01
At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- 124 posts across seven engineering disciplines Discipline-wise figures from Advt. HR/REC/C-97/MTT/2025, which notes that the number of posts may vary with organisational requirements.
- Education
- Professional degree Degree in Engineering with 65% marks (average of all semesters) in Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical or Metallurgy — 55% for SC/ST/PwBD and departmental candidates. A 3-year MCA is accepted for the Computer discipline. The degree must be a regular full-time course from a UGC/AICTE-recognised institution.
- Age
- Upper age 28 years as on 5 Dec 2025 (not born earlier than 5 Dec 1997), relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST, 3 years for OBC-NCL and 10/15/13 years for PwBD in the General/SC-ST/OBC-NCL categories; departmental candidates up to 45 years. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- ₹1,050 application fee (including processing fee) for General/OBC-NCL/EWS and ₹300 processing fee for SC/ST/PwBD/ESM/departmental candidates, plus bank charges (Advt. HR/REC/C-97/MTT/2025). Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Basic pay ₹50,000 in the ₹50,000–1,60,000 scale during the one-year training; designated Assistant Manager in E1 grade on the ₹60,000–1,80,000 scale after training, with an approximate CTC of ₹16–17 lakh a year at the E1 minimum. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Management Trainee (Technical) (Advt. HR/REC/C-97/MTT/2025) Central · SAIL plants, units and mines across India
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Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Current published count124 posts across seven engineering disciplines
Check source ↗| Scope | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical | — | — | — | — | — | 44 |
| Mechanical | — | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| Metallurgy | — | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| Civil | — | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| Instrumentation | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Chemical | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Computer | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
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Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Advertisement published
12 Nov 2025
- completed
Online application closed
5 Dec 2025
- tentative
Online computer-based test
January–February 2026 window
The advertisement gives this as a tentative window; SAIL published no exact CBT date on its careers portal - current
Group discussion and interview
Exact official date awaited
04
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Medical standards in the advertisement require minimum weight 45 kg and height 155 cm, myopia/hypermetropia within ±4.00 in each eye and no squint or colour blindness, with relaxation in height and weight for women.
- Only orthopaedically disabled candidates (OA/OL/OAL) with 40% or more disability and candidates with dwarfism may apply under PwBD.
- OBC-NCL and EWS certificates must be in the Central Government format and issued on or after 1 Apr 2025.
- Selected candidates may be posted to any plant, unit or mine and cannot seek a transfer for the first four years of service.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Online computer-based test of 200 marks — Domain Knowledge (100 marks, 40 minutes) and Aptitude (100 marks, 80 minutes)
- 2Qualifying at 50 percentile for UR/EWS and 40 percentile for SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD in each part separately
- 3Shortlisting for GD and interview in a 1:3 ratio, discipline and category wise
- 4Group discussion and interview, with a final merit weightage of 75:10:15 for CBT, GD and interview
- 5Biometric verification and the company's medical examination
Syllabus snapshot
- Domain Knowledge Test in the applied engineering discipline (100 marks).
- Aptitude Test of four segments — Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Reasoning and General Awareness — of 25 marks each.
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Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
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Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
noticeOfficial MTT detailed advertisementapplySAIL MTT candidate pagewebsiteOfficial SAIL careers portal
- Primary source
- Recruitment of 124 Management Trainees (Technical) in SAIL — Adv. No. HR/REC/C-97/MTT/2025
- Published / changed
- 12 Nov 2025; careers portal checked 4 Aug 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 18:40 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.