IBPS Clerical

IBPS Clerical, IBPS CEW, IBPS Clerical Recruitment. IBPS Vacancy 2012-13

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection

COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR

RECRUITMENT IN CLERICAL CADRE IN PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

Website: www.ibps.in

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.

A 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

B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Candidates, intending to appear for CWE should ensure that they fulfil the minimum

eligibility criteria specified by IBPS before applying for the Common Written

Examination (CWE):

Please note that the eligibility criteria specified herein are the basic criteria for

applying for the Post. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for and

qualifying in the examination and/or in the subsequent interview does not imply

that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in any of the

Participating Public Sector Banks.

II Age (As on 01.10.2012):

Minimum: 20 Years Maximum: 28 Years

The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates

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Relaxation of Upper age limit

Sr. No. Category Age relaxation

1 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe 5 years

2 Other Backward Classes 3 years

3 Persons With Disability 10 years

4 Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen actual period of service rendered in

the defence forces + 3 years (8 years

for Disabled Ex-Servicemen

belonging to SC/ST) subject to a

maximum age limit of 50 years

5 Widows. Divorced women and women legally

separated from their husbands who have not

remarried

9 years

6 Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir

Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir

during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89

5 years

7 Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years

8 Regular employees of the Union Carbide

Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service

(Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only)

5 years

C. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (as on 01.10.2012)

Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification

recognized as such by the Central Government.

Computer literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory

i.e. candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer

operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of

the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.

Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to

read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a

candidate wishes to apply is preferable.

Ex-Servicemen who do not possess the above civil examination qualifications should be

matriculate Ex-Servicemen who have obtained the Army Special Certificate of

Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force after having completed

not less than 15 years of service in the Armed Forces of the Union.

Note: (i) All educational qualifications should be from a recognised university/ Board.

(ii) The percentage of marks shall be arrived at by dividing the aggregate/total marks

obtained by the candidate in all the subjects irrespective of optional/additional

subjects studied with the aggregate maximum marks of the examination passed for

all the years of the examination.

(iii) The date of passing the examination which reckons for eligibility will be the date

appearing on the Mark Sheet or Provisional Certificate

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D. EXAMINATION (ONLINE)

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 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.

K. 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

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).

Mode of Payment

Candidates have the option of making the payment of requisite fees/ intimation charges either

through the ONLINE mode or the OFFLINE mode:

(1) Payment of fees/ intimation charges via the ONLINE MODE

(i) Candidates should carefully fill in the details in the On-Line Application at the

appropriate places very carefully and click on the “SUBMIT” button at the end of the

On-Line Application format. Before pressing the “SUBMIT” button, candidates are

advised to verify every field filled in the application. The name of the candidate or his

/her father/husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the

certificates/mark sheets. Any change/alteration found may disqualify the candidature.

(ii) The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment process

can be completed by following the instructions.

 (2) Payment of fees/ intimation charges via OFFLINE MODE (at counters of specified

Bank branches):

Payment of fee/ intimation charges through the offline mode can be made through the CBS

details, three days after fee payment.

After completing the procedure of applying on-line including payment of fees, the

candidate should take a printout of the system generated on-line application form three

days after fee payment, ensure the particulars filled in are accurate and retain it along

with Registration Number and Password for future reference. They should not send this

printout to the IBPS/ Banks.

O. CALL LETTERS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION

The date and time of Examination (tentatively in December 2012/ January 2013) shall be

intimated in the Call Letter along with the Centre/Venue address.

An eligible candidate should download his/her call letter from the IBPS’s website

www.ibps.in by entering his / her details i.e. Registration Number and Password/Date of

Birth, after 03.12.2012. The Information Handout will also be available on IBPS website

and a candidate may download the same. No hard copy of the call letter/ Information

Handout will be sent by post/ courier.

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

Mumbai Director

Date: 15.10.2012 IBPS

Please note that candidates will not be permitted to appear for the Common

Examination without the following documents:

(1) Call Letter for Examination

(2) Photo-identity proof (as specified) in original and

(3) Photocopy of photo-identity proof (as mentioned in (2) above)

Candidates reporting late i.e. after the reporting time specified on the call letter for

Examination will not be permitted to take the examination.