MAIN EXAMINATION

The structure of the Main Examination which will be conducted online is as follows:

Please note that candidates will not be permitted to appear for the Examination without the following documents:

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(1)Valid Call Letter for the respective date and session of Examination

(2)Photo-identity proof (as specified) in original bearing the same name as it appears on the call letter/ application form and

(3)Photocopy of photo-identity proof (as mentioned in (2) above)

Candidates reporting late i.e. after the reporting time specified on the call letter for Examination will not be permitted to take the examination.

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination)

There may 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 may be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there may be no penalty for that question.

Examination Centres

a.The examination will be conducted in venues across many centres in India. The tentative list of Centres for examination is available in Annexure-I.

b.The Bank reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for.

c.No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained.

d.Candidate will appear for the examinations at an Examination Centre at his/her own risk and expenses and Bank will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.

e.Any unruly behavior/misbehavior in the examination hall may result in cancellation of candidature/ disqualification from future exams conducted by the Bank

Scores

∙The final scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method.

∙Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations

Cutoff Score

Each candidate may be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs may be decided and candidates may be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online Main examination would not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.

INTERVIEW

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Main examination may subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Bank. The intimation will be sent by email and sms to the registered email ID and mobile number. Interviews will be conducted at selected centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter. Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from the Bank’s website. Please note that any request regarding change in date, centre etc. of interview will not be entertained. Disclaimer on non receipt with directions to keep checking website for updates.

All candidates called for the Interview should produce originals of all prescribed documents mentioned in the call letter. Those candidates who fail to produce prescribed originals of documents will not be allowed to participate in the interview. The Bank takes no responsibility to receive/ collect any certificate/remittance/ document sent separately.

The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview is 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.