What is the selection procedure for Probationary Officer in Indian Overseas Bank?

Apr 30, 2011, 12:05 IST

Bank Recruitment - Recruitment in Indian Banks.  Details on the complete selection process for appointment as Probationary Officer in Indian Overseas Bank

QnA : Bank PO
QnA : Bank PO

A: A. Written Examination

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

a) Objective Test 

Objective Test consisting of Test of Reasoning, Test of English Language, Test of Quantitative Aptitude, Test of  General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry, Test of Computer Knowledge  (250 Questions carrying total weightage of 225 with total time duration of  150 minutes).

 

Sl. No. Test No. Of Questions
1. Test of Reasoning 50
2. Test of English Language 50
3. Test of Quantitative Aptitude 50
4. Test of General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry 50
5. Test of Computer Knowledge 50
  Total 250

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

b) Descriptive Test 

Descriptive paper on English Composition will comprise 3 compulsory questions (Essay, précis writing, letter writing etc).

The Descriptive Test carries total marks of 50 and weightage for the same will be 25. The duration to take this test is one hour. 

The question paper for above test both Objective and Descriptive   except the Test of English Language and Descriptive Paper will be printed bilingual i.e. 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. 

B. Interview 

The Interview will carry 50 Marks. Minimum qualifying marks in the interview will be 22.50 marks for General Category and 20.00 marks for SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged Candidates.

Final selection will be made on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written examination and Interview and will be strictly according to the merit ranking.

 

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