The Banking sector in India is poised for a high trajectory growth with prospects for a bright career to thousands of new entrants. Here is a unique opportunity for aspirants for a career in 19 Public Sector Bank tough a Single Common Examination
A Common Written Examination (CWE) will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as a pre-requisite for selection of personnel for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts in the Public Sector Banks
IMPORTANT DATES
Start date for Online Registration : 09.07.2011
Payment of Application Fees : 08.07.2011 to 30.07.2011 (both dates inclusive)
Last date for Online Registration : 01.08.2011
Last date for Editing Application Details : 03.08.2011
Download of Call letter for Written Examination After : 04.09.2011
Written Examination : 18.09.2011
PARTICIPATING BANKS
Allahabad Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Andhra Bank
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Bank of Baroda
Punjab National Bank
Bank of India Punjab & Sind Bank
Bank of Maharashtra
Syndicate Bank
Canara Bank
Union Bank of India
Central Bank of India
United Bank of India
Corporation Bank UCO Bank
Dena Bank Vijaya Bank
Indian Bank
An individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks as a Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee will necessarily be required to take the CWE. Prospective candidates who wish to appear for the CWE will have to apply to IBPS and should carefully read the advertisement regarding eligibility criteria, online registration process, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters and score cards.
Candidates who appear for the CWE will be able to check their status after the examination. Scorecards will be issued to candidates who secure minimum qualifying marks and above in each test of the examination.
Each participating Public Sector Bank will independently issue a separate recruitment notification, specifying their vacancies and stipulating the eligibility criteria in terms of age, educational qualification, experience (if any), minimum required level of IBPS score in each component test plus Total Weighted Score (if any) etc.
Successful candidates in the CWE who have been issued scorecards and who meet the stipulated eligibility criteria are then required to apply to any of the participating banks they wish to, quoting their personal details and their CWE scores. Each bank will then individually shortlist candidates and carry out their own selection processes such as Group Discussions and/ or Interviews etc. for final selection.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
I. Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either -
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the
intention of permanently settling in India. more details in advertisement
Age (As on 01.07.2011):
Minimum: 20 Years Maximum: 30 Years The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (as on 01.07.2011)
A degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification
recognized as such by the Central Government.
WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Written Examination Structure:-
The above tests except the Test of English Language and Descriptive Paper on English
Composition will be printed bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Test. 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.
CUTOFF SCORE
Each candidate will have to secure a minimum standardized score in each of the tests to qualify in the written examination and to be considered for vacancies in the participating banks. The cut-off points will be decided based on the average (Average – ¼ Standard Deviation for General category candidates and Average – ¾ Standard Deviation for Reserved Category candidates).
CWE SCORE CARD
IBPS will print the Score Cards for each of the qualifying candidates and will send the same by Registered/ Speed post to each candidate at the correspondence address specified in his/ her online application.
VALIDITY OF CWE SCORE CARD
Score Cards issued by IBPS will be valid for one year from the date of issue of the Score Card.
Candidates can appear in subsequent examination(s) to enhance their scores if they so desire.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates can apply online only from 09.07.2011 to 01.08.2011 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 are within the required specifications as given in Annexure II.
(ii) keep the application fee remittance details (Transaction details such as NEFT
UTR No., IFSC Code etc.) ready in case of cash payment through NEFT enabled branches of any of the 19 PSBs named/ Keep the necessary details/documents ready in order to make online payment of the requisite application fee.
(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 for Pre-Examination Training, Written Examination etc. through the registered e-mail ID. Under no circumstances, a candidate should share/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 08.07.2011 and 30.07.2011
both dates inclusive)
- Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates.
- Rs.450/- for all others
Transaction charges for NEFT/ Online Payment will have to be borne by the candidate
Mode of Payment
Candidates have the option of:
(1) ONLINE MODE of payment of requisite fees
or
(2) OFFLINE MODE i.e. payment of fees through NEFT enabled branches of the 19
named Public Sector Banks
(1) Payment of fees via the ONLINE MODE
(i) The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment process can be completed by following the instructions.
(ii) The payment can be made by using only Master/ Visa Debit or Credit cards or Internet Banking by providing information as asked on the screen.
(iii) On successful completion of the transaction, an e-receipt will be generated.
(iv) Candidates are required to take a print of the e-receipt which will have to be submitted with the Call Letter at the time of written examination.
Note:
· After submitting your payment information in the online application form, please wait for the
intimation from the server, DO NOT press back or Refresh button in order to avoid double
charge
· For Credit Card users: All prices are listed in Indian Rupee. If you use a non-Indian credit card, your
bank will convert to your local currency based on prevailing exchange rates.
· To ensure the security of your data, please close the browser window once your transaction is
completed.
(2) OFFLINE MODE: Payment of Fees through NEFT enabled branches of the 19
named Public Sector Banks
- Candidates are required to fill the NEFT voucher as required by the Bank with
beneficiary details as follows.
Name of the Account : IBPS CWE- Officers’ Cadre- 2011
Account Number : 005120110000667
Payee Bank : Bank of India
IFSC Code : BKID0000051
- Candidates can then make payment of the requisite fee.
- The NEFT payment receipt must be collected from the Bank where payment has
been made.
- Candidates should check that the receipt is properly signed and the details of NEFT UTR NO., IFSC code of the sending Bank branch, Name of the sending Bank, City name, Deposit date, Amount etc. are noted in the NEFT Payment Receipt by the Branch authorities. Candidates are required to submit the NEFT receipt along with the Call Letter at the time of written examination
Filling in the Online Application
Please note that all the particulars mentioned in the online application including Name of the Candidate, Category, Date of birth, Address, Email ID, Centre of Examination etc. will be considered as final and no modifications will be allowed after the last date specified for Editing/ Updating the same. Candidates are hence requested to fill in the online application form with the utmost care as no correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained.
EXAMINATION CENTERS
PortBlair,Guntur,Hyderabad,Karimnagar;Rajahmundry,Tirupati,Vijaywada,Vishakhapatnam,Itanagar,Dibrugarh,Guwahati,
Jorhat,Silchar,Bhagalpur,Muzaffarpur,Patna,Chandigarh,Raipur,Bulsar,Bulsar,Jamnagar,Panaji,Ahmedabad,Bhavnagar,
Bulsar,Jamnagar,Rajkot,Surat,Vadodara,Hissar,Karnal,Panchkula,Rohtak,Dharamsala,Mandi,Shimla,Jammu,Bokaro,
Dhanbad,Jamshedpur,Ranchi,Belgaum,Bengaluru,Gulbarga,Hubli,Mangalore,Mysore,Kannur,Kochi,Kottayam,Kozhikode,
Thrichur,Thiruvananthapuram,Kavarrati,Bhopal,Gwalior,Indore,Jabalpur,Aurangabad,Kolhapur,Mumbai,Nagpur,Nasik,
Pune,Solapur,Imphal,Shillong,Aizawl,,Kohima,NewDelhi,Balasore,Berhampur(Ganjam),Bhubaneshwar,Cuttack,Sambalpur,
Puducherry,Amritsar,Bhatinda,Jalandhar,Ludhiana,Mohali,Patiala,Ajmer,Jaipur,Jodhpur,Kota,Udaipur,Gangtok,Chennai,
Coimbatore,Madurai,Salem,Thiruchirapalli,Tirunelvelli,Agartala,Agra,Allahabad,Bareilly,Gorakhpur,Kanpur,Lucknow,
Meerut,Varanasi,Dehradun,Rudrapur,Berhampur (West Bengal),Durgapur,Kolkata,Siliguri.
