Dear readers, IBPS PO and IBPS Clerk results are around the corner and candidates are worried whether they will be able to make it in the final merit list or not. Lot of candidates are requesting us to give more clarity on the allocation process of IBPS. Today, we will try to clarify the IBPS bank allocation process and discuss various scenarios.
As a first step of the recruitment procee, IBPS conducts Common Written Exam, which is followed by a common interview process.
Merit List is prepared by adding marks of written test and interview, after giving 80% weightage to Written Marks and 20% weightage to Interview Marks.
For example, if you scored 75 marks (out of 200) in written test, then first convert these marks to be out of 80 i.e. (75/200)x80 = 30
Similarly, if you score 60 Marks (out of 100) in interview, first it will be converted to be out of 20 i.e. (60/100)*20 = 12
Now, both written test score and interview scores will be added. So, in case of above example, your combined score will be 30+12 = 42
Now, a merit will be prepared on the basis of above combined score.
Parallely, IBPS takes requirement from all participating banks, as in the number of vacancies in the
respective banks (category wise).
Now,
suppose there are total 20,000 vacancies in IBPS PO III, which will be
further divided into various categories like General, OBC, SC, SC etc.
At this stage cut-off marks (or cut-off merit rank) will be decided for
each category depending on the number of vancacies for each category.
Suppose, there are 5400 vacancies for OBC, then cut-off marks (for OBC)
will be decided so that only 5400 OBC candidates are above that score
and so on.Now, all these candidates, who are above the cut-off score, in each category, will be picked one by one (irrespective of their category), in order of merit (top scorer picked first and least scorer picked last) and allocation will happen vis-a-vis the bank preference filled by each candidate (remember, you had filled the preference of banks at the time of filling the IBPS form online).
Allocations in case of general candidates are simple - candidates are allocated a bank as per candidate preference and as per the availability. Allocation software picks a Candidates depending on his rank in the merit, checks whether a seat is available in the bank, which the candidate has marked as first choice in the preference list (Bank). If a seat is available, allocation is done otherwise, software checks for the second preference of the candidate and so on. Remember, General category candidates are eligible to get a seat from Unreserved Seats only.
In case of OBC, SC/ST and other reserved category candidates, first the candidates is picked on the basis of his/her rank in the overall merit (irrespective of category). Then allocation software looks for his first preference of Bank. In the process, first the software sees if the candidate can get his first preference of bank as per his rank in General Category. If he can get, then allocation is done, otherwise, software checks if the candidate can get the allocation as per his rank in his reserved category (OBC/SC/ST etc). If a seat is available then allocation is done, otherwise, software looks for second preference (bank) of the candidate. Again, first software tries to do the allocation as per his overall Rank and then as per his rank in his reserved category. One should remember, each bank has a predefined number of seats for reserved and unreserved candidates.
Scenario A: Suppose, there is a general candidate and his rank in overal merit list (including reserve categies) is 2500, then, software will pick him for allocated, after the software has allocated seats to 2499 candidates (who had better rank than him). Software will check his preference list starting from first preference. An allocation will be done as soon as software finds a seat available in a bank (in order of his preference).
Scenario
B: Suppose, there is a OBC candidates and his rank in overall merit
list (including General and other reserved category candidates) is 4000,
then software will pick him for allocation after the software has
allocated seats to 3999 candidates. Now, the software will look at the
first prference (Bank) of the candidates and will see if a seat is
available in Unreserved Category of seats. If yes, allocation is done
otherwise, software will look for a seat in OBC category of seats. If a
seat is available here, allocation is done, otherwise software looks for
the second preference (bank) of the candidate. Here again, software
will first look into Unsererved seats and then OBC seats and so on, till
the candidate is allocated a seat in a bank.We hope this gives a clear picture of the complete allocation process. If, you still have any queries regarding the allocation process, please mention the same in comments section, we will try to address it.
Wish you all the best for the result!
