Today under this article we will tell you all about the IBPS Recruitment for the year 2019 and 2020. The Institution of Banking Personnel and Selection have come up with the most needed recruitment notification. Under the new recruitment as announced by the IBPS more than 1000 vacancies are needed to be filled with the unemployed youth of our country. In this article we have provided a detailed look under the recent Recruitment Notification Of The IBPS. We have provided a step by step guide to apply for the IBPS recruitment. We have also provided a detailed structure of the post available under the recruitment notification.
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IBPS SO Recruitment
The Institution of Banking Personnel and Training was constructed to carry on the recruitment process for various banks in the country. IBPS carry out all the activities related to recruitment that is selection training and implementation of employees in the work environment. Day to day the Institution of Banking Personnel and Training give out many recruitment schemes for the welfare of the unemployed people. Recently they have come up with their new notification for the recruitment of some posts.
Important Dates
The table below provides important dates finalized for undertaking different activities under the recruitment:-
| On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 06.11.2019- 26.11.2019 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 06.11.2019- 26.11.2019 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | December 2019 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | 28.12.2019 and 29.12.2019 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | January 2020 |
| Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main | January 2020 |
| Online Examination – Main | 25.01.2020 |
| Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination | February 2020 |
| Download of call letters for interview | February 2020 |
| Conduct of interview | February 2020 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2020 |
Vacancies Available
These are some of the vacancies which are available for the new recruitment notification from the IBPS:-
- I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
- Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
- Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
- Law Officer (Scale I)
- HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
- Marketing Officer (Scale I)
Common Eligibility Criteria
Although there are different educational criteria available for different posts under this recruitment. But there is also a common eligibility criteria which must be followed by all applicants applying for different posts under the IBPS recruitment:-
- Applicants must be a:-
- Citizen of India OR
- A subject of Nepal OR
- A subject of Bhutan OR
- A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India
- 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.
- All applicants who are not ancient residents of India or are belonging to the above-mentioned category outside India must have a proof of residency provided by the Government of India.
Age Limit
- Minimum age should be 20 years
- Maximum age should be 30 years
- Exemptions are provided in the upper limit to people belonging to certain castes:-
- SC/ST – 5 years
- OBC – 3 years
- PwD – 10 years
- Ex-Servicemen – 5 years
- Jammu & Kashmir residents – 5 years
- Persons affected by 1984 riots – 5 years
Educational Qualifications
The following educational qualification is needed for different vacancies present in the IBPS recruitment notification:-
For I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
- 4-year degree in Engineering or
- Technology Degree in Computer Science or
- Computer Applications or
- Information Technology or
- First Electronics & Telecommunications or
- Second Electronics & Communication or
- Electronics & Instrumentation
- OR
- Post Graduate Degree in Electronics or
- In Electronics & TeleCommunication or
- Electronics & Communication or
- Electronics & Instrumentation or
- Computer Science or
- Information Technology or
- Computer Applications
- OR
- Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level
For Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
- 4-year degree in any of the following courses:-
- Agriculture
- Horticulture
- Animal Husbandry
- Veterinary Science
- Dairy Science
- Fishery Science
- Pisciculture
- Agriculture
- Marketing & Cooperation
- Co-operation & Banking
- Agroforestry
- Forestry
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Food Science
- Agriculture Business Management
- Food Technology
- Dairy Technology
- Agricultural Engineering
- Sericulture
For Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
- Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree level
OR
- Postgraduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the
degree level
For Law Officer (Scale I)
- Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.
For HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
- Graduate and Two Years Full-time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full-time Post Graduate diploma in the following subjects:-
- Personnel Management
- Industrial Relations
- HR
- HRD
- Social Work
- Labour Law
For Marketing Officer (Scale I)
- Graduate and Two Years Full-time MMS (Marketing) or
- Two Years Full-time MBA (Marketing) or
- Two Years Full time:-
- PGDBA
- PGDBM
- PGPM
- PGDM with specialization in Marketing.
Process To Fill In IBPS SO Recruitment Application Form
To fill in the application form for the recruitment notice and for different vacancies you can follow the simple steps given below:-
- First, visit the official website
- On the homepage click on CRP Specialist Officers
- On the next web page, click on the option CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- Specialist Officers (CRP-SPL-IX)
- Another web page will appear.
- Click on CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION to register yourself.
- Enter basic information.
- A registration number and password will be displayed on the screen.
- Note the credits for future use.
- Candidates are then required to upload the following documents –
- Photograph
- Signature
- Left Thumb Impression
- A handwritten declaration as per the specifications are given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of documents (Annexure-III).
- Fill in all the details carefully.
- Click on FINAL SUBMIT button after verifying the details.
Application Fee
The following application fees have to be paid while filling out the application form for the recruitment:-
- Rs. 100 – For SC/ST/PWD
- Rs. 600 – For Others
IBPS SO Exam Pattern
To be eligible for the recruitment available from the IBPS, the applicant must go through the following tests:-
- Preliminary Exams
- Main Exams
- Interview
Preliminary Exams
For preliminary exam the following structure has been finalised by the concerned authorities:-
For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari :-
| Tests | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer :-
| Tests | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
Mains Exams
For the main exam the following structure has been finalised by the concerned authorities:-
For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer:-
| Tests | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 minutes |
For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari :-
| Tests | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | 30 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | 30 minutes |
IBPS SO Interview
After you have passed all the two exams mentioned above, you then have to pass the interview. Total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will not be less than 40% for general applicants and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates.