ECGC PO cut off: sectional, written and final

How ECGC fixes the PO cut off

ECGC Ltd, the public sector export credit insurer, recruits Probationary Officers through a 200 mark online objective test, a 40 mark descriptive English paper and an interview, as set out on our ECGC PO syllabus page. Vacancies are few, so the corporation applies several filters one after another:

1. A minimum in each objective section and in the descriptive paper.
2. A minimum on the combined written score for each category, used to shortlist for interview.
3. A minimum score in the interview itself.
4. A final merit line on a 100 point scale, where written marks count for 80 and the interview for 20.

Miss any one filter and you drop out, which is why a strong total alone is not enough.

ECGC PO cut off at the written stage

UR candidates needed under half the objective marks, which says a lot about the paper. With 140 minutes for 200 questions and a 0.25 penalty on every incorrect choice, very few candidates attempt everything, and accurate attempts matter more than volume.

Section by section minimums

The objective sectional bars are low, yet the descriptive bar is not: 21.50 of 40 for UR means more than half marks on the essay and precis. Candidates who skip writing practice often clear every objective section and still fail here.

Interview minimum and final select list

The interview carries 60 marks, and so the floor equals 40 percent of the interview marks in the unreserved and EWS lists and 35 percent in the reserved lists. The final score converts written marks to 80 and interview marks to 20. A wait list was also published, with UR closing at 51.58, so a few candidates just below the select line still had a chance if selected candidates did not join.

An older drive for comparison

Figures reported for the 2018 recruitment, on the same 240 mark written scheme, were much higher.

The UR written bar fell from 169 to 122.75 between these drives. The drop may reflect a harder paper, changed section sizes or a different number of posts; the corporation does not explain it. Treat both numbers as a range of what can happen rather than a forecast.

What decides the next figure

• Number of posts: ECGC advertises far fewer PO posts than the large bank drives, so adding or removing a handful of seats shifts the bar.
• Paper difficulty: a hard quant or reasoning section pulls the objective total down, as the last drive shows.
• Descriptive marking: because the essay and precis count in the written total, strong writers gain a real edge.
• Category vacancies: with few reserved posts in each category, a single strong candidate can shift the closing score.

The latest online exam has already been held, but check the corporation's website for its cut off after the final list appears, and do not rely on predicted figures.

Where to find the official table

ECGC publishes its cut off table on the careers section of its website after the final result. The table lists the sectional minimums, written totals, the interview minimum and the final select and wait list scores for each category, including PwBD sub groups.

For similar officer exams, see the IBPS PO cut off, the SBI PO cut off and the insurance sector OICL AO cut off, or see every banking page in our bank exams section.

Setting a target score

Work backwards from the final line. A UR candidate who wants a margin above 54.50 should aim for a written score well clear of the shortlist bar, say 135 to 140 of 240 in mocks as a personal target, not a forecast, and then a solid interview. Put most objective practice into reasoning and quant, which carry 100 of the 200 marks, but give English and the descriptive paper steady weekly time, since together they are worth 80 marks.