Institute of Banking Personnel Selection COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR RECRUITMENT IN CLERICAL CADRE IN PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
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.
Name of the post : CLERICAL CADRE Age (As on 01.10.2012) : Minimum : 20 Years Maximum : 28 Years
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (as on 01.10.2012) :
i) Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
ii) 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.
iii) 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.
iv) 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.
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges : For SC/ST/PWD/EXSM candidates. : Rs. 50/- For all others : Rs. 400 /-
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;
EXAMINATION CENTERS : The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India. The list of Examination centres is available in Annexure I.
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.
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
HOW TO APPLY :
Candidates are first required to go to the IBPS’s website 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. Apply Online : http://ibpsreg.sifyitest.com/cweclkoct12
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
When will be conducted the IBPS Common Written Examination 2012?
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.