Institute of Banking Personnel Selection

COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR

RECRUITMENT IN CLERICAL CADRE 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

Clerical cadre posts in the Public Sector Banks mentioned below.
This system of Common Examination for recruitment of Clerks 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, 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 Clerical Cadre 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
• · UCO Bank
• · Central Bank of India
• · Union Bank of India
• · Corporation Bank
• · United Bank of India
• · Dena Bank
• · Vijaya Bank
• · Indian Bank

Any individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks as a Clerk or in a post in that cadre, 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, 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, proficiency in Official Language of the State/UT for which vacancies he wishes to apply, experience (if any), minimum required level of IBPS score in each test and on Total Score (if any) etc. Since clerical cadre recruitment would be on State-wise basis, candidates can apply for vacancies in one State/ UT only. It will therefore be necessary that candidates appear for examination in one of the centres of a particular State/UT where they would like to apply for emaployment i.e. they have to appear for the examination from a centre for that particular State/UT as mentioned in Annexure I. The candidate may also be required to possess proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT for which vacancies he wishes to apply to be eligible as per the notifications of the Participating Banks. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA & Other Information See Click Here

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