IBPS PO 2023 Prelims Exam will be conducted on September 23, and 30, 2023, and October 01, 2023. The IBPS PO Main examination will be conducted on November 05, 2023. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the IBPS PO Exam to select eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officers in different public sector banks in India.
IBPS PO 2023 Notification has been released for 3049 vacancies of Probationary Officers (PO)/ Management Trainees (MT) in the various banks in India through the IBPS CRP PO/ MT-XIII for Vacancies 2024-25 on July 31, 2023. Candidates can download the notification from the article above. The detailed IBPS PO Notification 2023 PDF can be downloaded from the official website of IBPS www.ibps.in.
Candidates can check the IBPS PO Exam highlights given in the table below:
Particulars | Details |
Organization Name | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
Exam Level | National Level |
Post Name | Probationary Officer (PO) |
Exam Mode | Online |
Application Mode | Online |
Salary | INR 37,360 - INR 38,700 |
Vacancies | 3049 |
Category | Bank Jobs |
Selection Process | Prelims, Mains and Interview |
Education process | Graduate from a recognized University |
Age Limit | 20-30 years |
Official Website | @ibps.in |
The dates for the IBPS PO prelims and Mains have been made public with the release of the calendar. Below are the important dates for IBPS PO 2023:
Events | Dates |
IBPS PO Notification 2023 | July 31, 2023 |
Starts of IBPS PO online applications | August 01, 2023 |
Last Date to IBPS PO Apply Online 2023 | August 28, 2023 (Extended) |
IBPS PO Prelims Admit Card Release Date | September 2023 |
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Date 2023 | September 23, & 30, 2023, and October 01, 2023 |
IBPS PO Prelims Result Date 2023 | November 2023 |
IBPS PO Mains Exam Date 2023 | November 05, 2023 |
IBPS PO Mains Result Date 2023 | December 2023 |
Conduct of IBPS PO Interview 2023 | January/February 2024 |
IBPS PO 2023 Provisional Allotment | April 2024 |
IBPS Calendar 2023 is out on the official website- ibps.in. The calendar released by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection serves to notify the tentative dates for the examination and recruitment process, which are later confirmed by official notification for various examinations. As per the official notification, IBPS PO 2023 Prelims Exam will be conducted on September 23, and 30, 2023, and October 01, 2023, and Main examination will be conducted on November 05, 2023. Aspirants can download the IBPS Calendar 2023-24 from the official website of IBPS.
IBPS PO 2023 Notification has been released for 3049 vacancies for the IBPS PO in the various banks in India through the IBPS CRP PO/ MT-XIII for Vacancies 2024-25 on July 31, 2023.
Years | Vacancy Details |
2024-25 | 3049 |
2021-22 | 6932 |
2020-21 | 3517 |
2019-20 | 4336 |
2018-19 | 4252 |
Candidates applying for IBPS PO 2023 need to satisfy the eligibility criteria with respect to three different parameters- nationality, age limit, and educational qualification. Failing to fulfill any of them will lead to the rejection of the aspirant’s candidature. Given below are the eligibility guidelines as per the IBPS.
One of the following could describe the applicant:
A candidate must be between the ages of 20 and 30 years. The age relaxation for IBPS PO is provided below:
Category | Age Relaxation |
Scheduled Caste(SC) | 5 years |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 5 years |
Other Backward Class-Non-Creamy Layer | 3 years |
Person with disability | 10 years |
Commissioned Officers (including Emergency Commissioned Officers, and Short Service Commissioned Officers), Ex-Servicemen, who served more than 5 years and resigned after the assigned project. | 5 years |
Person Ordinarily domiciled in Jammu and Kashmir from January 1st, 1980 to December 1, 1989 | 5 years |
Candidates affected by the 1984 riots | 5 years |
IBPS PO 2023 application form for 3049 vacancies concluded on August 28, 2023. The IBPS PO application form must be completed online and submitted before the deadline.
IBPS PO Application fees is provided below:
Category | Charges | Fee Amount |
ST/SC/PwBD | Intimation charges only | Rs.175/- |
GEN/OBC/EWSs | Application fee including Intimation charges | Rs.850/- |
The applicants will be appointed based on performance in the below-mentioned three stages of IBPS PO Exam 2023:
The candidates will have to score a section cut-off and overall selection as well. The Preliminary Exam is for qualifying for the Mains exam and in the interview round minimum cut-off marks are required for the Mains exam. The Interview round will be conducted by the participating organizations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/UT. This interview round holds 100 marks.
There are three stages of the IBPS PO Exam as mentioned below:
Stage | Marks | Questions |
Prelims | 100 | Objective (MCQ) |
Final | 200+25 | Objective (MCQ) Except for the English Descriptive paper |
Interview | 100 | Verbal |
Subject | No. of questions | Max. Marks |
English Language | 30 | 30 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 |
100 | 100 | 60 Minutes |
Section Name | No. of questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 Minutes |
English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 Minutes |
Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 40 Minutes |
General Economy & Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 Minutes |
Total | 155 | 2022 | 3 Hours |
English Language(Letter writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 Minutes |
The final score for the IBPS PO exam is calculated keeping the following points in mind:
The IBPS PO syllabus includes topics- general awareness, reasoning, and aptitude for mathematics. Each section of the exam has a different syllabus, each with a different level of difficulty. The following are the topics:
All of the solutions to the questions that were asked during the exam are included in the IBPS PO answer key. The answer key will be released about a month following the examination on the official website. After the release of the answer key, candidates may object to incorrect responses.
The steps to check the answer key of IBPS PO are given below:
The Preliminary, Mains, and final IBPS PO result 2023 will all be released online on the official website. Candidates must fill in the login information to view the results. A few days after the results are announced, the scorecard is made public.
The steps to check the result are given below:
IBPS releases the IBPS PO Score Card & Marks for the candidates along with IBPS PO Mains and Interview marks on the official website- ibps.in after the result is released. The applicants can check their IBPS PO Score Card & Marks by entering their registration number & date of birth. IBPS PO 2023 Prelims Exam will be conducted on September 23, and 30, 2023, and October 01, 2023. The IBPS PO Main examination will be conducted on November 05, 2023, and the interview is expected to be conducted in January/February 2024.
All the candidates who will appeare in the interview round can check their section-wise marks from IBPS PO Score Card whe released.
The steps to check IBPS PO Score Card are given below:
The cut-off mark is the minimum score a candidate must get to be selected for IBPS PO:
IBPS PO Prelims Cut Off 2022 (Category-wise) | |
Category | Cut-Off Marks |
GEN | 49.75 |
SC | 46.75 |
ST | 40.75 |
OBC | 49.75 |
EWS | 49.75 |
HI | 17.50 |
OC | 32.75 |
VI | 24.75 |
ID | 19.75 |
The IBPS PO admit cards for the 2023 Prelims, Mains, and Interviews will all be made available online separately on the official website. Candidates must log in with their registration number, roll number, date of birth, or password to download their admit cards. Candidates will not receive their admit cards by postal mail. IBPS PO admits card is an important document without which candidates will not be allowed to the exam venue.
To login on to the official website, the candidates will require the following:
The initial in-hand salary package offered to an IBPS Probationary Officer is Rs. 52,000 to 55,000 with dearness allowances, special allowances, HRA, and other perks. The IBPS PO Gross Salary is around Rs. 57,000 and after a deduction, the net in-hand salary remains around Rs. 52,000 to 55,000. Dearness, CCA, HRA, and Medical Aid are also provided.
IBPS PO is a reputed job in the banking sector that provides many benefits to employees. A Probationary Officer is trained for multiple operations like finance, billing, collection, accounting, revenue, investment, etc. during their probation period.
They might also be asked to carry out other functions such as:
The IBPS PO exam is conducted online at numerous centres all over India and the candidate can mention their preferences at the time of filling in the online application. However, if there is a non-availability of seats at preferred venues, IBPS may allot an exam center other than the choices made by a candidate. IBPS is the sole authority on adding or removing an exam centre and candidates can’t make requests for change in the exam center. Any inappropriate behaviour at the exam centre can lead to the cancellation of the candidature.
The Nodal Banks/ Participating Organizations may arrange pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centres as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India. This is a kind of orientation session where candidates are told about types of questions, common mistakes, tips for time management, best practices, basic tricks, and strategies by experts from training institutes. The objective is to provide a level playing field to students from weaker sections who can’t avail of coaching and make them aware of common aspects and recruitment process of the exam.
Candidates belonging to the above-mentioned categories can avail of the training by indicating the same against the relevant column while applying online.The pre-exam training is free of cost with other expenses like travel, food, and lodging to be borne by the candidate. It is usually conducted five days before the exam and the dates are announced on the official website.
Please find below the list of training centers:
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 may add additional centers or remove some depending on need. Candidates opting for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from the Bank's website. Pre-Exam training call letters will not be sent by post.
On the basis of their performances, experiences, and knowledge the candidates will be promoted. To evaluate their preparation, it is also advisable that they solve the sample papers and often take mock exams. Before registering for any of the IBPS exams, applicants must make sure they meet the eligibility requirements outlined by the conducting authority.
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