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
UCO Bank
Central Bank of India
Corporation Bank
Dena Bank
Indian Bank
Vijaya Bank
United Bank of India
Union Bank of India
POSTS
I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
Law Officer (Scale I)
Technical Officer (Scale I)
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
Marketing Officer (Scale I)
I.T. Officer (Scale-II)
Law Officer (Scale II)
Any individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks in one of these Specialist Officer’s
posts 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.
It should, however, be noted that 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 as and when individual banks call for applications for the Specialist Officers’ posts for which a
Common written Examination has been conducted, quoting their personal details and their CWE scores.
Each bank will then individually shortlist candidates and carry out their own selection processes such as Interviews etc. for final selection.
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 test and on Total Score (if any) etc.
B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01.12.2011)
Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill 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 to various Public Sector Banks. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for and qualifying in the examination does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in all or any of the 19 Public Sector Banks as each Bank will stipulate its own eligibility/ qualifying criteria.
Candidates are allowed to apply for only one post. The applications of candidates applying for more than one post will be summarily rejected.
WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The structure of the Written Examination which may be conducted online/offline is as follows:
Structure of Examination for Law Officer- Scale I & II & Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale I )
Sr. No. Name of the Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks Total Time
1 Test of Reasoning 50 50
2 Test of English Language 50 25
3 Test of General Awareness with spl. ref.to Banking Ind. 50 50
4 Test of Professional Knowledge 50 75
Total 200 200 120 Minutes
Structure of Examination for Specialist Officers (for Posts 01,02, 05-08)
Sr. No. Name of the Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks Total Time
1 Test of Reasoning 50 50 2 Test of English Language 50 25
3 Test of Quantitative Aptitude 50 50
4 Test of Professional Knowledge 50 75
Total 200 200 120 Minutes
The above tests except the Test of English Language will be printed bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
Other detailed information regarding the written examination will be given in an Information Handout, on IBPS website which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters.
BOOKS FOR IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam:
D. 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 there will be the same penalty of 0.25 of the marks assigned to that
question deducted as penalty. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate,
there will be no penalty for that question. 6
E. STANDARDIZED SCORES
The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates will further be converted into
standardized scores following Linear Conversion Method.( If the total score for a test is in fraction,
the marks obtained will be rounded off to the nearest integer, i.e. if fraction exceeds by 0.50 or
more, it will be rounded off to next higher integer.)
F. 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).
G. CWE SCORE CARD
IBPS will print the Score Cards for each of the qualifying candidates only and will send the same
by Registered/ Speed post to each candidate at the correspondence address specified in his/ her
online application.
H. 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.
I. EXAMINATION CENTERS
(i) The written examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India.
(ii) IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some other Centres, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.
(iii) As far as possible candidates will be allotted to a centre of his/her choice however IBPS also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any of the Centre other than the one he/she has opted for.
(iv) Candidate will appear in the written examination from a Examination Centre at his/her own
risks and expenses and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.
(v) No request for change of centre for Written Examination shall be entertained.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates can apply online only from 30.12.2011 to 21.01.2012 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
are within the required specifications as given in Annexure II.
(ii) keep the application fee/ intimation charges remittance details (Transaction details
such as Transaction No., Branch Name & Code etc.) ready in case of Offline Payment i.e.
CBS / Keep the necessary details/documents ready if desired to make online payment
of the requisite application fee/ 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 for 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 29.12.2011 and 20.01.2012 both dates inclusive)
- Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates.
- Rs.450/- for all others
Transaction charges for Offline/ Online Payment of fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate
Mode of Payment
Candidates have the option of:
(1) ONLINE MODE of payment of requisite fees / intimation charges
or
(2) OFFLINE MODE of payment of requisite fees/ intimation charges
payment of fees / intimation charges through CBS branches of the following 6 Public Sector Banks
Bank of Baroda (Account No. 03970200001617),
Bank of India (Account No. 005120110000801),
Central Bank of India (Account No. 3156957709),
Indian Overseas Bank (Account No. 143502000008100),
Punjab National Bank (Account No. 3985002100046460),
United Bank of India (Account No. 0284053402139)
(1) Payment of fees/ intimation charges 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:
o 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
o 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.
o To ensure the security of your data, please close the browser window once your
transaction is completed.
(2) OFFLINE MODE (at counters of specified Bank branches):
payment of fee/ intimation charges through CBS branches of the following 6 Public
Sector Banks
Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National Bank, United Bank of India
- A Format of the fee payment challan (CBS Challan) will be made available on IBPS website.
Candidates are first required to take a printout of the fee payment challan from IBPS website
and indicate the particular Bank in which they wish to pay fees/ intimation charges.
- Candidates are required to fill in the fee payment challan for any of the above Banks with
details such as Name, Date of Birth, Contact No., Category, Post Applied for, Amount deposited, Depositing Branch Name and City etc.
- Candidates can then make payment of the requisite fee/ intimation charges in any branch of the above mentioned Banks.
- Collect the candidate’s copy of the Fee Payment Challan from the Branch. Please check that the challan is properly signed and the details of Transaction Number, Branch Name and DP Code Number, Deposit Date have been noted in the challan by the Branch authorities.
CALL LETTERS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The date of the Written Examination has been tentatively fixed for 11.03.2012(Sunday). However,
the date of Examination shall be intimated in the Call Letter along with the Centre/Venue address.
All eligible candidates should download their call letter and Information Handout from the IBPS’s
website www.ibps.in by entering his / her details registration Number and Password/Date of Birth,
after 28.02.2012. No hard copy of the call letter/ Information Handout will be sent by post.
Candidates have to bring their call letter along with Original Fee Payment Receipt (e-receipt/fee payment challan) and their photo identity proof in original as well as a photocopy while attending the written examination and will have to submit Original Fee Payment Receipt (e-receipt/ fee payment challan) and photocopy of the photo identity proof along with Examination Call Letter.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Start date for Online Registration 30.12.2011
Payment of Application Fees/ Intimation Charges 29.12.2011 to 20.01.2012 (both dates inclusive)
Last date for Online Registration 21.01.2012
Last date for Editing Application Details 23.01.2012
Download of Call letter for Written Examination After 28.02.2012
Written Examination 11.03.2012
Please note that candidates will not be permitted to appear for the Common Written Examination without the following documents:
(1) Call Letter
(2) Original fee payment receipt (fee payment challan / e-receipt)
(3) Original photo-identity proof (specified)
(4) Photocopy of photo-identity proof
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
UCO Bank
Central Bank of India
Corporation Bank
Dena Bank
Indian Bank
Vijaya Bank
United Bank of India
Union Bank of India
POSTS
I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
Law Officer (Scale I)
Technical Officer (Scale I)
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
Marketing Officer (Scale I)
I.T. Officer (Scale-II)
Law Officer (Scale II)
Any individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks in one of these Specialist Officer’s
posts 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.
It should, however, be noted that 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 as and when individual banks call for applications for the Specialist Officers’ posts for which a
Common written Examination has been conducted, quoting their personal details and their CWE scores.
Each bank will then individually shortlist candidates and carry out their own selection processes such as Interviews etc. for final selection.
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 test and on Total Score (if any) etc.
B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01.12.2011)
Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill 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 to various Public Sector Banks. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for and qualifying in the examination does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in all or any of the 19 Public Sector Banks as each Bank will stipulate its own eligibility/ qualifying criteria.
Candidates are allowed to apply for only one post. The applications of candidates applying for more than one post will be summarily rejected.
WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The structure of the Written Examination which may be conducted online/offline is as follows:
Structure of Examination for Law Officer- Scale I & II & Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale I )
Sr. No. Name of the Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks Total Time
1 Test of Reasoning 50 50
2 Test of English Language 50 25
3 Test of General Awareness with spl. ref.to Banking Ind. 50 50
4 Test of Professional Knowledge 50 75
Total 200 200 120 Minutes
Structure of Examination for Specialist Officers (for Posts 01,02, 05-08)
Sr. No. Name of the Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks Total Time
1 Test of Reasoning 50 50 2 Test of English Language 50 25
3 Test of Quantitative Aptitude 50 50
4 Test of Professional Knowledge 50 75
Total 200 200 120 Minutes
The above tests except the Test of English Language will be printed bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
Other detailed information regarding the written examination will be given in an Information Handout, on IBPS website which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters.
BOOKS FOR IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam:
D. 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 there will be the same penalty of 0.25 of the marks assigned to that
question deducted as penalty. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate,
there will be no penalty for that question. 6
E. STANDARDIZED SCORES
The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates will further be converted into
standardized scores following Linear Conversion Method.( If the total score for a test is in fraction,
the marks obtained will be rounded off to the nearest integer, i.e. if fraction exceeds by 0.50 or
more, it will be rounded off to next higher integer.)
F. 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).
G. CWE SCORE CARD
IBPS will print the Score Cards for each of the qualifying candidates only and will send the same
by Registered/ Speed post to each candidate at the correspondence address specified in his/ her
online application.
H. 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.
I. EXAMINATION CENTERS
(i) The written examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India.
(ii) IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some other Centres, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.
(iii) As far as possible candidates will be allotted to a centre of his/her choice however IBPS also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any of the Centre other than the one he/she has opted for.
(iv) Candidate will appear in the written examination from a Examination Centre at his/her own
risks and expenses and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.
(v) No request for change of centre for Written Examination shall be entertained.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates can apply online only from 30.12.2011 to 21.01.2012 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
are within the required specifications as given in Annexure II.
(ii) keep the application fee/ intimation charges remittance details (Transaction details
such as Transaction No., Branch Name & Code etc.) ready in case of Offline Payment i.e.
CBS / Keep the necessary details/documents ready if desired to make online payment
of the requisite application fee/ 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 for 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 29.12.2011 and 20.01.2012 both dates inclusive)
- Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates.
- Rs.450/- for all others
Transaction charges for Offline/ Online Payment of fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate
Mode of Payment
Candidates have the option of:
(1) ONLINE MODE of payment of requisite fees / intimation charges
or
(2) OFFLINE MODE of payment of requisite fees/ intimation charges
payment of fees / intimation charges through CBS branches of the following 6 Public Sector Banks
Bank of Baroda (Account No. 03970200001617),
Bank of India (Account No. 005120110000801),
Central Bank of India (Account No. 3156957709),
Indian Overseas Bank (Account No. 143502000008100),
Punjab National Bank (Account No. 3985002100046460),
United Bank of India (Account No. 0284053402139)
(1) Payment of fees/ intimation charges 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:
o 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
o 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.
o To ensure the security of your data, please close the browser window once your
transaction is completed.
(2) OFFLINE MODE (at counters of specified Bank branches):
payment of fee/ intimation charges through CBS branches of the following 6 Public
Sector Banks
Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National Bank, United Bank of India
- A Format of the fee payment challan (CBS Challan) will be made available on IBPS website.
Candidates are first required to take a printout of the fee payment challan from IBPS website
and indicate the particular Bank in which they wish to pay fees/ intimation charges.
- Candidates are required to fill in the fee payment challan for any of the above Banks with
details such as Name, Date of Birth, Contact No., Category, Post Applied for, Amount deposited, Depositing Branch Name and City etc.
- Candidates can then make payment of the requisite fee/ intimation charges in any branch of the above mentioned Banks.
- Collect the candidate’s copy of the Fee Payment Challan from the Branch. Please check that the challan is properly signed and the details of Transaction Number, Branch Name and DP Code Number, Deposit Date have been noted in the challan by the Branch authorities.
CALL LETTERS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The date of the Written Examination has been tentatively fixed for 11.03.2012(Sunday). However,
the date of Examination shall be intimated in the Call Letter along with the Centre/Venue address.
All eligible candidates should download their call letter and Information Handout from the IBPS’s
website www.ibps.in by entering his / her details registration Number and Password/Date of Birth,
after 28.02.2012. No hard copy of the call letter/ Information Handout will be sent by post.
Candidates have to bring their call letter along with Original Fee Payment Receipt (e-receipt/fee payment challan) and their photo identity proof in original as well as a photocopy while attending the written examination and will have to submit Original Fee Payment Receipt (e-receipt/ fee payment challan) and photocopy of the photo identity proof along with Examination Call Letter.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Start date for Online Registration 30.12.2011
Payment of Application Fees/ Intimation Charges 29.12.2011 to 20.01.2012 (both dates inclusive)
Last date for Online Registration 21.01.2012
Last date for Editing Application Details 23.01.2012
Download of Call letter for Written Examination After 28.02.2012
Written Examination 11.03.2012
Please note that candidates will not be permitted to appear for the Common Written Examination without the following documents:
(1) Call Letter
(2) Original fee payment receipt (fee payment challan / e-receipt)
(3) Original photo-identity proof (specified)
(4) Photocopy of photo-identity proof
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