IBPS CWE - Clerk II for 20 Public Sector Banks |

COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR

RECRUITMENT OF CLERK IN 20 PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

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. 

 

Participating Banks-

Andhra Bank	Indian Bank
Allahabad 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 of India	Union Bank of India
Dena Bank	United Bank of India
IDBI Bank	Vijaya Bank

 

After the declaration of result of both CWE and common interview, a notification will be issued by IBPS giving the state/UT wise and category-wise vacancies for each Bank and order of preference for Banks will be obtained from successful candidates. Based on the marks obtained in CWE and common interview as well as the indication of order of preference of Banks and available vacancies, a successful candidate will receive a call from an individual Bank.

Since recruitment in clerical cadre in Public Sector Banks is done on State/UT-wise basis, Candidates can apply for vacancies in any one State/ UT only. Consequently, a candidate would be required to appear for CWE in any one of the centres in that particular State/UT. However, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility etc. candidates may be allotted to a centre of examination outside the chosen State/UT for which vacancies he/she is applying.  Please note this reallocation is only for the conduct of examination and the candidate will be considered for vacancies in the State/UT applied for, as aforesaid.

 

Educational Qualifications (As on 01.10.2012)-

A degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government

 

Age (As on 01.10.2012)-

Minimum: 20 Years   Maximum: 28 Years

The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates

 

Examination (Online)

Structure of Examination:

Sr. No	Name of the Test (Objective)	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	40	2 Hours
2	English Language	40	40
3	Numerical Abillity	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 bilingually, i.e. English and 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. 

 

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. 

 

Pre-Requisites for Applying Online:

Before applying online, candidates should—

(i) Scan their photograph and signature ensuring that both the photograph and signature adhere to the required specifications as given in Annexure II to this Advertisement.

(ii) Keep the necessary details/documents ready if desired to make online payment of the requisite application fee/ intimation charges (In case of Offline Payment i.e. CBS candidates have to apply online, obtain a fee payment challan and then remit the necessary application fees/ intimation charges).   

(iii) Have a valid personal email ID, which should be kept active till the declaration of results of this round of CWE. IBPS may send call letters Examination etc. through the registered e-mail ID. Under no circumstances, a candidate should share with/mention e-mail ID to / of any other person. In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her new e-mail ID before applying on-line and must maintain that email account.

 

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

Bank Transaction charges for Offline/ Online Payment of fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate

 

Procedure for applying online-

(1) Candidates are first required to go to the IBPS’s website www.ibps.in and click on the Home Page to open the link “Common Written Examination” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CWE- Clerks (IBPS-CWE-Clerk-II) December 2012” to open the On-Line Application Form. 

(2) Candidates will have to enter their basic details and upload the photograph and signature in the online application form. Candidates are required to upload their photograph and signature as per the specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of Photograph and Signature (Annexure II)

 

Important Dates-

Start Date for Online Registration	15.10.2012
Online Payment of Application Fees	15.10.2012 to 05.11.2012
Offline Payment of Application fees	17.10.2012 to 09.11.2012
Last date for Online Registration	05.11.2012
Download of Call Letter for Written Examination	After 03.12.2012

 

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