How many marks are required in interview to get job in IBPS PO-3?

Thank you Mr. Ramandeep Singh for your reply, even though you didn't share the content. I agree that marking system has changed now compared to last year, but it is in CWE not in Interview. I compared both scores to give idea that everyone has chance to clear irrespective. Thank you again for reading and commenting back.

Hello sir i have 40% in graduation they can through me out in interve coz of less marks or thy will consider my written n interview marks

Thank you for your feedback.

Formal 1 or 2 question may arise from your previous experience, if it is not related to banking. One common question is why you need to shift from physiotherapy to Banking. However your experience will not be counted as both are no where related to each other.

90 and above too is possible if you can express your knowledge in your answers and also by showing your confident by the way you sit and by the way you talk. Talking in sense not very aggressively nor saying sorry for everything. The former shows that you are over confident and later will show that your lacking confidence. Ultimately you need to convince that your presence in the bank will be useful by one way or other. Combination of above mentioned all should give you 90, if not 80 for sure.

Good Luck. Prepare Well.

Waah Bhai Jatin Dua badhiya score hai tera!! Good Keep it up!!

Thank you for the feedback. It values.

I didn't say that left over were added, I just said it MAY be added. The reason is more than 5000 seats were left after first allotment and one can be very sure that not all will be filled. IBPS has also issued a notice regarding subsequent allotment after round 2 (you can check that in IBPS site) stating that that no further allotment will be made. So it is very sure that left over vacancies, even if they are marginal will be added this year. I would like to give another example, last year many RRB's after filling PO happened to lose their allotted candidates as many resigned once PO allotment was done. So during that time it was said that they have to add the left over seats next year even after calling the waiting list candidates.[ You can file RTI to the bank which had maximum vacancies in second allotment asking them, how many were filled and what they are going to do with the unfilled seats].

You are welcome.

First of all thank you for your feedback. You are absolutely right that this time absolute score is taken rather than weighed score. TWSS was not done this time. But what implications do you think that it is going to make on candidates? Even in fact the difference between scores of candidates has got narrow compared to previous year. I mean to say that most of the candidates fall in the region of 65 to 80 (a difference of 15 marks). You are also right that we cannot blindly tell that the ratio is 1:3 as there is no official data. In fact when we consider the reservation, the ratio will be more for UR as many reservation candidates will also fall into this category and the same may be less when we go down the order. The 1:3 ratio which I mentioned is something without considering the reservation. The ratio 1:2 which I said in the later part of the article is after removing the candidates who didn't turn to interview and others who failed in interview. This is also an assumption, which happens usually in all exams. This may turn wrong, if there is 100% attendance and more candidates cross the minimum threshold in interview.
Finally coming to the RTI, it was in last December Central Information Commission, has declared IBPS as a public authority. But still there is no suo motto disclosure from them.One option is that we can file an RTI to department of financial services requesting the same, it is their duty to forward it to concern authority. I don't think they will not give information like no of candidates passed, ratio called upon for interview as they no where going to hurdle the process of selection in further stage unless and until any irregularities are there.
I have already made a draft RTI requesting these details and I have planned to send it directly to IBPS in the address mentioned by them in contact page in the site. Let me wait for 30 days, if not I will proceed ahead as they are now supposed to give information as they were already made public authority.
If I missed to answer anything. Post a reply, I will get back to it.

Agree!!!!

And a very straight point is there which i would like to mention.....


.why they (ibps) have called a 61 marks student or a border line performer.....bcoz they have done their calculation.....according to their past experiance they know that even the cutoff qualified student has a chance to get selected in final list....

Nd no body can say % of chances when students asks such questions on diffrent sites bcoz whatever they have scored but we dont know them persnly how good they are....so keeping it simple nd start perparing for interview is the best thing anybody can do...

Bang on Anonymous (9th December @ 1:25 pm) but somehow people are too worried about a 'safe score'..

To Ganesh Sir..All inquisitions answered..Thankfully it was an interaction and not a monologue which is the case in many other blogs..Waiting for the interviews to commence..Keep up the good work sir..
Warm Regards,
An Eternal Optimist :)

I am planning to come out with a article in the same. Please wait for some time. Meanwhile, other readers can share their ideas and views regarding interview.

Sir write a comment about this year chance of rrb gbo vacancies.. im shortlisted 4 intervw..not get scorecard... im really worried.. my mom also...

Good Luck

When I gave RRB PO interview they concluded my interview by asking question in chemistry which is very basic. It depends on the board and if someone in the board is expert in IT there is chance that he may ask 1 or 2 question from IT. But I am sure it will be very basic question. Because you are not recruited for specialist officer, but for PO. Prepare yourself with respect to banking and areas of current affairs which is more or less related with any of the activities of banking. I will come out with a article very soon about basic guideline for interview. Keep following.

Do not worry about all these paper problems, unless and until you have given information which cannot be corrected. If someone has cleared his degree which is not approved or if he has claimed fake reservation then his candidature will be cancelled. Let me answer your questions point by point,
Question 1: It doesn't matter how many years you took, your ability is proved by you in the CWE. But prepare yourself to answer the same if a positive way if it is asked in interivew.
Question 2 : You can correct it during certificate verification.
Question 3: Same like above, you can correct it during certificate verification.
All the best.

Thank you so much..It means a lot to me.

First of all, how did you come to a conclusion that 80 will be the best? Secondly, I just compared last year marks and this year marks just to claim one strong point. However the calculations are made, everyone has chance. But last time TWSS was done giving a weighted score and this time it was absolute score. Because of this reason,in the very beginning of the article I have clearly mentioned that the difference this time will be NARROW and DOB may play a vital role atleast for a negligible amount of candidates.
You have also questioned whether I am serious as final cut off will be less than 45. Why not if written cut off is just 30% even for UR? But it is true to some extent, that UR candidates will have tougher time and for them being in 61 to 68 will be crucial. Just on a softer side, is your score above 68?

Ganesh Ji,

I came to the 80 conclusion from your reply for a post above - "90 and above too is possible ........ if not 80 for sure"

My score is not above 68 but in the crucial zone of 61-68, that too 65!!!

It's just like " I passed yet still failed "
With 65 even if I score a 80(rarest chance) in interview my total score would be 42!!!

I don't think cut-off could be that low as max students are between 70-90 in CWE, for just 65 marks in interview they are sure to sit above those who have scored 61-68 + also would have given the best shot at interview(80/100)!!!!

For the final cut-off to be as low as 40 so that even the person scoring just 61 has a chance is nearly impossible.

I reiterate that those having 61-68 in CWE would have 1 in a million chance of making the merit list for UR category!!!!

Ganesh u r just an idiot. If IBPS is to give such high cut off for allotment then whats the use of making 61 as cutoff for written. Its a competition and even if u have score 61 and u r qualified u definitely have chance for allotment. Yes its sure that for score of 61 your interview marks should be above 80. The final cut off will be just above 40 marks.Note my words.

@Sameera : Hey Genius (Self proclaimed), open ur eyes and read before commenting. Note my words. I haven't said it is impossible.

Of course me too in government services. Others who are also in government and banking services will we be very much aware that what happens in interview is not the same after you get allotted. I am not going to get anything just by giving fake information. To be very sure, she said to me that she got a beautiful baby girl in the last week of March, 2013. So I am very sure that she was pregnant during interview. Also in interview whether you can or cannot, everyone accepts all the conditions laid down. So she didn't reveal any of her difficulty to move to other states during the interview. But when she was allotted Dena Bank, she gave excuse stating the above mentioned reason. In the second allotment, she was given syndicate bank in Tamil Nadu. All those who got selected in syndicate bank took their initial training in Manipal, even for that she gave request to Syndicate bank. Her request was accepted and she was given training in Chennai (I do know what other training was going on that time). I have shared a true incident and its up to you to believe or not. After all in government/ banking services conditions are more before you join and not after.

no hard feeling but still I have doubt as to medical examination so wot abt that.

What's the problem with medical examination?

well I had doubt as some get rejected for medical grounds so ur friend might have gone thru that process and wot kind of medical examination is conducted by bank it is intensive as my relative said its just routine check up u go thru but I want to know how it is conducted and how branches are allotted by bank means there might be some criteria

when u r going to come up article 4 interview

Medical is not that critical as it happens in defense or other police services. Allotment to branches purely depends on the needs of the bank and no prediction/calculation works here. But, many employees ask for transfer to particular branch in the later stage which is accepted too, but not in the initial stage except rare cases. Who know's influence too might play some role.
Well, with respect to the interview article, it will be out within this week. Just busy with my official schedule, I will make sure that it is posted within this week.

thanks

Whether some one accepts or not. I strongly believe irrespective of marks if a candidate is doing extremely well in interview convincing the interview board in all facets. He will be brought to the safe zone to assure a job. After all communication and human relation values more in bank compared to his knowledge.

Good Luck.

I personally don't have idea about what will be asked in GBO Scale 2, any wrong information may misguide you. Regarding IBPS PO, I am coming out with article very soon. Keep tracking the page.

yes GITA..... ur calculation is correct....iske upar to nahi jaani cuttoff...isse kam bhale hi chali jaaye...

JATIN

That's a fine calculation. If 44.2 is the total cutoff then what about this scenario? People who scored above 88 in written exam will have the total marks as ((88/200 * 100)=44 now itself. So even if they score pass mark in interview would they pass?
On the lighter side, the topper ie. 135 (verified) must have got his/her total as 66.5 now itself.. So even with 0 in interview, that is job is secured :) :)

The topper has great chance, but the job is not secured as you mentioned.
First of all there is a minimum passing mark in interview too. It is 40% for UR and 35% for others. Hopefully he might do well in interview too, but he need a pass. Secondly, he need clear certificate verification which also plays a vital role. Any fake information might affect.

@gita :ur analysis of total cutoff not being more than44.4 is wrong.....since 61 marks cutoff was calculated to include 57000 applicants....but total cutoff will be decided to include just one third of them all........

Good Luck

I think most of you are confused with the previous year cut off. Whatever cut off for PO2 mentioned has no relevance with PO3 marks. PO2 Cut off was 135 out 250 and the final marks was calculated accordingly. This year cut off was low and final cut off will also reduce. Do not correlate last year final cut off and this year marks and come into a conclusion that you need so and so marks to get selected.

Thanks for your response and info sir.Just wanted to know the procedure of total marks calculation after interview.

As in the case of many i was also getting worried after hearing from many around me that a score below 70 is not even worth attending the interview.So just wanted to be a bit sure about the fact that even i have fair chance.And after reading ur post and reply i feel confident enough.I hope i make it through.

What about the age factor sir? .Will a senior candidate in age be given preference over an younger candidate with the same marks? (I am 27yrs Old).Also i am a Btech Mechanical Engineering Graduate with about 1 year job experience.Will that be an added advantage?

Age will be a factor if their is tie in marks. Just go across notification, it is mentioned there too. I will share another calculation, your score is 68 in General category. Let us assume another candidate has scored 78. Now you both have difference of 10 marks. But only 80% of written marks in calculated, so his(78) score will become 31.2 and yours will become 27.2, so the gap between you both reduces to just 4 marks. Now if that person scores 60 marks in interview, he will carry 12 marks and if you are scoring 80 in interview, you will carry 16 marks. So the gap is nullified as both of you have same score. If he is 24 and you are 27, so considering the age factor you will be preferred. That's why I said, this time difference will be narrow and everybody has great chance. It is the interview marks which is going to play crucial role. Also the interview marks will include decimal too as the marks are allotted by the interview board of more than 2 member in minimum.

Thank you sir. That really did soothe my nerves.

Dear Vivek,
Reasons need to be valid. She gave a try last year, by sending a letter explaining all the possible reasons for not able to join. It is luck and availability of vacancy by which she was called. Personally when you ask me the reason what you say may not be accepted by the authorities. However, in larger interest, I will share very soon how she managed to send a letter to get allotted in subsequent round.

No. Do not compare last year cut off. It was shared just to show the scenario of IBPS PO 2. Cut off in 2012 was 135 out of 250. To make it simple it was 54% last year, but this time it was 30.5%. Just see the difference. So the 80% portion of written will also come down, making the cut off also to come down. So do not correlate last year cut off with this year marks as I mentioned earlier. In fact I told, this year the difference will be narrow and 66 in OBC is a decent score this year. Just give your best, you will be in.

TWSS was not done this time, so do not get confused or break your head for this. If you wish to understand that just for knowledge purpose then let me share a link which throws light on this subject. Secondly, it is very common that UR candidates have tough fight and the vacancy ratio increases as many candidates in reservation also fall into the merit list. This in fact makes the cut off less for other categories, as the UR is based on marks. Let me give you an example, let us assume that a company has 10 vacancies, 5 for UR, 3 for OBC, 1 for SC and 1 for ST. Let us consider, for this vacancy about 100 candidates gave written examination and the company has though to call to 30 candidates for interview based on their marks. In the ranking list of the 100 candidates, if the top 10 spots UR spots are equally taken over by reserved and UR candidates, then the cut off for UR will be more as only 5 in the top 10 are UR candidates, the 6th person in spite of good marks may fall out. At the same time, cut off for reservation will come down as candidates in reservation with good marks enter into UR list as a result cut off is brought down. Here is the link to understand about TWSS - bankexamstoday.com/2013/11/how-ibps-tws-is-calculated.html

It depends on how you answer it. Just like you many other candidates are going to arrive. If you ask me personally, I don't think it will have more impact if your performance is good. Secondly being a girl it is acceptable if you can answer it adding suitable prefix and suffix. Do not worry, if you think you can hide there is nothing in hiding, if you wish to say, make sure it reaches them softly. Secondly, it is clearly mentioned even in notification that age factor will be considered. In case of a tie, the one who is senior will be preferred.

Thank you sir for ur reply. But one doubt still exist. No preference to experienced candidates in interview? I belongs to general category.

Since you said that you are already employed in corporation bank, I personally feel that you should have a edge over other candidates. You can expect your questions in interview more or less related to banking industry, your past experience and so on. This should give you immense opportunity to showcase your ability to them, which in turn yields you good mark. But not to threaten you, it may also affect your marks if you fail to answer some basic questions in your day to day banking life from your experience as it gives them a wrong clue that you didn't learn or undergo your training well. It is not to threaten you, but to make you safe. But for sure you have edge over others, but I am not sure whether any special marks are provided for candidates with banking experience.

Thank you so much sir for your valuable suggestions.

Difference in toughness of papers are marginally adjusted this time too. No one knows as of now, why they didn't do TWSS after all it is their policy decision. Filing an RTI can give the solution, but not sure whether IBPS will reply as they have not nominated their PIO till date showing the writ petition they filed in Delhi High court.

You are right.

Don't go talking like a parrot. If there are 4 male and 1 female interviewers, look each and every one(male) in their eyes firmly and tell "Good morning sirs", and "Good morning madam to the lady interviewer. And while looking, start with the person who appears the eldest in the group.
Or it can be "A very good morning to all of you".
Keep in mind the old saying, "first impression is the best impression"

Just for a curiosity purpose. Having a job at present increases or decreases the chance? I know that the interview totally depends on our performance but does a scenario exists, where in case of a tie, the person who is not employed at present gets a preference. Sounds a very silly doubt but please answer :)

@Vineeth : According to them both of you are fresher, unless and until you have your experience in banking sector. So having a job or being jobless doesn't going to influence the interview board in anyway. In case of a tie, it is the date of birth which is going to determine.

I will publish it by today or tomorrow.

I hope its your Father name. Clarify it during the certificate verification. It should not be a problem. Even if they find fault in it, there are solution for it. Hopefully it should go smooth.

Documents which you need to take during interview can be seen in the notification which can be downloaded even now in IBPS site.

Do not worry. Just give a acceptable answer. It will not affect your marks unless and until you indirectly show that you have inferiority complex while expressing that you are jobless for the past 2 years. Let me tell you something, many candidates who give their Civil Service interview were jobless for more than 2 years or above as their only job is preparation for the exam.

Hello Sir, I have lost my application form which i have downloaded during the time of applying. It is said that the application form is mandatory to bring to the interview. Is there now any way of getting my application??

Sorry. No speculation.

Of course it will be issued by Tahasildar. Not directly, but some counter verification signature's are required from local village officer to few others in the hierarchy.

Thank you very much sir..

No it's not a problem. If you wish you can correct it at the time of verification. So simple as that.

IBPS officially haven't thrown any light on it. But generally it is any equivalent degree recognized by the Government of India should be fine. Contact IBPS customer service for confirmation.

These are minor issues. Do not worry.

See your interview call letter. If it is mentioned that you have qualified under UR category, then it can be answered. But if you are selected through OBC then it be a problem.

It's not a problem.

Of course it is 43.2 and not 42.5. Your fundamental calculation is wrong. 135 Scored is for 250. According to your calculation, if a candidate score 250 out of 250, then what is his 80%? Are you telling 250*80/100 = 200?

Hi Ganesh, Im still waiting for your reply on my comment?

according to me if you get around 80 in interview you will be selected as you have got 64 in the written which comes out to be 25.6 out of 80 and if you score 80 or above in the interview you will be getting more than 41.6 which to me will be near a safe score #justmythought

After 25 jan 2014

Hello Prasanna Subramanyam, your marks determine the place you will be posted in. For example if you have given Andhra bank and wish to get posted in Andhra Pradesh then you need to be in the top of list which prefers Andhra bank. So at the time of your allotment the aforesaid bank has to be vacant or else your next preference will be allotted. However, getting transfer is not that difficult in public sector banks even if you are posted in other states. Coming to your other point, many candidates refuse to join due to varied reasons. Some might be preparing for Civil Service or SSC, some doesn't want to join a particular bank, some doesn't want to go to other states and many doesn't want to leave their old employer.
No of vacancies is not officially released by IBPS. It will be notified before allotment.