IOB PO Recruitment 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms : Career Quips

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) PO Recruitment Notification 2012 came out today for 1500 PO (Probationary Officers). As per the notification, submission of online application forms starts on 30th March and the last date to apply online is 19th April, 2012. You can Click here to download the IOB PO Recruitment 2012 notification.

This PO recruitment notification happens to be the thirteenth in a row of PO recruitment by nineteen Indian PSU banks. Total number of PO vacancies as notified by these banks (including the 1500 notified by IOB) so far is 15312. You can find the bank-wise number of PO vacancies advertised by the PSU banks in the table given at right.

If you have been following this blog, it is needless to day that all these banks have announced their recruitment through scores of IBPS CWE PO/MT exam 2011. You can find a detailed blog post covering 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.

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

IOB PO Vacancy 2012:

There are 1500 Probationary Officer vacancies with the category-wise break-up as below:

SC:223; ST:149; OBC:392; GEN: 736, TOT:1500.

Salary for IOB PO:

IOB 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 IOB PO:

Age Eligibility: (As on 01.07.2011)

Min: 21 yrs, Max: 30 yrs. (Relaxations exists as per Govt. rule)

Academic Qualification Eligibility:

60% (for SC/ST/PC 55%) in graduation or equivalent from a recognized college/ university AND
Should be computer literate or acquire computer literacy within six months of joining the Bank.
Desirable qualification: Diploma in Banking & Finance (DBF) from Indian Institute Of Banking and Finance (IIBF) is a desirable qualification besides above two essential qualification

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

General: 24.

For reserved categories: 21.

In addition to above, Min. Total weighted score (all subjects combined):

General: 120.

For reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC/PC): 105.

IOB PO Recruitment 2012 Online Form:

You can only apply online for Indian Overseas Bank Recruitment 2012. There is no offline form.

Click here for IOB PO Recruitment 2012 Online Form.
This online form would be available only from 30th March till 19th April, 2012.

How to apply online has been given in detail in section-"9. HOW TO APPLY” in page-5 of the notification.

IOB 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 consisting of 50 marks In Interview, you need to score minimum 22.5 mark for General Category and 20.00 marks for SC/ST/OBC/PC Candidates

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

IOB PO GD Topic/ Interview Question:

This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the IOB Interview with a list of 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 You Tube 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 IOB would almost inevitably be asked, you should go through this About us page of IOB.

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.128; Discount: Rs.22/= (15%);

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 book stores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links above from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts up to 15%, 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,

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