IBPS PO 2018 Notification Released, 4102 Vacancies
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts a national-level entrance exam for the recruitment of Probationary Officers and Management Trainees in public sector banks in India. Nearly 20 lakh candidates compete each year for approximately 3562 vacant seats. IBPS PO 2018 exam is conducted in 3 stages: Prelims, Mains and Interview. This year the official notification is expected to be released in August 2018 by the Institute of Personnel Banking Selection on its official website. Candidates are shortlisted based on their merit scores following which they secure placements in the participating banks.
Every year Institute of Banking Personnel Selection holds the IBPS PO Bank Exam to select Probationary Officers in Public Sector banks. IBPS offers recruitment services to all Public-Sector Banks, SBI, Associate Banks of SBI, RBI, NABARD, SIDBI, LIC & Insurance companies and regular member Banks of the IBPS society.
IBPS started Common Written Examination (CWE) in the year 2011 to recruit officers and clerks in Public Sector Banks. It accepts online application through its official website for registration of the examination.
It is held at various locations throughout India. The mode of examination is online. In 2018, IBPS CWE-VII PO Pre-Exam is held on 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st October 2018. IBPS PO Main Examination will be held on 18th November 2018.
The important dates for IBPS PO /MT CWE VII 2018 are as follows:
| Activity | Date |
|---|
| On-line registration (Modification, Online Payment) by candidates | 14th August 2018 - 4th September 2018 |
| IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Date | 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st October 2018 |
| IBPS PO Mains Exam Date | 18th November 2018 |
| Declaration of IBPS PO Mains Exam Result | December 2018 |
| Declaration and download of IBPS PO Interview Call Letter | January 2019 |
| Date of IBPS PO Interview | January / February 2019 |
| Allotment of Provisional Posting | April 2019 |
Educational Qualification :
The eligibility criteria for the IBPS CWE PO exam is Graduation Degree in any of the streams such as BA, B.Com, BSc, B.Tech, etc., from a University recognized by the Government of India. The percentage of marks obtained in Graduation should be mentioned at time of registration for the IBPS Bank-PO examination.
Computer Literacy: Knowledge of computer operation is a must as IBPS PO exam is conducted online.
Language Proficiency: Candidates should have verbal and written proficiency in official language of the State/UT. The candidate should be able to read, write and speak the language.
Age Eligibility :
20 - 30 Years
| Category | Age Relaxation |
|---|
| Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) | 5 years |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
| Persons with Disabilities (PWD) | 10 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel) | 5 years |
| Widows/Divorced Women | 9 years |
| Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989 | 5 years |
| Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
| Regular Employees of Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal | |
| retrenched from service(for MP state Only) | 5 years |
Nationality / Citizenship of Applicants:
Candidates applying for IBPS CWE/Bank PO Examination should be one of the following:
1. Citizen of India
2. Subject of Nepal or Bhutan
3. Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanent settlement
4. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of permanent settlement in India
Candidates belonging to the category 2, 3, 4 must have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Govt of India in their favour.
In the last few years, the IBPS exam (CWE 7) for hiring candidates will be held online. The exam will be in two parts: Tier 1 or IBPS Preliminary Exam and Tier 2 or IBPS Mains Exam. This examination is followed by an interview but in this year a major change in the Mains Exam of IBPS PO 2018.The Paper is same like SBI PO 2018, IBPS has added descriptive paper in its mains exam.
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern
The IBPS PO preliminary examination is of one hour duration and is conducted online. It has 3 sections with having 100 questions in total with a maximum score of 100 marks. There is negative marking in IBPS PO pre exam as 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. Candidates must clear the sectional cut-off to qualify for the IBPS PO Main exam. The section-wise details are given below:
S.No.
|
Name of Tests (Objective
|
No. of Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Duration
|
|---|
1
|
English Language
|
30
|
30
|
Composite time of 1 Hour
|
2
|
Numerical Ability
|
35
|
35
|
3
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35
|
35
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
|
IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern
This year the exam pattern of IBPS Mains is changed. IBPS has added descriptive paper in its mains exam The IBPO PO Main exam is also held online, it has 4 sections having a total score of 200 marks of 180 minutes duration and descriptive paper 1 sections having a total score of 25 marks of 30 minutes duration.
The IBPS exam will have 5 sections and the time limit for attempting each of the five sections is different, but the total time duration is 180 minutes for objective and 30 minutes for descriptive. The candidates must attempt the sections in the same order and within the allotted time fixed by the examining body. The candidate can’t leave the existing section before the time allotted. The next section can only be attempted after the current section is completed. There is a negative marking with a deduction of 0.25 marks for every mistake.
The section-wise details are given below:
S.No.
|
Name of Tests (Objective)
|
No. of Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Duration
|
|---|
1
|
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
|
45
|
60
|
60 minutes
|
2
|
General/Economy/Banking Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
35 minutes
|
3
|
English Language
|
35
|
40
|
40 minutes
|
4
|
Data Analysis & Interpretation
|
35
|
60
|
45 minutes
|
|
Total
|
155
|
200
|
180 minutes
|
|
EnglishLanguage(LetterWriting
&Essay)
|
2
|
25
|
30 minutes
|
IBPS PO Interview
The candidates who have qualified the mains exam will be called for an interview which will carry 100 marks. To qualify for the interview a candidate is required to score 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates).
The interview round is conducted for not less than 15-20 minutes. It has a panel of bank officials who will raise questions to the candidates concerned themselves, banking sector, current affairs, general awareness, etc. The candidates must be well-dressed, confident and carry all required documents to the interview.
The merit list is prepared on the basis of marks obtained in main examination and interview. IBPS work out final score with the weightage of marks given to the main examination and interview in the ratio of 80:20 respectively.
Penalty for Wrong Answers:
A penalty for every incorrect answer will be marked in the Objective Tests of both Preliminary and Mains exams. Every wrong answer will be penalized by deducting 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question. There will be no penalty for leaving a question blank, i.e. in case no answer is marked by the candidate.
Final Score Calculation for IBPS PO Exam:
There are certain important points on the basis of which the final score for the IBPS PO exam is calculated:
• Marks scored in the Preliminary Exam (Tier-1) will not be considered in the final score. These are only taken into account to qualify Mains Exam (Tier-2).
• Candidates need to qualify Phase-2 and Interview individually to be eligible for final worth.
• The ratio of marks between CWE Main exam and interview for final merit list will be 80:20 respectively.
• The aggregate of 100 marks is used for the final merit list for each category. Candidates with high merit rank in each category are finally selected.
IBPS Probationary Officers (PO) Pre-Exam Training 2018:
As per our expectation The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will hold pre-exam training from September . It has also released the call letters for Probationary Officer (PO)/management trainees CWE PO/MT VII. One can download from the official website of IBPS i.e
www.ibps.in.
There will be a pre-exam training at various test centers across the country which will be held from september to october.
How to download IBPS PO Pre-Exam training call letters:
- Visit official website, ibps.in
- Connect to the link and download call letter (admit card) for PO/MT-VII
- Now, enter your registration number and password in the space given for the purpose.
- Carefully enter the captcha code given thereafter.
- Now login your account where your admit card will appear on the screen
- Download and obtain a printout of the same for future use
Note: The download of call letters for PO/MT –VII can only be done until September 29.
Who can attend Pre-examination training and how?
Pre-examination training is arranged by the Nodal Banks or Participating organizations for a limited number of aspirants who belong to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/Minority Communities at select centers. Expenses such as traveling, boarding, lodging, etc have to be borne by the aspirants who are attending this training.
Expected Significant dates:
- Pre-exam training: September to October
- Last date to download call letters for online examination-preliminary: September 2018
- Exam date schedule for online pre-examination: October 2018
- Result Declaration date of preliminary examination: October 2018
- Expected date to download the call letter for online exam (main): November 2018
- Expected date for Online main examination: November 2018
- Result of Mains will be declared: December 2018
- Expected date to download call letters for interview: January 2018
- Expected date for the Conduct of interview: January/February 2018
- Date for Provisional allotment: April 2018
IBPS PO Notification 2018
IBPS would official notification of IBPS PO in August 2018. The Online Registration for IBPS PO will from August to September 2018. The mode of examination is online. Pre-Exam is held in October. Main Examination will be held on November 2018.
IBPS holds the entire recruitment process for the selection of candidates for the post of Probationary Officers (PO) in various public sector banks. The selected candidates will be posted anywhere in India.
The candidates eligible and interested can register themselves online for the said post on the official IBPS website.
www.ibps.in
The selection process has 3-levels consisting of Preliminary and Main Exams which will be conducted online, followed by Interview. Candidates have to pass each exam to get shortlisted and proceed to the next stage. Final selection will be on the basis of the rank scored in the Mains and Interview.
The category wise application fees for IBPS PO exam is given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online itself. To know more please check the complete guide for IBPS PO Application
| Sr. No. | Category | Application Fee |
|---|
| 1 | SC/ST/PWD | Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only) |
| 2 | General and Others | Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
Every year more than 20 lakh aspirants appear for the IBPS Bank PO examination. The official notification of IBPS PO 2018 would be released. The Online Registration for IBPS PO 2018 will start from August 2018. There are 4102 Vacant Posts vacancies for the post of probationary officer and management trainees (MT).
- Available Posts: 4102 Vacant Posts Vacant Posts
- Names of Vacant Positions: Probationary Officers/Management Trainee (PO/MT)
Participating Banks and Category-wise Vacancies:
Sr.
No.
|
ParticipatingOrganization
|
SC
|
ST
|
OBC
|
UR
|
Total
|
PWD
|
HI
|
OC
|
VI
|
ID
|
1
|
AllahabadBank
|
36
|
19
|
64
|
116
|
235
|
16
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
AndhraBank
|
93
|
46
|
168
|
318
|
625
|
0
|
8
|
9
|
8
|
3
|
BankofBaroda
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
4
|
BankofIndia
|
30
|
15
|
54
|
101
|
200
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
BankofMaharashtra
|
15
|
7
|
27
|
51
|
100
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
CanaraBank
|
203
|
108
|
364
|
675
|
1350
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
17
|
7
|
CentralBankofIndia
|
15
|
8
|
28
|
49
|
100
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
CorporationBank
|
28
|
22
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
DenaBank
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
10
|
IDBIBank
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
11
|
IndianBank
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
12
|
IndianOverseasBank
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
13
|
OrientalBankofCommerce
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
14
|
PunjabNationalBank
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
15
|
Punjab&SindBank
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
16
|
SyndicateBank
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
17
|
UCOBank
|
75
|
26
|
178
|
251
|
530
|
40
|
6
|
10
|
5
|
18
|
UnionBankofIndia
|
83
|
34
|
78
|
127
|
322
|
14
|
3
|
13
|
11
|
19
|
UnitedBankofIndia
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
20
|
VijayaBank
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Total
|
578
|
285
|
961
|
1738
|
3562
|
92
|
44
|
58
|
46
|
The IBPS PO exam (CWE) is held online at various centres all over India and the candidates can mention their options at the time of filling in the online application. Though there is non-availability of seats at preferred venues yet IBPS allots an exam centre other than the choices made by a candidate.
IBPS is the only authority to add or remove an exam centrThe candidates can’t make any request for the change of the exam centre. Any indecent behaviour at the examination centre can lead to cancellation of the application.
IBPS PO Recruitment 2018
Every year Probationary Officers (PO) and Management Trainees (MT) are recruited through a Common Written Examination (CWE), popularly known as the IBPS PO exam. The CWE started in the year 2011. It will be conducted for the seventh time this year. Therefore, it is officially termed as IBPS PO /MT CWE VII 2018.
The selection process of IBPS PO consists of 3 phases (preliminary, mains and interview). The candidates must qualify each of them to go on to the next phase.
The important steps of the IBPS PO Recruitment Procedure are as follows:
•Online Preliminary Examination:
Sufficient number of candidates in each category is shortlisted by IBPS depending upon the requirements for Online Main Examination
•Online Mains Examination:
Candidates need to qualify each section as well as the overall cut-off in the main exam to be eligible for interview.
•Interview:
The Participating Organizations will hold an Interview which will also be coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS
•Final Result:
The Final result is declared on the basis of candidate’s overall performance in IBPS PO Mains and Interview Rounds.
•Provisional Allotment:The provisional allotment of the eligible candidate is released on the official website. The IBPS allots Banks to the candidates on the basis of the preferences they have made at the time of the online registration.
IBPS plays its role in the selection process till the provisional selection to different banks. Further the responsibility to inform the qualified candidates about their joining dates and procedure lies with the respective banks.
IBPS exam syllabus is similar to other bank exams except that IBPS issues only the broad subjects, they can be further bifurcated into individual topics, based on the questions that have appeared in the exams over the past few years. The IBPS syllabus is divided into two parts:
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2018
This comprises of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language.
| Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language |
|---|
| Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss | Cloze Test |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Mixtures &Alligations | Para jumbles |
| Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting |
| Coded Inequalities | Work & Time | Fill in the blanks |
| Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Miscellaneous |
| Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
| Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
| Blood Relations | Number Systems | |
| Input Output | Sequence & Series | |
| Coding Decoding | Permutation, Combination &Probability | |
IBPS PO Mains Exam Syllabus 2018
This year the exam pattern of IBPS MAINS is changed. IBPS has added descriptive paper in its mains exam it has 4 sections having a total score of 200 marks of 180 minutes duration and descriptive paper 1 sections having a total score of 25 marks of 30 minutes duration.This exam consists of 5 sections: Reasoning & Computer, English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General Awareness, and Descrptive Test(LetterWriting &Essay).
The Nodal Banks/ Participating Organizations may organize pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centres as per the strategy issued by Government of India. This is a kind of training session where candidates are acquainted with the type of questions, common mistakes, and tips for time management, best practices, basic tricks and approaches by experts from training organizations. The purpose is to give a level playing field to students from weaker sections that can’t afford coaching and make them aware about general facet and recruitment procedure of the exam.
Candidates belonging to above-mentioned categories can undergo training by signifying the same against relevant column, at the time of applying on-line.
The pre-exam training is free of cost with other expenses like travel, food and lodging expenses are incurred by the candidate. Generally, it is conducted for five days before the exam and the dates are announced on the official website. Please find below an indicative list of training centres:
| North India | South India | East India | West India |
|---|
| Agra | Bengaluru | Agartala | Ahmedabad |
| Allahabad | Chennai | Balasore | Aurangabad |
| Amritsar | Coimbatore | Behrampur (Ganjam) | Bhopal |
| Bareilly | Gulbarga | Bhubaneshwar | Indore |
| Chandigarh | Hyderabad | Dhanbad | Jabalpur |
| Dehradun | Kavaratti | Guwahati | Jaipur |
| Gorakhpur | Kochi | Hubli | Jodhpur |
| Jammu | Madurai | Kolkata | Mumbai |
| Kanpur | Mangalore | Muzaffarpur | Nagpur |
| Karnal | Mysore | Patna | Panaji (Goa) |
| Lucknow | Port Blair | Ranchi | Pune |
| Ludhiana | Puducherry | Sambalpur | Raipur |
| New Delhi | Thiruchirapalli | Shillong | Rajkot |
| Patiala | Thiruvananthapuram | Siliguri | Vadodara |
| Rohtak | Vijaywada | Tirupati | |
| Shimla | Vishakhapatnam | | |
| Varanasi | | | |
IBPS will have some additional centres or remove some depending on requirement. The Candidates wha opt for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from Bank's website. Pre-Exam training call letter will not be sent by post.
The registration for IBPS PO Exam 2018 will be done online. In order to avoid any technical errors please make sure that the web-browser used to fill up the IBPS PO 2018 Application form is one of the following:
- Internet Explorer 8 and above
- Mozilla Fire Fox 3.0 and above
- Google Chrome 3.0 and above
- Candidates applying online must have the following pre-requisites:
- A valid Email Id
- Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size
- Application Fee must be paid online so all document required for online transaction
- The IBPS PO 2018 application form can only be filled on the official website.
- Before proceeding with the registration and application process, all candidates are requested to go through the complete guide for IBPS PO Online Application.
Candidates can download the IBPS PO 2018 admit card from the official website IBPS because hard copy of the IBPS PO Admit Card will not be sent to the candidate via post. To login on the official website, the candidates will require the following:
- Registration No/Roll No
- Date of Birth/ Password
- The admit card will be made available September 2018 IBPS PO Exam. The admit card or call letter for IBPS PO 2018 will be issued in 3 phases:
- Online Preliminary Examination
- Online Mains Examination
- Interview
- The link to download the admit card will be provided on this page. Candidates are advised to check the details on the admit card before downloading.
