Contents
- 1 IBPS PO 2018 Official Recruitment Notification: Admit Card, Salary, Exam, Syllabus
- 1.1 Thing you should know about IBPS PO (Probationary Officers) & Job profile:
- 1.2 IBPS PO 2018 Recruitment Notification
- 1.3 Important Dates for IBPS PO
- 1.4 IBPS PO 2019-20 vacancies
- 1.5 IBPS PO Selection process
- 1.6 IBPS PO Eligibility Criteria
- 1.7 IBPS PO Age Eligibility
- 1.8 Education Qualification
- 1.9 IBPS PO Eligibility percentage
- 1.10 IBPS PO Salary and Career Growth
- 1.11 IBPS Exam syllabus and Exam Pattern
- 1.12 IBPS PO Preliminary Exam pattern and syllabus
- 1.13 IBPS PO Main Exam Syllabus and Exam Pattern
- 1.14 Negative Marking system
- 1.15 IBPS PO Interview
- 1.16 Recommended Books
- 1.17 IBPS Po Pre-Exam Training 2018
- 1.18 IBPS PO Apply online
- 1.19 IBPS PO Exam Fees Details
- 1.20 IBPS PO Exam Centers
- 1.21 IBPS PO Admit card
- 1.22 IBPS PO Exam Result
- 1.23 IBPS PO Cut off List for 2017-18
- 1.24 Faq:
- 1.25 Conclusion
IBPS PO 2018 Official Recruitment Notification: Admit Card, Salary, Exam, Syllabus
Whenever it comes about banking jobs, an institute of Banking Personnel Selection or simply IBPS PO is the number one choice for the Candidate who is looking high-Grade salary package post in the Banking sector.
IBPS also helps to get hired for the Position of Probationary Officers and management trainee in various Public sector Banks Like SBI, RBI & Many Reputed Insurance companies like Lic.
Every Year More than 20 Lakh candidates try to get hired for Banking job but only 4000 candidates get selected by banks. As we know, today there is lots of competition for Banking jobs in the corporate world. Because of incomplete knowledge, you are not able to Clear Recruitment process and End up with giving up for our Dream job.
Are you also Trying to get Hired for IBPS PO jobs?
Then this post surely helps you to get selected for IBPS PO Recruitment.
Before jumping to Main Topic lets see a brief introduction about IBPS PO.
Fresh Update(29/08/2018): Candidate can download their Ibps Po admit card very Soon from official website. Exam fro Recruitment going to be held in month of October 2018.
Thing you should know about IBPS PO (Probationary Officers) & Job profile:
In 1975 Indian government set up a Personnel Selection Services (PPS) for the selection of Probationary Officers in Banking sectors. In 1984 it is changed to Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) by RBI.
In 2011 IBPS Started common Written Examination (CWE) throughout India for recruiting banking officers, clerks and management trainee. You can also apply via online application for a various job in IBPS.
Examination mode is Online, which is divided into 3 parts. This Year pre-Exam is held on 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st October 2018 and main Exam will be organized on 18th November 2018.
If you are here the first time then probably don’t know what is job profile of IBPS PO?
Here we bring a simple checklist of responsibility for IBPS Probationary Officers. This will help you to understand the job profile of Probationary Officers.
IBPS PO 2018 Recruitment Notification
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Board has finally announced the Recruitment notification for 4102 vacant Post. Online Application for Examination will start on 14th August 2018.
You can make payment and changes in form till 4th September 2018. 4th September is the last date of filling online application.
Selected candidate can be posted anywhere in india. The provisional POsting will start in April 2019 for selected candidates.
You can Read more about this Recruitment Notification pdf copyon of official Release.
Online Application Link for IBPS Probationary Officers 2018{Not Active}
Important Dates for IBPS PO
Activity | Tentative Dates |
Online registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 14.08.2018 – 04.09.2018 |
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 14.08.2018 – 04.09.2018 |
Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training | September 2018 |
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training | 01.10.2018 to 07.10.2018 |
Download of call letters for Online Examination – Preliminary | October 2018 |
Online Examination – Preliminary | 13.10.2018, 14.10.2018, 20.10.2018 and 21.10.2018 |
Result of Online Exam – Preliminary | October/ November 2018 |
Download of Call letter for Online Exam – Main | November 2018 |
Online Examination – Main | 18.11.2018 |
Declaration of Result – Main | December 2018 |
Download of call letters for interview | January 2019 |
Conduct of interview | January / February 2019 |
Provisional Allotment | April 2019 |
This is official Date announced by authorised IBPS website. For Recent Updates and Changes keep visiting our website or official website.
IBPS PO 2019-20 vacancies
Like last Year This Year also there is only 4102 Vacant seat available for new candidates who are looking for IBPS PO Jobs.
Vacancies are divided By cast and Bank Categories.
- Candidates belongs to SC,ST,OBC Category will get 599,285,1185 job Positions.
- General categories candidate has 2033 Vacant seat opportunity
- Canara Bank is holding Maximum vacancies for Recruitment i.e 1200 following Bank of India with 965 & Allahabad Bank with 784 POsitions for Recruitment.
- Banks Like IDBI, Dena,Union Bank of india, UCO Bank Not participating for Recruitment process as they don’t have any vacant POsitions.
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Total | 599 | 285 | 1185 | 2033 | 4102 | 97 | 46 | 46 | 50 | |
OUT | OF | WHICH | PWD |
IBPS PO Selection process
IBPS PO Exam is divided into 3 main stage Namely Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam & Personal Interview. This Exam is also known as Common Written Examination (CWE) which is conducted online.
CWE Is started in 2011 and it is the 8th edition of online Examination, therefore it is officially called as IBPS PO /MT CWE VIII 2018. After clearing First stage i.e Preliminary Exam candidate is promoted to next stage and so on.
- Preliminary Exam: Based on selection criteria decent amount of candidates are shortlisted for Preliminary Examination. Mode of this Exam is online for 100 Marks consist of 3 subject Namely English, Numerical and Reasoning subject. A candidate who are able to pass this Exam is promoted to Next Round.
- Main Exam: This is 2nd stage of Recruitment Selection. Here candidates are selected by MCQ type Exam. The main Exam has 5 section for 200+25 Marks. You have to attempt this paper in 180+30 Minute. Candidate who is able to clear this Exam is promoted to the personal interview round.
- Personal Interview: The final round is a personal round where candidate appears for personal interview process. Personal Interview is taken by the nodal bank of each state with the help of IBPS.
IBPS PO Eligibility Criteria
According to Official website of IBPS candidate must produce an original document to verify the eligibility criteria. After the last date of filling the online form candidate cannot change their category of Eligibility.
Nationality/ citizination ship of the applicant
Candidate should fall under any one category. He or she must be:
1.a Citizen of India or
2.a subject of Nepal or Bhutan or
3.a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
4.a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India
Candidates who fall under 2,3,4 categories must have a valid certificate issued by Indian government in the favour of the applicant.
IBPS PO Age Eligibility
Candidate must be older than 20 Year i.e Born after 02.08.1988 and younger than 30 Year old i.e Born not later than 01.08.1998.
Other than this candidate who falls Under below categories will get Relaxation of Upper age limit according to government rules:
No. | Category | Age relaxation |
1 | Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 Years |
2 | Other Backward ClasseYearss (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 Years |
3 | Persons With Benchmark Disabilities as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” | 10 Years |
4 | Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment | 5 Years |
5 | Persons ordinarily domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 | 5 Years |
6 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 Years |
Education Qualification
A candidate who is passed before 04.09.2018 is applicable with any graduation degree in any discipline from a University recognized by the Government of India. An applicant who has a degree recognized by the central government is also eligible for Recruitment.
IBPS PO Eligibility percentage
There is no minimum percentage criteria for IBPS PO Recruitment. A candidate who has clear engineering Examination or any 4th Year Degree is also eligible for Recruitment Process.
IBPS PO Salary and Career Growth
IBPS PO salary structure changes every year. This given salary structure is the ideal structure of salary Created by banks. Candidate Basic pay start with 23,700 Per month. But including special allowance(1836.75), medical aid(8000), entertainment(500) etc. this package goes upto 5,57,640.52 CTC.
When it comes to career growth for IBPS PO applicant it starts with Bank PO and gets promoted upto GM Position. Details about this progression can be seen in below infographic:
IBPS Exam syllabus and Exam Pattern
Exam syllabus for IBPS PO is same as for any competitive Government Job.It includes some basic subjects like English, Reasoning, Numerical Analysis Etc.
Officially there is no ideal Syllabus Given by IBPS. But based on previous papers and a question asked in Exam Below Syllabus is Obtained.
IBPS PO Preliminary Exam pattern and syllabus
IBPS preliminary Exam is conducted for 100 marks in 60 minute. Exam is divided into 3 section, each section of 20 minutes. Candidate must secure cutoff marks in all there section. The Exam mode for the Preliminary Exam will be online. Each question will carry 0.25 Negative marks and +1 Positive marks.
Sr.No | Test | No. Of question | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted |
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1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | English | 20 minutes |
2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 |
The final cut off list is generated by IBPS, different for all different categories. Candidate must score minimum marks to qualify in next round. If you also want to secure high marks than must prepare hard for the below subjects. You can also try our online mock test series for preparation.
IBPS PO Main Exam Syllabus and Exam Pattern
An applicant who is able to pass the preliminary Exam can give the main Exam. IBPS PO main Exam is consist of 4+1 section for 180+30 minutes. Main Exam will be of 200+25 Marks.
Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
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1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 60 minutes |
2 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | English & Hindi | 35 minutes |
3 | English Language | 35 | 40 | English | 40 minutes |
4 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
TOTAL:::: | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | ||
5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | English | 30 minutes |
we Already Covered about IBPS PO Syllabus in our previous post in detail.
Negative Marking system
Around ¼ of the marks will be deducted as a penalty for the wrong answer. If a candidate chooses one wrong answer than 0.25 marks will be deducted . for 4 wrong answer 1 marks will be charged as a penalty. There is no penalty for leaving the question. So if you don’t know answer than you can skip the question. There will be no penalty for that.
IBPS PO Interview
Candidate who have qualified for main Exam is subsequently called for personal interview. This interview is conducted by nodal bank and IBPS. The Exam center address and timing of interview is informed by admit letter to the candidate.
The minimum qualifying marks for interview is 40 %(35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). Candidate should be present for interview otherwise he or she is disqualified from selection process. Make sure you carry all important document, well dressed and confident before appearing for interview.
The candidate will be selected based on final merit list. This merit list is generated by IBPS. The list includes marks from main Exam & interview round in 80:20 Ratio.
Followings are main document which you have carry in personal interview
- Interview call letter
- Application printout generated by official website
- Proof of date of birth, photo identity proof,Caste certificate, marksheets
- Nationality certificate if belongs to other 2,34 categories.
- Domical if needed
- Disability certificate
You can also check IBPS PO interview experience for better explanation. This will give you idea what type of question can be asked in IBPS PO Interview.
Recommended Books
As i Already said more than 20 Lakh applicant apply for IBPS PO job where only 4 thousand seats are available.
Competition is Extra tough, so you need Extra preparation. This Are some Books Recommended by University Professors. You can buy this Book from given Link:
- Topic-wise Solved Papers for IBPS/SBI Bank PO/Clerk Prelim & Main Exam
- IBPS Clerk Guide for Preliminary & Main ExamsBy Disha Experts
- Target IBPS Bank Clerk 20 Practice Sets Workbook for Preliminary & Main Exam
- Comprehensive Guide to IBPS Bank PO/MT Preliminary & Main Exam By Disha Experts
IBPS Po Pre-Exam Training 2018
Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities can avail the free Pre-Exam training conducted by nodal bank & participating organization at certain centers of india. This Training will be Cost-free excluding travelling charges, personal charges.
Interested candidate can fill the online application form on official website of IBPS. you have to download admit card for pre-Exam training.
Pre-Exam training will held for five day where you will going to learn Tips, Tricks, time management and how to avoid basic mistake in Exam. This Exam is conducted by the order of indian government.
List of centers for IBPS Po Pre-Exam Training is Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.
IBPS can changes or cancel any center training based on the response .
IBPS PO Apply online
Applicant can apply for IBPS PO by filling online application form from 14.08.2018 to 04.09.2018. No other mode of application is Accepted. You can also make any changes or payment in between this date. After the 4 september no edit or payment is accepted.
Make sure you using Internet Explorer 8.0 or above, mozilla 3.0 or above, chrome 3.0 or above to avoid any type of error.
Before starting filling online application form keep Ready scan copy of Photograph, signature, handwritten declaration and left-hand thumb impression.
Follow this step by step method to fill the IBPS PO online application form:
- Visit official website of IBPS.
- Click on “CRP PO/MT” Tab Link.
- Now click on notification showing “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES (CRP-PO/MT-VIII)” with this you will find Application form.
- You have to click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION”
- Enter Basic details of applicant and click on” submission”
- Now Screen will show User id and password for the candidate. This id and password is also sent to Registered Email id and phone Number. Note Down or save this password for future.
- Now again sign in the official website and fill the details.
- Upload the following scan copy of:
- Photograph
- Signature
- Left thumb impression
- A handwritten declaration
- After Uploading and entering all details check your application form carefully and click on final submission.
- After completing all this step you have to make payment. You can make payment via online banking, Credit Card, debit card, Mobile Banking or Mobile Wallet.
For additional instruction for the filling the online form plz visit the official notification page Number 11.
IBPS PO Exam Fees Details
Candidate has to pay fee according to the category they belong. Fee structure is labelled in below table.you have to make online payment. All the payment mode is mentioned in the online application section.
After the paying fee and type of cancellation, Transfer or refund of fee is not Possible.
Category | Fees |
SC/ST/PWD candidates | 110/- INR |
all others including General category | 600/- INR |
IBPS PO Exam Centers
You can Add your preferred Exam centers according to your conveniences. For this, you have to add your Preferred center’s name in the online application.
Based on seat allotment availability you will get your Exam centres for IBPS PO Exam. But because of some Reason like non-availability of seats IBPS has an authority to change you Exam centres and you can not request to change your Exam centre.
IBPS also have an authority to add Examination centre and allot you for Examination. For a Detail list of Examination visit official notification page number 16-17.
IBPS PO Admit card
You have to download your admit card or call letter before going to preliminary Exam, main Exam or interview. This admit card is available on official website of IBPS, can be download by entering:
- Registration number
- Date of birth/password
All the details Regarding venue, center address, date and time is printed on call letter.
Make sure you download the soft copy of your call letter as no hard copy is sent to anyone by POst. This call letter will be available before the 15-20 Days of Examination.
IBPS PO Exam Result
Exam result is generated for each phase (preliminary, mains, interview). Candidate how are able to clear preliminary Exam can go for main & interview stage.
Final Result is generated based on 80:20 Ratio of main & interview stage. Based on final cutoff list you can check your eligibility for provisional allotment.
IBPS PO Cut off List for 2017-18
Category | Cut off |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 36.00 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 28.50 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 42.25 |
General (Gen) | 42.75 |
Hearing Impaired | 15.75 |
Orthopaedically Challenged | 28.75 |
Visually Impaired | 23.25 |
Intellectual Disability | 17.75 |
Faq:
Q.How to crack IBPS PO?
Ans:It is one of the most and toughest question asked by a candidate who prepares for IBPS PO. There is no any sector formula to get higher marks in Exam. You can go for online Mock test which help you To build Examination Environment. Make sure you use Recommended book from above section. I will also suggest to solve previous Year question papers.
Q.How difficult is to crack IBPS PO Exam?
Ans:Exam is not that much tough. But as i already said Competition for Recruitment makes Recruitment process tough. This Leads to higher cutoff list.
Q.What is Languages of Examination?
Ans:IBPS PO Exam is bilingual i.e you can give Exam in Hindi as well as in English.
Conclusion
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