IES, i.e., Indian Engineering Service and this IES Examination is conducted by UPSC every year in the month of May.

The examination has two parts:

• Written examination and

• Interview

Written Examination

The written covers two parts of 1000 marks which is conducted in three days.

The examination of objective paper will be conducted as:

1st Day: General Ability Test of 2 hrs. which is consists of:

Part A: General English (60 questions 100 marks)
Part B: General Studies (60 questions 100 marks)

2nd Day: Objective-I (2hrs.), lunch break 1 hr. and then Objective-II (2hrs.).

Objective –I: Total 120 Questions and 200 marks for 120 questions. Time allowed 2 hrs.
Objective –II: Total 120 Questions and 200 marks for 120 questions. Time allowed 2 hrs.

3rd Day: Conventional-I (3hrs.), lunch break 1 hr. and then Conventional-II (3hrs.)

Conventional –I: Total 5 Questions have to be attempted of 40 marks for each question of total 200 marks. Time allowed 3 hrs.

Conventional –II: Total 5 Questions have to be attempted of 40 marks for each question of total 200 marks. Time allowed 3 hrs.

Those who obtain a higher rank in the Engineering Services Examination will be placed for following posts/services:

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Group A & B Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers.

(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication/ Electronics Engineering Posts).

(iii) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electronics Engineering Posts).

(iv) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts).

(v) Assistant Executive Engineer Group 'A' (Electronics & TelecommunicationEngineering Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E., Ministry of Defence.

(vi) Engineer (GCS-Gr-'A') in Wireless Planning and Co-ordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation. (M/o Communications & I.T., D/o Telecommunications).

(vii) Assistant Naval Stores Officer Grade- I (Electronics & Telecom Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.

(viii) Indian Supply Service, Group 'A' (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Posts).

(ix) Indian Telecommunication Service. Gr. 'A'.

(x) Junior Telecom officer Group 'B' in Indian Telecommunication Service.

Basic pay will start from Rs. 21000/- 39000/- per month+ DA etc.