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COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR

RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES

IN PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS (CWE PO/MT-IV)

Email: ibpsp@ibps.in Website: www.ibps.in

The online examination for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Probationary

Officer/ Management Trainee posts in the Participating Organisations listed below is tentatively scheduled in

October 2014.

Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Participating Organisations listed at (A) as a Probationary Officer/

Management Trainee or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CWE

PO/MT-IV). Candidates who appear and are shortlisted in the examination, will subsequently be called for a Common

Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and co-ordinated by the Nodal Bank with the help of IBPS.

Depending on the vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2015-16 based on the business needs of the

Participating Organisations and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of

the Participating Organisations keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative

convenience, etc. The validity for CWE PO/MT-IV will automatically expire at the close of business on 31.03.2016

with or without giving any notice.

This system of Common Recruitment Process- CWE, Common Interview and provisional allotment for recruitment of

Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee 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. IBPS will make arrangements for conducting online examination,

declare result of online examination and inform the shortlisted candidates about the interview. Interviews will be conducted

by the participating organisations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each state/ UT with the help of IBPS. Prospective

candidates will have to apply to IBPS after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examination,

interview and provisional 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 fulfil the stipulated criteria and

follow the prescribed processes.

A PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

Allahabad Bank Canara Bank Indian Bank Syndicate Bank

Andhra Bank Central Bank of India Indian Overseas Bank UCO Bank

Bank of Baroda Corporation Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce Union Bank of India

Bank of India Dena Bank Punjab National Bank United Bank of India

Bank of Maharashtra ECGC Punjab & Sind Bank Vijaya Bank

Bharatiya Mahila Bank IDBI Bank

Any other bank or financial institution

The tentative schedule of events is as follows:

Event Tentative Dates

Online Registration 22.07.2014 – 11.08.2014

Payment of Application Fees- Online 22.07.2014 – 11.08.2014

Payment of Application Fees- Offline 24.07.2014 – 14.08.2014

Download of Call Letter for Pre-Examination Training (PET) for

SC/ST/ Minority Community candidates

11.09.2014 – 22.09.2014

Pre-Examination Training 22.09.2014 – 27.09.2014

Download of Call letter for Examination After 01.10.2014

Online Examination (Tentative dates)- some/ all/ additional dates as

the need arises

11.10.2014 & 12.10.2014

18.10.2014 & 19.10.2014

01.11.2014 & 02.11.2014

Declaration of result status of examination (CWE) November, 2014

Download of call letters for Interview January 2015

Conduct of Interview January 2015

Provisional Allotment April 2015

Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in for details and updates.

B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Candidates, intending to apply for CWE PO/MT-IV should ensure that they fulfil the minimum eligibility

criteria specified by IBPS in this advertisement:

Please note that the eligibility criteria specified herein are the basic criteria for applying for the post. Candidates

must necessarily produce the relevant documents in original and a photocopy in support of their identity and

eligibility -pertaining to category, nationality, age, educational qualifications etc as indicated in the online

application form. Please note that no change of category will be permitted at any stage after registration of the

online application. Merely applying for CWE/ appearing for and being shortlisted in CWE and/or in the

subsequent interview and/ subsequent processes does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be offered

employment in any of the Participating Organisations. No request for considering the candidature under any

category other than the one in which applied will be entertained.

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

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.

II. Age (As on 01.07.2014):

Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 30 years

i.e. a candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1984 and not later than 01.07.1994 (both dates

inclusive)

Relaxation of Upper age limit

Sr.

No.

Category Age relaxation

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 completion

of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within

one year from the last date of receipt of application) 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

NOTE: (i) The relaxation in upper age limit to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on cumulative basis with only

one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above in Point

No. II (3) to II (6).

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

(iii) Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit necessary certificate(s) in original/

copies at the time of Interview and at any subsequent stage of the recruitment process as required by

IBPS/ Participating Organisation(s).

(iv) In case of an Ex-servicemen who has once joined in a Govt. job on the civil side after availing the benefits

given to him as an Ex-servicemen for his re-employment, his Ex-servicemen status for the purpose of re-

employment in Government ceases.

There is no reservation for Ex-servicemen in Officers’ Cadre.

III. Educational Qualifications:

A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent

qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.

The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she

registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.

Note: (1) All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised

by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the result should have been declared on

or before 11.08.2014.

Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 11.08.2014 has

to be submitted at the time of interview. The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date

appearing on the mark-sheet or provisional certificate issued by University/ Institute. In case the result of a

particular examination is posted on the website of the University/ Institute and web based certificate is

issued then proper document/certificate in original issued and signed by the appropriate authority of the

University/ Institute indicating the date of passing properly mentioned thereon will be reckoned for

verification and further process.

(2) Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in

the online application. Where CGPA / OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage

and indicated in online application. If called for interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate

issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating that the norms of the University regarding conversion

of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of norms.

(3) Calculation of Percentage:The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the total marks obtained by

the candidate in all the subjects in all semester(s)/year(s) by aggregate maximum marks in all the subjects

irrespective of honours / optional / additional optional subject, if any. This will be applicable for those

Universities also where Class / Grade is decided on basis of Honours marks only.

The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60% and

54.99% will be treated as less than 55%.

IV. 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 constituted by the Central/State Govt.

Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply. Candidates claiming such benefits

should produce certificate in original (issued by the Competent Authority on or before the last date of online

submission of application in the prescribed format available at the end of this advertisement) in support of their

claim at the time of Interview/at any stage of the process if provisionally allotted to any of the Participating

Organisations. Persons with Disabilities will have to work in Branches/ Offices as identified by the

respective Participating Organisation.

Visually Impaired (VI)

Blindness refers to condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (i) 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

correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or 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)

Only those Orthopaedically Challenged candidates who have locomotor disability or cerebral palsy with

locomotor impairment of minimum of 40% and only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to

apply:

BL - Both legs affected but not arms

OA - One arm affected (R or L) –

(a) Impaired reach;

(b) weakness of grip;

OL - One leg affected (R or L)

MW - Muscular weakness and limited physical endurance

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 online examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following

rules will apply:

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

• The scribe may be from any academic stream.

• Both the candidate as well as scribe 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 fulfil any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand

cancelled, irrespective of the result of the CWE.

• Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the

examination.

• The same scribe cannot be used by more than one candidate. In addition the scribe arranged by the

candidate should not be a candidate for the examination (CWE PO/MT-IV). If violation of the above is

detected at any stage of the process, candidature for CWE of both the candidate and the scribe will be

cancelled.

Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably

carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably

entertained.

Guidelines for candidates

(i) with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy

An extra time of twenty minutes per hour shall be permitted for the candidates with locomotor disability and

cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of

function (minimum of 40% impairment).

(ii) Visually Impaired candidates

• Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of

the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every

hour of examination.

• The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Impaired

candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

These guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if any, from time to time.

C. PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING

Pre-Examination Training may be arranged by the Nodal Banks/ Participating Organisations to a limited number

of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities at certain centres viz.

Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Balasore, Bareilly, Behrampur (Ganjam),

Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur,

Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, 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,

Shillong, Siliguri, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijaywada and

Vishakhapatnam.

All eligible candidates who opt for and wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant

column in the ON-LINE APPLICATION. While training will be imparted free of cost, all other expenses

regarding travelling, boarding, lodging etc. will have to be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-

examination training programme at the designated Centres. Depending on the response and administrative

feasibility the right to cancel any of the Pre- Examination Training Centres and/ or add some other Centres and/or

make alternate arrangements is reserved.

By merely attending the Pre-Examination Training no candidate acquires any right to be selected in any of the

Participating Organisations mentioned.

D. CWE – ONLINE EXAMINATION

I. The structure of the Examination which will be conducted online is as follows:

Sr.

No.

Name of Tests

Maximum Marks Duration

1 Reasoning 50

Composite time of

2 hours

2 English Language 40

3 Quantitative Aptitude 50

4 General Awareness

(with special reference to Banking Industry)

5 Computer Knowledge 20

Total 200

The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

IBPS reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website.

Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be

made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the authorised IBPS website

www.ibps.in.

Please note that candidates will not be permitted to appear for the CWE without the following documents:

(1) Valid Call Letter for the respective date and session of Examination

(2) Photo-identity proof (as specified) in original bearing the same name as it appears on the call letter/

application form and

(3) Photocopy of photo-identity proof (as mentioned in (2) above)

Candidates reporting late i.e. after the reporting time specified on the call letter for Examination will not be

permitted to take the examination.

The reporting time mentioned on the call letter is prior to the Start time of the test. Though the duration of the

examination is 2 hours candidates may be required to be at the venue for about 4 hours including the time required for

completion of various formalities such as verification and collection of various requisite documents, logging in, giving

of instructions etc.

II. Penalty for Wrong Answers

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. 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 a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the

candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

III. Examination Centres

(i) The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India. The tentative list of

Examination centres is available in Annexure I.

(ii) No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained.

(iii) IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some other

Centres, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.

(iv) IBPS also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for.

(v) Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/her own risk and expenses

and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.

(vi) Any unruly behaviour/misbehaviour in the examination hall may result in cancellation of candidature/

disqualification from future exams conducted by IBPS

IV. Scores

The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using

equipercentile method.

V. Cutoff Score

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be

considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cutoffs will be

decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores

obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.

E. INTERVIEW

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the examination for CWE PO/MT-IV will subsequently be called for an

Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT

with the help of IBPS. Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date

of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter. Candidates are required to download

their interview call letters from authorised IBPS websitewww.ibps.in. Please note that any request regarding

change in date, centre etc. of interview will not be entertained. However the conducting agencies reserve the right

to change the date/ venue/ time/ centre etc. of interview or hold supplementary process for particular date / session

/ venue / centre / set of candidates at its discretion, under unforeseen circumstances, if any.

The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than

40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of CWE (exam) and interview will be 80:20

respectively. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the

candidates in CWE PO/MT-IV and Interview. Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum

qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed.

A candidate should qualify both in the CWE and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted

for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on IBPS

website.

While appearing for the Interview, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents given below.

In the absence of documents candidature of the candidates shall be cancelled. IBPS/ Nodal Bank/

Participating organisations take no responsibility to receive/ connect any certificate/remittance/ document

sent separately

List of Documents to be produced at the time of interview(as applicable)

The following documents in original and self attested photocopies in support of the candidate’s eligibility and

identity are to be invariably submitted at the time of interview failing which the candidate may not be permitted to

appear for the interview. Non submission of requisite documents by the candidate at the time of interview

will debar his candidature from further participation in the recruitment process.

(i) Printout of the valid Interview Call Letter

(ii) Valid system generated printout of the online application form registered for CWE PO/MT-IV

(iii) Proof of Date of Birth (Birth Certificate issued by the Competent Municipal Authorities or SSLC/ Std. X

Certificate with DOB)

(iv) Photo Identify Proof as indicated in Point G of the advertisement

(v) Mark-sheets & certificates for Graduation or equivalent qualification etc. Proper document from Board /

University for having declared the result on or before 11.08.2014 has to be submitted.

(vi) Caste Certificate issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government

of India in the case of SC / ST / OBC category candidates.

In case of candidates belonging to OBC category, certificate should specifically contain a clause that the

candidate does not belong to creamy layer section excluded from the benefits of reservation for Other

Backward Classes in Civil post & services under Government of India. OBC caste certificate containing

the Non-creamy layer clause should be valid as on the last date of online registration i.e. 11.08.2014

(issued within one year prior to the last date for online registration).Caste Name mentioned in certificate

should tally letter by letter with Central Government list / notification.

Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming under creamy layer and/ or if their caste does

not find place in the Central List are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate their

category as General in the online application form.

(vii) Disability certificate in prescribed format issued by the District Medical Board in case of Persons With

Disability category

If the candidate has used the services of a Scribe at the time of CWE the duly filled in details of the

scribe in the prescribed format

(viii) An Ex-serviceman candidate has to produce a copy of the Service or Discharge book alongwith

pension payment order and documentary proof of rank last / presently held (substantive as well as acting)

at the time of interview. Those who are still in defence service should submit a certificate from a

competent authority that they will be relieved from defence services, on or before 10.08.2015.

(ix) Candidates serving in Government / quasi govt offices/ Public Sector Undertakings (including

Nationalised Banks and Financial Institutions) are required to produce a “No Objection certificate” from

their employer at the time of interview, in the absence of which their candidature will not be considered

and travelling expenses, if any, otherwise admissible, will not be paid.

(x) Persons eligible for age relaxation under II (5) must produce the domicile certificate at the time of

interview/ at any stage of the subsequent process from the District Jurisdiction where he / she had

ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this regard by the Government of Jammu &

Kashmir to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of

J&K during the period from 01.01.80 to 31.12.89.

(xi) Persons eligible for age relaxation under II (6) must produce a certificate from the District Magistrate to

the effect that they are eligible for relief in terms of the Rehabilitation Package for 1984 Riot Affected

Persons sanctioned by the Government and communicated vide Ministry of Finance, Dept. of Financial

Services communication No.F.No.9/21/2006-IR dated 27.07.2007.

(xii) Experience certificates, if any

(xiii) Persons falling in categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of Point B (I) should produce a certificate of eligibility

issued by the Govt. Of India

(xiv) Any other relevant documents in support of eligibility

Note:- Candidates will not be allowed to appear for the interview if he/ she fails to produce the relevant

eligibility documents as mentioned above.

The Competent Authority for the issue of the certificate to SC / ST / OBC / PERSONS WITH

DISABILITIES is as under (as notified by GOI from time to time):

For Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes / Other Backward Classes: (i) District Magistrate / Additional District

Magistrate / Collector / Deputy Commissioner / Additional Deputy Commissioner / Deputy Collector / First Class

Stipendary Magistrate / City Magistrate / Sub-Divisional Magistrate (not below the rank of First Class Stipendary

Magistrate) / Taluk Magistrate / Executive Magistrate / Extra Assistant Commissioner (ii) Chief Presidency

Magistrate/ Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate (iii) Revenue Officer not below the

rank of Tehsildar (iv) Sub-divisional officer of the Area where the candidate and or his family normally resides.

For Persons with Disabilities: Authorised certifying authority will be the Medical Board at the District level

consisting of Chief Medical Officer, Sub-Divisional Medical Officer in the District and an Orthopaedic /

Ophthalmic / ENT Surgeon.

Prescribed Formats of SC, ST, OBC, PWD certificates to be submitted at the time of interview etc. can be

downloaded from IBPS website www.ibps.in. Candidates belonging to these categories are required to produce

the certificates strictly in these formats only.

F. PROVISIONAL ALLOTMENT

On completion of the interview process, depending on the vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2015-

16 based on the business needs of the Participating Organisations and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted

will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Organisations, based on merit-cum-preference keeping in

view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, various guidelines issued by Govt. of India/Others from

time to time, administrative exigency, etc. No change in the data already registered by the candidate in the online

application form is possible. A candidate belonging to reserved category, selected on the basis of norms as

applicable to General category, will be treated at par with a General category candidate for drawing up the merit

list. Such a candidate will not be adjusted against a reserved post. However his/her provisional allotment to an

Organisation will be done by treating him/her as if he/she is a reserved category candidate.

In the event of two or more candidates having obtained the same score, merit order is decided as per date of birth

(the candidate senior in age is placed before/ above the candidate junior in age), as per the prevailing practice

The provisional allotment is subject to the candidate fulfilling the criteria for Participating Organisation and

identity verification to the satisfaction of the allotted organisation. This does not constitute an offer of

employment. In case it is detected at any stage of the recruitment process that, the candidate does not satisfy the

eligibility criteria his/her candidature/ chance in the process shall stand forfeited.

A candidate who is provisionally allotted will forfeit his/her candidature/ chance for the process if he/she does not

avail the offer of appointment from the Participating Organisation.

Issuance of offer of appointment including terms and conditions, formalities for verification, joining etc. is solely

the decision of the Participating Organisations and shall be final and binding. IBPS shall have no role therein. Any

queries in this regard shall be directed to the participating organisations only. A reserve list to the extent of

approximately 10 percent of the vacancies under each category may be kept, subject to the availability of

candidates. This does not guarantee provisional allotment to/recruitment by the Participating Organisation(s)/

other financial organisations. In the event of Participating Organisations/ other financial organisations providing

further vacancies during April 2015-March 2016, provisional allotment will be carried out for the candidates in the

reserve list. However if no vacancy is furnished by the Participating Organisations/ other financial organisations

owing to exigencies or otherwise during the validity period the candidates under the reserve list will not be

considered for provisional allotment. The reserve list will expire automatically on 31.03.2016 without any notice.

Candidates who are not provisionally allotted or not in the reserve list will not be considered for any further

process under CWE PO/MT-IV for vacancies for 2015-16.

The decision of IBPS in provisional allotment of Organisations shall be final and binding upon the selected

candidates. However IBPS reserves the right to cancel, reallot Organisation-wise allocation/ change the

process depending upon exigencies or otherwise.

G. IDENTITY VERIFICATION

In the examination hall as well as at the time of interview, the call letter along with a photocopy of the

candidate’s photo identity (bearing the same name as it appears on the call letter) such as PAN Card/

Passport/ Driving Licence/ Voter’s Card/ Bank Passbook with photograph/ Photo identity proof issued by a

Gazzetted Officer/ People’s Representative along with a photograph / Identity Card issued by a recognised

college/ university/ Aadhar card with a photograph/ Employee ID 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, in the

Attendance List and requisite documents submitted. If identity of the candidate is in doubt the candidate

may not be allowed to appear for the Examination/ interview. Ration Card and E-Aadhar card will not

beaccepted as valid id proof for this project.

Note: Candidates have to produce, in original, the same photo identity proof bearing the name as it appears on

the online application form/ call letter and submit photocopy of the photo identity proof along with

Examination call letter as well as the Interview Call Letter while attending the examination/ interview

respectively, without which they will not be allowed to take up the examination/ interview.

H. HOW TO APPLY

Candidates can apply online only from 22.07.2014 to11.08.2014and 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 adhere to the required

specifications as given in Annexure II to this Advertisement.

(ii) if desiring to make online payment of application fees/ 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).

(iii) have a valid personal email ID, which should be kept active till the completion of this round of Common

Recruitment Process. 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.

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 22.07.2014 to11.08.2014 (Online payment) and 24.07.2014

to 14.08.2014 (Offline payment) both dates inclusive] shall be as follows

- Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD 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

Procedure for applying online

(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 “CWE PO/MT” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CWE-

PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES (CWE-PO/MT-IV)” to open the On-Line

Application Form.

(2) Candidates will have click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register their application by

entering their basic information in the online application form. After that a provisional registration number and

password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the

Provisional registration number and password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration

number and Password will also be sent. They can reopen the saved data using Provisional registration number

and password and edit the particulars, if needed.

(3) 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).

(4) Candidates are advised to carefully fill in the online application themselves as no change in any of the

data filled in the online application will be possible/ entertained. Prior to submission of the online

application candidates are advised to use the “SAVE AND NEXT” facility to verify the details in the

online application form and modify the same if required. No change is permitted after clicking on

FINAL SUBMIT Button. Visually Impaired candidates are responsible for carefully verifying/ getting

the details filled in, in the online application form properly verified and ensuring that the same are

correct prior to submission as no change is possible after submission.

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:

(1) Payment of fees/ intimation charges via the ONLINE MODE

(i) Candidates should carefully fill in the details in the On-Line Application at the appropriate places very carefully

including the registration of preferences for Participating organisations and click on the “FINAL SUBMIT”

button at the end of the On-Line Application format. Before pressing the “FINAL SUBMIT” button, candidates

are advised to verify every field 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.

In case the candidate is unable to fill in the application form in one go, he/ she can save the data already entered.

Once the application is filled in completely, candidate should Final Submit the data.

(ii) The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment process can be completed by

following the instructions.

(iii) 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.

(iv) After Final Submit, an additional page of the application form is displayed wherein candidates may follow the

instructions and fill in the requisite details.

(v) If the online transaction has not been successfully completed then candidates are advised to login again with

their provisional registration number and password and pay the Application Fees/ Intimation Charges online.

(vi) On successful completion of the transaction, an e-receipt will be generated.

(vii) Candidates are required to take a printout of the e-receipt and online application form. Please note that if the

same cannot be generated online transaction may not have been successful.

Note:

o 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

o For Credit Card users: All charges 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.

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

(2) Payment of fees/ intimation charges via OFFLINE MODE (at counters of specified Bank branches):

Payment of fee/ intimation charges through the offline mode can be made through the CBS branches of any one

of the following 7 Public Sector Banks-

Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab

National Bank, United Bank of India

Candidates should fill in the details in the On-Line Application at the appropriate places very carefully

including the registration of preferences for Participating organisations and click on the “FINAL SUBMIT”

button at the end of the On-Line Application format. Before pressing the “FINAL SUBMIT” button, candidates

are advised to verify every field 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.

In case the candidate is unable to fill in the application form in one go, he/ she can save the data already entered.

They can reopen the saved data using Provisional registration number and password and edit the particulars, if

needed. Once the application is filled in completely, candidate should Final Submit the data. Candidates should

take a printout of the system generated fee payment challan immediately. No change/edit will be allowed after

final submission.

The registration at this stage is provisional.

Fee / Intimation charges Payment: Fee / intimation charges payment will be accepted at the CBS branches of

the banks listed above from 2nd working day after registration and can be made within three working days.

System generated fee payment challan will be used for depositing fee/ intimation charges. (For example: If one

has registered on 26.07.2014then he/she will be able to deposit the fee/ intimation charges from 30.07.2014to

01.08.2014considering 27.07.2014 and 29.07.2014 are non- working days). Once fee /intimation charges has

been paid, the registration process is completed.

Candidate will receive registration confirmation by SMS/e-mail after two working days from the date of

payment of fees/ intimation charges. Please ensure to furnish correct Mobile number / e-mail address to receive

the registration confirmation.

Note- - There is also a provision to reprint the submitted application containing fee / intimation charges details,

three days after fee payment.

After completing the procedure of applying on-line including payment of fees / intimation charges, the

candidate should take a printout of the system generated on-line application form three days after fee/

intimation charges payment, ensure the particulars filled in are accurate and retain it along with Registration

Number and Password for future reference. They should not send this printout to the IBPS/ Banks.

Please note that all the particulars mentioned in the online application including Name of the Candidate,

Category, Date of Birth, Address, Mobile Number, Email ID, Centre of Examination, registration of

preferences for Participating Organisations etc. will be considered as final and no change/modifications

will be allowed after submission of the online application form. Candidates are hence advised to fill in

the online application form with the utmost care as no correspondence regarding change of details will

be entertained. 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.

An online application which is incomplete in any respect such as without proper passport size

photograph and signature uploaded in the online application form/ unsuccessful fee payment will not be

considered as valid.

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 / intimation charges to avoid the possibility of disconnection/

inability/ failure to log on to the IBPS website on account of heavy load on internet/website jam.

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.

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.

Any information submitted by an applicant in his/ her application shall be binding on the candidate personally

and he/she shall be liable for prosecution/ civil consequences in case the information/ details furnished by him/

her are found to be false at a later stage.

I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

(1) Candidates will have to invariably produce and submit the requisite documents such as valid call letter, a

photocopy of photo-identity proof bearing the same name as it appears on the online submitted

application form etc. at the time of examination and interview respectively.

(2) Before applying for the post, the candidate should ensure that he/she fulfils the eligibility and other norms

mentioned in this advertisement. Candidates are therefore advised to carefully read this advertisement and

follow all the instructions given for submitting online application.

(3) A Candidate’s admission to the examination/ shortlisting for interview/ and subsequent processes is

strictly provisional. The mere fact that the call letter(s)/ provisional allotment has been issued to the

candidate does not imply that his/ her candidature has been finally cleared by IBPS/ Participating

Organisation. IBPS/ Participating Organisations would be free to reject any application, at any stage of

the process, cancel the candidature of the candidate 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). If any of these shortcomings

is/are detected after appointment in a Participating Organisation, his/her services are liable to be

summarily terminated.

(4) Decision of Nodal Banks/Participating Organisations/ 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 Examination, interview, verification etc. and any

other matter relating to CWE PO/MT-IV will be final and binding on the candidate. No correspondence or

personal enquiries shall be entertained by IBPS/ Participating Organisations in this behalf.

(5) Not more than one application should be submitted by any candidate. In case of multiple Applications

only the latest valid (completed) application will be retained and the application fee/ intimation charges

paid for the other multiple registration(s) will stand forfeited. The scribe arranged by the candidate