Government of India

Department of Personnel & Training

Staff Selection Commission
(Southern Region)
[an ISO 1991:2008 certified organization]

Phone No.28275568 2nd Floor, EVK Sampath Building

Fax No.28270561 DPI Campus, College Road
Chennai-600 020

No.4/30/2013-SR Dated the 28th February, 2014

SPECIMEN INTERVIEW CALL LETTER

To

Roll No. :
Name & Address :

Subject: Recruitment to the post of Engineering Assistant and Technician in Prasar Bharti Examination,
2013-Conduct of Interview/Personality Test-regarding.

Dear candidate,

With reference to your candidature for Recruitment to the post of Engineering Assistant and
Technician in Prasar Bharti Examination, 2013, I am to inform that on the basis of the results of the written
examination declared by the Commission, you have been found provisionally qualified/eligible to be
called for Interview/ Personality Test for the posts of Engineering Assistant and Technician as per the
following programme:-

Interview Date Reporting Time

Venue Staff Selection Commission (Southern Region),
2nd Floor, EVK Sampath Building,
College Road, DPI Campus, Chennai-600 006.

2. You should bring this call letter and the following documents, in original, for verification
AND submit 2 copies of the documents/certificates, duly attested by a Gazetted Officer for record:-

2.1. Matriculation or equivalent certificate in support of your Date of Birth;

2.2. Educational Certificate (s) i.e. 10th , 12th / Diploma / Degree / Provisional Certificate from
a recognized Board/ University in support of your educational/ technical / professional
qualifications [obtained before the Crucial Date mentioned in the Notice for the Recruitment (i.e.)
01.01.2013] along with Consolidated Mark Sheet/Year-wise Mark Sheets (with overleaf details, if
any) in proof of subjects studied at various levels;

2.3. Certificate of recognition/approval given by Distance Education Council, IGNOU in case

the degree awarded to you is by means of Distance Education. Such of those candidates who
have acquired their Degree through Distance Education mode, which is not recognized by
Distance Education Council, IGNOU shall not be allowed to appear for the Interview.
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2.4. SC/ST/OBC/Ex.S/PH Certificates obtained within the stipulated period from competent
authorities, in the prescribed format as given in the Notice for the Recruitment;

Note: The OBC Certificate should have been obtained within 3 years before the Closing
Date (23.03.2010 till the date of interview). It may be ensured that the OBC certificate (indicating
the Creamy Layer status), is obtained in the Central Government format i.e. as per Annexure-VII of
the Notice for the Recruitment, which is available in the Commission’s website. Candidates
submitting OBC Certificate which is not in format or issued beyond the validity period will be
treated under UR category, if otherwise eligible;

2.5. Employees of Prasar Bharati shall bring necessary proof of the employment for claiming
age relaxation. Please note that you will not be eligible for being treated as a
Departmental Candidate of Prasar Bharati if you have ceased to be in Service;

2.6. Casual assignees working in Stations or Kendras of AIRs/Doordarshan seeking age

relaxation shall bring necessary proof of service rendered to support their claim for age relaxation.

2.7. Complete Discharge Certificate/Pension Payment Order in support of your claim of

being in Ex-servicemen category, if applicable;

2.8. Certificates in support of your claim regarding participation in extra-curricular activities/

games/sports, etc;

2.10. Certificates in support of claim regarding experience, if any, indicating the nature of
duties performed and the functions of the organization where such experience was gained;

2.11. Four recent passport size photographs;

3. If you do not produce any of the above mentioned documents, in original, along with 2 sets of
attested copies of the same, you will not be admitted for the Interview under any circumstance.

4. You should submit the enclosed Bio-data Form (in original) duly filled in with original
photograph affixed in the space meant for the same. In addition to the above, you may also bring three
copies of the duly filled in bio-data form and submit all the six copies (i.e. one original and three
photocopies) on the day of the interview.

(Utmost care should be taken while filling up the columns in the Bio-data sheets. The information may be
written clearly and legibly. No column in the bio-data sheet should be left blank. In case you have no
information to furnish against a particular column, please indicate either ‘Not Applicable’ or ‘NIL’ as the
case may be)

5. You will have to bear travelling and other expenses on your journey to and from the place
of the Interview. No contribution will be paid by the Commission. The Commission does not make
arrangements for lodging and boarding for the candidates. However, eligible SC/ST attending the
interview will be re-imbursed to and fro II Class Railway fare or bus fare
chargeable by the shortest route, provided that the fare of the first 30 KM in both cases, is borne
by the candidate. No extra charges, if any, incurred for reserving seats, sleeping berths in the
train, will, however, be reimbursed to the candidate. The candidate must furnish details like
distance on travelling, mode of travel, ticket number, actual fare paid by the candidate etc. SC/ST
candidate in service under the Central/State Government, Corporation, Public Sector Undertakings, local
Government institutions/Panchayat however, will not be eligible for such reimbursement.
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6. Any change in your present postal address should be communicated to this Office at
once indicating your Roll No., name of examination and the post applied for and the changed
address.

7. You have the option to converse either in Hindi or English in the Interview. The
interview/personality test is structured in such a manner that the candidates’ interests, knowledge,
various traits, aptitude, suitability etc. are probed, among other things, through academic
qualifications, extra-curricular activities, general awareness/knowledge, depth of knowledge of the
subject studied (10+2 onwards), communicative skill and personality, etc.

8. Your candidature is Provisional. You must, therefore, ensure that you fulfil all the conditions of
eligibility laid down in the advertisement/notice of the examination. If, at any stage, it is found that you
do not fulfil any of the conditions of eligibility, your candidature will be cancelled and no appeal
against such cancellation will be entertained. The fact that you have been called for interview does not
confer any right on you to be treated as eligible in all aspects for appointment or to be considered for
interview. To avoid any disappointment at a later stage, you are advised to recheck whether you meet all
the eligibility criteria laid down on the crucial date prescribed for the post/examination in question.

9. No change in date, time and venue of the Interview will be allowed for any candidate under
any circumstance. In case you fail to attend the interview, it will be presumed that you are not
interested in the post and your candidature will be treated as ‘cancelled’. No further correspondence
will be entertained in this regard.

10. The Commission will not be responsible for late/non-receipt of this letter due to delay in postal
transit.

11. Canvassing in any form will result in cancellation of your candidature.

If any of the above mentioned conditions is not fulfilled, you will not be
allowed to appear for the interview.

Encl: as above

Yours faithfully,

Regional Director (SR)

[Please visit Commission’s website “ssc.nic.in” and Southern Regional Office website “sscsr.gov.in”]