IBPS Common Written Examination (CWE) 2013

The next Common Written Examination (CWE)as a pre-requisite for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre posts in the Participating Organisations listed below will be conducted online by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) tentatively in November/ December 2013

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Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Participating Organisations listed at (A) as a Clerk or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process- (CWE Clerks-III).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 IBPS.Depending on the State/UTwise available vacancies in Participating organisations, candidates shortlisted will be allotted to one of the Participating Organisations, keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc.

This system of Common Recruitment Process –common written examination, interview and allotment- for recruitment of Clerical cadre 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. Prospective candidates will have to apply to IBPS after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examination, interview and 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 fulfill the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.

The tentative schedule of events is as follows:

Events                                                                                                    Tentative Dates

Online Registration                                                                                 19.08.2013 - 07.09.2013

Payment of Application Fees- Online                                                   19.08.2013 - 07.09.2013

Payment of Application Fees- Offline                                                   21.08.2013- 12.09.2013

Download of Call Letter for Pre-Examination Trainin

g (PET) for SC/ST/ Minority Community/ EXSM/ PWD candidates        After 29.10.2013

Pre-Examination Training                                       09.11.2013-16.11.2013 (excluding holidays)

Download of Call letter for Examination                                                       After 18.11.2013

Online Examination (Tentative dates)- some/ all/ ad

ditional dates as the need arises                                       30.11.2013/ 01.12.2013/ 07.12.2013/

                                                                                               08.12.2013/ 14.12.2013/15.12.2013

Sharing of result status of examination (CWE)                         Second week of January 2014

Download of call letters for Interview                                              Last week of January 2014

Conduct of Interview                                                                     Second week of February 2014

Allotment                                                                                                  April 2014 

  ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01.08.2013)

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 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 ofTanzania (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.

 Age (As on 01.08.2013):

Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 28 years

i.e. a candidate must have been born not earlier t

han 02.08.1985 and not later than 01.08.1993 (both

dates inclusive)

Educational Qualifications: 

Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification

recognized as such by the Central Government.

Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have

studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/ Institute.

WRITTEN EXAMINATION

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

Sr. No.    Name of Tests (Objective)         Maximum Marks        Total Time

1                   Reasoning                                         40                                  

2                  English Language                             40

3                 Numerical Ability                                40                                 2 hours

4                 General Awareness

    (with special reference to Banking Industry)  40

5 Computer Knowledge                                       40

                     Total                                                200 

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