Reserve Bank of India Services Board has announced recruitment of Grade B officers post for which online application need to be filled from 5th October to 23rd October 2015.
1. RBI Grade B Officers Recruitment Important Dates:
| Website Link Open –For On-Line Registration of Applications and Payment of Fees/Intimation Charges | October 5 to 23, 2015 |
| Phase-I Online Examination | November 21 & 22, 2015 |
| Phase-II Online Examination | December 7, 2015 |
Note:
- The Board reserves the right to make any change in these dates.
- Candidate will have to appear in only one shift of Phase-I online examination on any one of these days.
- Candidate will have to appear in all the shifts of Phase-II online examination.
2. RBI Grade B Officers Recruitment 2015 Eligibility Criteria:
a. Age (as on 01/10/2015): Between 21 and 30 years (candidates must have been born not earlier than 02/10/1985 and not later than 01/10/1994). For candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D. qualification, upper age limit will be 32 and 34years respectively. For candidates having experience as an officer in Commercial Bank/Financial Institution in Public Sector as also prior experience in Reserve Bank of India, upper age limit is relaxed to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For such candidates, upper age limit should not exceed 33 years including experience. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned. Refer item 8 below for relaxation in upper age limit for specified categories.
b. Educational Qualifications (as on 01/10/2015) : A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor’s degree as well as in 12th and 10th standard examinations. The minimum qualifying percentage or an equivalent grade for the Bachelor’s Degree will be in aggregate for all semesters / years.
2. RBI Grade B Officers Recruitment 2015 Number of Attempts:
Candidates belonging to unreserved category i.e. General Category, who had already appeared Phase – I exam for Six times for this post in the past, are not eligible to apply. However, there is no such restriction for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD, if the posts are reserved for them.
2. RBI Grade B Officers Recruitment 2015 Scheme of Examination / Selection:
Selection for RBI Grade B Officers will be through ON-LINE Examinations and interview. There will be two phases of online examination and candidates has to qualify in Phase – I examination to be eligible for appearing Phase – II examination.
I. Phase – I will be a single shift examination to be appeared by candidates on any available day of their choice. The Paper for this test is for 200 marks and consists tests of (i) General Awareness (ii) English Language (iii) Quantitative Aptitude and (iv)Reasoning, with composite time of 120 minutes.
II. The Phase-II online Examination will be conducted in 3 shifts and it is only for those candidates who are shortlisted on the basis of results of Phase-I. The Phase-II examination will be in 3 shifts. Candidates are required to appear for all shifts. Separate Admission Letters will be issued for each shift.
Phase–II online examination will consist of three papers as under:
| Name of Paper | Type of Paper | Time (Minutes) | Marks |
| Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues |
Objective Type | 90 | 100 |
| Paper II: English (Writing Skills) |
Descriptive, to be typed with the help of the keyboard | 90 | 100 |
| Paper-III: (Optional) Finance and Management or Economics or Statistics |
Objective type | 90 | 100 |
NOTE: In Paper-III, candidates have to choose one of the three subjects at the time of online application. All question papers (in both the Phases, except the test of English) will be set bilingually in Hindi and English.
III. Interview: On the basis of results of Phase – II examination, candidates will be called for the interview. The minimum aggregate cut off marks for being shortlisted for Interview will be decided by the Board on the basis of number of vacancies for the post. Roll No. of the candidates shortlisted for interview will be published on RBI website at appropriate time and interview call letters will be sent on registered email ID.
The final Interview will be of 50 marks. Candidate may opt for interview either in Hindi or English.
IV. Final Selection will be through a merit list which will be prepared by adding marks secured by candidates in Phase-II examination and interview.
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