NTC Computer Engineer exam guide
Introduction
You’ve completed your Computer Engineering degree. Months have passed. Friends are either abroad or starting careers. You’re applying everywhere, but interviews rarely come. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
For many engineering graduates in Nepal, government technical jobs like Nepal Telecom (NTC) represent more than just employment. They represent stability, respect, financial security, and a meaningful engineering career.
The good news? Unlike private companies that often demand years of experience for an entry level role, the NTC Computer Engineer exam rewards preparation far more than experience.
This guide is written specifically for berojgar engineers who are determined to change their future through focused preparation.
Role
The job role that you can apply for in Nepal Telecom as a computer engineering graduate are:
- Level 7 Computer Engineer
- Level 7 Electronics and Communication Engineer(you will need to study electronics and communications engineering subjects on your own. It could be tough. But if huge vacancy comes for electronics and communications, you should definitely think about this as well.)
Why Nepal Telecom
Job Security
Nepal Telecom job is a stable government job. It provides you with job security. Pension does not exist anymore though but there are various retirement benefits.
Salary & Benefits
I have already mentioned the salary in my earlier blog post which is present in the following link:
https://berojgarengineer.com/blog/loksewa-computer-engineer-and-it-officer-in-nepal/
Nepal Telecom provides various training opportunities.
For computer engineers, it provides training in areas such as:
- linux system administration
- cybersecurity basics
- applied cyber security for telecom professionals
- advanced cyber defense and threat intelligence
- python basics
- machine learning with python
- big data hadoop
- network automation
- advanced DBA
- agentic AI essentials
- Open Stack
- Kubernetes for IT automation and microservices
- Full stack developer professional training
- Advanced Linux administration
Note that the training will be provided depending on your experience level.
You will get good promotion prospects. Since NTC is a corporate job, your quality of work matters. And your visibility matters as well. But promotions will happen through internal competition or open competitions.
Work You’ll Actually Do
The work that computer engineers in Nepal Telecom revolves around IT at the moment. But in the future, it could be related to core computer engineering like signal processing.
Currently the work of Nepal Telecom computer engineers is given as follows:
- Network infrastructure
- Data centers
- Servers
- Cybersecurity
- Software systems
- Cloud & enterprise IT
- Telecom technologies
Exam Pattern
Based on the official syllabus, the written examination consists of 200 marks followed by an interview. The first paper is of 100 marks. It is divided into first 45 minutes and next 1 hour 30 minutes exams. The second paper is of 100 marks. It is of 3 hours.
If you clear both first and second paper, you will enter interview stage. Interview is of 30 marks.
Note that there is negative marking in MCQs. 20% marks are deducted for every 1 wrong answer.
Note that the age limit to apply is 35 years for male, and 40 years for female.
To get qualified you will need 40 marks each in first and second paper. But your name will be published by PSC only if you are in the topper list.
The topper list means that if three seats are open, then there will be around 9 toppers who will be called for interview.
Paper I (100 Marks)
- General Awareness and Contemporary Issues (MCQs):30 marks
- Mathematics and Statistics(MCQs):20 marks
- Management & Institutional Awareness (Subjective):50 marks
Paper II (100 Marks) The subjects for Computer Engineering in second paper are as follows: Section A: (It is of 50 marks. It consists of 2 short questions worth 5 marks each, and 4 long questions worth 10 marks each.)
- digital signal processing
- digital systems design
- computer architectures
- principles of VLSI
- computer communications
- artificial intelligence and expert systems
- distributed systems and cloud computing
Section B: (It is of 50 marks. It consists of 2 short questions worth 5 marks each, and 4 long questions worth 10 marks each.)
- program design and data structures
- operating systems
- software engineering
- databases and file systems
- internet programming
- client server computing
- cryptography and network security
- basic electricity and electronics
This is entirely technical and subjective.
There is no written priority or weightage of subjects given officially by NTC. So, each subjects hold equal priority.
I have provided a roadmap to prepare for Loksewa’s Computer Engineer and IT officer exams in the blog below:
Past Questions
For getting all the past questions of loksewa computer engineer and IT officer(including NTC), visit the link provided below:
https://berojgarengineer.com/blog/pyq-loksewa/
Books
For GK: https://s.daraz.com.np/s.Z5LSb?cc
For technical part: https://s.daraz.com.np/s.Z4Xio?cc
For core subject textbooks recommendations, visit the blog given below:
Roadmap
The roadmap is present in the blog given below:
It is not specific for NTC though. But it contains the gist of what you should do while preparing for any corporation specific exams.