Canara Bank Clerical Recruitment 2012 : Career Quips

Canara Bank has published today the recruitment notification/advertisement "Probationary Clerks Recruitment Project 2/2012" for a huge vacancy of 2000 Clerk positions. While the submission of online application form for Canara Bank Clerical Recruitment 2012 starts from 18th June, 2012, the last date of online registration & submission of form is 1st July 2012. This notification has been published in the Employment News of today.
You can also click here to find the Canara Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 notification/advertisement.

This is the 11th Clerical recruitment projects by the Indian PSU banks.

Previously ten other major PSU banks of India had issued advertisements for 12,483 clerk vacancies, details of which can be found in my following dedicated blog articles:

Andhra Bank: 600 clerks,
Dena Bank: 1090 Clerks,
Bank of India: 3149 clerks
Bank of Baroda: 2000 clerks
Bank of Maharashtra: 543 Clerk
Punjab & Sind Bank: 800 clerks.

UCO Bank: 1000 Clerks.
Syndicate Bank: 1000 Clerks.
United Bank: 751 Clerks
Corporation Bank: 1550 Clerks.&

Canara Bank: 2000 Clerks.

There were total nineteen banks for which Common Written Exam 2011 for Clerks was held on 27.11.2011 and the result was declared on 29th Feb, 2012. Out of these nineteen banks, as ten banks have come out with their recruitment plan already, there are nine other banks which are yet to publish Clerk Recruitment Advertisement/ Notification - Canara Bank, Indian Bank, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank, Allahabad Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Central Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce. As and when these advertisement comes out, I am going to post a blog article on the same.

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 seventeen banks (out of the nineteen) have so far issued recruitment notification for 18,606 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 Canara Bank Clerk Recruitment Notification 2012 to help you apply for the same and also some Canara Bank Interview Question Prep material towards the end.

Canara Bank Clerk Vacancy 2012:

There are 2000 Clerk vacancies in Canara Bank as per the notification with category-wise vacancies as given below:
SC: 332, ST:143, OBC: 487, UR:1038, TOT: 2000

You can find the state-wise category-wise vacancies in the table at right. 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.

Canara Bank Clerk Salary:

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

Canara Bank 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:
Min 60% aggregate (For SC/ST/OBC/PWD/EXSM candidates just pass marks) in Class-X/ Matriculation.
OR
Min 50% aggregate (For SC/ST/OBC/PWD/EXSM candidates just pass marks) in Class-XII.
OR
Graduation degree in any discipline.

Other Canara Bank 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 have operating & working knowledge in computer systems or acquire the same within 6 months from the date of joining the Bank.
4.0 You shall acquire working knowledge of Hindi, if not possessed already, before completion of probationary period.
4.0 Individual Test Cut-off in IBPS CWE: 24 for unreserved category and 21 for SC/ST/OBC/PWD/EXS

IBPS CWE Cut-Off for Canara Bank Clerks:

You can find the IBPS CWE state-wise cut-off for Canara Bank Clerks in the table at left.

Selection Process for Canara Bank Clerks:

Based on the CWE scores of the applicants received by Canara Bank, it is going to shortlist the candidates for personal interview. Interview would consist of 100 marks. Proficiency (i.e. read, write & speak) in Official Language of the State / UT for which you had applied, will be tested during GD and marks will be awarded for the same.

Final merit list for Canara Bank Clerk Recruitment would be prepared based on IBPS CWE mark, GD & Interview with following weightage:
CWE: 60, GD: 15, Interview: 25.

Canara Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form:

You can apply for Canara Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 only online, There is no offline form.

Click here for Canara Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form.
The online form would be available from 18th June to 1st July, 2012.
How to apply online has been given in detail in section-"10. How to Apply” in page-10 of the Notification.

Canara Bank Clerk Interview Question:

This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the Canara Bank 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.

You should also be ready to face questions on "What is Canara Bank", as the interviewer would want to know how much interested you are for this job. So go through this About us page of Canara Bank and also the Wiki page on Canara Bank. Following are the traits which generally checked in Bank Clerk Interview: Attitude, Personality, level of communication, clarity and problem solving innovativeness, knowledge /proficiency in local/State language (ability to read, write and speak local/State language) level of effectiveness in computer operations, willingness to work anywhere in the State.

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