The Every year lakhs of candidates appear in the various banking exams and one among them is IBPS PO. banking industry is one of the most sought after career options in the country. The exam is conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for recruitment to the post of Probationary Officers/Management Trainee (PO/MT). Candidates are selected on the basis of the preliminary exam, mains exam and interview.
Highlights of IBPS PO
| Exam Name | Recruitment of Probationary Officers/Management Trainees in Participating Organisations (CRP PO/MT-X) |
| Commonly known as | IBPS PO |
| Conducting Body | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
| Exam Level | National |
| Exam Frequency | Annually |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Stages of recruitment | Prelims, Mains and Interview |
| Exam Duration | Prelims: One hour (60 minutes) Mains: 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Language | English and Hindi |
| Exam Purpose | To select candidates for the post of Probationary Officers |
| Exam Helpdesk No. | 1800 222 366, 1800 103 4566 |
| Official Website | https://www.ibps.in/ |
IBPS PO 2020 Notification
IBPS PO 2020 notification is available now. In the notification, candidates will find details such as exam dates, vacancies, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, calculation of score, details regarding the cutoff marks, details regarding the category-wise reservation, number of participating banks, etc.
IBPS PO Eligibility Criteria 2020
IBPS PO 2020 eligibility is given below:
Nationality/Citizenship: Any candidate who is a citizen of India or subject of Nepal/ Bhutan is eligible to appear for IBPS CWE PO 2020 exam. Also, candidates who are Tibetan Refugees and came to India before January 1, 1962, fulfill IBPS PO eligibility criteria. Apart from this, people of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan/ Burma/ Sri Lanka/ Kenya/ Uganda/ the United Republic of Tanzania/ Zambia/ Malawi/ Zaire/ Ethiopia/ Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling down in India are also eligible to apply for the exam.
Age: Candidates must be between 20 to 30 years. Age relaxation of five, three and ten years is given to SC/ ST, OBC (non-creamy layer), and PwD candidates, respectively.
Educational Qualification: Any graduate candidates can apply for IBPS PO exam.
IBPS PO Dates 2020
IBPS PO 2020 exam dates have been announced. As per the official dates, the preliminary exam will be conducted on October 3, 10 and 11. The mains exam will be conducted on November 28, 2020. Candidates can check below the complete schedule.
| Events | Dates | Salient Features |
| Application form | 05-Aug-2020 | The application form will be released online on the official website. |
| Last date to apply | 26-Aug-2020 | Candidates can submit the application form and pay the fees within the prescribed deadline. |
| Editing of application | 26-Aug-2020 | The facility to edit the application form will be available within the prescribed dates of application. |
| Prelims admit card | October 2020 | IBPS PO admit card for prelims exam will be released for the registered candidates. |
| Preliminary exam | 03-Oct-2020 10-Oct-2020 11-Oct-2020 | The preliminary exam of IBPS PO will be conducted online across various cities of the country and in multiple sessions. |
| Result of preliminary exam | October/ November 2020 | The result for the preliminary exam will be announced online on the official website. |
| Prelims scorecard | October/ November 2020 | The scorecard of prelims exam can be accessed by logging with the required credentials. |
| Mains admit card | November 2020 | Shortlisted candidates of prelims exam will be issued admit cards for appearing in the mains exam |
| Mains exam | 28-Nov-2020 | The mains exam is conducted for the qualified candidates of the prelims exam. |
| Mains result | December 2020 | The result of mains exam will be announced for all candidates who will appear in the exam. |
| Mains scorecard | December 2020 | The scorecard is released a few days after the declaration of result. The scorecard of the qualified candidates is released after the completion of interview. |
| Interview | January / February 2021 | The interview will be conducted for the qualified candidates of mains exam |
| Provisional allotment | April 2021 | The provisional allotment is done based on candidates performance in mains exam and interview |
IBPS PO 2020 Vacancies
The vacancy break-up of IBPS PO 2020 is given below:
| Bank Name | Total |
| Bank of India | 734 |
| Punjab & Sind Bank | 83 |
| UCO Bank | 350 |
| Bank of Maharashtra | 250 |
| Total | 1,417 |
IBPS PO Salary
The salary of the PO is more or less the same in the majority of public sector banks. The latest revision of Bank PO’s salary took place in Nov 2012, the final agreement was signed in May 2015. The revised IBPS PO salary came into effect from January 1, 2016. Thus, the revised pay scale is 23,700 – (980 x 7) – 30,560 – (1145 x 2) – 32,850 – (1310 x 7)-42,020. The revised basic pay of Bank PO is Rs 23,700.
IBPS PO 2020 Participating Banks
Upon selection, candidates will be allotted in any one of the following banks.
| Bank of Baroda | Canara Bank |
| Indian Overseas Bank | UCO Bank |
| Bank of India | Central Bank of India |
| Punjab National Bank | Union Bank of India |
| Bank of Maharashtra | Indian Bank |
| Punjab & Sind Bank | – |
IBPS PO Selection Process 2020
The complete selection process of IBPS PO is explained below.
Filling the application form
Aspirants need to first fill IBPS PO application form online on the official website. The application fee is Rs 175 for SC/ST/PWBD candidates while it is Rs 850 for all others.
Release of Admit Card
IBPS PO admit card is released online separately for prelims, mains and interview. Candidates can download the admit card till the day of the exam by logging with registration number or roll number and date of birth or password.
Preliminary exam
The preliminary exam of IBPS PO is the first stage of the recruitment process. According to IBPS PO exam pattern, the preliminary exam comprises three sections. The total marks of the test are 100.
Mains exam
The mains exam of IBPS PO is conducted for the shortlisted candidates of the prelims exam. The mains exam comprises four objective tests and one descriptive test. The total marks of the test are 225.
Common Interview
Shortlisted candidates in the online mains exam are called for the Common Interview process which is conducted by the participating organizations and co-ordinated by the nodal bank.
Declaration of result
IBPS PO result is announced online on the official website. To check and download the result, candidates are required to login with the required credentials. The scorecard is issued to candidates a few days after the declaration of result.
IBPS PO Exam Centres 2020
Candidates can check below a few of the exam cities for the preliminary and mains exam of IBPS PO.
| States/UTs | Prelims exam centres | Mains exam centres |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati, Silchar |
| Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea | Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna, |
| Delhi | Delhi/ New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram | Delhi/ New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad, Vadodra |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi | Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangalore |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore |
| Maharashtra | Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur | Aurangabad, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur, Udaipur |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Banda, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Sitapur, Varanasi | Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri | Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri |
IBPS PO 2020 Exam Analysis
IBPS PO 2020 exam analysis is made available just after the exam gets over. The exam analysis provided based on the feedback provided by the candidates. To know the difficulty level of the exam, candidates can refer to exam analysis of last year.
IBPS PO 2019 Exam Analysis for Prelims
The overall difficulty of IBPS PO prelims exam was moderate to difficult. There was no change in the exam pattern. The questions asked in English Language, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude were easy to moderate. Check complete exam analysis by students below:
IBPS PO Exam Day Guidelines 2020
- Wearing of masks in compulsory
- Candidates can carry sanitiser (50ml), pen, gloves and transparent water bottle
- Aarogya Setu app is compulsory on mobile phones
- Carry IBPS PO admit card along with photo-identity proof to the exam centre
- Reach the exam centre as per the slot mentioned on the admit card to avoid overcrowding
- Carry two passport-sized photographs along with the admit card
- Candidates who will reach the exam centre late will not be allowed to appear in the exam
- Any electronic gadgets like mobile phones, calculators, pagers, pen drive, etc are not permitted inside the exam centre
- Stationery items like textbooks, papers, pencil box, scale, writing pad, etc., are not allowed
- The biometric impression will be captured at the exam centre therefore, candidates are advised not to put Mehendi on their hands
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