IBPS PO

• It is a common exam conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for 20 PSU Banks for the recruitment of Probationary Officers. IBPS Clerk: It is a common exam conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for 20 PSU Banks for the recruitment of Clerical Cadres.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The candidate must be a citizen of India.
• For the post of the probation officer, the candidate’s age should be at least 21 years and maximum of 30 years.
• The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university with 55 % – 60 % marks aggregate.
• The candidate must have good knowledge of computers and especially MS Office.
• In Public Sector banks, Rs. 200,000/- is the average salary received by a PO per annum. Bank POs can make close to INR 50,000/- inclusive of various allowances.

Generally, In a public sector bank, graduates, and postgraduates are selected through an entrance exam, while most of the private and Foreign hire the professional candidates like engineers, lawyers, MBA’s and CFA’s etc.

IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Pattern 2020 – 2021

The IBPS PO preliminary examination is conducted online and candidates are allocated total duration of 1 hour to complete the preliminary exam. It consists of 3 sections with a total of 100 questions and a maximum score of 100 marks. There is negative marking in IBPS PO preliminary exam and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer attempted by a candidate. It is necessary to clear the cut-off in all 3 sections to qualify for the IBPS PO Main exam.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern 2020 – 2021

IBPS PO Mains Exam has encountered quite a number of changes. Let’s have a look at all these changes in detail.

• Introduction of Descriptive Paper:Just like SBI PO 2018 Exam, IBPS introduced Descriptive Paper in its Mains Examination where candidates will be judged on their written skills. An essay and a letter will be given to candidates to write that will constitute 25 marks and that has to be completed in a time span of 30 minutes.
• The overall time allotted for each section has also been changed.
• No separate paper will be conducted for Computer Applications.The Reasoning section is teamed up with the Computer Aptitude section and this entire section will contain 45 questions of a total of 60 marks.
• The overall time allotted for IBPS PO 2018 Mains Exam has also been changed from 140 minutes to 180 minutes.

Important dates:

IBPS PO Exam Dates 2020 – 2021