(Important:  The dates and eligibility criteria for CWE have changed.Click here to get updated article)

Isn’t keeping track of bank P.O (Probationary Officers) exams for 10 different banks confusing? If you are a Bank P.O aspirant, here is a piece of good news for you! The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is going to conduct the 1^st ever Common Written Exam (CWE) for 19 Public Sector Banks. This will hopefully simplify the bank recruitment procedures in all the public sector banks (PSBs) in India. The CWE will act as a qualifying exam for selection of personnel for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts in these banks.

IBPS will declare the results of the CWE and give a scorecard that will be valid for up to 1.5 years. Once the validity period of the scorecard expires, the candidate will have to reappear for the exam. Once a candidate passes the common entrance exam, all that he or she has to do is to respond to an individual bank's advertisement and appear for its interview. Compared to the different banks’ admission procedure, this process of applying through the CWE will take only 1/3^rd the time and will also be a relief to all the candidates who have to keep tab of at least half a dozen bank exam dates. The SBI group has its own recruitment process and will continue with it.
 

The 19 banks that will be accepting the CWE score card are:

• Allahabad Bank
• Andhra Bank
• Bank of Baroda
• Bank of India
• Bank of Maharashtra
• Canara Bank
• Central Bank of India
• Corporation Bank
• Dena Bank
• Indian Bank
• Indian Overseas Bank
• Oriental Bank of Commerce
• Punjab National Bank
• Punjab & Sind Bank
• Syndicate Bank
• Union Bank of India
• United Bank of India
• UCO Bank
• Vijaya Bank

Some important dates:

Start date for Online Registration : 9^th July 2011

Payment of Application Fees:  8^th July to 30^th July 2011 (both dates inclusive)

Last date for Online Registration: 1st August 2011

Last date for Editing Application Details: 3^rd August 2011

Download of Call letter for Written Examination: After 4^th September 2011

Written Examination: 18^th September 2011

Age Limit:

Minimum: 20 Years, Maximum: 30 Years (For general candidates)

There is a relaxation of 5 years for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe, 3 years for Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) and 10 years for persons with disabilities.

Eligibility Criteria:

The aspirant should have a degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognised by the Central Government. You can go to the IBPS’s website www.ibps.in and click on the Home Page to open the link “Common Written Examination” and then apply online.
 

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