RECRUITMENT OF CLERKS AND OFFICERS Federal Bank Limited

The Federal Bank Limited, Regd Office: Aluva HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

HR-TAD/M2/Rec/2013

12th September 2013

RECRUITMENT OF CLERKS AND OFFICERS

Federal Bank, a leading Private Sector Bank having pan India presence with over 1100 branches, invites applications for the following positions from aspiring, young, talented and dynamic personnel who are looking for a challenging career.

1. Positions

Sl No	Post
1	Clerk (For specified states)
2	Probationary Officer (For specified states)
3	Law officer in Scale I or Scale II
4	Assistant Manager in Scale I

Eligible candidates are advised to apply online between 12.09.2013 and 26.09.2013 throughthe Bank‟s website www.federalbank.co.in after carefully going through the instructions contained in this notification. No other means / mode of application will be accepted.

2. Important Dates

Opening Date of Online Registration Gateway	12.09.2013
Closing Date of Online Registration Gateway	26.09.2013
Edit/ Print online application	12.09.2013 to 27.09.2013
Aptitude tests for Clerks	06.10.2013
Aptitude test for Probationary Officer & Law Officer	20.10.2013

3. Scale of pay and other emoluments

Candidates selected will be offered the following pay scale.

	Sl	Post	Pay Scale
	No
			`7200 – 400/3 – 8400 – 500/3 – 9900 –
	1	Clerk	600/4 – 12300 – 700/7 – 17200 – 1300/1 –
			18500 – 800/1 -19300
	2	Probationary Officer/ Assistant Manager	`14500 – 600/7 – 18700 – 700/2 – 20100 –
		in Scale I/ Law officer in Scale I	800/7 – 25700
	3	Law officer in Scale II	`19400 – 700/1 – 20100 – 800/10 - 28100

Basic Pay of those candidates selected as Assistant Manager in Scale I and Law Officer in Scale I/ II will be fixed in the appropriate stage in the selected scale as above depending on qualification, exposure and experience the candidate possess, at the sole discretion of the Bank.

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DA, HRA, CCA will be paid as per rules of the Bank in force from time to time depending upon the place of posting. Medical Aid, Hospitalization Scheme, Leave Fare Concession, retirement benefits and other perquisites will be admissible as per Bank‟s rules.

4. Probation Period

Selected candidates will be on probation for a minimum continuous period as mentioned below.

Sl No	Post	Minimum period in months
1	Clerk	6
2	Probationary Officer	24
3	Law officer in Scale I or Scale II	12
4	Assistant Manager in Scale I	12

5. Eligibility Criteria as on 01.09.2013

Particulars/

Educational

Maximum

Other

Experience

Post

qualifications

Age

Scale I

Scale II

The

place

of

domicile

of

the

candidate

should

be

Graduation

in any

one of

the

with

minimum

24 years

states/

regions

viz.

55%

marks

for

(Candidate

Chattisgarh, Gujarat,

science

should be

Haryana,

National

Clerk

subjects

and

NA

NA

born on or

Capital Region (NCR),

minimum

50%

Karnataka,

Madhya

marks for other

after

streams

01.09.1989)

Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Odisha,

Punjab,

Rajasthan,

Tamil Nadu &

West

Bengal

26 years

The

place

of

domicile

of

the

Graduation

in

(Candidate

candidate

should

be

Probationary

any

discipline

should

be

in any

one of

the

NA

NA

Officer

with

minimum

born on

or

states

viz.

60% marks

after

Karnataka,

Kerala &

01.09.1987)

Tamil Nadu

Candidates

should

Candidates

be

enrolled

as

an

should

be

Advocate

with

the

enrolled as an

Graduation

/

35 years

Bar

Council

and

Advocate

Post

(Candidate

NA

should

have

with the

Bar

Law Officers

Graduation

in

should

be

minimum

4

years

Council

and

Law

with

born on

or

experience

as

should

have

minimum

50%

after

Advocate

in

civil/

minimum

6

marks.

01.09.1978)

criminal court AND/

years

OR as law officer in

experience as

any

Scheduled

Advocate

in

Commercial Bank.

civil/ criminal

2

court

AND/

OR

as

law

officer

in

any

Scheduled

Commercial

Bank.

Experience gained during

the

training period before enrolment

as an advocate will not be

counted for eligibility.

Exposure

with

special

reference

to Banking would be an added

advantage.

Experience

as

Advocate and as law officer can

be clubbed for arriving at the

minimum period of experience.

Minimum

Experience

in

scheduled

commercial Bank –

(i)

2

years

in

clerical

cadre

with

JAIIB

or

35 years

(ii)

5

years

in

clerical cadre

Graduation in

(Candidate

or

Assistant

any discipline

should

be

.

(iii)

1 year in

NA

Manager

with minimum

born on

or

officer cadre

60% marks.

after

OR

01.09.1978)

Minimum 2 years

experience in any

of the following

sectors

(i)

Insurance

(ii) NBFC

Note:

The graduation should be from any recognized university or other institutions established by an Act of parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of U G C act, 1956.

Candidate should possess the minimum educational qualification stipulated, as on 01.09.2013. The result of the qualifying examination should be awarded by the university/ institution on or before 01.09.2013.

Graduation course or equivalent examination must entail a minimum of 3 years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent

Graduation in Agriculture / Engineering means those who have passed 10+2+4 year course

Graduation in Law means those who have passed 10+2+5 year course in law or degree in any subject +3 year course in Law.

The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate would be based on the practice followed by the University / Institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case of the candidates being awarded grades / CGPA instead of marks, equivalence would be based on the

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equivalence certified by the University / Institution from where they have obtained the degree.

In case the University / Institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by the Bank by dividing obtained CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant with 100.

Year wise / semester wise mark sheet for each year / semester in respect of the qualifying examination from the concerned University should be available.

Working knowledge of computers is essential.

6. How to Apply

Eligible candidates have to apply online through the Bank‟s website only. No other means / mode of application is acceptable. The application format should be filled in English only. Before registering their applications on the website, candidates should note/possess the following:

(i)An e-mail id which shall be valid for the duration of the recruitment process. In case the candidate does not have a valid e-mail id, he/she has to create a new email id before applying online.

(ii)If a candidate is eligible and desires to apply for more than one post, he/she should apply separately for each post.

(iii)To submit applications online, log on to our Bank‟s website www.federalbank.co.in,follow the link „Careers‟ and click “Recruitment of Clerks & Officers” provided in the„Careers‟ page. Click “apply online” to view the online application. Fill up all the details required in the online application and save each section. After successfully completing the online application, candidates may take the printout of the online application and retain it with them for their records. Upon successful registration of the online application, a unique identification number “FB ID” and Password will appear immediately on the screen. An e-mail incorporating the “FB ID” and password will be sent to the e-mail id of the applicant within 3 days from the date of successful registration.

(iv)Shortlisted candidates are required to bring to the process venue, while appearing for the online aptitude test / group discussion / interview, the call letter which can be downloaded from the Bank‟s website, using the FB ID and password obtained at the time of successful registration of the online application.

(v)Candidates are advised to keep their particulars of educational qualifications and other personal details ready before applying as these details are required to fill in the

online application form.

(vi)Candidates shall also keep a scanned copy of their latest passport size photograph ready for uploading while submitting the online application.

(vii)There is a provision to modify the already submitted online application. Candidates can make use of this facility to correct the details in the online application, if required by logging in using the FB ID and password. This modification facility shall be available only upto 27.09.2013, 5.00 PM and modification will be allowed up to a maximum of 3 times only.

(viii)There is no application fee for this recruitment process.

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7. Selection Process

The selection process consist of online aptitude test / group discussion / interview as mentioned below.

Sl No	Post	Mode of selection
1	Clerk
2	Probationary Officer	Aptitude test and Interview
3	Law officer in Scale I or Scale II
4	Assistant Manager in Scale I	Group Discussion and interview

Only the short-listed candidates will be called for aptitude test/ group discussion/ interview. Short-listing will be done by taking into consideration the various attributes like qualifications/ additional qualifications, experience etc. The Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for the aptitude test / group discussion / interview after preliminary screening / short-listing as aforesaid.

The online aptitude test pattern for Clerks, Probationary Officers and Law Officers is given below:

For Clerk

	Test	Name of the Test		No of	Maximum	Time
				Questions	marks
	I	Reasoning		40	40
	II	English Language		40	40	Composite time
	III	Numerical Ability		40	40	of 120 minutes.
	IV	General Awareness (with	special	40	40	i.e. 2 hours for
						all the tests
		reference to Banking Industry)
						together
	V	Computer Knowledge		40	40
		Total		200	200
	For Probationary Officer

	Test	Name of the Test		No of	Maximum	Time
				Questions	marks
	I	Reasoning		50	50
	II	English Language		40	40	Composite time
						of 120 minutes.
	III	Quantitative Aptitude		50	50
						i.e. 2 hours for
		General Awareness (with	special
	IV			40	40	all the tests
		reference to Banking Industry)
						together
	V	Computer Knowledge		20	20
		Total		200	200

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For Law Officer

	Test	Name of the Test		No of	Maximum	Time
				Questions	marks
	I	Reasoning		50	50	Composite
	II	English Language		25	25	time of 120
						minutes. i.e.
	III	General Awareness (with	special	50	50
		reference to Banking Industry)				2 hours for
						all the tests
	IV	Professional Knowledge		75	75
						together
		Total		200	200

The entire test will be Objective type with four/ five alternative choices out of which one will be the correct answer. The tests will be in English Only. There will be negative marks at the rate of 0.25 for wrong answers. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no negative mark for that question.

8.Venues for online aptitude test

The Bank will conduct the online aptitude test for the posts of clerk, probationary officer and law officer at the following centers:

Clerks

Ahmedabad	Bangalore		Bhubaneswar	Chandigarh			Chennai
Coimbatore	Delhi		Indore	Jaipur			Kolkata
Madurai	Mangalore		Mumbai	Nagpur			Pune
Raipur
Probationary Officers
Bangalore	Chennai	Coimbatore			Ernakulam		Kozhikode
Madurai	Mangalore	Thiruvananthapuram
Law Officers
Bangalore	Chennai		Delhi	Ernakulam			Kolkata
Mumbai

The 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 any of the centres other than the one he / she has opted for.

General Instructions

1.Before filling the online application form, the candidate must ensure that he/she fulfills all the eligibility criteria with respect to age, educational qualifications, experience etc. in respect of the post for which he/she is making the application and that the particulars furnished in the application form are correct in all respects. In case it is detected at any stage that a candidate does not fulfill any of the eligibility criteria, and/or that he/she has furnished any incorrect information or has suppressed any material fact(s), his/her candidature will stand cancelled. If any of these shortcomings is/are detected even after the appointment, his/her services are liable to be terminated.

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2.Decision of the Bank in all matters regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stages at which such scrutiny of eligibility is to be undertaken, the documents to be produced at the time of aptitude test, group discussion, interview, selection etc. and any other matter relating to recruitment will be final and binding on the candidates. No correspondence or personal enquiries shall be entertained by the Bank in this regard.

3.Mere eligibility will not vest any right / entitlement on the candidate for being called for aptitude test/ group discussion/ interview. The shortlisting of applications will be done at the sole discretion of the Bank.

4.The Bank reserves the right to raise the minimum eligibility standard, etc., in order to restrict the number of candidates to be called for aptitude test/ group discussion/ interview commensurate with the number of vacancies.

5.The preliminary screening / shortlisting of applications will be on the basis of details provided by the candidate, in the online application.

6.Eligible candidates have to appear for Aptitude Test, Group Discussion and Interview/s at their own expense at the venue and date notified by the Bank.

7.Candidates are required to apply only online through the link provided on the Bank‟s website which will lead them to the online application form. The system generated printout of the application should be retained by the candidate. Candidate need not send the printout of the application form to the Bank.

8.Valid proof of identity such as PAN card/Passport/Voter ID Card/Driving License/Permanent Identity Card issued by the present employer or any other valid proof of identification with a photograph should be produced at the time of aptitude test/ Group Discussion/ interview to be conducted by the Bank.

9.Candidates have to produce all the requisite certificates/documents in original with Xerox copies in proof of their eligibility for verification at the time of Group Discussion/Interview. Failure to do so shall lead to disqualification of the candidate.

10.Candidates for the posts of clerk and probationary officer shall produce necessary documentary evidence for proving their place of domicile.

11.Selected candidates are liable to be transferred anywhere in India or abroad as per the administrative requirements & discretion of the Bank.

12.Candidates from Insurance or NBFC sector, if selected will be posted initially for sales/marketing of Bank‟s products.

13.Any request for change of centre/ date for aptitude test/group discussion/interview will not be entertained.

14.The Bank has the right to reject any application/candidature at any stage without assigning any reason and the decision of the Bank shall be final.

15.Appointment of selected candidates will be subject to his/her being declared medically fitby the Bank‟s Medical Officer, satisfactory report about his/her character and antecedents by appropriate authorities and completion of all other pre recruitment formalities to the complete satisfaction of the Bank. Further, such appointment shall also be subject to Service and Conduct Rules of the Bank.

16.The access to the Bank‟s website could be delayed towards the closing date for submittingthe online registration due to heavy internet traffic. So the candidates are advised to

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avoid last minute rush and make use of the time span available for submitting the applications online. Candidates in their own interest are advised to submit online applications well before the last date.

17.Candidates shall submit only one application for a post.

18.For any clarifications candidates may contact at careers@federalbank.co.in

19.Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.