Intelligence Bureau (IB) has released an employment notification for the recruitment of 4987 Security Assistant/ Executive (SA/ Exe) posts in the Intelligence Bureau, (Ministry of Home Affairs), Government of India. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online here .
Description of Post
Name | Security Assistant /Executive |
Classification | General Central Service, (Group ‘C’) Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial |
Pay Scale | Level-3(₹ 21700-69100) in the pay matrix plus admissible Central Govt. allowances. Note: i. Special Security Allowance @ 20% of basic pay in addition to other Govt. allowances. ii. Cash compensation in lieu of duty performed on holidays subject to a ceiling of 30 days. |
Essential Qualifications | (i) Matriculation (10th class pass) or equivalent from a recognized Board of Education, (ii) Possession of domicile certificate of that State against which candidate has applied. (iii) Knowledge of any one of the language/dialect mentioned in Table above against each SIB. |
Desirable Qualifications | Field experience in Intelligence work. |
Age limit | 18-27 years as on 17.08.2025. ➢ Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST and by 3 years for OBC candidates. ➢ Upper age limit is relaxable for departmental candidates up to 40 years of age who have rendered 3 years of regular and continuous service. This relaxation is applicable only to Central Govt. Civilian employees holding civil posts and not applicable to personnel working in PSUs, Autonomous/Statuary bodies, etc. ➢ The age limit is relaxable up to age of 35 years for UR candidates, 38 years for OBC and up to 40 years for SC/ST in case of widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and not remarried. ➢ The age limit is relaxable for ex-servicemen as per the Govt. instructions in this regard issued from time to time. ➢ The age limit is relaxable up to maximum 5 years to the meritorious sportspersons specified in Para 1 (a) of D.o.P. and A.R., O.M. No. 14015/1/76-Estt.(D), dated 4.8.1980. The candidate claiming for age relaxation in this category must have the desired certificate in the form and from the authority prescribed in OM under reference.(As per the Appendix-3 at the end of this detailed advertisement). |
Examination Fee: | |
UR/OBC/EWS (Male) | Rs. 650/- |
Others | Rs. 550/- |
Important Website Link for the IB recruitment
Online Application Form | https://cdn.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/1258/94478/Index.html |
Advertisment details to refer no. of post breakup and other | https://गृहमंत्रालय.सरकार.भारत/sites/default/files/SAExeIB_25072025.pdf |
The selection process of IB Security Assistant Recruitment is as mentioned below:
Tier | Description of Examination | Marks | Time |
Tier-I | Online Exam of Objective type MCQs, divided into 5 parts containing 20 questions of 1 mark each on: a) General Awareness b) Quantitative Aptitude c) Numerical/Analytical/Logical ability and Reasoning d) English Language and e) General Studies [Negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer.] | 100 | 1 hrs |
Tier-II | Written Exam (Descriptive type) a) Translation of a passage of 500 words from opted language/dialect to English and vice versa. | 50 | 1 hr |
Tier- III | Interview/Personality test | 50 |
Post break as as follows:

