02 Nov 2010
Type: Employment Notices
Oriental Bank Of Commerce (OBC)- A leading Public Sector Bank Invites Applications From Indian Citizens for 322 Posts of Probationary Officers.
Online applications invited from Indian citizens for 322 posts of probationary officers
IMPORTANT DATES
Candidates are requested to apply on-line between 11.10.2010 and 10.11.2010 only through Bank’s website www.obcindia.co.in. No other means/mode of application will be accepted
Opening date for online registration: 11.10.2010
Closing date for on-line registration (Including those from far-flung areas): 10.11.2010
Date of written examination: 26.12.2010
Probationary Officer; scale- JMGS-I; pay scale-Rs 14500-25700/-; number of vacancy-322; age as on 01.10.2010 minimum age 21 years, maximum 30 years
Reservation: SC 53; ST 23; OBC 85; General 161; Total 322
Eligibility criteria
Nationality/citizenship: A candidate must be either (i) a citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or (iii) a subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the govt of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/interview conducted by the Bank/IBPS but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the govt of India
Educational qualification: Minimum 60% marks for science graduates (55% for SC/ST/PWD) and 55% for graduates in other streams (50% for SC/ST/PWD) in aggregate from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the govt of India with the same percentages as stipulated above
Candidates with additional qualifications as MBA, CA, CFA, MCA etc shall be preferred
The candidate must possess the requisite educational qualification as on 01.10.2010
Computer literacy; the basic knowledge in operating computer systems in windows mode, knowledge of MS-word/office, spread sheets like MS-Excel and Internet and E-mail familiarity is an essential qualification which a candidate must either possess before joining the bank services or acquire the same within a period of 6 months of joining the bank, in case the candidate is selected for appointment. For this purpose, the candidate is required to submit a certificate in support of this computer related qualification
Age: Minimum age 21 years, maximum age 30 years as on 01.10.2010 i.e. applicants should have been born between 30.09.1980 and 01.10.1989 (both days inclusive)
Relaxation in upper age limit: SC/ST candidates by 5 years; Ex-servicemen and commissioned officers including ECOs/SSCOs by 5 years; OBC candidates by 3 years; all persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of J&K state during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 by 5 years; PwD category candidates by 15 years for SC/ST, by 13 years for OBC, by 10 years for General
The interested eligible employees of oriental bank of commerce may also apply through proper channel
Selection procedure: The selection will be made on the basis of performance in written test and interview. The details of the written test shall be communicated to the candidates in advance
Written Test
Objective tests (duration 135 minutes): General Awareness; English; Quantitative Aptitude; Reasoning
The candidates shall be required to qualify in each objective test as per cut-off marks determined on the basis of group performance in each test subject to minimum 40% marks (35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PwD candidates) in aggregate out of 200 marks of the objective test
Wrong answers given in the objective test will result in negative marks
Descriptive test: It will consist of 4 questions out of which the candidates are required to attempt 3 questions only. The test will be of 60 marks (i.e. 20 marks for each question). The minimum passing marks would be 40% for general category candidates and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwD candidates
Time duration for the test will be 45 minutes. However, the test will be only qualifying and the marks obtained therein shall not be reckoned for preparing the merit list. The candidates shall have the option to answer the descriptive test either in English or Hindi
Written test centres: The written test for probationary officers will be scheduled at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters
Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi
Request for change of centre of examination shall not be entertained
Bank reserves the right to cancel any of the centres and/or add some other centres, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc. The bank also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any of the centres other than the one he/she has opted for
Call letters for the written examination: All eligible candidates will be issued call letters by the Bank at the correspondence address given by the candidate in the application form. The duplicate call letters can be downloaded from the banks website between 20.12.2010 and 25.12.2010
for complete information check out www.obcindia.co.in
Contact Address:
Oriental Bank of Commerce
(A Government of India undertaking)
Head Office: Human Resource Development Department, Harsha Bhawan, E-Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001
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