Date : 17/06/2015 IBPS RRB CWE-IV (Office Asst, Officer Scale I, II, III) Starting Date 08-07-2015. Last Date: 28/07/2015
IBPS Recruitment 2015 - Apply Online for RRB CWE-IV Office Assistant, Officer Scale I, II & III Posts:
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released notification for conducting Online Common Written Examination (RRBs CWE-IV) for the recruitment of Group 'A'- Officer (Scale-I, II & III) & Group 'B'- Office Assistant (Multipurpose) vacancies in 56 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). Eligible candidates may apply online from 08-07-2015 to 28-07-2015. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply are given below.
Age Limit: Candidates age limit will be considered as on 01-07-2015. Age relaxation is applicable as per rules.
| Post Name | Age Limit |
| Office Assistant | Between 18-28 years |
| Officer Scale I | Between 18-30 years |
| Officer Scale II | Between 18-32 years |
| Officer Scale III | Between 18-40 years |
Educational Qualification:
For Office Assistant (Multipurpose):
Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent and must have proficiency in local language.
For Officer Scale I:
Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent and must have proficiency in local language.
For Officer Scale II (General Banking Officer):
Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with at least 50% marks in aggregate with 2 years experience as an officer in a Bank or Financial Institution.
For Officer Scale II (Specialist Officer):
Information Technology Officer: Degree from a recognized University in Electronics/ Communication/ Computer Science/ Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.
Chartered Accountant: Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Law Officer: Degree from a recognized University in Law or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate with two years experience as an advocate or should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions.
Treasury Manager: Certified Associate ship (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India or MBA in Finance from a recognized university/ institution.
Marketing Officer: MBA in Marketing from a recognized university.
Agricultural Officer: Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Dairy/ Animal Husbandry/ Forestry/ Veterinary Science/ Agricultural Engineering/ Pisciculture from a recognized university or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.
For Officer Scale III:
Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate with minimum 5 years experience as an Officer in a Bank or Financial Institutions.
Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on Common Online Examination & Common Interview.
Application Fee: Candidates have to pay application fee/ intimation charges of Rs. 100/- for SC/ ST/ PWD/ EXSM category and Rs. 600/- for all others through Online. After submission of online application form, candidates can make payment through payment gateway only Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets by providing information as asked on the screen from 08-07-2015 to 28-07-2015. After online payment, take print out of system generated e-receipt for future use.
How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through IBPS official website www.ibps.in from 08-07-2015 to 28-07-2015 and no other mode of application will be accepted. After submission of online application form, candidates have to take print out of it for future purpose.
Instructions to Apply Online:
1. Before applying online candidates should have valid email ID & scanned copies of photograph, signature.
2. Log on through the website www.ibps.in.
3. Select the link ''Click here to Apply Online for CWE-RRBs-Officers (Scale-I, II and III) September 2015'' or ''Click here to Apply Online for CWE-RRBs-Office Assistants (Multipurpose) September 2015'' to open Online Application.
4. Fill all the mandatory details & upload scanned copies of photograph & signature.
5. Make the payment through online by using Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets by providing information. On successful completion of the transaction, an e-receipt will be generated and take the print out of e-receipt.
6. Submit online application with out mistakes.
7. After submission of online application registration number & password will be generated. Candidates should note their registration number & password for future reference.
8. Now take print out of system generated online Application Form for future use by using registration number, password/ date of birth.
Important Dates:
Starting Date to Apply Online & for Payment of Fee: 08-07-2015.
Last Date to Apply Online & for Payment of Fee: 28-07-2015.
Download of call letters for Pre-Exam Training for Officer Scale-I: After 17-08-2015.
Date of Pre-Exam Training for Officer Scale-I: 24-08-2015 to 29-08-2015.
Download of call letters for Pre-Exam Training for Office Assistant: After 24-08-2015.
Date of Pre-Exam Training for Office Assistant: 31-08-2015 to 05-09-2015.
Download of Call Letters for Online Examination: After 19-08-2015.
Online Examination: September 2015.
Declaration of Result: October 2015.
Conduct of Interview: November/ December 2015.
Provisional Allotment: January 2016.
For more details like CWE score, examination centres and other information click on the below links.
| IBPS RRB CWE-IV 2015 | More Information |
| Notification RRB CWE-IV 2015 | Get Details |
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Eligibility Criteria: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will be conducting Common Written Test (CWE) for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). Candidates to gain eligibility to appear for IBPS CWE must satisfy the below given eligibility criteria to apply for Office Assistant vacancies.
1. Nationality: 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 1st 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
2. Age Limit: Candidates age limit should be between 18 years and 28 years i.e. candidates should have not been born earlier than 02-07-1987 and later than 01-07-1997 (both dates inclusive) as on 01-07-2015. Age relaxation is extended as per govt rules.
3. Age Relaxation:
| Category | Relaxation (in years) |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PWD | 10 years |
| In the case of Ex- servicemen commissioned officers, including ECOs/ 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 the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) other than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or on invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines | 5 years |
| Widows, Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried | 9 years |
| Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89 | 5 years |
| Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
| Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex-Servicemen | (for the post of Office Assistants) actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
4. Educational Qualification: Candidates applying for the Office Assistant vacancies must have completed Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent and Proficiency in local language.
5. Language Proficiency - The candidates applying for the posts of Officer Scale I and Office Assistants -(Multipurpose) in any particular RRB or RRBs are required to possess proficiency in the local language of the State/ UT in which the RRB is situated to be eligible for interview, as per the notification of the concerned RRB (The condition does not apply for the posts of Officer Scale II and III).
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Pattern: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Online Common Written Examination (CWE) for recruitment in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). The CWE pattern for Office Assistant (Multipurpose) positions is mentioned below.
IBPS RRB CWE Pattern Details: CWE comprises of 5 tests with 200 questions and 200 marks. The marks alotted for each test and related details have been given below.
Common Written Examination:
Office Assistant (Multipurpose):
| Sr No. | Name of Test (Objective) | Medium of Exam | No.of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | Composite Time of 2 hours |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | |
| 3 | General Awareness | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 a | English Language | English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 b | Hindi Language | Hindi | 40 | 40 | |
| 5 | Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Note:
1. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks from the marks allotted for that particular question
2. Cutoff marks will be decided on the basis of Average
3. CWE Score will be available on IBPS Website.
4. Score card will be valid for one year from the date of issuing it.
5. CWE would be conducted at many centres as given in the notification.
6. Pre examination training will be provided for limited number of candidates for which online application has to be made.
Common Interview: Candidates who will qualify Online examination will subsequently called for a Common Interview conducted by the Nodal Regional Rural Bank in each State/ UT, coordinated by IBPS. The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks/ scores in interview and within it for local language proficiency will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ ST candidates). The minimum qualifying marks in interview for Officer Scale II & III will also be not less than 40% for all the candidates except 35% for SC/ ST candidates. The relative weightage (ratio) of CWE and interview will be 70:30 respectively. Candidates should qualify both in the CWE and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process
IBPS RRB Officers Scale I,II & III Eligibility Criteria: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will be conducting Common Written Test (CWE) for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). Candidates to gain eligibility to appear for IBPS CWE must satisfy the below given eligibility criteria to apply for Officer vacancies.
1. Nationality: 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 1st 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.
2. Age Limit (As on 01-07-2015):
For Officer Scale- III: Above 21 years - Below 40 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03-07-1975 and later than 30-06-1994 (both dates inclusive).
For Officer Scale-II: Above 21 years - Below 32 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03-07-1983 and later than 30-06-1994 (both dates inclusive).
For Officer Scale- I: Above 18 years -Below 30 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03-07-1985 and later than 30-06-1997 (both dates inclusive)
3. Age Relaxation:
| Category | Relaxation (in years) |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PWD | 10 years |
| In the case of Ex- servicemen commissioned officers, including ECOs/ 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 the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) other than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or on invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines | 5 years |
| Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89 | 5 years |
| Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
| Widows, Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried | (only for the post of Office Assistants) 9 years |
| Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex-Servicemen | (for the post of Office Assistants) actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
4. Educational Qualification:
A. For Officer Scale I: Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent and must have proficiency in local language and Computer knowledge or awareness will be an added qualification. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy
B.For Officer Scale II (General Banking Officer): Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.
Experience: Two years as an officer in a Bank or Financial Institution.
C. For Officer Scale II (Specialist Officer):
(i). Information Technology Officer: Degree from a recognised University in Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.
Desirable: Certificate in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP etc.
Experience: One year.
(ii). Chartered Accountant: Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Experience: One year.
(iii). Law Officer: Degree from a recognised University in Law or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.
Experience: Two years as an advocate or should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions for a period not less than two years.
(iv). Treasury Manager: Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India or MBA in Finance from a recognized university/ institution.
Experience: One year.
(v). Marketing Officer: MBA in Marketing from a recognized university.
Experience: One year.
(vi). Agricultural Officer: Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Dairy/ Animal Husbandry/ Forestry/ Veterinary Science/ Agricultural Engineering/ Pisciculture from a recognized university or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.
Experience: Two years.
D. For Officer Scale III: Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having Degree/ Diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.
Experience: Minimum 5 years experience as an Officer in a Bank or Financial Institutions.
Note: All educational qualifications should be from a recognised university/ Board.
Language Proficiency - The candidates applying for the posts of Officer Scale I and Office Assistants -(Multipurpose) in any particular RRB or RRBs are required to possess proficiency in the local language of the State / UT in which the RRB is situated to be eligible for interview, as per the notification of the concerned RRB (The condition does not apply for the posts of Officer Scale II and III).
IBPS RRB Officer Scale I, II & III Exam Pattern: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Online Common Written Examination (CWE) for recruitment in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). The structure of common written examination for Officer Scale I, II & III positions is mentioned below.
IBPS RRB CWE Pattern Details: CWE comprises of 5 tests with 200 questions and 200 marks. The marks alotted for each test and related details have been given below.
Common Written Examination:
Officer Scale-I:
| Sr No. | Name of Test (Objective) | Medium of Exam | No.of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | Composite Time of 2 hours |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | |
| 3 | General Awareness | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 a | English Language | English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 b | Hindi Language | Hindi | 40 | 40 | |
| 5 | Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer):
| Sr No. | Name of Test | Medium of Exam | No.of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | Composite Time of 2 hours |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | |
| 3 | Financial Awareness | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 a | English Language | English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 b | Hindi Language | Hindi | 40 | 40 | |
| 5 | Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre):
| Sr No. | Name of Test (Objective) | Medium of Exam | No.of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| 3 | Financial Awareness | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 a | English Language | English | 40 | 20 | |
| 4 b | Hindi Language | Hindi | 40 | 20 | |
| 5 | Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 20 | |
| 6 | Professional Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 240 | 200 |
Officer Scale- III:
| Sr No. | Name of Test (Objective) | Medium of Exam | No.of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | Composite Time of 2 hours |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | |
| 3 | Financial Awareness | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 a | English Language | English | 40 | 40 | |
| 4 b | Hindi Language | Hindi | 40 | 40 | |
| 5 | Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Note:
1. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks from the marks allotted for that particular question
2. Cutoff marks will be decided on the basis of Average
3. CWE Score will be available on IBPS Website.
4. Score card will be valid for one year from the date of issuing it.
5. CWE would be conducted at many centres as given in the notification.
6. Pre examination training will be provided for limited number of candidates for which online application has to be made.
Common Interview: Candidates who will qualify Online examination will subsequently called for a Common Interview conducted by the Nodal Regional Rural Bank in each State/ UT, coordinated by IBPS. The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks/ scores in interview and within it for local language proficiency will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ ST candidates). The minimum qualifying marks in interview for Officer Scale II & III will also be not less than 40% for all the candidates except 35% for SC/ ST candidates. The relative weightage (ratio) of CWE and interview will be 70:30 respectively. Candidates should qualify both in the CWE and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process.
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