SEBI Grade A IT 2025: Cut-Offs, Vacancies and Selection Analysis
The exam figures on this page come from SEBI's own documents for the Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025 recruitment: the notification, the phase result tables and the published marks of selected candidates. Medians, means and shares are worked out from those tables.
The exam itself: pattern, syllabus, eligibility and salary
Sources for the exam figures, all SEBI documents: SEBI Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025 advertisement · “No. of candidates appeared in Phase I examination held on January 10, 2026” · “No. of candidates qualified for Phase II Examination and cut-off applied for Phase I” · “Cut-off points used paperwise & on TWS — Phase II, testing date 21.02.2026” · “Streamwise & categorywise number of candidates appeared & meritlisted” · “Number of candidates selected category wise” · “Marks secured by 135 selected candidates”. Verified 2026-11-04.
7 of the 22 IT Officers Selected in SEBI's 2025 Cycle Were Victory Key Students, on Our Own Record
SEBI filled 22 IT posts in the 2025 cycle from the 14,799 candidates who sat Phase I. Seven of those 22 are on The Victory Key's own record of its students.
Our selections
7 / 22
Victory Key students among those selected
Selection Ratio
1 in 673
14,799 appeared for Phase I
Median Paper 2
85.88
The deciding score in Phase II
Our Proud Achievers (SEBI Grade A 2025)
The Deciding Edge: Phase II Paper 2 Specialization
In SEBI's marks tables, shown below, selected candidates scored a median of 85.88 on Paper 2 versus 58.00 on Paper 1. Paper 2 counts for two-thirds of Phase II, and SEBI's Phase II IT syllabus is data structures (40), algorithms (30), object-oriented programming (20) and string manipulation (10). The count of seven is The Victory Key's own record; every other figure on this page comes from SEBI's documents or is worked out from them.
Competition
14,799 sat it. 22 got in.
The Information Technology stream, from the Phase I hall to final selection.
One selection for every 673 candidates who sat Phase I.
15.1% cleared Phase I; of those, 3.3% were merit-listed.
Phase I appearances by category
| SC | ST | OBC (NCL) | EWS | UR | B & LV | D & HH | OH | ID & MD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,750 | 878 | 3,687 | 610 | 6,610 | 58 | 42 | 150 | 14 | 14,799 |
Screening
Phase I cut-off
SEBI applied one cut-off across every stream and every category in Phase I. There was no category-wise Phase I cut-off.
| Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|
| 30.00 / 100 | 40.00 / 100 | 80.00 / 200 |
Clear both papers and the aggregate and you went through — SEBI did not cut further.
The real bar
Phase II cut-off — Information Technology
Phase II is scored on a Total Weighted Score (TWS) out of 100, where TWS = (Paper 1 × 1/3) + (Paper 2 × 2/3). Paper minimums were 30% on Paper 1, 40% on Paper 2 and 50% on TWS.
| Category | Cut-off on TWS (out of 100) |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 77.00 |
| OBC (NCL) | 75.50 |
| SC | 74.16 |
| EWS | 73.17 |
| ST | 71.67 |
| OH | 66.33 |
| B & LV | 54.00 * |
| D & HH | — no candidates appeared |
* All qualified candidates were merit-listed, so the list could not be extended.
Comparison
IT was the hardest stream to get into
Unreserved Phase II cut-off, all seven streams.
| Stream | Unreserved cut-off |
|---|---|
| Information Technology | 77.00 |
| Legal | 72.50 |
| General | 66.50 |
| Engineering (Electrical) | 64.67 |
| Official Language | 62.00 |
| Engineering (Civil) | 60.00 |
| Research | 55.66 |
The target
What the 22 who got in actually scored
SEBI published the individual marks of all 135 selected candidates. These are the 22 from the Information Technology stream, aggregated.
| Measure | Lowest | Median | Mean | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase II Paper 2 — IT (/100) | 71.50 | 85.88 | 85.06 | 92.75 |
| Phase II Paper 1 — English (/100) | 47.00 | 58.00 | 58.45 | 71.00 |
| Total Weighted Score (/100) | 63.34 | 76.67 | 76.19 | 81.16 |
| Interview (/15) | 3.00 | 11.50 | 10.36 | 15.00 |
| Final score (/100) | 59.81 | 76.46 | 75.12 | 82.15 |
SEBI's final score is out of 100: 85% of the TWS plus the interview marks. Unreserved selections finished between 79.57 and 82.15, and the lowest unreserved TWS among them was 79.00, two marks above the 77.00 cut-off. The median TWS of all 22 was 76.67, close to the unreserved cut-off, but 13 of the 22 were below 77.00 because they were selected against their own category cut-offs.
Interview marks ran from 3.00 to 15.00 out of 15. That is a twelve-mark swing on a 100-mark final score, so the interview is not a formality, while Phase II still carries 85%.
Our analysis
What SEBI's 2025 marks show
Worked out by The Victory Key from SEBI's published tables, first published November 2026. The method is below, so you can check it.
The highest Phase II score did not finish first
The candidate with the highest IT paper mark (92.75) and the highest TWS (81.16) scored 6 out of 15 in the interview and finished 15th of the 22 on final score, at 74.986. The top final score, 82.150, went to a candidate whose TWS of 79.00 was only 8th of the 22, with 15 out of 15 in the interview.
All six candidates selected against unreserved vacancies, excluding PwBD, scored 11 or more in the interview.
One interview mark is worth 1.76 IT paper marks
| One extra mark in | Adds to final score |
|---|---|
| The Phase II IT paper | 0.57 |
| The Phase II English paper | 0.28 |
| The interview | 1.00 |
The IT paper still carries the most in total, about 57% of the final score, because it has 100 marks against the interview's 15.
Candidates in Phase I for each one selected
| Information Technology | 672.7 |
|---|---|
| Legal | 405.3 |
| General | 386.8 |
| Engineering (Civil) | 324.0 |
| Engineering (Electrical) | 271.0 |
| Research | 190.5 |
| Official Language | 148.3 |
Method. TWS = English / 3 + 2 x IT / 3. Final score = 0.85 x TWS + Interview. This formula reproduces all seven IT minimums in SEBI's minimum marks table. Marks are from SEBI's marks of selected candidates. The stream table divides SEBI's Phase I appeared figures by SEBI's list of selected candidates. These are last cycle's figures and do not predict the next one. SEBI does not publish candidates' names with these marks.
Posts
Vacancies and selections
Advertised — 22 posts in the IT stream
| UR | OBC (NCL) | SC | ST | EWS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
Within these 22, not extra, SEBI lists PwBD posts: 1 (OH), 1 (B & LV), 1 (LV), 1 (D & HH).
Selected — all 22 filled
| UR | OBC (NCL) | SC | ST | EWS | PwBD (OH) | PwBD (B & LV) | PwBD (D & HH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
All PwBD candidates selected belong to the Unreserved category, except one B & LV candidate who belongs to OBC (NCL).
Timeline
Key dates, 2025 cycle
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Notification | 30 October 2025 |
| Application window | 30 Oct – 28 Nov 2025 |
| Phase I examination | 10 January 2026 |
| Phase II examination | 21 February 2026 |
| Phase III interview | Intimated to shortlisted candidates |
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What was the SEBI Grade A IT cut-off in 2025?
On the Phase II Total Weighted Score out of 100: 77.00 for unreserved, 75.50 for OBC (NCL), 74.16 for SC, 73.17 for EWS and 71.67 for ST. The Phase I cut-off was uniform across all streams and categories — 30 in Paper 1, 40 in Paper 2 and 80 out of 200 in aggregate.
How many candidates appeared for SEBI Grade A IT?
14,799 candidates sat the IT paper in Phase I on 10 January 2026. 2,229 qualified for Phase II, 2,061 appeared for it, 74 were merit-listed for the interview and 22 were finally selected.
What marks do you need to clear SEBI Grade A IT?
Among the 22 selected in the 2025 cycle, the median Phase II IT paper score was 85.88 out of 100 and the median English score was 58.00. The lowest Total Weighted Score among selected unreserved candidates was 79.00.
Which SEBI Grade A stream had the highest cut-off?
Information Technology, at 77.00 for unreserved candidates — above Legal at 72.50 and General at 66.50.
How many SEBI Grade A IT posts were there in 2025?
22 in the Information Technology stream: 9 unreserved, 5 OBC (NCL), 4 SC, 2 ST and 2 EWS. Four PwBD posts are within those 22, not extra. All 22 were filled.
Is the interview important in SEBI Grade A?
It carries 15% of the final merit, out of 15 marks. Among selected IT candidates it ranged from 3.00 to 15.00 — a twelve-mark swing — but Phase II still carries 85%.
These are the marks you're aiming at
A median of 85.88 in the IT paper. Practise on timed mocks, then use the Phase II guide to work on what that paper tests.