What Should Be The Bank Preference Order While Filling Up IBPS Clerk 2018 Application Form?

IBPS recently released the notification for the vacancies of Clerks in the Public Sector Banks of India and there are a total of 7275 vacancies for this post. The registrations have started already and you all must have started to fill up the forms too. While filling up the application form, one comes across a step that asks her to tick mark the banks on the basis of her own preference of banks in which she wants to get posted. This is quite a difficult task for many as they don’t know what should be the right choice of banks. One has to be very careful while filling up this part as she gets her posting on the basis of her preference only. Also, she will not get transferred to a different place before completing a certain period of time. So, Adda247 is here with a post that discusses the details of filling up the bank preference order of the IBPS Clerk application form 2018.

Following are the PSBs participating in IBPS Clerk Recruitment as per the official notification. You will have to make your choice from the list of these banks:

Allahabad Bank	Bank of Maharashtra	Dena Bank	Oriental Bank of Commerce	UCO Bank
Andhra Bank	Canara Bank	Vijaya Bank	Punjab National Bank	Union Bank of India
Bank of Baroda	Central Bank of India	Indian Bank	Punjab & Sind Bank	United Bank of India
Bank of India	Corporation Bank	Indian Overseas Bank	Syndicate Bank

All the banks that have not yet declared the number of vacancies yet will declare them in dribs and drabs by the end of this year. So, you can apply for the banks that have not yet declared the number of vacancies and it will not affect your selection in any way.

To choose a bank on your preference list, its headquarter should be given the topmost priority. Every bank has the maximum number of its branches in the state its headquarter is located in. For example, Bank of Baroda has the maximum number of its branches in Gujarat. So, if you prefer this bank, probability of you getting posted in Gujarat increases. Although this bank conducts its recruitment process through PGDBF Programme at Manipal University, one can still put it as her first preference in the IBPS Clerk 2018 application form. Keep it in mind that a bank that has decided to recruit through this recruitment process will sooner or later declare the number of vacancies that need to be filled up for this financial year.

So, this article by Adda247 is intended towards guiding the candidates to fill up the bank preference list of this year’s IBPS Clerk application form. We are also providing you with the headquarters of all the banks that are participating in this year’s IBPS Clerk recruitment process. You can make your choice on the basis of these headquarters as this will help you get posted in your native state or the state you prefer to be posted in. The other thing that one should keep in mind while making the choice is the work culture of the bank. So students, act smart while filing up the form as not choosing the right bank may result in accommodation problems, etc. Here is the list of banks that you should go for on the basis of the states that you prefer to be posted in:

(I) Best Choices for North India‐

States: Delhi, Punjab, UP, UK, J&K, HP, Haryana and Rajasthan

1. Bank of Baroda
2. Punjab National Bank
3. Oriental Bank of Commerce
4. Allahabad Bank
5. Punjab & Sind Bank
6. Canara Bank

(II) Best choice for East & North East India

States: Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Seven Sister states and Sikkim

1. Allahabad Bank
2. Punjab National Bank
3. Bank of Baroda
4. UCO Bank
5. United Bank of India
6. Canara Bank

(III) Best Choice for West & Central India

States: Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP, Chhattisgarh, Goa

1. Bank of Baroda
2. Dena Bank
3. Bank of Maharashtra
4. Canara Bank
5. Central Bank of India

(IV) Best Choice for South India

States: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

1. Canara Bank
2. Indian Bank
3. Vijaya Bank
4. Indian Overseas Bank
5. Andhra Bank
6. Corporation Bank
7. Syndicate Bank

Vacancies in IBPS Clerk 2018 and Region of Operation of Banks

Indent for Clerk for the year 2019-20*

Sl.No.	Bank	Region of Operation
1	Allahabad Bank	Eastern Region HQ: Kolkatta
2	Andhra Bank	Southern Region HQ: Hyderabad
3	Bank of Baroda	Western Region HQ: Baroda
4	Bank of India	Western Region HQ: Mumbai
5	Bank of Maharashtra	Western Region HQ: Pune
6	Canara Bank	Southern Region HQ: Bengaluru
7	Central Bank of India	Western Region HQ: Mumbai
8	Corporation Bank	Southern Region HQ: Mangaluru
9	Dena Bank	Western Region HQ: Mumbai
10	Indian Bank	Southern Region HQ: Chennai
11	Indian Overseas Bank	Southern Region HQ: Chennai
12	Oriental Bank of Commerce	Northern Region HQ: Gurugram
13	Punjab National Bank	Northern Region HQ: New Delhi
14	Punjab & Sind Bank	Northern Region HQ: New Delhi
15	Syndicate Bank	Southern Region HQ: Manipal
16	UCO Bank	Eastern Region HQ: Kolkata
17	Union Bank of India	Western Region HQ: Mumbai
18	United Bank of India	Eastern Region HQ: Kolkata
19	Vijaya Bank	Southern Region HQ: Bengaluru