Union Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Notification & Prep Materials

Notification for Union Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 through IBPS has come out yesterday for  a huge vacancy of 1636 Clerk/Single Window Operator positions. As per the notification, the submission of online application form for Union Bank Clerical Recruitment 2012 has started from 19th June, 2012 and the last date of online registration submission of form is 3rd July 2012.

You can also click here to find the Union Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 notification/advertisement.

This is the 12th Clerical recruitment projects by the Indian PSU banks. Previously eleven other major PSU banks of India had issued advertisements for 14,483 clerk vacancies, details of which can be found in my following dedicated blog articles:

Andhra Bank: 600 clerks,
Dena Bank: 1090 Clerks,
Bank of India: 3149 clerks
Bank of Baroda: 2000 clerks
Bank of Maharashtra: 543 Clerk
Punjab & Sind Bank: 800 clerks.

UCO Bank: 1000 Clerks.
Syndicate Bank: 1000 Clerks.
United Bank: 751 Clerks
Corporation Bank: 1550 Clerks.&

Canara Bank: 2000 Clerks.
Union Bank: 1636 Clerks.

There were total nineteen banks for which Common Written Exam 2011 for Clerks was held on 27.11.2011 and the result was declared on 29th Feb, 2012.  Out of these nineteen banks, as twelve banks have come out with their recruitment plan already, there are seven other banks which are yet to publish Clerk Recruitment Advertisement/ Notification - Indian Bank, Punjab National Bank, Allahabad Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Central Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce. As and when these advertisement comes out, I am going to post a blog article on the same.

If you have been following this blog, you must have come to know that recruitment of PO based on IBPS CWE PO 2011 is still on progress and seventeen banks (out of the nineteen) have so far issued recruitment notification for 18,606 PO jobs. You can find a detailed article on this in my previous blog article titled: IBPS CWE Score Cut-off for PO Bank-wise: for all banks.

This blog post of mine apprises you about the important information contained in the Union Bank Clerk Recruitment Notification 2012 to help you apply for the same and also some Union Bank Interview Question Prep material towards the end.

Union Bank Clerk Vacancy 2012:

There are 1636 Clerk vacancies in Union Bank as per the notification with category-wise vacancies as given below:
SC: 237, ST:138, OBC: 470, UR:791, TOT: 1636

You can find the state-wise category-wise vacancies in the table at right.  This State-wise vacancy is very important as you have to apply for the clerk positions state-wise and you should be able to read, write, speak local language of that state. Moreover you should have appeared IBPS CWE 2011 from a centre of that state for which vacancies you want to apply.

Union Bank Clerk Salary:

Salary (i.e. Pay-scale) offered by Union Bank for these Clerk positions is Basic Pay: Rs.7200 – 19300 with other benefits like DA, HRA, etc 

Union Bank Eligibility for Clerks:

Age Eligibility (as on 01.08.2011): Min 20 yrs, Max 28 yrs. (Relaxations exists as per Govt rule).

Educational Qualification Eligibility:
Graduation degree in any discipline.

Other Union Bank Clerk Eligibility:

1.0 You should have appeared IBPS CWE 2011 from a centre in that State/UT for which you wish to apply.
2.0 You should be able to read, write and speak official language of that state.

IBPS CWE Cut-Off  for Union  Bank Clerks:

You can find the IBPS CWE state-wise cut-off for Union Bank Clerks in the table at left. For PWD & EXSM category, the cut-off is 105.

Selection Process for Union Bank Clerks:

Based on the CWE scores of the applicants received by Union Bank, it is going to shortlist the candidates for personal interview. The Interview would consist of 50 marks and would assess the candidates' academic record, power of expression, clarity of thought, qualities of leadership, extra curricular activities, hobbies, general demeanor, behavior, communication skills, suitability for the post etc.


Minimum qualifying marks for the Personal Interview would be 50% marks (45% marks for Reserved Category). Final merit list for Union Bank Clerk Recruitment would be prepared based on IBPS CWE mark & Interview.

Union Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form:

You can apply for Union Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 only online, There is no offline form. 

Click here for Union Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form.
The online form would be available from 19th June to 3rd July, 2012.
How to apply online has been given in detail in section-"15. How to Apply" in page-32 of the Notification.

Union Bank Clerk Interview Question:

This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the Union Bank Interview with a list of Interview questions  click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself.

You should also be ready to face questions on "What is Union Bank", as the interviewer would want to know how much interested you are for this job. So go through this About us page of Union Bank and also the Wiki page on Union Bank. Following are the traits which generally checked in Bank Clerk Interview: Attitude, Personality, level of communication, clarity and problem solving innovativeness, knowledge /proficiency in local/State language (ability to read, write and speak local/State language) level of effectiveness in computer operations, willingness to work anywhere in the State.

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Hope with above information on Union Bank Clerk recruitment you can not only apply with ease but also get that coveted Union Bank job easily. Best wishes!

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