IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam 2015 Dates have been announced. So you want to download the Notification. Than visit this article, which also points you to the Online Application Form.

You can click here to download IBPS CWE Specialist Officers 2015 Exam Notification.
As per last years exam data, close to 10 lakhs (to be precise: 9.73 lakhs) candidates applies for IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam from among whom only 2700-odd persons are selected finally in this banking exam. How to be one of them? This blog helps you not only to apply for IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam but also prepare for the same through another subsequent blog article titled: IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam Pattern, Papers & Books.
Before going further, let us know what is this exam all about so that you can have a birds-eye-view on the same.
What is IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers:
Acronym IBPS stands for Institute of Banking Personnel Selection while CWE is the acronym for Common Written Exam. My previous article titled: IBPS CWE - What is it? An introduction gives you very basic information about IBPS & CWE.
There are three other versions of CWE which is conducted by IBPS and you can find the complete information about them in following blog post of mine:
IBPS CWE PO 2015 Notification & Application Form
IBPS CWE RRB 2014 Exam Dates, Notification & Application Form.
IBPS CWE Clerk 2014 Notification Published - Want to apply?
Why above information may be useful to you is because if you are eligible to appear in Specialist Officers Exam, you can as well appear in other three exams.
The exam is being called as “Common” as it is being held combinedly for recruitment in 22 PSU banks.
This is the 4th time IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is organizing the Common Written Exam (CWE). This exam was held for the first time in March. This exam is generally held in February and Notification is published in November. SO you can expect the next exam i.e. IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam 2016 to be held in February/March, 2016.
There are three other versions of CWE which is conducted by IBPS and you can find the complete information about them in following blog post of mine:
IBPS CWE PO 2015 Notification & Application Form
IBPS CWE RRB 2014 Exam Dates, Notification & Application Form.
IBPS CWE Clerk 2014 Notification Published - Want to apply?
Why above information may be useful to you is because if you are eligible to appear in Specialist Officers Exam, you can as well appear in other three exams.
The exam is being called as “Common” as it is being held combinedly for recruitment in 22 PSU banks.
This is the 4th time IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is organizing the Common Written Exam (CWE). This exam was held for the first time in March. This exam is generally held in February and Notification is published in November. SO you can expect the next exam i.e. IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam 2016 to be held in February/March, 2016.
How competitive is IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers:
IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam is in fact a very competitive exam. You can see this from the statistics of last years exam number of candidates appearing in IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers and those selected as below:
Thus the success rate in IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers is very low - only about 3 persons per thousand makes the cut. - but that should not deter you from appearing in the exam. In most competitive exams most of those who applies, actually does not appear in the exam, as you can see in the following statistics of Civil Services Prelims Exam from following table:


List of Banks participating in IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers 2015:
In IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Exam 2015 22 PSU banks have ensured participation.
List of this banks are as below:
Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, BharatiyaMahila Bank, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, ECGC, IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India, Vijaya Bank.
List of this banks are as below:
Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, BharatiyaMahila Bank, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, ECGC, IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India, Vijaya Bank.
Eligibility for IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers Exam 2015.
What are the post for which you can apply and what are their eligibility? Following gives you the same IBPS CWE post-wise:
Eligibility for IT Officer (Scale-I)
Age Eligibility: Min.: 20 Yrs, Max: 30 yrs.
Educational Qualification: Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation. OR
Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/Electronics & Tele Communication/Electronics & Communication/Electronics & Instrumentation/Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications from a recognised University/ Institution. OR
Graduate from a recognized university having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level.
Eligibility for Law Officer (Scale I)
Age Eligibility: Min.: 20 Yrs, Max: 30 yrs.
Educational Qualification: A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.
Eligibility for Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
Age Eligibility: Min.: 20 Yrs, Max: 30 yrs.
Educational Qualification: Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Agri. Engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry.
Eligibility for Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
Age Eligibility: Min.: 20 Yrs, Max: 30 yrs.
Educational Qualification: A post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree level OR A post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree level.
Eligibility for HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
Age Eligibility: Min.: 20 Yrs, Max: 30 yrs.
Educational Qualification: Graduate from a recognized university and Post Graduate degree or diploma recognized by AICTE in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HRD/Social Work / Labour Law.
Eligibility for Marketing Officer (Scale I)
Age Eligibility: Min.: 20 Yrs, Max: 30 yrs.
Educational Qualification: Graduate from a recognized university and MBA (Marketing) / 2 years PGDBA / PGDBM or any other equivalent degree or diploma with specialization in Marketing from a recognized University/ Institution.
Exam centres for IBPS CWE 2015 for Specialist Officers:
The written exam would be held in the exam centres in 80 towns/cities all over India, the list of which can be found in "ANNEXURE I" from page: 15-16 of the notification.
Important dates for IBPS CWE 2015 for Specialist Officers:
Online Registration: 18.11.2014 to 09.12.2014
Payment of Application Fees- Online: 18.11.2014 to 09.12.2014
Download of Call letter for Examination After: 03.02.2015
Online Examination: 14.02.2015 & 15.02.2015
Declaration of result status of examination (CWE): February 2015
Download of call letters for Interview: March 2015
Conduct of Interview: March 2015
Provisional Allotment: April 2015
Payment of Application Fees- Online: 18.11.2014 to 09.12.2014
Download of Call letter for Examination After: 03.02.2015
Online Examination: 14.02.2015 & 15.02.2015
Declaration of result status of examination (CWE): February 2015
Download of call letters for Interview: March 2015
Conduct of Interview: March 2015
Provisional Allotment: April 2015
Call letter for IBPS CWE 2015 for Specialist Officers:
Your call letter/admit card for the written exam have to be downloaded from this IBPS CWE website from 03.02.2015 onward. No physical copy of the Call letter for IBPS CWE 2015 would be sent to you. To download the call letter for IBPS CWE 2015 for Specialist Officers, you have to log-in with your registration Number and Password/Date of Birth.
IBPS CWE 2015 for Specialist Officers Online Form:
You can apply only online for IBPS CWE 2015. There is no offline form.
How to apply online has been described in detail in section “G.. HOW TO APPLY” in page-9 of the Notification. The same is also explained nicely in this exclusive How to Apply webpage.
Hope with above information you can apply confidently IBPS CWE 2015 for Specialist Officers. How do you prepare for this exam? Please visit my next blog article titled: IBPS Specialist Officers CWE Exam Pattern, Papers & Books for the same.
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