COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT OF PO IN 19 PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

            Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES IN 19 PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS 
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 19 Public Sector Banks.

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


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 bank will then individually shortlist candidates and carry out their own selection processes such as Group Discussions and/ or Interviews etc. for final selection.

Age (As on 01.07.2011):
Minimum: 20 Years Maximum: 30 Years

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.

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 national average (National Average – ¼ Standard Deviation for General category candidates and National 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.

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 .

WRITTEN EXAMINATION 

Test pattern for common bank exam is same as previous banking recruitments with Objective & Descriptive papers for a total of 250 marks.For every wrong answer in objective test, 0.25 would be reduced as negative mark.

The above tests except the Test of English Language and Descriptive Paper on English Composition will be printed bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
The Descriptive Papers of only those candidates who secure minimum qualifying
marks in each of the objective tests will be evaluated.

IMPORTANT DATES
Start date for Online Registration 09.07.2011
 Payment of Application Fees 08.07.2011 to 30.07.2011 (both days 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

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