Indian Overseas Bank Recruitment 2009 Selection Process

Indian Overseas Bank Recruitment 2009 Selection Process

A. Written Examination

All the eligible applicants who have submitted their online applications properly in time will be administered a written examination, without verification of their age or qualification or category or any other eligibility Crieteria with relevance to documents and will be purely on provisional basis, on the strength of the information provided by them in the online application.

The candidates must therefore, ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility, has in his/her possession the requisite documents and certificates specified by the Bank, and that the particulars furnished in the on-line application are true and correct in all respects.

Mere admission to the written examination and /or passing the Test and being invited by the Bank for the Personal Interview shall not imply that the Bank has been satisfied beyond doubt about the candidate’s eligibility.

Bank has the right to cancel candidature at any stage if found that any candidate is not fulfilling the eligibility crieteria. If any candidate found ineligible even after appointment, his/her services are liable to be terminated.

The Written Examination will comprise of Objective Test and Descriptive Test details of which is furnished hereunder:

a) Objective Test

Objective Test consisting of Test of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness and English Language (225 Questions carrying total marks of 200 with total time duration of 135 minutes ) as detailed below.

S.No	Name of Test	Number of Questions	Medium of Exam
1	Test of Reasoning Ability	75	English & Hindi
2	Test of Quantitative Aptitude	50	English & Hindi
3	Test of General Awareness	50	English & Hindi
4	Test of English Language	50	English
	Total	225

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the objective tests which will result in negative marks for every wrong answer @ one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question.

If the total of the penalty for a test is in fraction, the marks obtained will be rounded off to the nearest integer.

The candidate shall be required to qualify in each objective test as per cut-off mark determined on the basis of performance in each test, subject to minimum of 40% (35% for reserved category) in the aggregate of 200 marks for the objective test.

Candidates failing to obtain the minimum qualifying marks will not be declared to have cleared the objective tests. The test of English language is for ‘Qualifying purpose’ only.

Hence though the candidate has also to pass in the Test of English language, the marks obtained in the test will not be reckoned in the aggregate of 200 marks of the written examination for the purpose of Merit Ranking

b) Descriptive Test

Descriptive Test to test the wealth of ideas, higher order cognitive abilities, organisation of ideas in a logical coherent manner, written communication skill etc in a concise manner.

Language composition, clarity of thoughts and brevity are also matters of consideration in descriptive test. There will be 5 compulsory questions with internal options.

The candidates will have an option to write the answers in English or Hindi. The Descriptive Test carries total marks of 100 with total time duration of 60 minutes.

The minimum qualifying marks will be 40% ( 35% for Reserved Category) The status of descriptive test is for qualifying purpose only.

Hence though the candidate has also to pass in the Descriptive Test, the marks obtained in the Test will not be reckoned for the purpose of Merit Ranking.

Descriptive Test papers only to the extent of 5 times the number of vacancies in case of candidates belonging to General Category and to the extent of 7 times the number of vacancies in case of candidates belonging to the Reserved Category, will be evaluated based on the Merit Ranking of the Objective Test.

The question paper for the written examination except the Objective test of English Language will be in bilingual i.e. Hindi & English version.

c) Written Examination Centers

The written examination will be held at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters:

Name of Centre	Name of Centre
Ahmedabad	Kolkata
Bangalore	Lucknow
Bhubaneshwar	Ludhiana
Chandigarh	Madurai
Chennai	Meerut
Coimbatore	Mumbai
Delhi	Patna
Ernakulam	Ranchi
Guwahati	Trichy
Hyderabad	Vijjayawada
Jaipur

The Bank reserves the right to alter written examination date and / or alter /add written examination centre under unforeseen circumstances, if any.

The Bank also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any of the centres other than the one he/she has opted for.

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

Depending upon number of vacancies, only a certain number of candidates from the candidates merit listed in the written test will be called for interview.

B. Interview

A personal interview for 35 marks shall be conducted to assess the candidates’ academic record, power of expression, clarity of thought, qualities of leadership, extra curricular activities, hobbies, general demeanour, behaviour, communication skills etc.

The minimum qualifying marks for personal interview would be 50% marks (i.e) 17.50 marks (45% marks (i.e) 15.75 marks for the Reserved Category candidates)Final selection will be made on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written examination & Interview and will be strictly according to the merit ranking.

7. Pre-examination Training (For SC/STMinority Community Candidates Only):

It is proposed to impart Pre-Examination Training to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/Minority Community candidates at some centres.

All eligible candidates who wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant column in the Online Applications.

All expenses regarding travelling, boarding, lodging etc. will have to be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-xamination training programme at the concerned Centres.

8. Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct:

Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated or suppress any material information while filling up the application form and submitting the certified copies/testimonials.

At the time of written examination/interview, if a candidate is ( or has been) found guilty of:

1. Using unfair means during the examination or
2. Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person or
3. Misbehaving in the examination hall or
4. Taking away the question booklet/answer sheet from the examination hall or
5. Resorting to any irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature for selection or
6. Obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means, such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable:
1. To be disqualified form the examination for which he/she is a candidate
2. To be debarred, either permanently or for a specified period, from any examination or recruitment conducted by Bank/IBPS.
7. The Bank/IIBPS would be analysing the responses of a candidate with other appeared candidates to detect unusual/patterns of responses. If as per the laid down procedure, it is suspected that the responses have been shared and the scores obtained are not genuine/valid, the Bank reserves the right to cancel his candidature.

Indian Overseas Bank Recruitment 2009 Selection Process