Recruitment in Clerical Cadre in 20 Public Sector Banks

For details/advertaisement visit http://www.ibps.in/career_pdf/CWE_Clerks_III_Advt.pdf

Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Participating Organizations listed at (A) as a Clerk or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process- (CWE Clerks-III). Candidates who appear and are shortlisted in the examination, will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organizations and co-ordinate by IBPS. Depending on the State/UTwise available vacancies in Participating organizations, candidates shortlisted will be allotted to one of the Participating Organizations, keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc.

This system of Common Recruitment Process –common written examination, interview and allotment- for recruitment of Clerical cadre posts in Participating Organisations has the approval of the appropriate authorities. IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the organisations mentioned at (A) below to conduct the recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year. Prospective candidates will have to apply to IBPS  after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examination, interview and allotment, eligibility criteria, online registration processes, payment of prescribed application fee/ intimation charges, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters etc. and ensure that they fulfill the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.

EXAM PATTERN  OF IBPS CLERICAL CADRE 2013: 

DURATION OF EXAM : 2 Hours

Sl.No	NAME OF THE SECTION	MARKS ALLOTED
1	Reasoning	40
2	English Language	40
3	Numerical Ability	40
4	General Awareness	40
5	Computer Knowledge	40
	TOTAL MARKS	200

Candidates should qualify in each section as the cut off’s mentioned. There will be different cut off for different sections and different sections

The next Common Written Examination (CWE) as a pre-requisite for selection of personnel for Clerical

cadre posts in the Participating Organisations listed below will be conducted online by the Institute of

Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) tentatively in November/ December 2013

Eligibility Criteria

Nationality / Citizenship:

1. a Citizen of India or
2. a subject of Nepal or
3. a subject of Bhutan or
4. a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India

Age (As on 01.08.2013):

• Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 28 years i.e. a candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1985 and not later than 01.08.1993 (both dates inclusive)

Educational Qualifications:

• Degree (Graduation) 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.

Important Dates:

Online Registration	19.08.2013- 07.09.2013
Payment of Application Fees Online	19.08.2013- 07.09.2013
Payment of Application Fees- Offline	21.08.2013- 12.09.2013
Download of Call Letter for Pre-Examination Training (PET) for SC/ST/ Minority Community/ EXSM/ PWD candidates After	29.10.2013
Pre-Examination Training 09.11.2013-16.11.2013 (excluding holidays) Download of Call letter for Examination	After 18.11.2013
Sharing of result status of examination (CWE)	Second week of January 2014
Download of call letters for Interview	Last week of January 2014
Conduct of Interview	Second week of February 2014
Allotment	April 2014

Fee

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 19.08.2013 to 07.09.2013 (Online payment) and 21.08.2013 to 12.09.2013 (Offline payment) both dates inclusive]

• - Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD/EXSM candidates.
• - Rs. 600 /- for all others

Bank Transaction charges for Offline/ Online Payment of application fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate

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

How To Apply

Candidates can apply online only from 19.08.2013 to 07.09.2013 and no other mode of application will be accepted.

Pre-Requisites for Applying Online

Before applying online, candidates should—

• scan their photograph and signature ensuring that both the photograph and signature adhere to the required specifications as given in Annexure II to this Advertisement.
• If desiring to make Online Payment of the requisite application fee/ intimation charges keep the necessary details/documents ready (In case of Offline Payment i.e. CBS candidates have to apply online, obtain a fee payment challan and then remit the necessary application fees/ intimation charges).
• 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 the Examination etc. through the registered e-mail ID. Under no circumstances, a candidate should share with/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.