Make it : World’s Fastest
Hiring
Hindustan Times ( 22 April ) carries following news :
SUMMARY
:
How large
?
* 18.9 million
applications for 62,907 jobs ( Group D : Track Maintainer / Gangman /
Pointsman / Switchman /
helper / porter )
* 4.755 million
applications for 26,500 jobs ( Automotive loco pilot )
* 1100 centres /
350 cities / 74 shifts / 25 days ( for Online Exams held in 2014 hiring
drive )
* Expected to
be spread over ONE YEAR
* Education
Qualification required is 10th Standard pass
* Of the 30.3
million people who started the Application Process, only 23 million
Completed
* Number of
students shortlisted for the second stage is usually 15 times the no of
openings
What is the Process ?
* Receive paper
applications through post ( along with refundable advance exam fee of
Rs 100 )
* Sorting done
by computer program that can filter out applications where the
accompanying
photo is of an animal or a building
* Further manual
sorting
* Creating /
securing Question Papers ( English / Reasoning / Math / Science / Current
Affairs )
* Questions
translated in 15 Indian languages ( 7200 questions )
* Each candidate
informed about CITY ( 10-15days in advance )
* Each applicant
is allocated an examination centre ( 2 days before exam )
* Each question
paper is unique / no question paper can resemble another
* Questions sent
directly to the applicant’s computer screen
* Ensuring that
every student in a class room receives a different set of questions
* Those who
clear the second stage are put through a psychological assessment
* Lists are made
( manually ) of selected candidates , according to QUOTAS under
various
categories ( SC / ST / OBC creamy layer / OBC non-creamy layer / ex-
servicemen / physically
challenged
* Internal
calibrations made within each category
* Put up “
Objection Tracker “ on Regional Railway Recruitment Board web sites , where
candidates can view the question paper , their
own answers and the correct answers .
If not
satisfied with what is displayed, candidates an object to the fairness of the
Process
How is this huge process managed ?
* Parts of this process are out-sourced to external
recruitment firms through a bidding
process that
takes months
To qualify , a
company must show a minimum turnover of Rs 15 crore and should
have conducted
an exam involving at least 500,000 candidates
* Bids are yet
to be invited for the current round of recruitment
* Railway Board
has previously collaborated with Tata Consultancy Services , which has
set up 135,000 computing nodes in exam centres
across India and claim to have
assessed a total of 100 MILLION candidates so
far , including 9.2 million assessments
during the railway’s 2016 drive
Is it possible to complete this entire
process within 3 MONTHS ?
Yes , if Railway Authority asks TCS to develop and
launch a portal such as :
For Software
Architecture of this portal , read :
24 April 2018
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