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Canara Bank PO Recruitment 2018: Online Application Begins @ Canarabank.com

Bhavesh Chothani
Canara Bank PO Recruitment 2018: Canara Bank Recruitment 2018 Free Job alert for both Fresher and Experienced Candidates updated on October 24, 2018. Get Direct Official Link for applying Canara Bank Recruitment 2018 along with current Canara Bank Recruitment official Notification 2018 here. Find all recent Canara Bank Vacancy 2018 across India and check all latest Canara Bank 2018 job openings instantly here, Know upcoming Canara Bank Recruitment 2018 immediately here.

Canara Bank PO Recruitment Process For 800 Vacancies Begins



NEW DELHI: Canara Bank, a leading Public Sector Bank with Head Office in Bengaluru and global presence with over 6300 branches, has invited online application for the recruitment of Probationary Officers or POs. The Bank has announced a vacancy of 800 posts in this Canara Bank PO recruitment process. The recruitment to these vacancies will be undertaken through admissions to the specially designed one year training course leading to Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance (PGDBF) either through Manipal Global Education Services Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru or NITTE Education International Pvt Ltd., Greater Noida, which are recognized by UGC. The registration process for Canara Bank PO recruitment will be done on the official website of the bank, canarabank.com.

Canara Bank PO Recruitment 2018


The PGDBF course comprises of 9 months of classroom studies and 3 months internship at Canara Bank's Branches / Offices. 

The programme is fully residential during 9 months classroom studies and the selected candidates should necessarily stay in the campus.

Candidates will be selected for admission to the course at either of the above two institutes through selection process consisting of online objective test followed by Group Discussion and Personal Interview. 

On successful completion of the course, candidates will be awarded with "Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance (PGDBF)" from that institute and the candidates would be offered appointment in the Bank as Probationary Officer in Junior Management Grade Scale-I. 

Canara Bank PO Recruitment Selection Process

  • The selection shall be by way of Online Objective Test followed by Group Discussion and Interview.

Canara Bank 800 PO Online Exam Pattern 2018

  • Online objective test will be conducted through Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), Mumbai. The online objective test pattern is mentioned here below:
    • Reasoning: 50 questions & 50 Marks (English & Hindi)
    • Quantitative Aptitude: 50 questions & 50 Marks (English & Hindi)
    • English Language: 50 questions & 50 Marks (English)
    • General Awareness: 50 questions & 50 Marks (English & Hindi)
    • Total (Total Weighted Score): 200 questions & 200 Marks
    • Time: Composite time of 2 hours
  • There will be negative marks for wrong answers in Objective Test.
  • Bank will decide the minimum cut-off marks for each subject as well as Total Score. Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each subject and also a minimum total score as decided by Bank to be considered for Group Discussion and Interview.
  • Bank reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through Bank’s website. 
  • Candidates reporting late i.e. after the reporting time specified on the Call Letter for Examination will not be permitted to take the examination. 
  • Depending on the number of vacancies, such of those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the order of merit in the online test as per the cut-off marks decided by the Bank will only be called in 1:3 ratio (for each post 3 candidates) for Group Discussion and Interview

Penalty for Wrong Answers:

  • There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question. 

Canara Bank PO Recruitment Important Dates

    • Advertisement No.: CB / RP / 1 / 2018 
    • Commencement of on-line registration of application: 23/10/2018
    • Closure of registration of application: 13/11/2018
    • Last date for printing your application: 28/11/2018
    • Opening Date and closing date for on-line registration in Website Download of call letter for online test (tentative) After: 05.12.2018 
    • Date of online test (tentative): 23.12.2018