IBPS PO 3 INTERVIEW MARKS

“After a Storm Comes a Calm” – said Mathew Henry. But this may not be true with aspirants who have given their attempt to any of the competitive examinations. For them, it’s quite different, I would quote it as, “Storm before and after the calm (exam).” The reason why I refer so is that many aspirants before giving their exams storm in several sites and Facebook group asking for question papers, notes etc., and once the exam is completed they storm predicting the cut off and once the results are released they storm discussing the possibility of getting the job and this is what has happened after IBPS has released the marks and cut off for the post of PO for the year 2013-14.

What am I going to tell new about IBPS PO 3?

• The first and foremost is that, at the end of this article the aspirants will be confident that almost all have chance to clear the interview and get allotted in various banks irrespective of the marks they scored.
• How date of birth may play a vital role in determining your posts?
• Why there is no use in discussing/predicting cut off online?

 If you wish to know answers for the above mentioned, I advise you to read further. The below claims made my are based on data collected from IBPS and other authentic sources (related to past experience).

Cut off in IBPS PO 3 and chances in Interview

 IBPS has released its mark statement and cut off on 07.12.2013. Once the marks are released, almost all blogs and Facebook groups started flooding with a common question. And the questions are,

 “Sir, I have scored 64 in UR, what is the chance that I will clear?”
“I have scored just 62 in OBC, I think I have less chance. What’s your opinion?”
“Unbelievable, I have scored 99 in UR. What is my chance?” – (To these people I would say there is no chance as they either make to fun of others or they are bookworms.)

 The one word answer to all these questions is that, everyone who got their call to interview have chance to get allotment. The one with more marks have bright chance and one with less marks need to perform well in interview. But how do I say? Am I preaching confident development? Of course I am, but not just with assumptions but with real data.

 I am going to compare the data’s of IBPS PO 2 and IBPS PO 3, for coming into a conclusion. I am going to compare last year cut off, final marks for allotment in both phases and student to vacancy ratio.

What will be the ratio of candidates called for interview?

 It should be 1:3. It means 3 candidates for 1 post. This is because in IBPS PO 2, there were around 21000 vacancies approximately and 60 thousand candidates have cleared the examination (last year common interview was decided after declaration of result, so we are not sure how many among the 60k missed their ticket to interview, but for data classification we will assume all the 60k candidates were called.) Similarly this year around, 57000 candidates have cleared (approximate value said by IBPS personnel when contacted via toll free number - @courtesy – Ramandeep Singh- bankexamtoday). If you wish, you can cross verify in this toll free number 1800 222 366 between 9.30 AM and 6.00 PM and the vacancies are expected to be same as we have additional institutions recruiting this year compared to last year (apart from Mahila Bank, which recruited 105 women candidates at the year end).So we can confirm that the ratio is 1:3 this year too. Many claim that due to incomplete filling in IBPS PO1, we had many vacancies in  PO2. It is true to some extent, but the same difference will be balanced with the new organisations, unfilled vacanices after round 2 of allotment and also the branches have increased for all banks so the demand for more PO is always there. However this ratio may change later once the attendance of interview and pass percentage in interview is known. At the final stage it almost comes to 1:2.

Comparison chart of IBPS PO-2 and IBPS PO-3 cut off

 This chart can be otherwise said as the marks obtained by the last selected candidate in various categories who are called for interview.

IBPS	UR	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI
PO-2	135	135	127	106	108	127	110
PO-3	61	60	50	26	26	47	27

Marks of PO 1 is not considered as it didn't have common interview, also there is no use in comparing the cut off of IBPS-2 and IBPS-3 as the number of candidates attended and the difficulty level were comparatively higher. The above table is just to give a glimpse of the lowest marks of each category with which candidates went for interview in 2012 and to compare that with this year marks. The above mentioned marks is out of 250 in PO2 and 200 in PO 3, which is later converted to 80 while calculating the component from written examination. 

Maximum and minimum marks in allotment process in phase -1 (IBPS PO – 2)

Category	Maximum	Minimum
UR	81.96	62.12
OBC	77.32	58.32
SC	71.88	55.84
ST	71.92	47.36
HI	66.36	45.80
OC	75.16	55.88
VI	69.76	42.84

 This above table gives an idea of the final marks after the interview for which allotment is made in first round. 80% of written marks is carried forward to the interview and 20% of the interview marks is calculated to arrive to the final marks. So how much should least scorer in each category has to score in interview to enter into final merit list? Probably the below table will answer it. 

Category	Min Marks	Final Marks(CWE + Interview) for allotment – phase 1	80% of CWE	Required 20% in Interview	Marks required in interview out of 100
UR	135	62.12	43.2	18.92	94.6
OBC	135	58.32	43.2	15.12	75.6
SC	127	55.84	40.64	15.2	76
ST	106	47.36	33.92	13.44	67.2
HI	108	45.80	34.56	11.24	56.2
OC	127	55.88	40.64	15.24	76.2
VI	110	42.84	35.2	7.64	38.2

  
Explanation of above table

• Min Marks - it is the least marks of IBPS P0 -2 for various category. 
• Final Marks - it is mark scored by the last selected candidate in various category, after calculating the 80% component of written and 20% component of interview which is conducted for 100 marks.
•  80% of CWE - It is the 80% component carried forward by the least mark candidate to next stage.
• Required 20% - It is the 20% marks required for a candidate to get into the list of merit.
• Marks required - It is the marks required by the candidate who went to the interview with the least mark to get qualified in the phase 1 of allotment.

Interpretation of above data

• Marks required by UR in interview is 94.6, which is quite high. The reason for the same is many candidates in reservation who scored good marks enter into this zone. In other words toppers are in this zone irrespective of reservation which keeps the cut off high. This is the same reason why the required marks in reservation is considerably low.
• This year it is expected from the marks revealed by candidates in various forums, most of the candidates are expected to be in the bracket of 65 to 80. 
• The marks revealed online by various candidates cannot be considered for coming to a conclusion in deciding the safe zone, as many give a fake claim and even if they are true they form a less portion. Hardly 200 to 300 give their scores and you cannot predict the same for 57000 candidates. One good example is that many forums predicted above 80 cut off and now it is 61. However the graph is almost similar to last year and the safe marks in interview will work out this year too.

Maximum and minimum marks in allotment process in phase -2 (IBPS PO – 2)

 The above mentioned data is for the first allotment, after many candidates failed to join another round of allotment was made and the below table gives the minimum final marks for which candidates are called.  This marks can also be said as the marks scored by the last selected candidate who got allotted in IBPS PO-2 .

Category	Minimum	Marks required in Interview
UR	60.56	86.8
OBC	57.24	70.2
SC	54.56	69.6
ST	41.88	39.8
HI	*	*
OC	54.36	68.6
VI	*	*

So what does the above table indicate, it is very clear that everyone who got selected for interview has chance to get allotted to some bank irrespective of marks. The above mentioned marks is the minimum required in interview for a candidate who went with the least mark in various categories. 

Why second allotment in IBPS PO-2?
 Many candidates who selected in first allotment did't turn back to join the allotted bank due to multiple reasons and to fill this shortage waiting list candidates were called for next round of allotment.

How many vacancies were there is second allotment?
I am sure you will be in surprise, if you never heard before. Totally 5806( UR-3080; OBS - 1431; SC-794; ST-501; VI-111;HI-166; OC-70) candidates didn't join the allotted bank in round 1. It is almost 27% of the total vacancies. It is also sure that all these 5806 were not filled as many refused in this stage too. The left over seats were carried forward to this year allotment.

Why candidates refuse to join?
Allotment is made on all India basis, many candidates prefer home state, so when they are allotted in other states they refuse to join. Some candidates (particularly women candidates) have requested for allotment in home state showing genuine reason for not able to join in other state. They were allotted in home state in second round. One of my friend who was 9 months pregnant during allotment was allotted in Dena bank (Mumabi branch) in allotment 1, she gave a request showing the same, to offer her allotment in Chennai. She was allotted in Syndicate bank, Chennai in the second allotment and above that she was asked to undergo initial one month training in Chennai itself where others had their training in Manipal. Some claim it is because of some political backup, but I know her personally and it was a genuine request. Apart from this many candidates who already employed also refuse, but this percentage will be less compared to the above.

Date of Birth and final allotment
 Compared to last year the gap in score between many candidates is very narrow as many stand in the zone of 65 to 80. I assume that in the final stage many may stand with the same marks. In this case banks have a soft corner towards seniors and the list when score is same will be decided on the basis of age. The same was done last year too.

Why there is no use in discussing cut off and other predictions online?
 Many sites give claim based on their assumptions. In fact most of the times it didn't work out. During SBI PO, almost all sites predicted cut off around 110 for UR, but it was above 160. The same happened with SSC CGL  and also now with IBPS PO 3. So do not waste your time in discussing all these useless things online as they are of no use.

Just think about it : What if a candidate has less score, but has incredible skills which he expresses during interview? I am sure he will be brought into the merit list by awarding marks accordingly. This has happened with many candidates. But may be they may not get the bank and state of their choice. So keep this and above data in mind. Ensure yourself that you still have a good chance. Start preparing for interview. I wish everyone of you to move ahead in life getting the bank of your wish.

Give your honest feedback, comments, criticisms and corrections if any which will be valuable and help other candidates in future.

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