Institute Of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Common Written Examination [CWE] For Recruitment In Clerical Cadre In Public
Sector Banks
With
high growth forecast, the Indian Banking sector offers vast opportunities for a
career. Eligible aspirants for bank jobs at the entry level in Public Sector
Banks are invited to participate in the process.
With the validity of the scorecard issued for
the first CWE for Clerks held in November/ December 2011 expiring in February
2013, the next Common Written Examination (CWE Clerk-II) as a pre-requisite for
selection of personnel for Clerical cadre posts in the Public Sector Banks will
be conducted online by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
tentatively in December 2012.
Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join
any of the Public Sector Banks listed below as a Clerk or in a similar post in
that cadre, is required to clear the Common Written Examination (CWE). Candidates,
who qualify in CWE Clerk-II, will subsequently be called for a Common Interview
to be co-ordinated by IBPS. Candidates, successful in qualifying in both the
CWE and Common Interview will be listed in the order of merit. Depending on the
vacancies in each bank of his preference, candidate will receive through a
computerised system an offer from one of the Participating Public Sector Banks
listed below. Vacancies remaining unfilled on account of candidates declining
offer, will be filled from among the remaining candidates, through subsequent
iterations.
Participating Banks
Allahabad
Bank
|
Indian
Bank
|
Andhra
Bank
|
Indian
Overseas Bank
|
Bank
of Baroda
|
Oriental
Bank of Commerce
|
Bank
of India
|
Punjab
National Bank
|
Bank
of Maharashtra
|
Punjab
& Sind Bank
|
Canara
Bank
|
Syndicate
Bank
|
Central
Bank of India
|
UCO
Bank
|
Corporation
Bank
|
Union
Bank of India
|
Dena
Bank
|
United
Bank of India
|
IDBI
Bank
|
Vijaya
Bank
|
Age Limit:
Minimum: 20 Years Maximum: 28 Years The
maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates
Educational Qualifications
Degree in any discipline from a
recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the
Central Government.
Exam Details:
Structure of Examination
Sr.
No.
|
Name
of Tests (Objective)
|
No. of Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Total
Time
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
40
|
2
hours
|
2
|
English
Language
|
40
|
40
|
3
|
Numerical
Ability
|
40
|
40
|
4
|
General
Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry
|
40
|
40
|
5
|
Computer
Knowledge
|
40
|
40
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
|
The
above tests except the Test of English Language will be available ilingually, i.e. English or Hindi
Other detailed information regarding the
examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made
available for the candidates to download along with the call letter for
examination from the IBPS website.
Penalty For Wrong Answers
There will be penalty for wrong answers
marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has
been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that
question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If for any
question a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as wrong
even if one of the given answers happens to be right and 0.25 of the marks assigned
to that question will be deducted as penalty. If a question is left blank, i.e.
no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Standardized Scores
(i) The corrected scores obtained by
each of the candidates in different sessions will first be normalized using
equipercentile method.
(ii) Normalized scores may subsequently
be standardized by linear conversion method.
(iii) If the standard score obtained is
in fraction, the marks obtained will be rounded off to the nearest integer,
i.e. if fraction is 0.50 or more, it will be rounded off to next higher
integer.
Cutoff Score
Each candidate will have to secure a
minimum standard score in each of the tests as well as on the Total Weighted
Standard Score to be called for interview. The cut-off points to qualify in
each of the tests will be decided based on the average (Average – ¼ Standard Deviation
for General category candidates and Average – ¾ Standard Deviation for Reserved
Category candidates). Mere passing in individual tests may not be sufficient as
candidates should also score sufficiently high on Total in order of merit to be
called for interview. A candidate should qualify both in the CWE and interview
for being considered for appointment in vacancies announced and anticipated by
Participating Banks.
CWE Score
The candidates’ scores will be made
available on IBPS website and candidates may view the same.
Examination Centers: Across
India
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates can apply online only from 15.10.2012
to 05.11.2012 and no other mode of application will be accepted.
Application Fee:
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Payable
from 15.10.2012 to 05.11.2012 (Online payment) and 17.10.2012 to 09.11.2012
(Offline payment) both dates inclusive) -Rs. 50/-for SC/ST/PWD/EXSM
candidates. -Rs. 400 /-for all others
Important Dates:
Start date for
Online Registration: 15.10.2012
Online Payment
of Application Fees: 15.10.2012- 05.11.2012
Offline
Payment of Application Fees: 17.10.2012- 09.11.2012
Last date for
Online Registration: 05.11.2012
Download of
Call letter for Examination After 03.12.2012
Exam Tentative
Date: December 2012
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