IBPS CWE Clerk CutOff Mark Bankwise State-wise, Category-wise : Career Quips

This blog article is being written so as to help answer a very important question in every clerk aspirants of Indian PSU banks – what is the cut-off mark in IBPS CWE for clerks? In other words, how much mark you should score in IBPS CWE?

This question is being asked by two sections of readers of this blog – the ones who had already appeared in IBPS CWE (Clerk) 2011 and the others who would be appearing IBPS CWE (Clerk) 2012. While the former would like to know IBPS CWE (Clerk) Cut-off marks so as to know from which banks they can expect now call letters for Interview, the later would like to know IBPS CWE (Clerk) Cut-off marks so as to set a benchmark for Common Written Exam 2012 preparation.

In case you have not been following clerk recruitments by the Indian PSU banks of late, let me tell you that so far 14 out of 19 PSU banks have issued recruitment notification for a total of 18,820 clerks. Which are these banks? You can find below the list of these banks with detailed eligibilities and the cut-off marks:

PSU Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 through IBPS CWE

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.
Union Bank: 1636 Clerks.

Indian Bank: 1201 Clerks.
Indian Overseas Bank: 1500 Clerks.

Only following five banks (out of the nineteen PSU banks which had participated in IBPS CWE 2011 Clerk) are yet to issue recruitment notification/advertisements: Punjab National Bank, Allahabad Bank, Central Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce.

Hence to present you the IBPS CWE Clerk cut-off mark bank-wise, state-wise, category-wise, I have prepared an Excel sheet, based on the cut-off eligibilities published so far by the eight individual banks given above.You should know that selection for Clerical positions through IBPS CWE is done state-wise and hence the cut-off mark is state-wise (unlike Probationary Officer (PO) positions which are on all-India basis).

You can click here to download the the excel file containing IBPS CWE Clerk cut-off mark bank-wise, state-wise, category-wise. As and when more banks would issue recruitment notification, I am going to update the file with those bank data.

In this file, there are two sheets - the sheet "Cut-Off Mark" gives the cut-offs state-wise, category-wise while sheet :"Other Eligibility" gives you the other eligibilities (like age, academic qualification etc.) bank-wise. Corresponding to your state you can see the cut-off eligibilities, bank-wise. For instance, for Andhra Pradesh, you can see the cut-off mark set by the five banks as shown highlighted.

Analysis of IBPS CWE Clerk CutOff Mark Eligibility:

In the data available so far, the minimum, maximum and average cut-off for clerk is as given at right. The average cut-off is SC; 146, ST: 134, OBC: 152 & GEN: 155:

From which state and which bank cut-off were highest? You can see in the table below. Andhra Bank cut-off were the highest for most categories.

And from which state and which bank cut-off were lowest? You can see in the table below.

IBPS CWE Clerk Cut-Off Mark:
Above cut-off are the TWSS (Total Weighted Standard Score), which is arrived at by following formula:

Total Weighted Standard Score = Standard Scores obtained in (Reasoning + English Language + Numerical Ability + General Awareness+ Computer Knowledge).

You can click here to download a detailed write-up on TWSS by IBPS.

Hope above has given you a broad idea on how much to score in IBPS CWE for clerks.