IBPS Clerk Exam 2017: Cutoff, Provisional Allotment And Bank's Parameters

Registration for IBPS Clerk 2017 examination has begun and it will be active until October 03, 2017 (Tuesday) which is the last date to apply online.

Registration for IBPS Clerk 2017 examination has begun and it will be active till October 03, 2017 (Tuesday) which is the last date to apply online. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is set conduct the IBPS Clerk Exam 2017-18 at two levels; Preliminary and Main. The prelim exam will be conducted in the first week of December 2017 i.e. 2^nd, 3^rd, 9^th and 10^th and the Main on January 21, 2018. The IBPS conducts these exams every year to recruit the capable candidates for clerical posts in the banks (Participating Organizations) that participate in this recruitment program. Those students who score minimum qualifying marks in the prelim become eligible for the Main exam.

Cutoff Score:

Cut-off Score (Online Main examination) Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination and also a minimum total score to be considered for further process. Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment. Prior to the completion of provisional allotment process scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates. Note: MARKS OBTAINED IN THE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING.

Provisional Allotment: The total marks allotted for Main Examination are 200. Marks will be converted out of 100 for Provisional allotment. A candidate should qualify in the CWE online Main examination and be sufficiently high in the merit to be considered for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on IBPS website.

On completion of the Main Examination, depending on the state/UT wise vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2018-19 based on the business needs of the Participating Organisations and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Organisations, based on merit-cum preference keeping in view the spirit of Govt.

Provisional allotment shall be done on the basis of final vacancies to be reported by the Participating Organisations. Candidates should not claim indicative vacancies as final for the provisional allotment. No change in the data already registered by the candidate in the online application form is possible. A candidate belonging to reserved category, selected on the basis of norms as applicable to General Category, will be treated at par with a General category candidate. Such own merit candidates belonging to reserved categories who are provisionally allotted under unreserved (General) category will not be adjusted against a reserved post. However their original category as registered in the online registration will remain unchanged. In the event of two or more candidates having obtained the same score, merit order is decided as per date of birth (the candidate senior in age is placed before/ above the candidate junior in age), as per the prevailing practice.

Parameters of Participating Organization

The provisional allotment is subject to the candidate fulfilling the criteria for Participating Organisation and identity verification to the satisfaction of the allotted organisation. This does not constitute an offer of employment. Verification of documents with regard to eligibility criteria will be carried out by the participating organization. The participating organization will also ascertain Proficiency of local language (reading, writing and speaking) of the State/UT for the provisionally allotted candidates. The participating organization reserves the right to cancel the candidature on account of deficiency of the same.

Decision of Participating Organization To Be Final:

Decision of the participating organizations here shall be final and binding upon the candidates. In case it is detected at any stage of the recruitment process that, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria his/her candidature/ chance in the process shall stand forfeited. As the provisional allotment will be made to participating organisations on merit cum preference basis, once the provisional allotment is made, no request for change shall be entertained. Any request for change shall result in cancellation of candidature. Further, a candidate who is provisionally allotted will forfeit his/her candidature/ chance for the process if he/she does not avail the offer of appointment from the Participating Organisation.

Issuance of offer of appointment including terms and conditions, formalities for verification, joining etc. is solely the decision of the Participating Organisations and shall be final and binding. IBPS shall have no role therein. The decision of IBPS in provisional allotment of Organisations shall be final and binding upon the selected candidates. However IBPS reserves the right to cancel, reallot Organisation-wise allocation/ change the process depending upon exigencies or otherwise.

Prescribed Formats of SC, ST, OBC, PWD certificates, Proforma A, B, C, D as applicable for Ex-Servicemen can be downloaded from IBPS website www.ibps.in. Candidates belonging to these categories are required to produce the certificates strictly in these formats only. While reporting for the Joining, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents given below in addition to the documents requested by the participating organisation to which candidate is provisionally allotted. In the absence of documents candidature of the candidates shall be cancelled. No documents/ certificates shall be submitted separately to IBPS/ Nodal Bank/ Participating organisations during the selection process. All the documents/ certificates stated below must be submitted to the allottee bank as per their directions.

(Source: IBPS)