Bank of Maharashtra PO Recruitment 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms : Career Quips

Following the job advertisements for PO (Probationary Officers) numbering 10705 by eight PSU banks, Bank of Maharashtra too has issued today recruitment notification 2012 for 457 PO (Probationary Officers). Online submission of application forms for Bank of Maharashtra PO Recruitment 2012 would start from 25th February and the last date to apply for this recruitment is 16th March,2012. You can Click here to download the Bank of Maharashtra PO Recruitment 2012 notification.

List of the eight PSU banks which had issued recruitment notification earlier based on IBPS CWE score are:
Bank of India PO.
Syndicate Bank PO.
Union Bank PO.
Corporation Bank PO.
Canara Bank PO.
Indian Bank PO &
Punjab National Bank PO.
You can find a detailed blog post covering vacancies posted by each of these banks and the individual cut-off mark of IBPS CWE by them in my exclusive blog post titled: IBPS CWE Score Cut-off for PO Bank-wise: for all banks.

Following 10 banks will also be recruiting through IBPS CWE 2011 score, job advertisements for which you can expect in next couple of days:

1). Allahabad Bank

2). Andhra Bank

3). Bank of Baroda

4). Central Bank of India

5). Dena Bank

6). Indian Overseas Bank

7). Oriental Bank of Commerce

8). Punjab & Sind Bank

9). United Bank of India

10). Vijaya Bank.
As soon as these banks issues recruitment notification for PO, I am going to post the same in this blog. So keep visiting for more updates on PSU bank PO advertisements.

This blog post summarizes the Bank of Maharashtra recruitment notification by quoting the eligibility as well as telling you how to apply online. It also tells you how to prepare for Bank of Maharashtra PO Interview towards the end of this article.

Category-wise PO Vacancy in Bank of Maharashtra for the year 2012:

There are 457 Probationary Officer vacancies with the category-wise break-up as below:

SC:69; ST:34; OBC:123; GEN: 231, TOT:457.

Salary for Bank of Maharashtra PO:

Bank of Maharashtra is offering following pay-scale for Probationary Officers:

Rs. 14,500-600/7-18700-700/2-20100-800/7-25700/=
With this pay-scale, the approximate salary per month is Rs. 23,000/= in addition to which you will be enjoying other perks.

Eligibility for Bank of Maharashtra PO:

Age Eligibility: (As on 01.07.2011)

Min: 20 yrs, Max: 30 yrs. (Relaxations exists as per Govt. rule)

Academic Qualification Eligibility:

Graduation or equivalent from a recognized college/ university, preferably with Diploma in Banking & Finance (DBF) from the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF).

Also, a certificate for having completed a Course in Computer Awareness & Office Automation for duration of minimum 100 hours from a reputed Computer Training Institute, which will be waived where 'Computers' is a part of the curriculum at the Graduation / Post-Graduation Level.

Minimum marks in IBPS PO/MT CWE 2011:
In each individual test:

General: 24.

For reserved categories: 21.

Bank of Maharashtra PO Recruitment 2012 Online Form:

You can only apply online for Bank of Maharashtra Recruitment 2012. There is no offline form.

Click here for Bank of Maharashtra PO Recruitment 2012 Online Form.
This online form would be available only from 25th February to16th March, 2012.

How to apply online has been given in detail in section-"15. HOW TO APPLY” in page-11 of the notification

Bank of Maharashtra PO Selection Process:

Since you have already appeared in IBPS CWE, there will be no more written test. Selection process will now consist of Interview which is worth 50 marks. You need to score minimum 50% marks (i.e.25 ) to qualify. The minimum qualifying mark for reserved categories is 45%.

Final merit list for the selected candidates would be based on the marks scored in IBPS CWE 2011 & Interview.

Bank of Maharashtra PO Interview Question:

This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the Bank of Maharashtra Interview with a list of important Interview questions.

For Interview, click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself. In addition since how much you know about Bank of Maharashtra would almost inevitably be asked, you should go through this About us page of Bank of Maharashtra.

You can also refer one of the following two books given below for Bank Interview questions:

Guide To Bank Interviews By M. B. Sivaramakrishnan Publisher: Buzzingstock
Cover Price: Rs.150; Offer Price: Rs.113; Discount: Rs.37/= (25%);

How To Face Bank Interviews? By N.S. Toor Publisher: Skylark
Cover Price: Rs.200; Offer Price: Rs.170; Discount: Rs.30/= (15%)

These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links above from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts up to 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the total order exceeds Rs. 200/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep,

Bank of Maharashtra PO Interview 2012 Call Letter/ Admit Card:

The call letter for the written test would be sent to you to your e-mail id. So you should keep checking your e-mail id (submitted in the online form) for this purpose.

Hope with above information on Bank of Maharashtra Probationary Officer recruitment you can not only apply with ease but also get that coveted Bank of Maharashtra job easily. Best wishes!