IBPS has released the results for Common Interviews conducted between Jan 14 - 31, 2013 for PO-MT CWE 2012 for which written test was conducted on June 17.
Vacancies Statement
IBPS on Feb 05, announced a total of 22415 PO Vacancies in 20 Participating banks. It was the first time ever that so many vacancies were announced altogether. Candidates that attended common interviews were excited at the news of number of vacancies.
Common Interviews and Results
As per official data, around 63000 candidates were qualified out of over 7 lakh that appeared in the common written exam on June 17. Again, around 20 % were absent during interviews so about 50000 attended the interviews.
Also, about 4000 could not qualify the interview so final merit has about 46000 candidates. Looking at the vacancies (22415 Total), we find that one out of every two candidates passing in both Written and interview would get the job in any of banks. The Interview Results can be seen from here.
Interview Scores calculation
Interview scores are normalized from total 100. Many candidates have queries about how their score is calculated. We are showing how the marks are calculated and normalized to 100.
The weightage for written and Interview is 80:20 respectively. So out of 100, 80 marks are for written and 20 for Interview.
While the written was of total 250 marks and interview was of total 100 Marks. So marks for written were converted from 250 to out of 80 and interview marks were converted from 100 to out of 20.
The formula used is - ((CWE Marks/250)*80) + ((Interview Marks/100)*20).
For example, if your written marks were 160 and interview marks are 60. Then your total score out of 100 would be - ((160/250)*80) + ((60/100)*20)= 63.2
Expected Final Selection Cut-Off Marks
Here is the interesting part, our experts analyzed the scenario and reached upon a conclusion of Cut-off marks for final selection in each category and we are showing them.
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Category Vacancies Number of Candidates passing in Both CWE and Interview Cut-Off Marks for Selection Expected Cut-Off Marks after Reduction due to Various Factors** (See Note Below)
General 11058 21460 60.28 58
OBC 6062 14842 59.32 57
SC 3409 6988 56.16 53
ST 1886 2169 47.68 45
Total 22415 46123 (With 664 PWD)
Note:-
* The Above data is based upon the assumption that every qualified candidate in the category opts for a vacancy. However that is not the case, there a few variations as noted here -
1. Many candidates qualified in IBPS PO are also selected in SSC CGL 2012 Exam which will be preferred in most cases by candidates. So, many candidates won't opt for the IBPS PO vacancy.
2. Many Reserved Category candidates will be considered for General Category due to improper certificates or due to candidate's own choice. So Cut-offs in general may go higher and those in Other categories may go lower than these expectations.
3. Some candidates may get disqualified due to some reasons.
* So we expect candidates with following cut-offs may expect selection in first go - General - 58, OBC - 57, SC - 53, ST - 45.
* Again, it is to be noted that there will be subsequent waitlists issued by IBPS till March 2014. So, candidates below these marks may expect selection through those Waitlists to be issued later. For cut-offs for selection through Waitlists, reduce 2 % from cutoff marks for corresponding category.
The Road Ahead
Candidates will now feed their preferences among the participating banks from Feb 20 - 28 and the allotments will be in march.
Afterwards, common interviews for Clerical CWE - II in April will follow. There will be around 1 lakh candidates competing for about 30000 clerical Vacancies.
All The Best!!
