Indian Bank Probationary Officer

Recruitment 2018

Indian Bank Probationary Officer notification is out and the online application has already begun from the 1^st of August, 2018. The Indian Bank has released the recruitment notification for a total of 417 Probationary Officer vacancies, which are then subdivided into the categories.

The last date for submitting the form or for the online application is on 27^th of August, 2018. According to the notification, that has been released by the Indian Bank Officials, the expected date for the preliminary examination is the 6^th of October, 2018.

You can check all the required details regarding this recruitment process in the article and can also directly apply from here just by clicking the apply now link.

What is an Indian Bank Probationary Officer exam?

The very first thing that all the candidates need to know about this recruitment is that this is not a direct recruitment notification. You are not going to hold the post of Probationary Officer right after getting qualifying all the stages of the recruitment process.

The candidates are supposed to qualify all the phases of this recruitment process and then have to undergo a nine months course along with a three months internship. The nine months course will take place at the Indian Bank Manipal School of Banking, in Bangalore and the three months internship will start after the completion of this campus program and will be held at any of the Indian Bank branches.

On successfully completing the whole twelve months course, the candidate will be given a postgraduate diploma degree in Banking and Finance. The course fee is Rs. 3,50,000/- or Rupees Three Lakhs and Fifty Thousand only. The candidate has the options to either pay the whole fees on their own or can take the educational loan from the Indian Bank.

Click here for official notification

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Important Dates

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Vacancy Details

Due to unknown reasons, the number of vacancies is not much this time. Indian Bank has released more than 400 vacancies this year. The vacancy details for this year for Indian Bank Probationary Officers are as follows:

• Exam Name – Indian Bank Probationary Officer 2018
• Exam Conducting Body – Indian Bank
• Post Name – Probationary Officer
• Exam Mode – Online
• Total Number of Vacancies – 417

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for this exam are the same as before, no changes have been observed. The eligibility criteria involve nationality eligibility, age limit eligibility, and educational qualification eligibility. You have to check the eligibility criteria before applying for the exam. In case you fill the form without checking the eligibility, and then found to be not eligible for the exam, then Indian Bank will disqualify your application.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Educational Qualification

1. Candidates who have passed their graduation from any recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized by the central government.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Age Limit

1. The age for General category candidates should be in between 20 years to 30 years.
2. Age relaxation of 5 years has been given to SC / ST candidates.
3. 3 years of age relaxation for OBC candidates.
4. Age relaxation of 10 years for PWD (Gen) candidates.
5. 15 years of age relaxation for PWD (SC / ST) candidates.
6. Age relaxation of 13 years for PWD (OBC) candidates.
7. J & K domicile person during the period from 01/ 01/ 1980 to 31/ 12/ 1989 will get age relaxation of 5 years.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Nationality

1. Candidates having a certificate of the citizen of India are eligible.
2. Candidates, who are the citizen of either Bhutan or Nepal or Bangladesh, are eligible only when they have a valid certificate stating that they have permanent intention to settle in India.

How to apply for Indian Bank Probationary Officer 2018 Exam?

1. Go to the official website. The link to the official website is given below.
2. Click on the “click here for new registration” option for the new registration process.
3. Enter all the required details.
4. After submitting the details successfully, you will receive your registration number and password on your registered mobile number and also on your registered email id.
5. You need to save this registration number and password for the future references.
6. Upload your photograph and signature.
7. Fill in all the required details and click on “submit” button.
8. Now, pay the fees.
9. Save the final submitted application either in the pdf format or take print out of it.

Click here to apply for Indian Bank PO recruitment

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Application Fees

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Selection Procedure

The Indian Bank Probationary Officer exam 2018 has been divided into 3 stages. First being the online preliminary examination, second is online mains examination and the last being the interview phase.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Preliminary Examination

The preliminary exam will be a computer-based test and will have a total of 100 questions of 100 marks. Each question will contain 1 mark. There will be three sections Reasoning, Aptitude, and English. Reasoning and Aptitude section will have 35 questions each and the English section will have 30 questions. The total time for the exam is 1 hours.

• There will negative marking in the preliminary examination.
• One-fourth of the marks allotted to the question will be deducted as negative marks.
• There will be sectional cut off.
• There will be an overall cut off.

Indian Bank Probationary Office Mains Examination

The mains exam is a combination of a computer-based objective test and a computer-based descriptive test. The objective exam will have a total of 155 questions for 200 marks. There will be four sections in the exam as – General / Economy and Banking Awareness, English Language, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Reasoning and Computer Aptitude. From these sections, General Awareness will contain 40 questions of 40 marks and has been allotted 35 minutes, the English Language will contain 35 questions of 40 marks and the time allotted is 40 minutes, Aptitude will have 35 questions for 60 marks with 45 minutes of time duration and Reasoning and Computers will have 45 questions for 60 marks with 60 minutes of time. The total time for the exam is 3 hours.

• There will be negative marking in the mains examination as well.
• There is no negative marking in the descriptive test.
• One-fourth of the marks allotted to the question will be deducted as negative marks.
• There will be sectional cut off.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Descriptive Test

The online descriptive test will have only two questions and there are going to an essay and a letter writing question. Both the questions have to be answered in English only. This computer-based descriptive test is named as Test of English Language. The total marks for this test will be 25 marks only and the time duration is of 30 minutes.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Interview

The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview are 40% for General and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates. The weightage (ratio) of the Main examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final score of candidates will be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination and Interview.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Syllabus

The syllabus for the Bank of Baroda online objective examination is given below.

Reasoning Ability

1. Seating Arrangement
2. Puzzles
3. Direction Sense
4. Inequalities
5. Syllogisms
6. Blood Relation
7. Coding – Decoding
8. Order and Ranking
9. Machine Input – Output
10. Data Sufficiency

Quantitative Aptitude

1. Number Series
2. Approximation
3. Simplification
4. Quadratic Equations
5. Data Interpretation
6. Profit and Loss
7. Probability
8. Problems on Ages
9. Speed, Time and Distance
10. Partnership
11. Time and Work
12. Averages
13. Ratio and Proportion

English Language

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Jumbled Paragraph
4. Sentence Restatement
5. Sentence Improvement
6. Error Detection
7. Vocabulary Based Questions
8. Fill in the Blanks

Computer Aptitude

1. History of Computers
2. Generation of Computers
3. Internet
4. Computer Memory
5. Introduction to Computer Organization
6. Computer Software
7. Computer Hardware
8. Input – Output Devices
9. Computer Languages
10. Operating Systems
11. Computer Networks
12. Basics of DBMS
13. MS Office Suite
14. Shortcut Keys
15. Number System and Conversion
16. Computer and Network Security

General/ Banking/ Economic Awareness

1. News related to RBI
2. Banking Awareness
3. Financial Awareness
4. National and International news
5. Awards
6. Sports
7. Defense
8. Summits
9. Appointments
10. Books and Authors
11. Obituary

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Fees Payment

The fees will be paid by online mode only. A candidate can pay his or her fees either from the following payment methods.

• Debit Cards
• Credit Cards
• Internet Banking
• IMPS
• Cash Cards
• Mobile Wallets

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Admit Card

Admit cards for the preliminary exam will be made available after the 24^th of September, 2018. The admit card for preliminary exam training will be available from Mid – September 2018.

Indian Bank Probationary Officer Result

Result for the preliminary exam will be declared on the 17^th of October, 2018. Mains result will be declared in the month of November – December 2018.