The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) Probationary Officers (PO) is a recruitment process used to identify qualified individuals for the position of probationary officer in several public sector banks in India.
The IBPS will, as usual, announce the test date for 2023 within the first week of August 2023. When the organizing body IBPS uploads the official notification PDF for the IBPS PO Exam on its official website @ibps.in, the application deadline and exam date will be tentatively made available in August 2023.
With a lot of opportunities, IBPS PO 2023 is one of the most awaited banking exams. Check out a few of the IBPS PO Exam’s highlights
| 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 | To be notified soon |
| 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 IBPS Calendar 2023 has provided advance notice of the probationary Officer exam date. Dates for the IBPS PO prelims and Mains have been made public with the release of the calendar.
| Events | Dates (Tentative) |
| IBPS PO Notification 2023 | August- 1st week, 2023 |
| Starts of IBPS PO online applications | August- 1st week, 2023 |
| Last Date to IBPS PO Apply Online 2023 | August - 3rd week, 2023 |
| IBPS PO Prelims Admit Card Release Date | September 2023 |
| IBPS PO Prelims Exam Date 2023 | September 23, 30, 2023 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 |
Candidates looking forward to 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 revocation of the aspirant’s candidature. Given below are the eligibility guidelines as per the IBPS.
• One of the following could describe the applicant:
• An Indian Citizen
• Before January 1, 1962, any Tibetan refugee who had made a permanent home in India was considered a permanent resident.
• Bhutan or Nepal as a topic.
• A person of Indian descent who has moved to India permanently from Sri Lanka, Burma, Vietnam, Pakistan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Zaire, and Zambia.
A candidate must be between the ages of 20 and 30, but not older. The age relaxation for IBPS PO 2021 applicants was:
| 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 |
• A graduate degree from an accredited university is necessary, such as BA, Bsc, BCom, or B.Tech.
• It is to be remembered that the grade or degree must be obtained by the due date (to be issued).
• Candidates with degrees that match the aforementioned requirements are also acceptable.
• The exams are now given online, candidates must have a basic awareness of how computers work.
• Language proficiency- The Candidate should be able to speak and write the state’s or UT’s language.
The applicants will be appointed based on performance in the below-mentioned three stages of IBPS PO Exam 2023:
• Preliminary Exam
• Mains Exam
• Interview
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:
| Prelims | 100 | Objective (MCQ) |
| Final | 200+25 | Objective (MCQ) Except for the English Descriptive paper |
| Interview | 100 | Verbal |
• The Prelims exam is 100 marks and it takes approx 60 minutes to complete.
• It consists of Objectives (Multiple Choice Questions).
• For each wrong response, 0.25 marks are deducted from the final score
• IBPS PO Prelims Exam is for qualifying for the Mains exam.
| S.No | Test Name | No.of questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 Minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 Minutes |
• It consists of Objectives (MCQs) with a minor increase in difficulty level.
• There is a deduction of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer.
• The exam takes longer to complete and contains more questions.
| S.No | Section Name | No.of questions | Max. Marks | Duration | Exam Medium |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| 2 | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| 3 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 40 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| 4 | General Economy & Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 Hours | ||
| 5 | 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:
• Marks obtained in the Preliminary Exam (Tier-1) will not be considered in the final score and are only for qualifying for Mains Exam (Tier-2).
• Candidates must qualify for Phase-2 and Interview separately to be eligible for final merit.
• The weight age (ratio) of the IBPS PO Main exam and interview for the final merit list will be 80:20 respectively.
• The aggregate score out of 100 is used for the final merit list for each category. Candidates with top merit rank in each category are finally selected.