The online examination for the next Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers cadre posts tentatively scheduled in January 2017.
The tentative schedule of events is as follows: Event Tentative Dates. This is based on Employment news. Please refer to ibps website for any updates to the schedule.
| Event | Date |
| Online Registration including edit/modification of application of candidates | 16.11.2016 to 02.12.2016 |
| Payment of Application Fees- Online | 16.11.2016 to 02.12.2016 |
| Download of Call letter for Examination | After 16.01.2017 |
| Online Examination (Tentative dates)- some/ all/ additional dates as the need arises | 28.01.2017 & 29.01.2017 |
| Declaration of result status of examination (CWE) | 16.02.2017 |
| Download of call letters for Interview After | 24.02.2017 |
| Conduct of Interview | March 2017 |
| Provisional Allotment | On or after 01.04.2017 |
Structure of online Common Written Examination(CWE):
| Sl No | Name of the Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning | 50 | * | 30 minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 50 | * | 25 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | * | 30 minutes |
| 4 | Professional Knowledge | 50 | * | 35 minutes |
| Total | 200 | 80 | 120 minutes |
The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
Negative marking: 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.If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
CUTOFF SCORE: The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method. Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.
INTERVIEW: Candidates who have been shortlisted in the examination for CRP SPL-VI will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and coordinated by the nodal banks with the help of IBPS. Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ ST/OBC/PWD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online CWE (exam) and interview will be 80:20. The combined final scores of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in CWE (SPL-VI) and Interview. Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed. A candidate should qualify both in the CWE and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent allotment process, details of which will be available subsequently on IBPS website. Candidates should have the required documents mentioned in IBPS website while attending the interview.
As the competition is increasing continuously we recommend you to take as many sample tests as possible. This will help you in practising time management and help you in identifying your strength and weakness. Below are some of the previous year model question papers to practice.
| RBI Grade B | IBPS PO Main Exam | IBPS PO Prelims |
| IBPS Clerk Prelims | IBPS SO IT | SBI ASSO PO |
Below are some of the useful link which can be referred for preparing competitive exams.
| General Knowledge | Current Affairs | General Computer Science |
| General English | General Maths | General Science |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | Sample Question Papers |
As competition increases, constant preparation is required to successfully clear this exam. We wish you all the best for upcoming exams.
