Updated: Sep 23, 2023
IBPS is a body implementing recruitment services for all Public Sector Banks, SBI, Associate Banks of SBI, SIDBI, RBI, NABARD, Insurance Companies, LIC, few Co.op.banks, regional rural banks, public sector undertakings of non-financial sector, state-owned companies, corporations and government departments, reputed management institutions, and some major universities. It is a recruitment body designed to provide standardized assessment and result processing system through the foundation of Speed, Accuracy, and Confidentiality with the blend of modern technology and academic expertise. The process is designed to test both freshers and expert candidates for placements into the sectors mentioned above and hence is deemed as one of the most successful recruitment bodies of India.
The IBPS PO 2020 exam has been released out at their official site with the last date to apply for the ibps po exam is 26th August. Candidates can directly go to its official website or through a smartphone can apply it for. The IBPS PO 2020 official notification includes important exam dates, no. of vacancies, eligibility criteria, pattern, seat allotment category wise and number of participating banks
The official IBPS PO 2020 notification is released on 4th of August with vacancies totaling 1167 but that has been revised to 1,147 vacancies. The IBPS PO 2020 prelims exam will be held on 3rd, 10th and 11th of October 2020 whereas final exam will take place on 28th November 2020
| Exam Name | Probationary Officers/Management Trainees in Participating Organisations (CRP PO/MT-X) aka IBPS PO |
| Organizer | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. |
| Exam Level | National |
| Mode | Online |
| Frequency of exam | Once a year |
| Exam Duration | Prelims: 1 hour Mains: 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Stages | Prelims, Mains and Interview |
| Language | Hindi and English |
| Posts | Probationary Officer |
| Helpline number | 00
222 366, 1800 103 4566 |
| Official website |
| Events | Dates |
| Application form | Onwards 4th of August, 2020 |
| Application form last date | 26th of August 2020 |
| The last date to edit the submitted application form | 26th of August 2020 |
| Application fee last date | 26th of August 2020 |
| Prelims Admit Card issue date | 4 weeks before the Prelims exam date i.e. amidst of September |
| Prelims Exam date | 3rd of October 2020 10th of October 2020 11th of October 2020 |
| Prelims Exam results | End of October 2020 or Beginning of November 2020 |
| Prelims Scorecard | End of October 2020 or Beginning of November 2020 |
| Mains Exam Admit Card | November 2020 |
| Mains Exam occurrence | 28th of November 2020 |
| Mains Exam results /Scorecard | December 2020 |
| Interview | January 2021 |
| Placements | April 2021 |
| Banks | Vacancies |
| Bank of Maharashtra | 250 |
| UCO Bank | 350 |
| Bank of India | 734 |
| Punjab and Sind Bank | 83 |
| Total | 1,417 |
IBPS PO is designed to test candidates for the post of Probationary Officer (PO) in various public sector banks of India. The exam is conducted in three phases namely:
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Any graduate holding a bachelor's degree from a recognized university is eligible to take the exam of IBPS PO.
NATIONALITY:
AGE LIMIT:
20 years - 30 years
MODE OF EXAM:
Computer-based test
IBPS PO TENTATIVE SALARY:
Rs 35,000 - Rs 38,000
IMPORTANT DATES
| TITLE | TENTATIVE DATES |
| Registration | August 7, 2020 |
| Last day to submit the application form | August 28, 2020 |
| Admit card release date for Prelims Exam | September 30, 2020 |
| Exam dates for Prelims Exam | October 3, 4, and 10, 2020 (Officially announced) |
| Prelims Exam Result | November 1, 2020 |
| Main exam date | November 28, 2020 (Officially announced) |
| Mains result | January 2, 2021 |
| Interview dates | January/February 2021 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2021 |
EXAM PATTERN
PRELIMINARY ROUND:
| SECTION | TOTAL NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS | TIME DURATION (in minutes) |
| English | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Total: | 100 | 100 | 60 |
MAINS:
| SECTION | TOTAL NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS | TIME DURATION (in minutes) |
| English | 35 | 40 | 40 |
| Data Interpretation and Analysis | 35 | 60 | 45 |
| Reasoning and Computer Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 60 |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| Essay and Letter Writing | 2 | 25 | 30 |
| Total: | 157 | 225 | 3 hours 30 minutes |
SYLLABUS
PRELIMS :
http://www.ibps.in/
