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The   IBPS Specialist Officers Common Written Examination 2015   has been announced by Institute of banking personnel selection making it ...

IBPS Specialist Officer Common Written Exam 2015 Notification

The IBPS Specialist Officers Common Written Examination 2015 has been announced by Institute of banking personnel selection making it the first banking test to happen in the year 2015. 

Dates:
Online Registrations/ Applications from November 18 to December 09, 2014
Date of written exam (computer based) – February 14 & 15, 2015

Eligibility

The criteria for registrants to fulfill are listed below for each discipline (as on Nov 2014)

* For all scale I posts, the age is to be between 20 & 30 years & no work experience required
* Must posses the following educational qualifications,

I.T.Officer
Must have 4 year engineering degree in UG or PG in IT/Comp. science/ Comp.applications/ Electronics/ ECE/E & I/ E & T OR Any degree with DOEACC level ‘B’ certificate.
Agriculture field officer
4 yr Degree in agriculture or subjects related to agri. sciences.
HR/ Personnel officer
Any UG & PG degree or diploma in Personnel management/ Industrial relations/ HRD/Social work/ Labour law
Marketing officer
Any degree & 2 yr MBA (marketing)/ PGDBA/ PGDBM  with marketing specialization
Law Officer
Degree in Law (LLB) & enrolled as advocate in Bar council

* Applicants (except IT officer) should have studied computers/ IT as a subject in high school/ college or any institute & hold a degree/ diploma or certificate.





Testing Methods
IBPS had taken the online route for PO & clerical CWEs. Similarly specialist officer examination would also be a computer based test thereby replacing coding sheets.But there is no change in exam pattern compared to previous year.
  • Online written exam to be conducted at various centres in India in February 2015
  • With 200 objective questions totalling 200 marks & duration of 120 minutes - 0.25 negative marks shall be awarded for every wrong answer.
A paper/ section on ‘Professional knowledge’ would have questions from the subject related to the post you apply (Agriculture for agri field officers,Computers & IT for IT officer,Marketing for marketing officer etc.,)

Suggested Books:

.Listed below are some good reference materials for each post:
   
  


Application:
Even though you are eligible for all positions, application must be submitted for any one post.Fee of Rs.100 (SC/ST) or Rs.600 (others) must be paid between Nov 18 – Dec 09 via
Online – through netbanking, credit/ debit cards.The facility is made available at the IBPS website itself.
As proof of successful payment do not forget to print the e-receipt after funds transfer.These original receipts should be handed over at the exam venue.
  • After collecting the necessary details, proceed to submit the online  application form given at www.ibps.in
  • If registered successfully, you will receive an email or sms with a reg. number & password that must be noted to download or print call letters in future.
Unlike previous years, one cannot remit the fees at any other banks by visiting its branch.All applicants should pay their registration fee only through online means.

Read carefully
>> Those interested in IBPS Specialist officers common exam 2015 are to download the notification from their official website here (pdf file) & proceed to apply online here