With this notification by Bank of Maharastra, five banks have so far issued recruitment notification for 7382 clerks - previously four other banks had issued the recruitment notification: Andhra Bank for 600 clerks, Dena Bank for 1090 Clerks, Bank of India: for 3149 clerks &  Bank of Baroda for 2000 clerks. All these banks are recruiting 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.  So remaining 14 banks are very shortly going to follow these recruitment notification for clerks. 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 fifteen banks (out of the nineteen) have so far issued recruitment notification for 16712 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 Maharastra Clerk Recruitment Notification 2012 to help you apply for the same and also some Bank of Maharastra Interview Question Prep material towards the end.

Bank of Maharastra Clerk Vacancy 2012:

There are 543 Clerk vacancies in Bank of Maharastra as per the notification with category-wise vacancies as given below:
SC: 60; ST: 51; OBC: 123; GEN: 309; POSTS: 543.

You can find the state-wise, category-wise vacancies 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 Maharastra Clerk Salary:

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

Bank of Maharastra 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
Minimum 60% aggregate marks in Class-X (Matriculation) OR
Minimum 50% aggregate marks in Class-XII (HSC) OR
Graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
For SC/ST/OBC/PWD/EXSM candidates just pass marks needed in all of above.

IBPS CWE Cut-Off  for Bank of Maharastra 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 Maharastra in the table at left.

As you can see, for Haryana, Kerela, UP, AP & West Bengal, you need to have the highest CWE TWS score. The least CWE score is required for Tripura etc. For some categories in a particular state (like ST in Haryana) no CWE cut-off has been mentioned in the notification, as for  this Bank of Maharastra Recruitment 2012, there is no clerk vacancy for ST category in  Haryana.

Selection Process for Bank of Maharastra Clerks:

Based on the CWE scores of the applicants received by Bank of Maharastra, it is going to shortlist the candidates for personal interview.

There are 50 marks for Interview. For General category candidates, you should score minimum 40% of Interview marks to qualify. For Reserved categories, this Interview cut-off  is 35%  . The Final merit list would be prepared by totaling the marks scored in IBPS  & marks scored in Bank of Maharastra Interview.

Bank of Maharastra Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form:

You can apply for Bank of Maharastra (Bank of Maharastra) Clerk Recruitment 2012 only online, There is no offline form. The online form is available from 17th April, 2012 to 10th May, 2012.

Click here for Bank of Maharastra Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form.

How to apply online has been given in detail in section-"15. How to Apply” in page-13 of the Notification. You can also find  detailed instruction in this page.
Bank of Maharastra Clerk Interview Question:

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

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