Institute of Banking Personnel Selection COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS IN 19 PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS Email: spl@ibps.in Website: www.ibps.in "Banking in India is graduating from general to specialized." The sector therefore needs specialist officers in various fields like IT, Technical, Agriculture, Legal, Marketing, HR, etc. and also in Rashtrabhasha. Having successfully held similar examinations, IBPS will conduct CWE on behalf of following 19 banks, for candidates to qualify for recruitment in the aforesaid specialist areas. Post Code 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 PARTICIPATING BANKS Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce POSTS I.T. Officer (Scale-I) Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) Law Officer (Scale I) Technical Officer (Scale I) HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) Marketing Officer (Scale I) I.T. Officer (Scale-II) Law Officer (Scale II) Punjab National Bank Punjab & Sind Bank Syndicate Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India Vijaya Bank Any individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks in one of these Specialist Officer's posts 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 for the Specialist Officers' posts for which a Common written Examination has been conducted, 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, experience (if any), minimum required level of IBPS score in each test and on Total Score (if any) etc. B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01.12.2011) Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria specified by IBPS before applying for the Common Written Examination (CWE): Please note that the eligibility criteria specified herein are the basic criteria for applying to various Public Sector Banks. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for and qualifying in 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. Candidates are allowed to apply for only one post. The applications of candidates applying for more than one post will be summarily rejected. 1