Every year there are almost lakhs of students who aspire to become IBPs clerk. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has started the drive for recruiting clerical grade post. There are lakhs and lakhs of applications that get submitted online every year. The bank clerk is not at all a very simple job. It is one of the toughest jobs and the exams are also tough. Bank clerk job post is the best possible start for understanding and starting work in the Banking sector. The job of a clerk is the most important part of almost every bank. The clerk is also known as the ‘Single Window Operator”.

The IBPS clerk’s roles when in probation period:

• As an IBPS Clerk, the career starts with a six-month probation period.


• There will be an assessment after the probation period is over and if the review of the performance during the probation period is as desired by the bank authorities, then only you will become a permanent employee of the bank.


• Moreover, there are many test papers available over the internet to guide you through the IBPS clerical exam.

Roles and responsibilities of IBPS clerk you must know: It is much of an importance to know the life and the roles and responsibilities of the IBPS clerk before joining or appearing for the recruitment process. This will help in understanding the basic expectation of the bank towards you and your duties.

• The work of a clerk is to perform the daily office and accounts related tasks of the bank.


• Another responsibility of the IBPS clerks is to receive the cheques, drafts, the withdrawal forms, cash payments and cash passing.


• Updating the passbook, verifying the customer account details, taking the signatures are also part of the clerk’s daily work and role in the bank.


• Moreover, holding the bank cash and bank keys and the safe custody of the other valuables of the bank and be a responsible streamlined worker of the cash department is expected out of an IBPS clerk.


• Maintain a daily record of the balance and handling the deposit and the withdrawal of cash is also an important part of the responsibilities of the clerk of the bank.


• Apart from these, performing the bank office work like the receipts collections, the ledger maintenance, the balance tally, entering the data and issuing the cheque books after authentication of the clients are also expected by a dedicated clerk.

Monthly income of an IBPS clerk is around twenty-one thousand to twenty-three thousand. Moreover, it will increase in due time. It is not like once a clerk will always remain a clerk. You can always give the internal exams of the bank and try for the higher positions within it. Banks consider you moving to higher post based on your educational qualification. But undoubtedly the clerk's position is a very vital and responsible position of any bank.