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SSC opens one-time ‘final’ correction window for JE 2025 city preference amid rollout of new self-slotting system

The shift comes ahead of a high-volume recruitment year, with 5,308 vacancies each for JE and SI posts. With lakhs of candidates in the pool, the SSC’s move reflects a longer-term effort to build a more digital and candidate-friendly examination system.

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Nov 26, 2025 09:05 AM IST

In a move aimed at ensuring fairness and flexibility, the SSC has also rescheduled the examination dates for about 1,100 candidates who sought relief due to clashes of dates with other competitive exams or for other valid reasons (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar/ representative)

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has issued a fresh notice giving a final opportunity to Junior Engineer (JE) Examination 2025 applicants who did not opt for an exam city during the earlier self-slotting window. The Commission has stated that these candidates can now submit their preferred exam city through the feedback module available on their candidate login until 11 am on November 28, 2025.

According to the SSC, exam city allocation during this extended window will be made strictly on a best-effort basis. Candidates who do not use this last chance will not be allotted a centre for JE Paper 1 and their admit cards will not be issued. Meanwhile, those who had already completed the self-slotting process between November 10 and 13 will have their city-live status activated on November 25, 2025.

SSC JE 2025 Key dates

Event	Dates
Self-slotting window (JE Paper I)	November 10–13, 2025
Self-slotting window (SI Paper I)	November 17–21, 2025
Final window to select exam city (for non-slotting JE candidates)	Until 11 am, November 28, 2025
Paper-II (CBT)	January–February 2026 (Tentative)

The self-slotting windows were held from November 10 to 13 for JE and November 17 to 21 for SI. Once choices were locked, they could not be edited. For those who missed the deadlines, the Commission reserved the right to automatically assign cities—making this newly announced window a rare exception aimed at ensuring fairness during a particularly busy recruitment cycle.

The shift comes ahead of a high-volume recruitment year, with 5,308 vacancies each for JE and SI posts. With lakhs of candidates in the pool, the SSC’s move reflects a longer-term effort to build a more digital and candidate-friendly examination system.

Parallel to the slotting update, the SSC is also closing the application window for JE Recruitment 2025 today, July 21, 2025, on ssc.gov.in. The recruitment drive covers 1,340 posts across Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical disciplines. Notified on June 30, 2025, the JE vacancies fall under Group B (Non-Gazetted), Level-6 of the 7th CPC, with a salary range of Rs 35,400 to Rs 1,12,400 per month.

Paper 1 is scheduled to be held between October 27 and 31, 2025, and Paper 2 is expected between January and February 2026. The selection process includes two Computer-Based Tests followed by document verification. Paper 1 carries 200 marks with a negative marking of 0.25, while Paper 2 carries 300 marks with a penalty of one mark per incorrect answer.