Bank of Baroda SO 2025 – (Admit Card Out)

Bank of Baroda Specialist Officer (SO) 2024-25 Selection Procedure

Selection Procedure

1. The selection process may comprises online test, psychometric test or any other test deemed suitable for further selection process followed by Group Discussion and/or Interview of candidates, qualifying in the online test.
2. However, if the number of eligible applications received is large/less, then Bank reserves the right to change the shortlisting criteria/interview process. Bank may, at its discretion, consider conducting of Multiple Choice/Descriptive/ Psychometric Test / Group Discussion/Interviews or any other selection/shortlisting methodologies for the above position.
3. Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitle a candidate to be called for interview. Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for the interview after preliminary screening/short-listing with reference to the candidate’s qualification, suitability, experience etc.
4. Bank reserves the right to consider the candidature of the candidate to any other position other than for which he/she has applied for, subject to the condition that the candidate fulfil the eligibility criteria prescribed for the position for which the candidate is considered for.
5. Bank reserves the right to combine two or more similar position/s as one position, if necessitated.

Online Test:

The tentative structure of the online examination will be as follows:

• The above Sections / Tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
• Section/Test 1, 2 & 3 are qualifying in nature and marks secured in these sections will not be reckoned for final result. The minimum qualifying marks/percentage of marks in each of the section would be 40% for General & EWS Category and 35% for Reserved Categories. However, the Bank reserves the right to change the minimum/ waive off qualifying criteria at its sole discretion.
• Marks Section/Test 4 i.e. Professional Knowledge shall be reckoned for shortlisting the candidates for participation in further selection process and drawing the rank list. There will be penalty for wrong answers in this section (i.e. section 4). For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 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.

Bank reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination including addition / substitution by the way of descriptive test/case study which will be intimated through its website.

The date of online test shall be advised shortly. Other detailed information, if any, regarding the examination will be given in an information hand out, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the Bank’s official website.