IBPS PO Interview Tips : 9 important points to remember

To succeed in a bank PO interview, it's important to prepare well and understand the expectations of IBPS panel members. Here are 

9 key points to remember:

1. Understand the Job Role of Probationary Officer (PO) and Banks

• Before the interview, research the govt banks, its products, services, and its corporate culture. Understand the job profile of PO thoroughly, including the skills needed for the position.

2. Stay Updated on Banking related and other Current Affairs

• Bank interviews often include questions about the economy, finance, government policies. Stay updated on the latest news, especially in areas like interest rates, RBI policies, mergers, and financial inclusion.
• Read any national newspaper, watch or listen to podcasts related to financial news, and follow updates related to the banking sector

3. Be Clear on Your Resume/Biodata and Experience (if any)

• Make sure you can explain every point mentioned in your resume, including your qualifications, work experience, internships, and skills.
• Be prepared to discuss your strengths, weaknesses, and any achievements or challenges you’ve faced, relating them to how they can help you succeed in the banking sector.

4. Showcase Strong Communication Skills

• Effective communication is key in bank jobs as you'll be interacting with customers, colleagues, and management.
• Practice speaking clearly, confidently, and in a polite manner. Ensure you are able to articulate your thoughts coherently.

5. Emphasize Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills

• Bank employees are often required to handle complex situations, make decisions, and solve problems. Demonstrate your ability to think analytically and provide solutions to problems.
• Use examples from past experiences where you showcased such skills.

6. Understand the Importance of Customer Service

• Customer service is central to banking. Be ready to discuss how you can contribute to improving customer satisfaction and handling difficult customer situations.
• Show that you value relationships and can provide solutions while maintaining professionalism.
  

7. Dress Professionally

• Appearance matters in a bank job interview. Dress in formal attire, preferably a suit or traditional wear suitable to our culture. Salwar Kameez, Shirt-Trousers are also fine.
• Your grooming (hair style) and hygiene (nails) should be impeccable.

8. Display Confidence and Positivity

• Confidence is key in the interview, but avoid arrogance. You may also join any good pesonalised interview coaching in online or offline mode. A good mentor can make things easier.
• Smile, maintain good posture, and make eye contact to create a positive impression.

9. Prepare for Behavioral Questions and Situational Scenarios

• Banks often use behavioral interview techniques to assess your personality and how you handle specific situations. Be prepared to answer questions like:
  • "Tell me about a time you worked under pressure."
  • "How would you handle an angry customer?"
  • "What would you do if you made a mistake?"
• Use the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to structure your answers.

Point to remember: An interview coach plays a crucial role in preparing candidates for a bank job interview, helping them understand the expectations of interviewers, refine their responses, and increase their chances of success.

- Career Quest Institute for Interview Training, Karol Bagh, Delhi. Ph 9811299811, 9990840999

COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES 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

IBPS House, Post Box no. 8587, Kandivali (E), Mumbai 400 101

Email: common@ibpsorg.org Website:www.ibps.in

The Banking sector in India is poised for a high trajectory growth with prospects for a bright career to thousands of new entrants. Here is a unique opportunity for aspirants for a career in 19 Public Sector Banks through a Single Common Examination

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 Public Sector Banks mentioned below.

This system of Common Examination for recruitment of Probationary Officers/ Management Trainees has been approved by each of the 19 participating Public Sector Banks and the Managing Committee of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) with the consent of the Government of India.

IBPS, an autonomous body registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 and a Public Trust under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, has been authorised by IBA and has received a mandate from the 19 Public Sector Banks listed below to conduct the Common Written Examination. The CWE for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts will be conducted twice a year by IBPS.

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

An individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks as a Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee 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.

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 component test plus Total Weighted Score (if any) etc.

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, 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.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01.07.2011)

Please note that the eligibility criteria specified is the basic criteria for applying to various Public Sector Banks. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for 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.

Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill the specified eligibility criteria before applying for the Common Written Examination (CWE):

I. Nationality / Citizenship: A candidate must be either -

(i) a Citizen of India or

(ii) a subject of Nepal or

(iii) a subject of Bhutan or

(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1 st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or

(v) 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, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age relaxation(As on 01.07.2011):

Minimum: 20 Years Maximum: 30 Years

The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates.

Category Age relaxation -

Relaxation of Upper age limit

1. Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe - 5 years

2. Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)- 3 years

3. Persons With Disabilities- 10 years

4. Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on 5 years 3 completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the stipulated time) otherwise than by way of

dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable

to military service or invalidment -5 years

5. Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 -5 years

6. Persons affected by 1984 riots -5 years

7. Persons who have completed 5 years of service in RRBs -5 years

NOTE:

(i)In case of a candidate who is eligible for relaxation under more than one of the above categories the age relaxation will be available on a cumulative basis with any one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above.

(ii) Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of Interview conducted by a particular Bank, if called by the Bank

(iii)Ex-Servicemen candidates who have already secured employment under the Central Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ will be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as prescribed for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in a higher grade or cadre in Group ‘C’/ ‘D’ under the Central Government. However, such candidates will not be eligible for the benefit of reservation for Ex-Servicemen in Central Government jobs.

DEFINITION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 only such persons would be eligible for reservation who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board appointed by the Central/State Govt.

Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply. Applicants claiming such benefits should produce certificate in original in support of their claim at the time of Interview conducted by a particular Bank, if called by the Bank

Visually Impaired (VI)

Blindness refers to condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (1) Total absence of sight, (ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses. (iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending in angle of 20 degrees or worse. Low vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive connection but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning of execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.

Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI)

The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)

Locomotor Disability means disability of bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy. Cerebral Palsy means a group of non-progressive conditions of person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development. All the cases of Orthopaedically Challenged Persons would be covered under the category of ‘Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy’.

Guidelines for Persons With Disabilities using a Scribe

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the written examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

The candidate will have to arrange his own scribe at his/her own cost.

The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated criteria.

The scribe should posses lesser marks than the candidates and not more than 60% marks in his/her own academic stream.

The scribe may be from any academic stream.

Both the candidates as well as scribes will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfill any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination. Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.

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.

WRITTEN EXAMINATION

Number of questions 250 , Total Marks : 250

Written Examination Structure:-

PART ONE:
TIME ALLOTTED FOR 5 PAPERS IS : 150 minutes

1. Reasoning - No. of Questions 50 - Maximum Marks 50

2. English Language - No. of Questions 50 - Maximum Marks 25

3. Quantitative Aptitude - No. of Questions 50 - Maximum Marks 50

4. General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry) - Questions 50 - Max Marks 50

5. Computer Knowledge - No. of Questions 50 - Maximum Marks 50

PART TWO:
Descriptive Paper on English Composition (Essay, Précis, Letter Writing etc)

Maximum Marks 25 TIME ALLOTTED FOR THIS PAPER : 60 minutes

* 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.

* 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 letter.

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS

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. If the total of the penalty 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. 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.

Advertisement:

Quality Interview Coaching is available at Career Quest Interview Training Institute for various banking examinations and posts. You may call 09811 29 9811 and 09990840999 for admission. You may visit www.cqinterview.blogspot.com for more details. Career Quest is based in Delhi. It also provides interview coaching by correspondence. Classroom coaching is available in Delhi.

STANDARDIZED SCORES

The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates will further be converted into

standardized scores following Linear Conversion Method.

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).

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.

EXAMINATION CENTERS

(i) The written examination will be conducted in venues across many centres in India. The list of Written Examination centres is available in Annexure I.

(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.

PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING

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 viz. Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Balasore, Bareilly, Bhubaneshwar, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gulbarga, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Hubli, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shimla, Siliguri, Shillong, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Varanasi, Vadodara, Vijaywada and Vishakhapatnam .

All eligible candidates who wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant column in the ON-LINE APPLICATION. All expenses regarding traveling, boarding, lodging etc. will have to be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-examination training programme at the designated Centers. IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Pre- Examination Training Centres and/ or add some other Centres, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.

Merely attending Pre-Examination Training does not necessarily imply a candidate’s right to be selected in any of the 19 participating Public Sector Banks mentioned.

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. 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 remittance details (Transaction details such as NEFT UTR No., IFSC Code etc.) ready in case of cash payment through NEFT enabled branches of any of the 19 PSBs named/ Keep the necessary details/documents ready in order to make online payment of the requisite application fee.

(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 Pre-Examination Training, 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 08.07.2011 and 30.07.2011 both dates inclusive)

- Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates.

- Rs.450/- for all others

Transaction charges for NEFT/ Online Payment will have to be borne by the candidate

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

(1) Payment of fees 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:

• 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

• 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.

• To ensure the security of your data, please close the browser window once your transaction is completed.

(2) OFFLINE MODE: Payment of Fees through NEFT enabled branches of the 19 named Public Sector Banks - Candidates are required to fill the NEFT voucher as required by the Bank with beneficiary details as follows.

Name of the Account : IBPS CWE- Officers’ Cadre- 2011

Account Number : 005120110000667

Payee Bank : Bank of India

IFSC Code : BKID0000051

- Candidates can then make payment of the requisite fee.

- The NEFT payment receipt must be collected from the Bank where payment has been made.

- Candidates should check that the receipt is properly signed and the details of NEFT UTR NO., IFSC code of the sending Bank branch, Name of the sending Bank, City name, Deposit date, Amount etc. are noted in the NEFT Payment Receipt by the Branch authorities.

Candidates are required to submit the NEFT receipt along with the Call Letter at the time of written examination

Filling in the Online Application

Please note that all the particulars mentioned in the online application including

Name of the Candidate, Category, Date of birth, Address, Email ID, Centre of

Examination etc. will be considered as final and no modifications will be allowed

after the last date specified for Editing/ Updating the same. Candidates are hence

requested to fill in the online application form with the utmost care as no

correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained.

(1) Candidates are first required to go to the IBPS’s website www.ibps.in and click on

the Home Page to open the link “Common Written Examination”

(2) Candidate is now ready to apply Online by clicking on the option “CLICK HERE

TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CWE- PROBATIONARY OFFICER/ MANAGEMENT

TRAINEES SEPTEMBER 2011” to open up the On-Line Application Form.

(3) In case candidates are remitting their application fees through NEFT,

candidates will have to enter their basic details including fee payment details

and upload the photograph and signature in the online application form.

However in case of payment of fees through ONLINE Payment Mode the

Application Format will consist of an additional page.

(4) Candidates are required to upload their photograph and signature as per the

specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of Photograph

and Signature (Annexure II).

(5) Candidates should carefully fill in the details in the On-Line Application at the

appropriate places very carefully and click on the “SUBMIT” button at the end of

the On-Line Application format. Before pressing the “SUBMIT” button, candidates

are advised to verify every particular filled in the application. The name of the

candidate or his /her father/husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application

as it appears in the certificates/mark sheets. Any change/alteration found may

disqualify the candidature.

(6) After upload of photograph and signature, in case of candidates who have paid the

requisite application fee through NEFT, a Registration Number and Password will be

generated. Candidates should note their Registration Number and Password for

future reference.

OR

In case candidates wish to pay fees through the online payment gateway after the

upload of photograph and signature an additional page of the application form is

displayed wherein candidates may follow the instructions and fill in the requisite

details. 9

If the online transaction has been successfully completed a Registration Number and

Password will be generated. Candidates should note their Registration Number and

Password for future reference.

If the online transaction has not been successfully completed then the following

message is displayed ‘Your online transaction was unsuccessful. Please register

again’ Candidates may then revisit the ‘Apply Online’ link and fill in their

application details again.

(7) After applying on-line, the candidate should immediately take a printout of the

system generated on-line application form, ensure the particulars filled in are

accurate and retain it for future reference. They should not send this print out to

the IBPS.

(8) No acknowledgment will be given for online registration. However a Registration

Number and Password will be generated and an email/ sms intimation will be sent to

the candidate’s email ID/ Mobile Number specified in the online application form.

If candidates do not receive the email and sms intimations at the email ID/

Mobile number specified by them, they may consider that their online

application has not been successfully registered.

(9) An online application which is incomplete in any respect such as without the

photograph and signature uploaded in the online application form will not be

considered valid.

(10) Request for change/correction in any particulars in the Application Form

shall not be entertained under any circumstances AFTER THE LAST DATE

FOR Editing/ Updating application details specified. IBPS will not be

responsible for any consequences arising out of furnishing of incorrect and

incomplete details in the application or omission to provide the required details

in the application form.

(11) Candidates are advised in their own interest to apply on-line much before the

closing date and not to wait till the last date for depositing the fee to avoid the

possibility of disconnection/inability/failure to log on the IBPS’s website on

account of heavy load on internet/website jam.

(12) IBPS does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to

submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid

reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the IBPS.

(13) Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying.

No other mode of application or incomplete steps would be accepted and such

applications would be rejected.

(14) Any information submitted by an applicant in his/ her application will bind the

candidate personally and if found to be false shall be liable for prosecution apart

from consequences in civil law as may be deemed requisite. 10

Note: There is a provision to modify the submitted Online Application. Candidates

are requested to make use of this facility to correct their details in the Online

Application if any. This modification facility will be available up to 03.08.2011.

After this date, no modification will be permitted. Candidates should take utmost

care while filling in the Online Application. Please note that no modification in fee

payment details will be permitted for candidates who pay fees through the online

mode.

M. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

(1) Candidates have to submit the original fee payment receipt (e-receipt/ NEFT payment

Receipt) and the written examination call letter at the time of written examination.

(2) Before applying for the CWE for Probationary Officer/ Mangement Trainee posts in the

19 participating Public Sector Banks, the candidate should ensure that he/she fulfils the

eligibility and other norms mentioned in this advertisement. Candidates are therefore to

carefully read this advertisement and follow all the instructions given for submitting

online application.

(3) IBPS would be free to reject any application, at any stage of the process, if the candidate

is found ineligible as per the stipulated eligibility criteria. Decision of the IBPS in all

matters regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stages at which such scrutiny of

eligibility is to be undertaken, qualifications and other eligibility norms, the documents

to be produced for the purpose of the conduct of Written Examination etc. and any other

matter relating to the CWE will be final and binding on the candidate. No

correspondence or personal enquiries shall be entertained by the IBPS in this behalf.

(4) Not more than one application should be submitted by any candidate. Multiple

Applications/Registrations will be summarily rejected and the application fee forfeited.

(5) Online applications once registered will not be allowed to be withdrawn and/or the

application fee, intimation charges once paid will not be refunded nor be held in reserve

for any other examination.

(6) Any resulting dispute arising out of this advertisement including the recruitment

process shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Courts situated at Mumbai.

(7) No candidate is permitted to use or have possession of Calculators, Mobile Phones,

Pagers or any other instruments/ electronic devices in the Examination Hall.

(8) Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.

(9) In case it is detected at any stage that a candidate does not fulfill the eligibility norms

and/or that he/she has furnished any incorrect/false information/certificate/documents or

has suppressed any material fact(s), his/her candidature will stand cancelled. If any of

these shortcomings is/are detected even after appointment in a Bank, his/her services are

liable to be terminated.

(10) Any request for change of address will not be entertained.

(11) In case any dispute arises on account of interpretation of version other than English,

English version available on IBPS website will prevail.

(12) A Candidate’s admission to the examination is strictly provisional. The mere fact that

the call letter has been issued to the candidate does not imply that his/ her candidature

has been finally cleared by the IBPS. 11

(13) Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended by them in all the places viz. in

their call letter, attendance sheet etc. and in all correspondences with the IBPS/ Bank in

future should be identical and there should be no variation of any kind.

N. Action Against Candidates Found Guilty of Misconduct

Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars

that are false, tampered, fabricated and should not suppress any material information

while submitting online application. At the time of written examination, if a candidate is

(or has been ) found guilty of – (i) using unfair means during the examination or

subsequent selection procedure or (ii) impersonating or procuring impersonation by any

person or (iii) misbehaving in the examination hall or taking away the question booklet

(or any part thereof ) / answer sheet from the examination hall or (iv) resorting to any

irregular or improper means in connection with his/ her candidature for selection or (v)

obtaining support for his/ her candidature by unfair means, such a candidate may, in

addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable :

To be disqualified from the examination for which he/ she is a candidate.

To be debarred either permanently or for a specified period from any examination

conducted by IBPS.

For termination of service, if he/ she has already joined any Bank.

The IBPS would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other candidates to

detect patterns of similarity, if as per the laid down procedure, it is suspected that the

responses have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/ valid, the IBPS

reserves right to cancel his/ her candidature.

O. CALL LETTERS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION

The date of the Written Examination has been tentatively fixed for 18.09.2011 (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 04.09.2011. 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/ NEFT payment Receipt) 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/ NEFT payment Receipt) and

photocopy of the photo identity proof along with Examination Call Letter.

Identity Verification

In the examination hall, the call letter along with the Original Fee Payment Receipt (ereceipt/ NEFT payment Receipt) and a self attested photocopy of the candidate’s photo

identity such as PAN Card/ Passport/ Driver’s Licence/ Voter’s Card/ Bank Passbook

with photograph/ Photo identity proof issued by a Gazzetted Officer/ People’s 12

Representative along with a photograph should be submitted to the invigilator for

verification. The candidate’s identity will be verified with respect to his/her details on

the call letter and in the Attendance List. If identity of the candidate is in doubt the

candidate may not be allowed to appear for the Written Examination.

This advertisement is also available on IBPS’s website address www.ibps.in

Candidates are advised to remain in touch with IBPS’s website for any information

which may be put for further guidance.

Decision of the IBPS in respect of all matters pertaining to this examination would be

final and binding on all candidates.

Start date for Online Registration 09.07.2011

Payment of Application Fees 08.07.2011 to 30.07.2011

(both dates 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

(IBPS)

13

ANNEXURE I

EXAMINATION CENTERS

The written examination will be held at the following centers and the address of the

venue will be advised in the call letters:

State Code State /UT Centre

11 Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair

12 Andhra Pradesh Guntur

Hyderabad

Karimnagar

Rajahmundry

Tirupati

Vijaywada

Vishakhapatnam

13 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar

14 Assam Dibrugarh

Guwahati

Jorhat

Silchar

15 Bihar Bhagalpur

Muzaffarpur

Patna

16 Chandigarh Chandigarh

17 Chattisgarh Raipur

18 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Bulsar

19 Daman & Diu Bulsar

Jamnagar

20 Goa Panaji

21 Gujarat Ahmedabad

Bhavnagar

Bulsar

Jamnagar

Rajkot

Surat

Vadodara

22 Haryana Hissar

Karnal

Panchkula

Rohtak

23 Himachal Pradesh Dharamsala

Mandi

Shimla

24 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu

25 Jharkhand Bokaro

Dhanbad

Jamshedpur

Ranchi

14

26 Karnataka Belgaum

Bengaluru

Gulbarga

Hubli

Mangalore

Mysore

27 Kerala Kannur

Kochi

Kottayam

Kozhikode

Thrichur

Thiruvananthapuram

28 Lakshwadweep Kavarrati

29 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

Gwalior

Indore

Jabalpur

30 Maharashtra Aurangabad

Kolhapur

Mumbai

Nagpur

Nasik

Pune

Solapur

31 Manipur Imphal

32 Meghalaya Shillong

33 Mizoram Aizawl

34 Nagaland Kohima

35 New Delhi New Delhi

36 Orissa Balasore

Berhampur(Ganjam)

Bhubaneshwar

Cuttack

Sambalpur

37 Puducherry Puducherry

38 Punjab Amritsar

Bhatinda

Jalandhar

Ludhiana

Mohali

Patiala

38 Rajasthan Ajmer

Jaipur

Jodhpur

Kota

Udaipur

40 Sikkim Gangtok

15

41 Tamilnadu Chennai

Coimbatore

Madurai

Salem

Thiruchirapalli

Tirunelvelli

42 Tripura Agartala

43 Uttar Pradesh Agra

Allahabad

Bareilly

Gorakhpur

Kanpur

Lucknow

Meerut

Varanasi

44 Uttarakhand Dehradun

Rudrapur

45 West Bengal Berhampur (West Bengal)

Durgapur

Kolkata

Siliguri

16

Annexure II

Guidelines for scanning and Upload of Photograph & Signature

Before applying online a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image of

his/her photograph and signature as per the specifications given below.

Photograph Image:

- Photograph must be a recent passport style colour picture.

- Make sure that the picture is in colour, taken against a light-coloured, preferably

white, background.

- Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face

- If the picture is taken on a sunny day, have the sun behind you, or place yourself in

the shade, so that you are not squinting and there are no harsh shadows

- If you have to use flash, ensure there's no "red-eye"

- If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes can be

clearly seen.

- Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious headwear is allowed but it

must not cover your face.

- Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred)

- Size of file should be between 20kb–50 kb

- Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50kb. If the size of the file

is more than 50 kb, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as the DPI resolution,

no. of colours etc., during the process of scanning.

Signature Image:

- The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.

- The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other person.

- The signature will be used to put on the Hall Ticket and wherever necessary.

- If the Applicant’s signature on the answer script, at the time of the examination,

does not match the signature on the Hall Ticket, the applicant will be disqualified.

- Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred)

- Size of file should be between 10kb – 20kb

- Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20kb

Scanning the photograph & signature:

- Set the scanner resolution to a minimum of 200 dpi (dots per inch)

- Set Color to True Color

- File Size as specified above

- Crop the image in the scanner to the edge of the photograph/signature, then use the

upload editor to crop the image to the final size (as specified above).

- The image file should be JPG or JPEG format. An example file name is :

image01.jpg or image01.jpeg Image dimensions can be checked by listing the folder

files or moving the mouse over the file image icon.

- Candidates using MS Windows/MSOffice can easily obtain photo and signature in

.jpeg format not exceeding 50kb & 20kb respectively by using MS Paint or

MSOffice Picture Manager. Scanned photograph and signature in any format can be

saved in .jpg format by using ‘Save As’ option in the File menu and size can be

reduced below 50 kb (photograph) & 20 kb(signature) by using crop and then resize 17

option (Please see point (i) & (ii) above for the pixel size) in the ‘Image’ menu.

Similar options are available in other photo editor also.

- If the file size and format are not as prescribed, an error message will be displayed.

- While filling in the Online Application Form the candidate will be provided with a

link to upload his photograph and signature.

Procedure for Uploading the Photograph and Signature

- There will be two separate links for uploading Photograph and Signature

- Click on the respective link “Upload Photograph / Signature”

- Browse and Select the location where the Scanned Photograph / Signature file has

been saved.

- Select the file by clicking on it

- Click the ‘Open/Upload’ button

Your Online Application will not be registered unless you upload your photograph

and signature as specified.

Note:

(1) In case the face in the photograph or signature is unclear the candidate’s

application may be rejected.

(2) After registering online candidates are advised to take a printout of their system

generated online application forms.

(3) In case the photograph or signature is unclear, the candidate may edit his/ her

application and re-upload his/ her photograph or signature.

download original notification at http://ibps.in/career_pdf/cwe_advt.pdf