Dear PaGaLGuY readers,

The IBPS PO-IV Interview Process has just
ended. Many of you will have participated in it. It is expected that you will
have some queries about post-interview steps with questions regarding the
cutoffs, selection chances, etc. In this article, we’ll try to briefly answer
some of those queries.

1. When will IBPS declare the final result?

According to the IBPS PO-IV notification,
IBPS will declare the final result on April 1, 2015. IBPS is not known for
delaying results beyond their declared dates. Hence, candidates have to wait
for just two months for the results to be declared.

2. Will IBPS declare the CWE-PO-IV Exam Scores?

Candidates who did not get shortlisted for
the interview process are already able to access their scores. For shortlisted
candidates, it was mentioned in the PO-IV notification that scores will not be
shared before the interview process begins. Now that the process is over, it is
IBPS’s decision to release the scores or not.

3. What will be the final cut off? How will IBPS
arrive at the cutoff scores?

It is difficult to predict the exact final
cutoff. As per the PO-IV notification, the cutoff will include both CWE and
Interview scores with 80:20 weightage, which means that CWE scores will be prorated
as out of 80, and Interview scores out of 20. The total of the two scores will
be taken for final cutoff.

Example: If a candidate has received 82 marks out of
200 in CWE, and 65 marks out of 100 in Interview, their final score will be
calculated as follows: ((82/200)*80) + ((65/100)*20) = 32.8 + 13 = 45.8

Hence the candidate’s weighted final score is
45.8

History: In IBPS PO-III, the written cutoff for
General Category was 61/200, and the final cutoff was 42.20. Anyone who scored
a weighted final score of 42.20 or more was selected and allotted a bank by
IBPS.

Analysis: The IBPS PO-IV CWE cutoff was 82/200, 21
marks more than the cutoff for PO-III. This leads to an increase of 8.40 marks
in the final weighted score (32.8 from 24.4). If we assume that the performance
of candidates in the Interview process for PO-IV were similar to those in
PO-III, there is a direct increase of 8.40 marks minimum in the cutoffs. In
this scenario, the cutoff may exceed to 49 – 50 marks. The cut off is predicted only for general category only. For OBC category it will be three or four marks less than general category cut off. It is difficult to predict cut off for SC & ST category. 

4. What are my chances of selection?

Since the CWE scores have not been declared
by IBPS, it becomes difficult to predict the probable cutoff and hence the
chances of selection of any specific candidate. If we go by the analysis of the
PO-III scoring patterns, if you have just about cleared the CWE cutoff, you
should have topped the Interview scores, hence reaching the weighted average
final cutoff. If you have done better in CWE, but your interview has gone bad,
chances are you may not be able to cross the weighted average final cutoff as
well.

5. If two or more candidates are tied at the
same score, how will IBPS decide who comes before the other in the list?

According to the IBPS PO-IV notification, in
such cases the merit order will be decided by Date of Birth. The prevailing
practice is that candidates senior in age are listed prior to candidates
younger than them, which is also followed by IBPS.

If you have any more queries, please ask them
in the comments below. We’ll try to answer them in subsequent articles.

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