PSU Banks are on a hiring spree and with many such openings its getting tough for smaller PSU Banks to conduct exams, so to address this problem Institute Of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has been approved by 19 PSU Banks for conducting a Common Entrance Examination (CWE) as a pre-requisite for selection of personnel for Probationary Officers/Management Trainees in the participating 19 Public Sector Banks.
List of Participating Banks are :
- 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
Successful candidates in the CWE will be issued scorecards and who meet the stipulated eligibility criteria mentioned in the respective notifications of banks are then required to apply to any of the participating banks they wish to, quoting their personal details and their CWE scores. 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.
Examination Pattern :
Sr. No. |
Nameof Tests(Objective) |
No.of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
1 |
Reasoning |
50 |
50 |
Composite Timeof 150minutes |
2 |
EnglishLanguage |
50 |
25 |
|
3 |
QuantitativeAptitude |
50 |
50 |
|
4 |
GeneralAwareness (withspecial referenceto BankingIndustry) |
50 |
50 |
|
5 |
ComputerKnowledge |
50 |
50 |
|
DescriptivePaperonEnglishComposition (Essay,Précis, LetterWritingetc) |
|
25 |
60Minutes |
|
|
Total |
250 |
250 |
|
Note: There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Test. 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.
Validity Of Score Cards : Score Cards issued by IBPS will be valid for one year from the date of issue of the Score Card.
HOW TO APPLY
- Candidates can apply online only from 09.07.2011 to 01.08.2011 and no other mode of application will be accepted.
- OFFLINE MODE: Payment of Fees through NEFT enabled branches of the 19 named Public Sector Banks
It is proposed to impart Pre-Examination Training to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/Minority Communities at some centers across the country.
Important Dates :
StartdateforOnlineRegistration |
09.07.2011 |
Paymentof ApplicationFees |
08.07.2011to30.07.2011 (both datesinclusive) |
LastdateforOnlineRegistration |
01.08.2011 |
LastdateforEditing ApplicationDetails |
03.08.2011 |
Downloadof CallletterforWrittenExamination |
After04.09.2011 |
WrittenExamination |
18.09.2011 |
For Complete Details : Visit IBPS Website