Bank of Baroda, India’s International

Bank, with a network of more than 3050

branches in India enjoys the unique
distinction of overseas presence in 25
countries.
Clerical cadre
Emoluments:Basic pay in time scale of
Rs 4410-13210 plus DA, HRA, CCA etc as
per Bipartite settlement amended from
time to time (pay scales are due for
upward revision)
Age (as on 01.01.2010):Minimum age 18
years maximum age 28 years (relaxation
of age for reserved candidates as per
government guidelines)
Educational qualifications (as on
01.01.2010): A 10+ 2/Intermediate/HSC
pass with 55% marks (50% for SC/ST/PWD
and Ex-servicemen) or degree in any
discipline from a recognized university or
equivalent qualification recognized by
central government
Probation period:Minimum period of 6
months. Before the probation period
comes to an end, the performance of the
newly recruited clerical staff will be
evaluated and the probation period of
those staff whose performance fails to
meet Bank’s expectation, may be
extended
Candidates are advised to apply
only online after carefully going through
the following details
 
Candidates are advised to apply
only online after carefully going through
the following details
Eligibility criteria
Educational qualifications: A Pass with
55% marks (50% for SC/ST/PWD/Ex-
servicemen) in HSC of 10+2 (10+2+3)
pattern/11th standard of (11+1+3)
pattern or Intermediate/Pre-university or
any equivalent examination/Diploma in
banking recognized by central/state govt
or UT admn or degree in any discipline
from a recognized university or any
equivalent qualification recognized by
central government
For Ex-servicemen (who do not possess
the above) a pass in service
(departmental) examination which is
recognized as equivalent to civil
examination not below the rank of
Higher secondary school examination
All educational qualifications should be
from recognized
university/central/state/UT
administration. Should be able to write
and speak English fluently. Knowledge of
local/ state language for which he
desires to apply, will be an
added qualification. Computer literacy
should be computer literate with
proficiency in MS-office,
Basic applications, internet usage etc.
Age (as on 01.01.2010): Minimum 18
years, maximum 28 years
Relaxable in case of
SC/ST/OBC/PWD/Ex-servicemen as per
govt guidelines
How to apply for Bank of Baroda
Clerical Recruitment 2010
(i) Candidates are required to apply on-
line through
websitewww.bankofbaroda.com. No
other means/ mode of application will
be accepted (ii) Candidates are
required to have a valid personal e-
mail ID. It should be kept active during
the currency of this recruitment project.
Bank may send call letters for written
test, interview etc. through the
registered e-mail ID. Under no
circumstances, he/she should share/
mention e-mail ID to/of any other
person (iii) 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 (iv) Applicants
are first required to go to the Bank’s
website www.bankofbaroda.com and
click on the Home page open the link
recruitment (v) Thereafter, open
the recruitment
notification entitled recruitment of 2000
clerical staff project 2010 (vi) Take a
print of the entire recruitment
notification, including the fees payment
challan (vii) Fill in the fee payment
challan in a clear and legible handwriting
in block letters (viii) Go to the nearest
Bank of Baroda branch with the fee
payment challan and pay, in cash, the
appropriate application fee in account
no 29040200000170 with Bandra Kurla
complex branch in favour ofrecruitment
of 2000 clerical staff project 2010.
The amount of fee to be paid is indicated
below (amount of fees/postage (non-
refundable)
SC/ST/PwD – Rs 50/-; General/OBC/Ex-
servicemen Rs 200/-
(ix) Obtain the applicant’s counterfoil
copy of the application fee payment
challan duly receipted by the Bank with
(a) branch name and code number (b)
Journal/scroll number/ transaction ID (c)
date of deposit and amountfilled by the
branch official (x) Candidates are now
ready to apply on-line by re-visiting the
recruitment page of the bank’s website
and going to the sub link titled on line
application for recruitment of 2000
clerical staff project 2010.Click on this
sub link will open up the appropriate
on-line application format (xi) Carefully
fill in the necessary details from the fee
payment challan in the on-line
application form at the appropriate
places (xii) Original counterfoil of the
fee payment challan will have to be
submitted with the call letter at the
time of written test. Without counterfoil
of the fee payment challan the candidate
will not be allowed to appear in the
written test. Candidates are therefore
advised to keep-3-photocopies of the fee
payment challan for future use. (xii) the
name of the candidate of his/her father/
husband etc should be spelt correctly in
the application as it appears in the
certificates/ mark sheets. Any change/
alteration found may disqualify the
candidature
Details of BOB Clerical Vacancies in
2010
The State wise vacancy position together
with reservation are tentatively as
under, which is subject to change
depending on administrative exigency
Andhra Pradesh – 60; Arunachal Pradesh –
01; Assam 20; Bihar 65; Chattisgarh 20;
Delhi 170; Goa 15; Gujarat 360; Haryana
45; Himachal Pradesh 10; Jammu and
Kashmir 03; Jharkhand 30; Karnataka 40;
Kerala 40; Madhya Pradesh 50;
Maharashtra 400; Meghalaya 02; Mizoram
02; Orissa 20; Punjab 30; Rajasthan 130;
Tamilnadu 110; Tripura 02; Uttar Pradesh
260; Uttrakhand 15; West Bengal 100;
Total – 2000
Bank of Baroda Clerical Recruitment
2010 Important dates
Payment of fees at Bank of Baroda
branches: 17.03.2010 to 17.04.2010
Website link open: 17.03.2010 to
17.04.2010
Date of written test: 06.06.2010
Fees deposited after the last date i.e.
17.04.2010 will not be entertained by
the Bank
The Bank will not be responsible for loss
of application in transit or for rejection
of application because of non-receipt of
application on or before the stipulated
last date
General information
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,
Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention
of permanently settling in India. 
Provided that a candidate belonging to
categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (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
govt of India has issued the necessary
eligibility certificate to him/her.
Selection procedure: Selection will be
on the basis of performance in written
test and interview. Details of written
test and Interview are as under
Written test: All eligible candidates will
be called for a written test which will be
of objective type. The objective test
consists of (i) Reasoning ability (ii)
Numerical ability (iii) Clerical Aptitude
(iv) English (v) Socio-Economic, Banking
Awareness and Computer Awareness. 
There will be negative marks for the
wrong answers in the objective test.
Candidates will have to pass in each of
the objective test. Candidates shall have
the option to answer the tests paper
either in English or Hindi. Depending
upon the number of vacancies, only
those candidates who rank sufficiently
high in the written test will be called for
Interview, if necessary. Final selection
will be on the basis of the ranking
accorded after adding the marks
obtained in the written test and
Interview. Other detailed information
regarding the written examination will
be given in the acquaint yourself booklet
which will be made available to the
candidate along with the call-letter.
The Bank reserves the right, if required
to hold a second stage of written test on
the basis of order of merit in the
written examination of first stage, as
referred above. If the second stage of
written test is held, the subsequent
process of interview and further process
would be on the basis of order of merit
of the second stage examination
The written test is tentatively fixed on
06.06.2010 at the following
centres indicated here below. The Bank
reserves the right to alter this date and/
or centre under unforeseen
circumstances, if any
Ahmedabad, Surat, Bangalore, Bhopal,
Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai,
Coimbatore, Delhi, Ernakulam,
Guwahati, Hyderabad, Ajmer, Jaipur,
Udaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Barielly,
Varanasi, Allahabad, Mumbai, Pune,
Raipur, Patna, Jamshedpur
The Bank may depending upon number
of applications decide to add or delete
any of the centres for written test
Interview: Those short listed candidates
in the order of ranking in the written test
as per the cut-off marks determined by
the Bank shall be called for interview
and the decision of the Bank in this
regard shall be final
Pre-examination training: For
SC/ST/PWD/Minority community
candidates only) It is proposed to impart
pre-examination training to a limited
number of candidates belonging to
SC/ST/PwD/Minority communities
at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and
Mumbai centres at the discretion of the
Bank. An eligible candidate who wishes
to avail of pre-examination training
should fill in the relevant column in the
online application. All expenses
regarding traveling, boarding, lodging
etc. will be borne by the candidate for
attending the pre-examination training
programme at the concerned centres
Important general instructions
Candidates are required to apply only
online. Any other form of application
shall be rejected. Application once made
will not be allowed to be withdrawn and
fees once paid will not be refunded on
any count nor can it be held in reserve
for any other examination or selection.
In case of candidates belonging to OBC
category, the certificate inter-alia must
specify that the candidate does not
belong to creamy layer section.
Candidates belonging to creamy layer
will be excluded from the benefits of
reservations for OBCs in civil post and
services under govt of India. OBC
certificate should not be more than one
year old as on the date of application.
Candidates belonging to OBC category
but coming in the creamy layer, hence
not entitled to OBC reservation and age
relaxation should indicate their category
as general or general (OH) or general
(VH)’ (as applicable). PwD candidates
claiming the benefit of reservations/age
relaxation should submit a copy of
medical certificate as specified in the
Persons with Disabilities (equal
opportunities, protection of rights and
full participation) Act, 1995 in support of
their disability