Bank of India Probationary Officers Recruitment 2009 Selection Procedure

Depending on the number of vacancies, only those candidates who have secured the minimum qualifying marks stipulated for Written Tests (Objective plus Descriptive) and rank sufficiently high in the order of merit shall be called for a Personal interview in the ratio of 1:3.

Mere pass in the Written Tests shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called for Personal Interview.

Merit list of the candidate's based on the marks obtained by them in Written Test [i.e. 300 Marks (Objective Test) + 100 Marks (Descriptive Test)] and Personal Interview of 100 Marks will be prepared in descending order on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained, under the respective SC / ST / OBC / GEN Category. The final selection will be made on the basis of this merit list.

Bank reserves right to hold the selection process by way of interview only depending upon the number of eligible candidates.

Structure of written test & interview:

Bank of India Written Test: Objective & Descriptive.

1. Objective Tests:

Medium of Examination: English Or Hindi.

Note: Candidates have to secure minimum qualifying marks in each of the objective test i.e. 40% for General Category (35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) and 50% average marks in all the objective test taken together for General Category (45% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD). Bank reserve the right to vary above said cut-off. In Objective Test there will be Negative Marks for wrong answers @ 0.25 for each wrong answer.

2. Descriptive Test:

Medium of Examination: English Or Hindi.

Note: The minimum qualifying marks in the descriptive test shall be 50% (45% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates) and the Marks so obtained shall be added to the marks obtained in the Objective Test, for preparing merit list.

The descriptive papers will be assessed only of those candidates who qualify in all the objective tests and also rank sufficiently high.

Bank of India Interview: Maximum marks for interview will be 100. Minimum qualifying marks in interview are 50% for General Category and 45% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD category.

Pre Examination Training (PET):

The Bank intends in consonance with the guidelines issued by the Government of India, to impart free non-residential Pre-Examination Training (PET) of six working days to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes at Centres located at Navi Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, Noida (New Delhi), Kolkata, Chennai, Guwahati and Ranchi.

Selection for the PET from among the candidates will be made on the priority of the date of online registration of Application Form. Candidates belonging to the above categories and desirous of availing of such Pre-examination Training may indicate choice of PET Centre in the Application Form.

All expenses for attending the Pre-Examination Training (PET) programme at the concerned Training Centre relating to travel, boarding, lodging, etc. will have to be made and borne by the candidate. The Bank has discretion to add to or delete from the Centers for PET indicated above.

Bank of India Recruitment Project 2009 - Selection Procedure