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I want to make my career in Banking but in good post. I am a graduate, having completed B.Com in Accountancy. I have heard that there is two tier recruitment of IBPS. I want to know about this recruitment. I also want to know about the pattern of the written exam.

Detailed Information about IBPS Recruitment's:

IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is one of the top recruiting agencies in India and it recruits candidates in huge number every year for several posts. Some of the major recruitment's are,

<> IBPS Clerical Cadre Recruitment
<> IBPS Probationary officer/ Management Trainee Recruitment
<> IBPS RRB Office Assistant, Officer Scale I, II and III recruitment..etc.,

The basic educational qualification required to apply for all these major recruitment's is "Graduation" or Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

Number of tiers generally varies from recruitment to recruitment, like
* For Clerical Cadre - 2 tiers (Tier 1 which is Prelims and Tier 2 which is Main)
* For PO Recruitment - 3 Tiers (Tier 1 which is Prelims, Tier 2 which is Main and Personal Interview)

Go to the website that is given below and click on the concerned recruitment's menu and then you will get to know more details.

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I want to make my career in Banking but in good post. I am a graduate, having completed B.Com in Accountancy. I have heard that there is two tier recruitment of IBPS. I want to know about this recruitment. I also want to know about the pattern of the written exam.

Hello, IBPS does 3 major recruitment in a year...

1.IBPS PO and IBPS Clerk for public sector banks.

2.IBPS specialist officers for public sector banks.

3.IBPS RRB office assistants and PO for Regional Rural Bnaks.
Educational qualification for all the post is Graduation in any stream except for IBPS specialist officer which requires graduation in specific stream.
AGE : 20-30 years for officer posts and 20-28 for clerical.

Exam pattern:

Clerical posts___2 tier..prelims and Main.

Officer post______2 tier written..prelims and Main, followed by personal interview.

You may check the official website if you need more information http://www.ibps.in

Generally IBPS conducts online exam for recruiting eligible candidates into public sector banks that are under IBPS except SBI.

Generally for clerical cadre posts there will be 2-tier exam i.e
1. Preliminary exam.
2. Mains exam.

Candidates who qualify in prelims is eligible for mains and who are in merit in the mains will be shortlisted and postings were given accordingly.

Where as coming to IBPS PO, candidates have to clear
1. Preliminary examination
2. Mains examination
3. Personal Interview.

Shortlisted candidates according to their scores in mains and interview will be sent to the concerned mail/mobile number.

In both the exams,
Tier-1 is just a qualifying nature exam candidate marks will not be counted only marks secured in mains i.e. tier-2(and interview if applicable) will be counted for final selection.

Standard of prelims is easier compared to mains exam.

So, don't worry join in any coaching center and start preparing and give your best.Notification will be released soon.

For more details regarding the exam visit the official website of IBPS http://www.ibps.in/

Dear you have chosen a very good stream to make your career better in future because banking industry is the fastest growing industry in India and if we compare other departments of both central and state government then you will find one thing that promotions are very slow or no in these industries but if you once start in banking then you can achieve very good and higher ranks in banking industry even after joining at the clerical level.

First of all I would like to tell you that IBPS - Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is a govt. body which is responsible to conduct whole recruitment procedure of banking selections for various posts.

IBPS conduct following examination every single year for all govt. nationalised banks working in India except SBI - State Bank of India.

IBPS - Clerical Examination
IBPS - Probationary Officer Examination
IBPS - Specialist Officer Examination

Every examination has its two tiers which are as per posts.

If you appear for Clerical Examination then you need to clear Tier I and Tier II exam and pattern of both Tiers is following :

Tier I examination is comprises of following subjects :

01. English Language - 30 questions for 30 marks
02. Numerical Ability - 35 questions for 35 marks
03. Reasoning Ability - 35 questions for 35 years

You will get one hour to clear this Tier I exam and if you clear then you will be eligible to appear for Tier II examination and patter of Tier II is following :

01. English Language - 40 questions for 40 marks
02. General and Financial Awareness - 50 questions for 50 marks
03. Reasoning ability and Computer Awareness - 50 questions for 60 marks
04. Quantitative Aptitude 50 questions for 50 marks

You will have 160 minutes for Tier II examination and you have to qualify every single subject by getting minimum qualifying marks decided by IBPS board then only you will be considered eligible for further process.

After clearing this stage you will be shortlisted for job in the banks you have given preference as per your marks in Tier II.

IBPS Probationary Officer examination Tier I pattern is same as IBPS clerk exam given above but Tier II exam pattern is different so you should read official notification of both of these exams I have attached and get complete details.

Thanks and Regards