ExamType | Format | Language |
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National Level | Online/CBT, Offline/PBT | English |
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, Specialist Officer (IBPS SO) is a national level examination for recruitment of Specialist Officers (SO) in various public sector banks in India. It is conducted by IBPS every year. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is the autonomous body that conducts IBPS SO exam every year. The body conducts this exam every year at the behest of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Public Sector Banks. The major objective of the exam is to hire deserving and talented human resource via personal assessment. Candidates applying for IBPS SO 2023 exam need to take Preliminary and Main common written exams (CWE) followed by the personal interview. Candidates who clear both the preliminary and main exam will only qualify for the final round that is Interview by a selection panel.
IBPS SO is conducted online in two different examination pattern – examination pattern I for Law Officer Scale I/ RajbhashaAdhikariScale I and examination pattern II for IT Officer Scale I/Agricultural Field Officer Scale I/ HR or Personnel Officer Scale I/ Marketing Officer Scale I.
Various public sector banks looking for officers intimate their requirements to IBPS and participate in the complete recruitment process. Participating banks in IBPS SO 2023 include:
Allahabad Bank |
Indian Bank |
Andhra Bank |
Oriental Bank of Commerce |
Bank of India |
Punjab & Sind Bank |
Bank of Maharashtra |
Punjab National Bank |
Bank of Baroda |
Syndicate Bank |
Central Bank of India |
Union Bank of India |
Corporation Bank |
UCO Bank |
Canara Bank |
United Bank of India |
Dena Bank |
Vijaya Bank |
Indian Overseas Bank |
For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Important Dates, read more.
IBPS has set criteria for every post it conducts exam for. Be it PO, Clerk or SO, candidates need to meet some conditions like age, qualification, and experience to apply for the exam. Aspirants planning to apply for IBPS SO 2023 must check eligibility criteria and proceed further only when they meet every requirement.
Nationality:
· A citizen of India
· A subject of Nepal, Bhutan or a Tibetan Refugee, who came to India before January 1, 1962 with the objective to settle here
· Migrants of East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam
Candidates who want to apply for IBPS SO 2023 should be between 21 to 30 years of age. Candidates before November 2, 1987 and after November 1, 1997 do not qualify for the exam.
Posts (Scale I) |
Eligibility Criteria |
IT Officer |
Engineering graduate or a Post-Graduate in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation from any university, institution or board recognised by Govt. of India. Graduate candidates who have passed DOEACC ‘B’ level can also apply. |
Agricultural Field Officer |
Graduate in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Agri. Engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing & Cooperation/ Cooperation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry |
RajbhashaAdhikari |
Post-Graduate degree in Hindi with English as one of the subjects at graduation level OR Post-Graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at graduation level. |
Law Officer |
BA LLB degree Listed advocate with the Bar Council. |
HR/ Personnel Officer |
Graduate with a full-time Post-Graduate degree or full-time Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ Human Resource/ Human Resource Development/ Social Work/ Labour Law |
Marketing Officer |
Graduate with a full-time MMS (Marketing)/ MBA (Marketing)/ PGDBA/ PGDBM with specialisation in Marketing |
For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Eligibility Criteria, read more.
IBPS SO 2023 application forms will be released online in October 2023. Aspirants willing to join public sector banks at the post of Specialist Officer will be able to fill the online application forms after official notification of the same. As there is no option of submitting the application form in offline mode, candidates should go through the form filling process guidelines carefully.
Candidates interested in applying for the post of Specialist Officer in participating public sector banks should register themselves online for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP) conducted by IBPS on its official website. Applicants must fill in the application form by entering the required information and uploading scanned photograph and signature.
The application procedure will be completed with the payment of application fee. All candidates are advised to fill-in the application form before the last date.
Though official IBPS SO 2023 schedule hasn’t been released yet, tentative dates have been given. Candidates planning to apply for IBPS SO 2023 exam can check important dates in the table below:
Events |
Exam Dates |
Online Registration Start Date |
October, 2023 |
IBPS SO Online Registration Last date |
November, 2023 |
Prelims Hall Ticket |
First week of December 2023 |
Preliminary Exam Date |
December 30 and 31 2023 |
Prelims Result Declaration |
January 2023 |
Mains Exam Admit Card |
January 2023 |
Mains Exam Date |
January 28, 2023 |
Mains Result Declaration |
February 2023 |
Call letters for IBPS SO Interview |
Last week of February 2023 |
Interview Dates |
March 2023 |
IBPS SO Declaration of Final Result/ Provisional Allotment |
April 2023 |
For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Applicxation Procedure, read more.
For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Admit Cards, read more.
Category |
Application Fee (INR) |
SC/ ST/ PWD |
100 |
Other categories |
600 |
Based on the CWE score, candidates will be shortlisted and called for an interview by the participating organisation in coordination with nodal banks and IBPS. The candidates will have to download the call letter from the official website of IBPS that will contain information regarding the centre, venue, date and time of interview.
The shortlisted candidates should carry the following original documents and their self-attested copies at the time of the interview. Without these documents, the candidates will not be allowed to appear for the interview.
1. Printout of Call letter
2. Printout of online Application form
3. Age proof - Birth Certificate/ Class 10th certificate
4. Photo Identity Proof
5. Marksheets and Educational certificates
6. Caste Certificate for SC/ST/OBC category
7. Disability Certificate
8. Discharge Certificate/ Pension Payment Order and documentary proof of the last rank held
9. No Objection Certificate for Government officials by their last employer
10. Domicile Certificate
11. Non-Indian citizens to produce Eligibility Certificate issued by Govt. of India
Candidates who have cleared the interview will be provisionally allotted to one of the participating organisations based on their merit and preference.
Based on the CWE score, candidates will be shortlisted and called for an interview by the participating organisation in coordination with nodal banks and IBPS. The candidates will have to download the call letter from the official website of IBPS that will contain information regarding the centre, venue, date and time of interview.
The shortlisted candidates should carry the following original documents and their self-attested copies at the time of the interview. Without these documents, the candidates will not be allowed to appear for the interview.
1. Printout of Call letter
2. Printout of online Application form
3. Age proof - Birth Certificate/ Class 10th certificate
4. Photo Identity Proof
5. Marksheets and Educational certificates
6. Caste Certificate for SC/ST/OBC category
7. Disability Certificate
8. Discharge Certificate/ Pension Payment Order and documentary proof of the last rank held
9. No Objection Certificate for Government officials by their last employer
10. Domicile Certificate
11. Non-Indian citizens to produce Eligibility Certificate issued by Govt. of India
Candidates who have cleared the interview will be provisionally allotted to one of the participating organisations based on their merit and preference.
IBPS SO 2023 syllabus will evaluate candidates on various sections including English, reasoning, general awareness, computer and quantitative aptitude. To ensure that you perform well in the exam, you should pay equal attention to every section and the topics covered under them. As IBPS SO is a subject based exam, candidates are expected to have an exhaustive knowledge of their subjects which is possible only when they are aware of the syllabus.
Apart from the normal topics from Reasoning, English, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude, candidates also need to have some professional knowledge.
IT Officer Scale I: Those who want to apply for IBPS Specialist Officer Exam need to prepare some topics from technical. The topics include:
· Web technologies
· Programming languages
· DBMS, RDBMS, Normalization, SQL Server
· Data communication and networking
· Operating system: Process, thread, types of OS, dead lock, page replacement etc.
· Data structures
· Software development life cycle
Law Officer Scale I: Professional knowledge of the candidates applying for this post covers the topics:
· Law and acts with direct and indirect implication of the banking sector
· RBI constitution
· RBI acts
· Partnership, companies, firm
· Limitation act
· Consumer protection act
· RTI Act
· Offences & Penalties, SARFAESI
For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Syllabus, read more.
Both IBPS SO prelim and main exam will be conducted at various examination centres decided across the country. Candidates will get the list of exam centres with the official IBPS SO 2023 notification. After checking the location and codes of the examination centres, candidates can indicate their preference of the center while filling IBPS SO 2023 application form. However, the final decision to allot an examination centre to the candidates will be of IBPS. If the centre opted by candidates gets filled or gets cancelled due to unavailability, the different centre will be allotted to them. Candidates can appear for the exam in the examination centre allotted to them. If they go to any other centre, they will not be given entry in the examination hall.
State Code |
State/UT/NCR |
Centre |
11 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
Port Flair |
12 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad Tirupati Vijaywada Vishakhapatnam |
13 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanagar |
14 |
Assam |
Guwahati |
15 |
Bihar |
Bhagalpur Darbhanga Muzzafarpur Patna Purnea |
16 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
17 |
Chhattisgarh |
Bhilai Bilaspur Raipur |
18 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
Surat Jamnagar |
19 |
Daman & Diu |
|
20 |
Delhi |
Bahadurgarh Delhi Faridabad Ghaziabad Greater Noida Gurgaon |
21 |
Goa |
Panaji |
22 |
Gujarat |
Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Vadodara |
23 |
Haryana |
Ambala Panchkula |
24 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Shimla |
25 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Jammu Srinagar |
26 |
Jharkhand |
Bokaro Dhanbad Jamshedpur Ranchi |
27 |
Karnataka |
Bengaluru Dharwad Hubli Mangalore |
28 |
Kerala |
Kochi Kozhikode Thiruvananthpuram |
29 |
Lakshwadeep |
Kavarrati |
30 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal Gwalior Indore Jabalpur |
31 |
Maharashtra |
Aurangabad Greater Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai Nagpur Nanded Pune |
32 |
Manipur |
Imphal |
33 |
Meghalaya |
Shillong |
34 |
Mizoram |
Aizwal |
35 |
Nagaland |
Kohima |
36 |
Odisha |
Berhampur (Ganjam) Bhubaneshwar Sambalpur |
37 |
Puducherry |
Puducherry |
38 |
Punjab |
Amritsar Ludhiana Mohali Patiala |
39 |
Rajasthan |
Ajmer Bikaner Jaipur Jodhpur Udaipur |
40 |
Sikkim |
Gangtok |
41 |
Tamil Nadu |
Chennai Coimbatore Madurai Thiruchirapalli Tirunelvelli |
42 |
Telangana |
Hyderabad |
43 |
Tripura |
Agartala |
44 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Agra Allahabad Gorakhpur Kanpur Lucknow Meerut Varanasi |
45 |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun Roorkee |
46 |
West Bengal |
Bardhaman Berhampur Durgapur Greater Kolkata Siliguri |
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
IBPS House,
90 feet, D.P. Road,
Off. Western Express Highway,
P.B. No. 8587, Kandivali (E),
Mumbai – 400101 (India)
E-mail – ibpsp@ibps.in
Toll-free helpline – 1800 222 366
1800 103 4566 (9:30am to 6pm)
Fax – 91-22-2854 2076
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The participating Banks include -
One applicant can apply for only one post. Multiple applications from the same person will be rejected.
The weightage ratio of online CWE and interview is 80:20.
No. Ration card or E-Aadhar card will not be accepted as valid photo id proof.
No. The request for change of address or any other details mentioned in the online application will not be entertained after submitting the application form.