Jobs 2018: All 8,000 candidates fail exam for accountant’s posts in Goa

As many as 8,000 candidates appeared for an examination conducted for 80 posts of accountant in the Goa government, but all failed the test.

The candidates, all graduates, needed to secure a minimum of 50 marks out of the total 100 to qualify but none got it, a senior official said on condition of anonymity.

Goa’s director of accounts, in a notification issued yesterday, said none of the candidates, who appeared for the initial recruitment examination held on January 7 this year, secured the minimum qualifying marks required to get through.

The directorate of accounts had advertised 80 posts in the common account cadre in October last year.

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The 5-hour exam included a 100-mark English paper, general knowledge and accounts-related questions, the official said. The successful candidates were supposed to go through an oral interview before the final selection.