While, choosing the preference order, following points should be taken into consideration
1) Preference by Location : If, you want Jobs in your Home State, then prefer choosing posts, that have Offices in your state.Eg Divisional Accountant in CAG, Auditor in CAG etc., as these posts have their offices in major cities and State capitals
2) Preference by Pay scale, Salary and Perks : CGL has two types of Posts Group B and Group C. While Group B posts have higher salary and perks, and Group C posts have comparatively lower salary.
So, If, you are looking for Higher Salaried posts, then prefer post with higher Grade pay, some of these posts are : Inspector (Examiner), Inspector (Income tax), Assistant Audit Officer etc.
3) Field Vs Desk Jobs : Some posts in CGL, require lot of Travelling and out of office Job Profile, while other require in office profile. So, you also choose whether your want field Jobs or Desk Jobs.
Highly Recommended Preference of Posts for SSC CGL 2017
| SSC CGL 2017 : Post wise Preference for Male and Female Candidates | |||||
| Male Pref. | Code | Post | Type | Posting | Female
Pref. |
| 1 | K | Inspector (Central Excise) | Office As well as Field | All India | 8 |
| 2 | M | Inspector (Examiner) | Office As well as Field | Coastal Regions | 9 |
| 3 | J | Inspector of Income tax (CBDT) | Office As well as Field | All India | 10 |
| 4 | L | Inspector (Preventive Officer[CBEC] | Office As well as Field | Coastal Regions | 22 |
| 5 | P | Inspector of Posts (Postal Department) | Office As well as Field | All India posting | 12 |
| 6 | N | Assistant Enforcement Officer | Office As well as Field | Coastal Regions | 16 |
| 7 | Q | Divisional Accountant (CAG) | Office | Delhi / State Capitals | 2 |
| 8 | R | Statistical Investigator GR-II | Office As well as Field | All India posting | 17 |
| 9 | A | Assistant Section Officer (Central Secretariat) | Office | New Delhi | 7 |
| 10 | D | Assistant (Railway) | Office | New Delhi | 15 |
| 11 | E | Assistant (External Affairs) | Office | Delhi Or Foreign | 5 |
| 12 | F | Assistant Audit Officer | Office | Tier-1,2 Cities | 3 |
| 13 | S | Inspector (CBN) | Office/Field | All India Posting | 26 |
| 14 | C | Assistant (IB) | Office | Delhi / State Capitals | 18 |
| 15 | B | Assistant (CVC) | Office | Delhi / Metro Cities | 19 |
| 16 | G | Assistant (AFHQ) | Office | Delhi / Metro Cities | 25 |
| 17 | H | Assistant (Other Ministries) | Office | Delhi / Tier-1 Cities | 20 |
| 18 | I | Assistant (Other Ministries) | Office | Delhi / Tier-1,2 Cities | 21 |
| 19 | O | Sub-Inspector (CBI) | Field | All India Posting | 27 |
| 20 | % | Sub-Inspector (NIA) | Field | All India Posting | 29 |
| 21 | T | Auditor ( C&AG) | Office | Delhi /State Capitals | 4 |
| 22 | U | Auditor ( CGDA) | Office | Delhi /State Capitals | 23 |
| 23 | V | Auditor ( CGA) | Office | Delhi /State Capitals | 24 |
| 24 | @ | Tax Assistant (CBEC) | Office/Field | All India Posting | 1 |
| 25 | Z | Tax Assistant (CBDT) | Office/Field | All India Posting | 11 |
| 26 | X | Accountant / Jr. Accountant (CGA) | Office | Delhi /State Capitals | 13 |
| 27 | W | Accountant / Jr. Accountant (C&AG) | Office | Delhi /State Capitals | 6 |
| 28 | Y | Senior Secretariat Assistant | Office | All India Posting | 14 |
| 29 | # | Sub-Inspector (CBN) | Office/Field | All India Posting | 28 |
| 30 | $ | Compiler (Registrar General of India) | Office | Delhi Posting | 30 |
We are providing you below SSC CGL 2015 cut-off marks for General Category, from this you can check for which post you are eligible as per your marks.
List-I: SSC CGL Post Wise Cut Off 2015 against UR Category for All Interview posts (except Statistical Investigator) (Out of 700 marks)
(Based upon total marks obtained in Tier-I, Tier-II (Paper-I & Paper-II) and Interview- SSC CGL post wise cut off 2015)
| Category | Range of Cut Off Marks |
| UR | 556 to 494.25 |
| OBC | 508 to 472 |
| SC | 469 to 430.5 |
| ST | 467 to 402.75 |
Below is the table depicting Department Wise cut-off marks for SSC CGL 2015.
| Code | Department/Posts | Cut Off Marks | Code | Department/Posts | Cut Off Marks |
| B | Assistant in CVC | 556 | O | Sub Inspector in CBI | 502.5 |
| E | Assistant in M/o External Affairs | 524.5 | L | Inspector (Preventive Officer) | 501.25 |
| M | Inspector (Examiner) in CBEC | 523.75 | A | Assistant Section Officer in Central Secretariat Service (CSS) | 498.5 |
| D | Assistant in M/o Railways | 522 | K | Inspector (Central Excise) | 496.25 |
| J | Income Tax Inspector in CBDT | 519.25 | I | Assistant in other Ministries GP 4200 | 496 |
| N | Assistant Enforcement Officer(AEO) | 518.5 | % | Sub Inspector (NIA) | 494.25 |
| H | Assistant in Other Ministries GP 4600 | 517.75 | P | Inspector of Posts in department of posts | 494.25 |
| G | Assistant in AFHQ | 511.75 | Q | Divisional Accountant in offices under CAG | 494.25 |
| C | Assistant in Intelligence Bureau | 507.75 | S | Inspector in Central Bureau of Narcotics(CBN) | 503.75 |
We hope that this order of preference will help you to figure out which post should be filled on the top spot and which at the last.
Note: This time also, SSC has introduced a new post of gazetted officer, Assistant Audit Officer(AAO) in Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG. This is the highest paying job in the grade pay of 4800.Students must clear SAS exam for AAO post. Students with Commerce/MBA background have an advantage over Engineers/Arts students for AAO post. Please fill this post higher up only if you are confident of clearing SAS exam.
