IBPS RRB Selection Procedure – Exam Pattern, Interview, DV

IBPS RRB Selection Procedure – Exam Pattern, Interview, Document Verification (DV)

It is very necessary for the candidates to know the selection procedure before preparing the exams for IBPS RRB. As all of you know that IBPS RRB Recruitment 2018 notification is out for posts – Group A – Officers (Scale I, II and III) & Group B – Office Assistant (Multiple Purpose). Examination will be held in different-2 shifts. Hence it becomes important for you to be well updated with selection procedure to provide a proper direction to your preparation for Exam of IBPS Officer.

IBPS RRB Selection Procedure

Candidates will be selected for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) on their performance in mains exam only. Provisional allotment for the post of Officer Scale I, II and III & Office Assistant will be done as per candidates rank in the merit list and number of vacancies reported by 56 participating Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2018 – Selection Procedure

Online Examination Structure

The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

A. Prelim Examination (objective)*

  • There will be two sections one of Reasoning and second one is of Numerical Ability.
  • Total time duration for both sections is composite time of 45 minutes.
  • Questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).
  • Medium of exam can be selected as either English or Hindi.
  • Candidates (for both posts) have to qualify in both the tests by securing minimum cut-off marks. Adequate number
    of candidates in each category, depending upon requirements, will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Officer Assistant (Multipurpose)

Test Name No. of Qus. Max Marks
Reasoning 40 40
Numerical Ability 40 40
Total 80 80

Officer Scale – I

Test Name No. of Qus. Max Marks
Reasoning 40 40
Quantitative Aptitude 40 40
Total 80 80

B. Main Examination

  • Total time for IBPS RRB Main Exam is composite time of 2 hours.
  • Either section English Language or Hindi Language will be selective for candidates.

Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Test Name Medium No. of Qus Max. Marks
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50
Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 50
General Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English Language* English 40 40
Hindi Language* Hindi 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200

Officer Scale-I

Test Name Medium No. of Qus Max. Marks
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50
Quantitative Aptitude Hindi/English 40 50
General Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English Language* English 40 40
Hindi Language* Hindi 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200

C. Single Level Examination

Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)

  • Total time for IBPS RRB Single Level Exam – General Banking Officer is composite time of 2 hours.
  • Either section English Language or Hindi Language will be selective for candidates.
Test Name Medium No. of Qus Max. Marks
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation Hindi/English 40 50
Financial Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English Language* English 40 40
Hindi Language* Hindi 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200

Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre)

  • Total time for IBPS RRB Single Level Exam – Specialist Cadre is composite time of 2 hours and 30 Minutes.
  • Either section English Language or Hindi Language will be selective for candidates.
  • Total number of questions is 240.
  • Total marks for Specialist Cadre is 200.
Test Name Medium No. of Qus Max. Marks
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation Hindi/English 40 50
Financial Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English Language* English 40 20
Hindi Language* Hindi 40 20
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Professional Knowledge Hindi/English 40 40
Total 240 200

Officer Scale-III

  • Total time for IBPS RRB Single Level Exam – Officer Scale-III is composite time of 2 hours.
  • Either section English Language or Hindi Language will be selective for candidates.
Test Name Medium No. of Qus Max. Marks
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation Hindi/English 40 50
Financial Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English Language* English 40 40
Hindi Language* Hindi 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200

Penalty For Wrong Answer

  • It is applicable to all – Preliminary, Main and Single Level Examinations.
  • There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests.
  • For each question for which a wrong answer has
    been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.

Score Obtained In Online Examination

  • The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using
    equipercentile method.
  • Scores upto two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculation.
  • For the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) – Marks Obtained only in the Main Examination will be considered for Final Merit Listing.
  • For the post of Officers Scale I Marks obtained only in the main examination will be considered for shortlisting for Interview and Final Merit Listing.
  • For the post of Officers Scale II (Generalist and Specialist)and Scale III – Marks obtained in the single level examination will be considered for shortlisting for Interview and Final Merit Listing.

D. Interview

  • It is applicable only for post of Officers (Scale I, II and III).
  • Candidates who have been shortlisted in the main examination for the post of Officers Scale I and in the single
    level examination for the post of Officers Scale II and III under CRP- RRB-VII will subsequently be called for an
    Interview to be co-ordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Bank with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with the appropriate authority.
  • Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter.
  • The total marks allotted for Interview are 100.
  • The minimum qualifying marks / scores in interview for Officers Scale I, II and III will not be less than 40% (35% for SC / ST/OBC/PWD candidates).

E. Document Verification

Candidates have to produced the original and self-attested photocopies in support of the candidate’s eligibility and identity are to be invariably submitted.

F. Provisional Allotment

On completion of the interview process / main examination, depending on the vacancies to be filled in as per the business needs of the RRBs and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the RRBs, based on merit-cum-preference keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, various guidelines issued by Govt. of India/Others from time to time, administrative exigency, etc.

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  1. Sir its been a long time since I amhave been waiting for the date of document verification when will this procedure happen.and when will the final result come

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