IBPS SO Latest Exam Pattern

There are some candidates who have pursued their Graduations and Post-Graduation Degrees with core subjects, with specific specialisations in their opted core subjects. To proffer wonderful banking job opportunities to such outstanding candidates, IBPS has started the IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment Exam which is conducted every year. 

The IBPS SO Exam qualification assures the candidates’ selection at the preferred positions of-                                                                                                      

Sr. No.	Post
01	I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
02	Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)
03	Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)
04	Law Officer (Scale-I)
05	HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)
06	Marketing Officer (Scale-I)

IBPS Specialist Officer Eligibility criteria –

IBPS SO Eligibility for IT Officer:

Age limit: Minimum: 20 years , Maximum: 30 years 

Educational Qualification:

a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation

                                                         OR

b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications

                                                        OR

c) Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level.

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IBPS SO Eligibility for Agricultural Field Officer:

Age limit: Minimum: 20 years , Maximum: 30 years 

Educational Qualification:

4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering

IBPS SO Eligibility for Rajbhasha Adhikari : 

Age limit: Minimum: 20 years , Maximum: 30 years 

Educational Qualification: 

a) Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level                                                 
                                                                 OR

b) Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level. 

IBPS SO Eligibility for Law Officer:

Age limit: Minimum: 20 years , Maximum: 30 years 

Educational Qualification: 

A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.

IBPS SO Eligibility for HR/Personnel Officer:

Age limit: Minimum: 20 years , Maximum: 30 years 

Educational Qualification: 

Graduate and Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law.* 

IBPS SO Eligibility for Marketing Officer: 

Age limit: Minimum: 20 years , Maximum: 30 years 

Educational Qualification: 

Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing* 

     * In case of dual specialisations, one of the fields of specialisation should be in the field prescribed. In case of major/ minor specialisations, major specialisation should be in the stream prescribed. Candidates having PG Degree (MMS or MBA)/PG Diploma with more than two specialisations are not eligible to apply. 

#Relaxation of Upper Age Limit 

Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe- 5 years 

Other Backward Classes- 3 years 

Persons With Disability- 10 years 

Ex-Servicemen- 5 years 

IBPS Specialist Officer Selection Procedure : 

Common Recruitment Process (CRP SPL-VII) will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and mains. Candidates who will qualify in Online Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Online Main Examination and shortlisted candidates in the main examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and co-ordinated by the Nodal Bank.

Participating Organisations:-

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

The structure of the Online CWE will be as follows:-

Preliminary Examination: 

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari:

Sr.no.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	2 hours
2	Reasoning	50	50	English And Hindi
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English And Hindi
	Total	150	125

For the Post of IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer:

Sr.no.	Name of Tests	No. of         Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	2 hours
2	Reasoning	50	50	English And Hindi
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English And Hindi
	Total	150	125

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Mains Examination:

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer 

and Marketing Officer:

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes

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 For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari: 

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	45	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive)	2		English & Hindi	30 minutes

 Penalty for wrong answers:-

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

CUTOFF SCORE (Online Main Examination):

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in the test of Online Main examination and also secure sufficiently high scores to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online Main examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.