Application form by post/courier/hand/e-mail will not be accepted
Probationary officer; grade/scale-JMG scale-I; Rs 14,500-27,700/-; age as on 01st January, 2011 minimum 21 years, maximum 30 years
DA/HRA/CCA etc will be paid as per Bank’s rules in force from time to time depending upon place of posting. Medical/LTC/defined contributory retirement benefit scheme, gratuity etc will be admissible as per Bank’s rules
Eligibility criteria
Nationality/citizenship: A candidate must be either (i) a citizen of India; or (ii) a subject of Nepal; or (iii) 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, Ethopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (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 but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificates has been issued to him by the govt of India
Relaxation in upper age limit: SC/ST 5 years; OBC 3 years; In the case of Ex- service commissioned Officers, including ECOs/SSCOs, who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or on invalidment 5 years; Persons domiciled in Kashmir Division of Jammu & Kashmir State during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 5 years; Officers serving in the Regional Rural Banks and who have put in a minimum of 5 years of service 5 years; PwD category 10 years; The children/family members of those who died in 1984 riots 5 years
Minimum educational qualifications: (as on 01st January, 2011): Graduate in any discipline with minimum 55% marks (for SC/ST/PC 50%) in aggregate from a university recognized by govt of India
Essential computer qualification like diploma in computer operation from NIIT, SSI, Aptech, CMC, Doeacc course/certificate (O/A/B/C) level etc
SELECTION PROCEDURE
Selection procedure: The selection process will comprise written test and interview
Written test: The written test will comprise objective tests on test of reasoning ability; quantitative aptitude; general awareness with special reference to banking industry; computer knowledge and English language
The passing marks in each of the tests will be decided by the bank on the basis of the performance of all the competing candidates taken together in each test to a minimum required level. Candidates have to pass in each of the objective test separately. Candidates are also required to score a minimum 40% cut-off (35% for SC/ST/OBC) marks in aggregate to be considered for being called for interview. Bank reserves the right to vary cut-off marks
There will be separate cut-off marks for reserved category candidates with relaxed standards
Other details regarding the written test will be given in the information booklet which will be available in the bank’s website along with the call letter for the written test
There will be negative marks for the wrong answers in the objective tests
Interview: Depending upon the number of vacancies only a certain number of candidates from among those who qualify by ranking sufficiently high in merit on the basis of aggregate marks in the written test will be called for the interview. The candidate has to secure minimum passing marks in the interview
Selection will be made on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written test and interview taken together and will be strictly according to the descending order of merit
In case of similar marks secured by two or more candidates the merit order of such group of candidates will be as per their aggregate written test marks and further as per their date of birth (i.e. more senior in age will be placed first before less senior in age)
Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitle a candidate to be called for written test/ interview. The Bank also reserves the right to shortlist candidates to be considered for interview on the basis of qualification, work experience, age or any other suitable criteria. The bank reserves the rights to alter, modify or change any of the other terms and conditions spelt out in this advertisement, including selection criteria for passing/method and procedure for selection
Written test: 17th April, 2011, Sunday
Date of examination is tentative. The exact date will be communicated to the candidates through call letter for written examination to be downloaded by the candidates. The Bank, however, reserves the right to cancel or make any change in the date of examination, if need arises
The written tests for Probationary Officers will be scheduled at the following centers and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letter
Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi
Request for change of centre of Examination shall not be entertained. The Bank, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the centers and/ or add other centres, depending on the response, administrative feasibility, exigencies etc. The Bank also reserves the right to allot the candidate at any centre other than the one he/she has opted for and to waive any of the criteria looking at the requirement and exigencies
Probation period for probationary officers: Two years
The candidate will remain initially on probation for a period of two years from the date of joining in the Bank’s service which may be extended at the Bank’s discretion. The confirmation to the permanent establishment of the bank will be considered as applicable in the terms of service regulations provided the work, conduct, general ability are found to be of the standard required by the Bank
Pre-examination training: It is proposed to impart free pre-examination training to a limited number of candidates belonging to SC/ST/minority communities on first come first served basis at Lucknow, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Chandigarh. Training centers may also be changed at the discretion of the bank. An eligible candidate who wishes to avail pre-examination training should fill in the relevant column in the application format. Expenses regarding traveling, boarding, lodging etc will be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-examination training programme at the concerned training center
Call letters for pre-examination training: All eligible candidates will be required to download their call letter from the bank’s website. An eligible candidate who fails to download the call letter may contact at the Zonal offices attached to the training centre with the original matriculate level certificate, coloured photograph, ID card, details of his/her name, address along with the Xerox copy of the on-line application form for the post applied for and details of fee deposited for obtaining duplicate call letter
HOW TO APPLY
How to apply: Candidates are required to apply on-line through website www.allahabadbank.in. No other means/mode of application will be accepted
Candidates are required to have a valid personal e-mail ID. It should be kept active during the currency of this recruitment project. Bank will be sending call letters for pre-examination training, written test, Interview etc through the recorded e-mail ID. Under no circumstances, he/she should share/mention e-mail ID to/of any other person
In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her new e-mail ID before applying on-line
Applicants are first required to go to the Bank’s website www.allahabadbank.in and click on the home page open the link recruitment
Thereafter, open the recruitment notification titled Allahabad Bank Probationary officers recruitment project-2011-12
Take a print of the entire recruitment notification, including the fees payment challan
Fill in the fee payment challan in a clear and legible handwriting in block letters
Go to the nearest Allahabad Bank branch with the fee payment challan and pay, in cash, (deposit open from 01st February, 2011 to 01st March, 2011) in the designated account no in the name and style of Allahabad bank probationary officers project-2011-12
The details of fee: SC/ST/PwD Rs 50/-; General/OBC Rs 400/-
Obtain both i.e. the candidate’s and examination hall copy of the fee payment challan duly receipted by the Bank with (a) branch name and code number, (b) journal number, (c) date of deposit and amount filled by the branch official
Candidates are now ready to apply on-line by re-visiting the recruitment option on the Bank’s website and going to the option click here to apply online under Allahabad bank probationary officers recruitment project-2011-12 to open up the appropriate on-line application format
