IBPS (Institue of Banking Personnel Selection) is an autonomous body that conducts various exams for the recruitment of candidates in Banks as an Officer or Non-Officer.  Among the major exams, IBPS conducts the IBPS Clerk exam, which is a common recruitment process for the selection of personnel at the Clerical...

IBPS (Institue of Banking Personnel Selection) is an autonomous body that conducts various exams for the recruitment of candidates in Banks as an Officer or Non-Officer.  Among the major exams, IBPS conducts the IBPS Clerk exam, which is a common recruitment process for the selection of personnel at the Clerical cadre level. IBPS will be conducting the IBPS Clerk 2018 exam starting from December 2018. The vacancies in the IBPS Clerk exam will depend upon the requirement of the participating institutions. 

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

1) The candidate who is interested in working at the participating banks at the Clerical Cadre Posts has to fill the form from an India state as the IBPS releases the state wise and category wise vacancies every year. 

2) The candidates who will be selected in the IBPS Clerk 2018 exam will be given the provisional allotment to the actual vacancies reported by the participating institutions.

3) The recruitment to the IBPS Clerk exam is a dynamic process and depends upon certain factors like-

• Restriction Imposed
• Business Growth
• Branch Expansion
• Structural Changes
• Business Volume
• Health of the Organizations
• Internal and External Factors

• The IBPS releases the IBPS Clerk Important Dates in advance. The candidates must keep the track of all the Important dates of IBPS Clerk in advance. 

• IBPS has set some rules to participate in the examination process. The candidates must check the IBPS Clerk eligibility criteria before applying to the IBPS Clerk exam.

• For getting the final selection in IBPS Clerk exam, the candidate has to clear all the stages of the exam. The stages of the IBPS Clerk exam are-

1. IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam
2. IBPS Clerk Main Exam

• Any candidate who fails to clear any one of the stages will not be considered as a selected candidate by the IBPS.

• The interested candidates of IBPS Clerk 2018 can apply only through the online medium at the official website of the IBPS.

• On the guidelines of the Government of India, IBPS has distributed the seat matrix among the reserved and the unreserved categories. The candidate must check the seat matrix before applying to IBPS Clerk 2018.

• The interested candidates must analyze the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern carefully to perform well in the exam.

• Candidates sitting in the IBPS Prelims 2018 and IBPS Main 2018 can check their IBPS Clerk results Online within 15 days from the conduction of the exam.

• Less than two month gap is provided between the IBPS Clerk Prelims and Main exam. The candidates are advised to organize their IBPS Clerk Preparation accordingly.

• It is highly recommendable to the candidates to get to the latest news regarding IBPS Clerk exam for fresh information.

• The final merit of IBPS Clerk 2018 will be prepared by considering the score in the Mains exam only. There will be no interview for candidates applying for clerical posts. 

IBPS Clerk 2017 Vacancies - TOTAL - 19,243

Along with the Admit card at the center, the candidate has to carry one ID proof. The ID proof can be Driving Licence, Aadhar card, Voer ID card, Ration card, Passport. 

Document verification procedure:

After the final selection of the candidate, the selected candidate is given the provisional allotment to the participating institutions and a background checking done by the Bank. Here are the requisite documents for the same-

• Printout of calls letter

• Online application generated on the system

• Birthday proof

• Photo ID proof

• Mark sheet of Graduation

• Caste certificate for reservation

• Medical certificate for candidates who are physically disabled

• Certificate of experience

• NOC from departments where candidates are pursuing Government jobs/PSU

 Provisional Allotment:

• The total marks that would be allotted are 200. Marks would be converted with 100 as the basis for provisional allotment procedure. A candidate should qualify in the exam and be a little high on merit to be considered for the subsequent procedure.

•  Provisional allotment would be done on the basis of final vacancies as reported by the organizations who participate.

•  A candidate belonging to the SC/ST/OBC who are selected on the same criteria as general would be considered as selected through merit.

• The provisional allotment would be done on a merit and preference basis, therefore, no changes would be made in the selection procedure.

Before a candidate proceeds to give the exam. The test centers must be known to the aspirant so that he can manage the journey accordingly. IBPS can not conduct the exam at all the places in India, therefore it conducts the exam at major places in each state of the country. Have a look at some facts about the IBPS Clerk test centers.

There has been a slight change in the format of the Mains exam.It still has the five sections, namely Reasoning, General Aptitude, English, Awareness and Computer Knowledge.This paper has to be attempted in 140 minutes.

However, according to the new format, each section has to be done in a stipulated time format.You cannot go on to the next section till the stipulated time for that section has elapsed.