assigned to the GATE rank is higher for IOCL.
- When your rank is under 200, you are likely to get selected. But the final selection depends on the interview. IOCL does not select even top rankers if their performance in interviews is not good.
ONGC:
- The call to the interview depends on the department you have selected and your cut-off. Weighing is high on the gate score.
- Almost all top rankers opted for the production department in recent years. Opportunities to get selected are quite slim if you don’t have a rank above 100. Interview calls were made for rank holders up to 300.
- Make sure that you fill the right department to get selection.
Mechanical is generally the second department that was most preferred. The interview call usually goes out to 400 ranks. If you have a rank under 140, you are likely to get selected. The total number of seats is 40 (maximum). For another dept., Mmo, cementing, selection usually goes up to the rank of 300.
BPCL:
- The interview alone matters, if you have a rank under 1500, you will get an interview call.
- Tech, GD, Interview rounds are elementary. Zero weightage is assigned to the rank.
The ranks listed above are for the mechanical branch and general category only. Hope this gives a general idea about the rank required to get selected for PSUs.
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