Bank of Baroda (BOB) has released a recruitment notification on its official website bankofbaroda.com through which it announced 913 vacancies for Specialist Officer (SO) post. Eligible candidates can apply online from 05 December 2018, and the last date for online registration is 26 December 2018. For complete details, candidates can check BOB SO Recruitment Notification 2018 – 2019 (download link is given at the end of this article). Essential information from Bank of Baroda SO Recruitment Notification 2018 – 2019 are also available in this article.
Table of Contents:
| BOB SO Recruitment 2018-2019: Eligibility Criteria (Post-wise) |
| BOB SO Recruitment 2018-2019: Service Bond, Selection Procedure |
| BOB SO Recruitment 2018-2019: How to apply online (Direct Link) |
BOB SO 2018-2019: Important Dates
Details of important dates of Bank of Baroda SO Recruitment processes are given below
| Name of Events |
Date |
| Online Registration of Application starts from |
05.12.2018 |
| Last date for Online Registration of Application |
26.12.2018 |
| Payment of Fee Online |
05.12.2018 to 26.12.2018 |
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BOB SO 2018-2019: Vacancies
Category-wise details of vacancies are given below
| Grade/ Scale (Total Vacancies) |
Category-wise Vacancies |
Reservation for Physically Disabled Candidates |
| JMG/S – I (702) |
UR - 702 OBC - 190 ST - 53 SC - 105 |
OC - 12 VI - 10 HI - 10 ID - 07 |
| MMG/S – II (191) |
UR - 96 OBC - 52 ST - 14 SC - 29 |
OC - 02 VI - 02 HI - 02 ID - 01 |
| MMG/S – III (20) |
UR - 10 OBC - 05 ST - 02 SC - 03 |
OC - 01 VI - 00 HI - 00 ID - 00 |
BOB SO 2018-2019: Post-wise Eligibility Criteria
Complete details about eligibility criteria and educational qualification and post qualification experience (Post-wise) are given below
| Post (Scale) |
Educational Qualification (Age) |
Post Qualification Experience |
| Legal (MMG/S-III, 20 Posts) |
A Bachelor Degree in Law. (Min - 28 Yrs Max. - 35 Yrs) |
Minimum 5 years as Law Officer in Legal Dept of a Scheduled Commerical Bank, Central / State Govt or PSU or practicing at Bar or Judicial Services. Candidates should produce a certificate of having the requisite post qualification work experience from the Court/ Bar council/organization. |
| Legal (MMG/S-II, 40 Posts) |
A Bachelor Degree in Law. (Min - 25 Yrs Max. - 32 Yrs) |
Minimum 3 years as Law Officer in Legal Dept of a Scheduled Commerical Bank, Central / State Govt or PSU or practicing at Bar or Judicial Services. Candidates should produce a certificate of having the requisite post qualification work experience from the Court/ Bar council/organization. |
| Wealth Management Services – Sales (MMG/S-II 150 Posts) |
2 Year (MBA or equivalent) Post Graduation Degree or Diploma with specialisation in Marketing / Sales / Retail. (The Institute should be approved by Govt / Govt Bodies / AICTE) OR Graduation (recognized / approved by Govt., Govt. bodies / AICTE) with One year Diploma/ Certification in Banking / Finance before joining any private Bank/ Public Bank. (Min - 25 Yrs Max. - 35 Yrs) |
4 Years Work Experience in Sales / Distribution of Wealth / Mutual Fund / Insurance Products in Banks, Mutual Funds, NBFC's etc |
| Wealth Management Services – Sales (JMG/S-I, 700 Posts) |
Graduation in any stream (recognized / approved by Govt., Govt. bodies / AICTE) (Min - 21Yrs Max. - 30Yrs) |
2 Years Work Experience in Sales / Distribution of Wealth / Mutual Fund / Insurance Products in Banks, Mutual Funds, NBFC's etc. |
| Wealth Management Services – Operations (MMG/S-II, 1 Post) |
2 Year (MBA or equivalent) Post Graduation Degree or Diploma with specialisation in Marketing / Sales / Retail / Finance. (The Institute should be approved by Govt / Govt Bodies / AICTE) (Min - 25 Yrs Max. - 35 Yrs) |
5 Years Work Experience in working on Wealth Management Solutions for processing Wealth Products / Mutual Fund / Insurance Applciations , etc. Meeting Cut Off Deadlines for Wealth Products / Mutual Fund / Insurance Application, Upload / Download of feeds for NAV's from the RTA's and back end operations pertaining to Wealth Products / Mutual Funds / Life Insurance. |
| Wealth Management Services – Operations (JMG/S-I, 2 Posts) |
2 Year (MBA or equivalent) Post Graduation Degree or Diploma with specialisation in Marketing / Sales / Retail/Finance. (The Institute should be approved by Govt / Govt Bodies / AICTE) (Min - 21Yrs Max. - 30Yrs) |
Years Work Experience in working on Wealth Management Solutions for processing Wealth Products / Mutual Fund / Insurance Applciations , etc. Meeting Cut Off Deadlines for Wealth Products / Mutual Fund / Insurance Application, Upload / Download of feeds for NAV's from the RTA's and back end operations pertaining to Wealth Products / Mutual Funds / Life Insurance. |
Candidates belonging to reserved category will get relaxation in the upper age limit. For more details check the recruitment notification.
BOB SO 2018-2019: Complete Recruitment Process
As per the notification,
The selection process will comprise of the online test, for the posts the posts in Scale I, Scale II, and Scale III in disciplines of Legal, Wealth Management Services - Sales & Wealth Management Services - Operations followed by Interview of shortlisted candidates.
However, if the number of eligible applications received is large/less, then Bank reserves the right to change the shortlisting criteria/interview process. The bank may, at its discretion, consider conducting of Descriptive / Psychometric Test / Group Discussion for different scales.
Exam Pattern of Online Test
| Name of Tests |
No. of Questions (Maximum Marks) |
Total Time |
| Reasoning |
50 Questions (50 Marks) |
Composite time of 2 hours |
| English Language |
50 Questions (25 Marks) |
|
| Quantitative Aptitude |
50 Questions (50 Marks) |
|
| Professional Knowledge |
50 Questions (75 Marks) |
|
| Total |
200 Questions (200 Marks) |
|
• The above tests except for the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi
• Bank reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination including addition/substitution by the way descriptive test/case study which will be intimated through its website.
• Other detailed information, if any, regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the Bank’s official website.
• There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which the candidate has given a wrong answer, one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
BOB SO 2018-2019: Salary
JMG/S I - Rs.23700 x 980 (7) - 30560 x 1145(2) – 32850 x 1310(7) - 42020
MMG/S II – Rs. 31705 x 1145 (1) - 32850 x 1310(10) - 45950
MMG/S III – Rs. 42020 x 1310 (5) - 48570 x 1460 (2) – 51490
BOB SO 2018-2019: Probation Period, Service Bond
Probation Period
The selected candidate will be on probation for a period of 12 months (-1- year) of active service from the date of his/ her joining the Bank.
SERVICE BOND
For those selected on Regular basis, they will be required to mandatorily execute a Service Bond as under:
‘Serve for a minimum period of -3- years in the Bank after joining the services or in lieu thereof an amount of Rs. 1.5 Lacs’.
BOB SO 2018-2019: How to apply online
Candidates are required to apply Online through website www.bankofbaroda.co.in. No other means/ mode of application will be accepted. The process of applying online is quite simple, and for complete details, candidates should check the official recruitment notification of Bank of Baroda Specialist Officer.
Application Fee and Intimation Charge:
• SC/ ST/ Persons with Disability (PWD): Rs. 100/-
• GEN/ OBC: Rs. 600/-
For complete details, candidates can download official recruitment notification from the link give below