As told in this curtain-raiser-notification blog article of mine,  BOB (Bank Of Baroda) has just today issued recruitment notification 2012 for 2000 Clerks. As per the notification, Online submission of form  starts today (i.e. 24th March) and the last date to apply online for BOB Clerk Recruitment 2012 is 10th April, 2012.
You can click here to download here to download Bank Of Baroda Clerk Recruitment 2012 Notification.

With this Clerk recruitment notification, Bank Of Baroda becomes the first bank to go for recruitment of clerks based on  IBPS CWE Clerk 2011 score. The Common Written Exam 2011 was held for 19 major PSU banks of India on 27.11.2011 and the result was declared on 29th Feb, 2012.  Thus within a month of result, the process for bank clerk recruitment has been started by  Bank Of Baroda. The rest other 18 banks are very shortly going to follow Bank of Baroda in issuing recruitment notification for clerks. And the number of total Clerk vacancies through IBPS CWE Clerk 2011 should be more than 20,000.

If you have been following this blog, you must have come to know that recruitment of PO based on IBPS CWE PO 2011 is still on progress and twelve banks (out of the nineteen) have so far issued recruitment notification for 13812 PO jobs. You can find a detailed article on this in my previous blog article titled: IBPS CWE Score Cut-off for PO Bank-wise: for all banks.

This blog post of mine apprises you about the important information contained in the Bank Of Baroda Clerk Recruitment Notification 2012 to help you apply for the same and also some Bank Of Baroda Interview Question Prep material towards the end.

Bank Of Baroda Clerk Vacancy 2012:
There are 2000 Clerk vacancies in BOB as per the notification with category-wise vacancies as given at left. You can find the detailed State-wise Category-wise vacancy of  BOB Clerk Recruitment 2012 in page1/2 of the Notification. This State-wise vacancy is very important as you have to apply for the clerk positions state-wise and you should be able to read, write, speak local language of that state. Moreover you should have appeared IBPS CWE 2011 from a centre of that state for which vacancies you want to apply.

Bank Of Baroda Clerk Salary:
Salary (i.e. Pay-scale) offered by Bank Of Baroda for these Clerk positions is Basic Pay: Rs.7200 – 19300 with other benefits like DA, HRA, etc

Bank Of Baroda Eligibility for Clerks:
Age Eligibility (as on 01.08.2011): Min 18 yrs, Max 28 yrs. (Relaxations exists as per Govt rule).

Educational Qualification Eligibility  Graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

IBPS CWE Cut-Off  for BOB Clerks:
IBPS Score cut-off for each individual tests:
For Unreserved: 24
For SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD/ Ex-servicemen: 21

IBPS CWE TWS cut-off mark State-wise, Category-wise:
You can find the state-wise cut-off marks for IBPS CWE TWS (Total Weighted Standard) Score for Bank Of Baroda in the table at right.

As you can see, for Bihar, you need to have the highest CWE TWS score. The least CWE score is required for Sikkim, Goa etc. For some categories in a particular state (like ST in Bihar) no CWE cut-off has been mentioned in the notification, as for  this BOB Recruitment 2012, there is no clerk vacancy for ST category in Bihar.

Other BOB Clerk Eligibility:
1.0 You should have appeared IBPS CWE 2011 from a centre in that State/UT for which you wish to apply.
2.0 You should be able to read, write and speak official language of that state.
3.0 You should be able to read, write and speak English.
4.0 You should be computer literate (proficient in MS Office Basic Applications).


Selection Process for Bank Of Baroda Clerks:
Based on the CWE scores of the applicants received by BOB, it is going to shortlist the candidates for personal interview. How many of candidates are going to be called for BOB Clerk Interview? You can find the numbers on the table at right - For every vacancy in General category, four candidates are going to be called. For reserved categories, five persons are going to be called for each vacancy. Hence a total of 8958 candidates are going to be interviewed for BOB Clerk recruitment.

For General category candidates, you should score minimum 40% of Interview marks to qualify. For the Interview cut-off % age is 35%  Reserved categories. The Final merit list would be prepared with the 60:40 weightage of marks scored in IBPS : marks scored in BOB Interview.

Bank Of Baroda (BOB) Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form:
You can apply for Bank Of Baroda (BOB) Clerk Recruitment 2012 only online, There is no offline form. The online form is available from 24th March to 10th April, 2012.

Bank Of Baroda (BOB) Clerk Interview Question:

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