Selection Procedure For Bank Clerical Examination

For excelling in bank Clerical exam, it is very important that a candidate knows the nerve of the bank exam ie, the syllabus and the entire selection procedure. A candidate should be aware of the topics to be covered, current affairs and should start preparing for it well in advance. Apart from preparing specifically for individual bank exams, jagranjosh.com has outlined general selection procedure for bank Clerical exams. We wish you luck in your endeavour!

A. Written Examination

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

a) Objective Test

Objective Test consisting of Test of Reasoning, Test of English Language, Test of Clerical Aptitude, Test of  Numerical Ability.

The candidates shall be required to qualify in each objective test as per the cut-off marks determined by individual banks. There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the objective tests which will result in negative marks for every wrong answer ie, one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted.

b) Descriptive Test
Only few banks have the procedure of conducting descriptive test. In case there is an option of conducting descriptive test, they are of qualifying nature only. Test of English Language usually falls under the umbrella of qualifying paper.

Note: The question paper for above test both Objective and Descriptive except the Test of English Language and Descriptive Paper will be printed bilingual ie English and Hindi. Bank will decide the minimum cut-off marks for each test as well as Total Weightage Marks.

Depending on the number of number of vacancies, such of those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the order of merit in the written test as per the cut off marks decided by the Bank will only be called for the interview. Banks like Corporation bank

B. Interview

Personal Interview is conducted to check the behavior, conversation skill, and knowledge about banking and financial topics. Technical questions may come from your previous job (if u you are already working), projects that you have done, academic subjects and about the bank also. So, prepare well on one subject from your academic curriculum, do a good research on the bank and rehearsal mock interviews.

Candidates who clear the written test are called for personal interview. Banks like Corporation bank makes the final selection by reviewing the candidate on the basis of PI and Computer Literacy Test. The final scores are then added to shortlist the candidates.

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