IBPS announces Probationary Officers' recruitment, check important updates

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has published an official notification for the recruitment of Probationary Officers/ Management Trainees through Common Recruitment Process.

Interested candidates can check the eligibility criteria to apply on the official website, link - www.ibps.in. The application process starts today, August 1 and is available till August 21, 2024.

IBPS Recruitment Details

Total Vacancy: 4455 Posts

UR Categories: 1846 Posts

SC Categories: 657 Posts

ST Categories: 332 Posts

OBC Categories: 1185 Posts

EWS Categories: 435 Posts

Age Limit

The minimum age for applying for all the mentioned posts is 20 years and the maximum age limit is 30 years. Candidates should not have been born earlier than August 2, 1994 and not later than August 1, 2004. 

However, the upper age limit relaxation is varied across categories, candidates can visit the official notification for rest of the details.

Educational Qualification

Candidates should hold Bachelor’s degree in any steam from a recognised institution or university.

Selection Process

The structure of examination is divided in two phases- preliminary and main examination. The preliminary examination will consist of 100 questions carrying a total of 100 marks. Candidates need to qualify in the Preliminary examination in order to be eligible for the Main Examination.

Adequate number of candidates will be selected for the Main Examination by IBPS depending upon requirements in each category. Both the examinations will be conducted in online mode. 

The Main Examination will consist of a total of 155 questions carrying a total of 200 marks. However, this phase has an additional section of English essay writing and letter writing consisting of 2 questions and 25 marks.

Each wrong answer will result in the negative marking of 0.25 marks deduction in the objective type. 

Application Fee

Candidates are required to pay an amount of Rs 850 as the application fee. However, candidates belonging to the categories of SC/ST/PwBD are required to pay Rs 175.

Candidates can check the official notification for further details.