INTRODUCTION OF IBPS PO 2024
IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the banks mentioned at (A) below, to
conduct the recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year. IBPS will make arrangements for conducting Online Preliminary Examination, declare result of Online Preliminary Examination, inform the shortlisted candidates about the Online Main Examination, declare the results of the Online Main Examination and inform the shortlisted candidates about the interview.
Interviews will be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in
each State/ UT/ Region.
RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE OF IBPS PO 2024
| Activity | Tentative Dates |
| Online registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024 |
| Conduct of Pre-Examination Training (PET) | September, 2024 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | October, 2024 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | October,2024 |
| Result of Online examination – Preliminary | October/ November, 2024 |
| Download of Call letter for Online examination – Main | November, 2024 |
| Online Examination – Main | November, 2024 |
| Declaration of Result- Main Examination | December 2024/ January 2025 |
| Conduct of Interview | January/ February 2025 |
| Provisional Allotment | April, 2025 |
INTRODUCTION
Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Participating Banks listed at (A) as a
Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register
for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP- PO/MT-XIV) for vacancies of 2025-2026. The
online examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, Online
Preliminary and Online Main. Candidates who will qualify in Online Preliminary examination and
shortlisted will have to appear for Online Main examination and shortlisted candidates in the
Online Main examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted
by the Participating Banks and co-ordinated by the Nodal Bank. Depending on the actual vacancies
to be filled in during the financial year 2025-26 based on the business needs of the Participating
Banks and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the
Participating Banks keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy,
administrative convenience, etc. The validity for CRP- PO/MT-XIV will automatically expire at
the close of business on 31.03.2026 with or without giving any notice
Indicative category-wise vacancies of each of the Participating Banks are given vide Annexure I.
Recruitment in Participating Banks is a dynamic process which depends upon restriction imposed,
business volume, business growth, health of the banks, branch expansion, internal and external
factors, structural changes etc. Vacancies mentioned here are indicative and anticipated as
communicated by the participating banks. However, Provisional allotment will be made based on
the actual vacancies reported by the Participating Banks.
This system of Common Recruitment Process- Online Preliminary & Online Main Examination,
Common Interview and provisional allotment for recruitment of Probationary Officer/
Management Trainee posts in Participating Banks has the approval of the appropriate authorities.
IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the banks mentioned at (A) below, to
conduct the recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year. IBPS will make arrangements
for conducting Online Preliminary Examination, declare result of Online Preliminary
Examination, inform the shortlisted candidates about the Online Main Examination, declare the
results of the Online Main Examination and inform the shortlisted candidates about the interview.
Interviews will be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in
each State/ UT/ Region.
A. PARTICIPATING BANKS
| Bank of Baroda | Bank of India | Bank of Maharashtra |
| Canara Bank | Central Bank of India | Indian Bank |
| Indian Overseas Bank | Punjab National Bank | Punjab & Sind Bank |
| UCO Bank | Union Bank of India |
B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Candidates intending to apply for CRP-PO/MT-XIV should ensure that they fulfil the
minimum eligibility criteria specified by IBPS in this notification. Candidates may please
note that the eligibility criteria specified is the basic criteria for appointment to the
aforesaid posts in the Participating Banks. However merely applying for, qualifying in the
CRP and getting provisionally allotted in one of the Participating Banks does not imply
that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in any of the Participating
Banks. It is expressly clarified that the ultimate authority for recruitment is the
Participating Bank itself. The Participating Bank concerned may, in its sole discretion,
reject the candidature of anyone provisionally allotted to it through the CRP.
Please note that the eligibility criteria specified herein is the basic criteria for applying for the
post. Candidates must necessarily produce the relevant documents in original and a photocopy
in support of their identity and eligibility -pertaining to category, nationality, age, educational
qualifications etc. as indicated in the online application form at the time of interview and any
subsequent stage of the recruitment process as required by IBPS/ Participating Banks. Please
note that no change of category will be permitted at any stage after registration of the online
application and the result will be processed considering the category which has been indicated
in the online application, subject to guidelines of the Government of India in this regard. Merely
applying for CRP/ appearing for and being shortlisted in the online examination (Preliminary
and Main) and/or in the subsequent interview and/ subsequent processes does not imply that a
candidate will necessarily be offered employment in any of the Participating Banks. No request
for considering the candidature under any category other than the one in which one has applied
will be entertained
I. NATIONALITY / CITIZENSHIP:
A candidate must be either –
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the
intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East
African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
II. AGE (AS ON 01.08.2024):
Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 30 years
i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1994 and not later than 01.08.2004 (both dates inclusive)
Relaxation of Upper age limit
| Sr. No | Category | Age relaxation |
| 1 | Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
| 3 | Persons With Benchmark Disabilities as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” | 10 years |
| 4 | Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines. | 5 years |
| 5 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
CREDIT HISTORY:
(i) The candidate applying shall ensure that, they maintain a healthy Credit history at the time
of joining of participating banks. The minimum credit score will be as per the policy of Participating Banks, amended from time to time.
(ii) Those candidates whose CIBIL status has not been updated before the date of joining, have
to either get the CIBIL status updated or produce the NOCs from lender to the effect that
there is no outstanding with respect to the accounts adversely reflected in the CIBIL, failing
which the letter of offer may be withdrawn / cancelled. The final discretion in this regard
remains with the allotted Bank.
| NOTE: Candidates with no bank account shall not be required to produce the CIBIL status. CIBIL Score requirement is not a pre-condition to apply. |
C. APPLICATION FEES & INTIMATION CHARGES
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024 (Only online
payment), both dates inclusive] shall be as follows:
Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/ intimation charges will have
to be borne by the candidate
D. STRUCTURE OF EXAMINATION
The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
a. Preliminary Examination (Objective Test)
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | English | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 Minutes |
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks
to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by
IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination
b. Main Examination (Objective and Descriptive)
| Sr. No | Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 60 minutes |
| 2 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | English & Hindi | 35 minutes |
| 3 | English Language | 35 | 40 | English | 40 minutes |
| 4 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
| TOTAL | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | ||
| 5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 02 | 25 | English | 30 minutes |
| Any change in the structure of the examination will be intimated through authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in |
E. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and
Online Main Examination)
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each
question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25
of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected
score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be
no penalty for that question.
F. CUT-OFF SCORE (Online Main Examination)
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main
examination and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for
interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and
candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview
process, scores obtained in the Online Main examination will not be shared with the
candidates shortlisted for interview.
Decision of IBPS in shortlisting and calling number of candidates for common
interviews/ provisional allotment shall be final.
| MARKS OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND ALSO FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING |
SCORES
> The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method.
> Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations
INTERVIEW
Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main examination for CRP- PO/MT-XIV will
subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Banks and
coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT/ Region with the help of IBPS.
NO. OF VACANCIES:
| SR NO | Participating Bank | TOTAL |
| 1 | BANK OF BARODA | NR |
| 2 | BANK OF INDIA | 885 |
| 3 | BANK OF MAHARASHTRA | NR |
| 4 | CANARA BANK | 750 |
| 5 | CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA | 1500 |
| 6 | INDIAN BANK | NR |
| 7 | INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK | 260 |
| 8 | PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK | 200 |
| 9 | PUNJAB & SIND BANK | 360 |
| 10 | UCO BANK | NR |
| 11 | UNION BANK OF INDIA | NR |
| TOTAL | 3955 |
APPLICATION LINK IBPS PO 2024
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