Online Applications are invited for recruitment of 1500 various posts of Clerks and Probationary Officers in Canara Bank.
COMPUTER LITERACY : Operating computer systems in MS-DOS, MS Windows, Basic concepts of Networking & Connectivity, MS Office [Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail etc.] shall be an essential qualification, which a candidate must either possess or acquire within 6 months from the date of joining the Bank.
HINDI KNOWLEDGE : The candidates shall acquire working knowledge of Hindi, if not possessed already, before completion of probationary period.
How to Apply :
- Apply online from Canara Bank Website. After applying on-line, the registered candidates should obtain a system generated Print-out of the application. System Generated Print-out of the Application complete in all respects should be required to be shown at the time of Written Test.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
Probationary Officer [Post Code-1]
Probationary Clerk [Post Code-2] |
Written Test + Interview |
The written test shall consist of Objective Test & Descriptive Test. The details of test are as follows;
Prob. Officer [1] |
Test of Reasoning |
75 |
75 |
135 |
General |
100 |
60 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
General Awareness |
50 |
50 |
English |
50 |
50 |
Prob. Clerk [2] |
Test of Reasoning |
50 |
50 |
95 |
General |
75 |
45 |
Numerical Ability |
50 |
50 |
Clerical Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
English |
50 |
50 |
There will be negative marks for wrong answers in Objective Test. The Descriptive Test is only for qualifying purpose. Bank will decide the minimum cut-off marks for each subject as well as Total Weighted Score [TWS]. Depending on the number of vacancies, such of those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the order of merit in the written test as per the cut off marks decided by the Bank will only be called for interview.
Mere eligibility / admission to the test / pass in the test does not imply that the Bank is satisfied beyond doubt about the candidates' eligibility and shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called for interview. The Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for interview.
Other details regarding the test will be given to the candidates in the "Acquaint Yourself Booklet", which will be sent along with the call letter for written examination.
The Bank reserves the right to change the selection procedure, if necessary. The change, if any, shall be communicated to the candidates in advance.
The Bank would be free to reject the candidature of any candidate at any stage of the recruitment process, if he / she is found to be ineligible. If appointed, such a candidate may be summarily removed and the fees paid by the ineligible candidates shall be forfeited.
Maximum marks for Interview is 100 for Probationary Officer and Probationary Clerk posts.
The final selection for the above posts shall be on the basis of performance in Written Test and Interview.
PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING:
For the posts of Probationary Officer [Post Code-1] & Probationary Clerk [Post Code-2], the Bank intends to provide free Pre-Examination Training [PET] Programme [Non-Residential] of six (6) working days duration to candidates belonging to Schedule Castes / Scheduled Tribes / Persons With Disabilities / Minority Communities / Ex-Servicemen, who have applied for the said posts.
The training programme will be conducted at Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Patna, Pune & Trivandrum Centres only.
The training will be given only to a limited number of candidates on first come first serve basis & Bank shall send Training Intimation Letters only to those candidates. Candidates, who wish to avail this facility, have to indicate in the On-line Application, the name of the Centre at which he / she wants to attend the training programme. Requests for change of PET centre at later date will not be entertained.
All the expenses for attending the Pre-Examination Training Programme at the concerned centre relating to travel, boarding, lodging etc. should be borne by the candidate. The Bank has discretion to add / delete / change the PET Centre indicated above or allot the candidates to a different centre other than the one he/she opted.
Candidates applying for the post of Probationary Clerks have to appear for test, from a centre allotted to the State / Union Territory for which he/she is applying.
| State / Union Territory |
CENTRE CODE |
TEST CENTRE |
Andaman & Nicobar |
51 |
Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh |
52 |
Hyderabad |
53 |
Visakhapatnam |
Assam, Tripura Meghalaya, Sikkim |
54 |
Guwahati |
Bihar |
55 |
Patna |
Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh |
56 |
Chandigarh |
57 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
58 |
Raipur |
Goa |
59 |
Goa |
Gujarat |
60 |
Ahmedabad |
Haryana |
61 |
Karnal |
57 |
Delhi |
Jammu & Kashmir |
62 |
Jammu |
Jharkhand |
63 |
Ranchi |
Karnataka |
64 |
Bangalore |
65 |
Hubli |
66 |
Mangalore |
Kerala |
67 |
Trivandrum |
68 |
Calicut |
Madhya Pradesh |
69 |
Bhopal |
Maharashtra |
70 |
Mumbai |
71 |
Nagpur |
Orissa |
72 |
Bhubaneshwar |
Rajasthan |
73 |
Jaipur |
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry |
74 |
Chennai |
75 |
Coimbatore |
76 |
Madurai |
Uttar Pradesh |
77 |
Agra |
57 |
Delhi |
78 |
Lucknow |
Uttaranchal |
79 |
Dehradun |
West Bengal |
80 |
Kolkata |
Delhi
However, the Bank reserves its right to change the date of written test, to add/cancel the test Centres and to call the candidates for the test at any other Centre at its discretion, under unforeseen circumstances, if any. The Bank also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for. The Candidates have to appear for the written test at the allotted Centres at their own expenses. No request for change of Centre will be entertained. The centres mentioned above are for written test only. The Bank will inform the candidates about the date, time & venue for the interviews separately.
SECURITY DEPOSIT [for Probationary Officer]:
The selected candidates for the post of Probationary Officers have to deposit a sum of Rs.25,000/- at the time of joining as Security Deposit. Candidates have to serve for a minimum period of 2 years.