IBPS CWE Probationary Officers Management Trainees: IBPS PO 2018 Official Notification (for the vacancies of 2019-20) is finally out on the official website of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) i.e., ibps.in. This year there are 4000+ vacancies for PO/MT (Probationary Officer/Management Trainee) posts. The recruitment will be through Common Recruitment Process VIII (CRP PO/ MT - VIII).
Online registration for selection of Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts will start from 14th August 2018. The last date to apply online is 4th September 2018. Complete IBPS PO Notification’s PDF is also available here for download in PDF format at the end of this article.
Exam dates for IBPS PO Prelims 2018 are 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st October. Whereas, exam dates for IBPS PO Mains 2018 is 18th November. Interview will be conducted in the month of January or February 2019.
IBPS PO Recruitment 2018: Table of Contents
Candidates should check eligibility criteria, educational qualification and other details before applying for IBPS PO 2018.
IBPS PO 2018 Official Recruitment Notification PDF
Official IBPS PO Recruitment notification contains complete details about the IBPS PO 2018 Recruitment process. Besides important details like Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Number of Vacancies etc., it also contains list of important documents which is to be produced at the time of document verification (DV). IBPS PO 2018 Official Recruitment Notification PDF will be helpful until the entire IBPS PO 2018 recruitment process is over. The link to download IBPS PO 2018 Official Recruitment Notification PDF is given at the end of this article.
IBPS PO 2018 Exam Dates:
Candidates preparing for IBPS PO 2018 Recruitment exams should learn the complete schedule. This schedule is tentative and IBPS can make the necessary changes (if necessary).
| Activity | Tentative Dates |
| On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 14.08.2018 to 04.09.2018 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 14.08.2018 to 04.09.2018 |
| Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training | September 2018 |
| Conduct of Pre-Exam Training | 01.10.2018 to 07.10.2018 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | October 2018 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | 13.10.2018, 14.10.2018, 20.10.2018 and 21.10.2018 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | October/ November 2018 |
| Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main | November 2018 |
| Online Examination – Main | 18.11.2018 |
| Declaration of Result – Main | December 2018 |
| Download of call letters for interview | January 2019 |
| Conduct of interview | January / February 2019 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2019 |
IBPS PO 2018 Vacancy
IBPS has announced 4252 vacancies for the year 2019-20. Complete detail about these vacancies is given below:
Indent for PO/MT for the year 2019-20
| Sr. No. | Participating Organization | SC | ST | OBC | UR | Total | Out of Which (PWD) | |||
| HI | OC | VI | ID | |||||||
| 1 | Allahabad Bank | 118 | 59 | 212 | 395 | 784 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Andhra Bank | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 3 | Bank of Baroda | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 4 | Bank of India | 144 | 72 | 260 | 489 | 965 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | Bank of Maharashtra | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| 6 | Canara Bank | 180 | 90 | 324 | 606 | 1200 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 7 | Central Bank of India | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 8 | Corporation Bank | 15 | 6 | 21 | 42 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dena Bank | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 10 | IDBI Bank | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 11 | Indian Bank | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 12 | Indian Overseas Bank | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 13 | Oriental Bank of Commerce | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| 14 | Punjab National Bank | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 15 | Punjab & Sind Bank | 20 | 12 | 52 | 66 | 150 | 45 | 8 | 28 | 5 |
| 16 | Syndicate Bank | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| 17 | UCO Bank | 83 | 29 | 196 | 242 | 550 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 18 | Union Bank of India | 59 | 29 | 172 | 259 | 519 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| 19 | United Bank of India | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 20 | Vijaya Bank | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
|
| Total | 619 | 297 | 1237 | 2099 | 4252 | 142 | 54 | 74 | 55 |
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2018
Complete IBPS PO 2018 Recruitment process is divided into three stages:
• Preliminary Examination (also known as IBPS PO Prelims)
• Main Examination (also known as IBPS PO Mains)
• Interview
You can access complete details about IBPS PO Prelims, Mains and Interview with the help of link given below:
IBPS PO Syllabus 2018:
IBPS do not provide any syllabus. However, based on the analysis of previous year papers we have provided detailed topic-wise syllabus for IBPS PO Prelims, Mains and Interview. You can access latest IBPS PO Syllabus 2018 with the help of link given below
Topic-wise IBPS PO Syllabus 2018
How to crack IBPS PO 2018 in first attempt
IBPS PO Eligibility Criteria 2018
Before applying for IBPS CRP PO/ MT – VIII or IBPS CWE PO/ MT – VIII, candidates must ensure that they fulfil the eligibility criteria.
Age limit (as on 01.08.2018):
• Minimum: 20 years
• Maximum: 30 years
A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1988 and not later than 01.08.1998 (both dates inclusive).
Relaxation of Upper age limit
| Category | Age Relaxation |
| Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 Years |
| Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 Years |
| Persons With Benchmark Disabilities as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” | 10 years |
| 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 | 5 years |
| Persons ordinarily domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 | 5 years |
| Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
Note:
(i) The relaxation in upper age limit to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on cumulative basis with only one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above in Point No. II (3) to II (6).
(ii) The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates.
(iii) Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit necessary certificate(s) in original/ along with photocopies at the time of Interview and at any subsequent stage of the recruitment process as required by IBPS/ Participating Organisation(s).
(iv) In case of an Ex-servicemen who has once joined in a Govt. job on the civil side after availing the benefits given to him as an Ex-servicemen for his re-employment, his Ex-servicemen status for the purpose of re-employment in Government ceases. There is no reservation for Ex-servicemen in Officers’ Cadre.
Educational Qualification (As on 04.09.2018):
A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the government of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
Note:
(1) All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final result should have been declared on or before 04.09.2018.
Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 04.09.2018 has to be submitted at the time of interview. The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark-sheet or provisional certificate issued by University / Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University / Institute and web based certificate is issued then proper document/certificate in original issued and signed by the appropriate authority of the University / Institute indicating the date of passing properly mentioned thereon will be reckoned for verification and further process.
(2) Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in the online application. Where CGPA / OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage and indicated in online application. If called for interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating that the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of norms.
(3) Calculation of Percentage: The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all semester(s)/year(s) by aggregate maximum marks (in all the subjects irrespective of honours / optional / additional optional subject, if any) multiplied by 100. This will be applicable for those Universities also where Class / Grade is decided on basis of Honours marks only.
The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60% and 54.99% will be treated as less than 55%.
IBPS PO Pre-Exam Training
Eligible candidates can opt for Pre-exam training at time of registration. All eligible candidates who opt for and wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant column in the On-Line Application.
Pre-Examination Training may be arranged by the Nodal Banks/ Participating Organisations to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities at certain centres viz. Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Balasore, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijaywada and Vishakhapatnam.
By merely attending the Pre-Examination Training no candidate acquires any right to be selected in any of the Participating Organisations mentioned.
IBPS PO Exam Centre
(i) IBPS PO Recruitment exam will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India.
(ii) No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained.
(iii) IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some other Centres, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.
(iv) IBPS also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for.
(v) Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/her own risk and expenses and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.
(vi) Any unruly behaviour/misbehaviour in the examination hall may result in cancellation of candidature/ disqualification from this exam and also from future exams conducted by IBPS
(viii) The tentative list of Examination centres for the Online Preliminary examination and those for Online Main examination is given below
IBPS PO Salary 2018
The basic IBPS PO Salary structure is: 23700 - (980 x 7) - 30560 - (1145 x 2) - 32850 - (1310 x 7) – 42020. So, Rs. 23, 700 is the basic pay of Bank PO as applicable on 1st January 2016. Basic pay is more or less is the same most of the public sector banks. Besides basic salary, IBPS PO also entitled to receive Dearness Allowance (DA), Special Allowance, House Rent Allowance, and City Compensatory Allowance.
Some added Perks for an IBPS Probationary Officer are Leased Accommodation, Traveling Allowance, Newspaper Reimbursement, Medical Aid. IBPS Bank PO officer might also get benefits under New Pension Scheme.
IBPS PO Online Application
Eligible candidates can apply online for IBPS PO from 14.08.2018 to 04.09.2018 and no other mode of application will be accepted. Candidates need to visit official website www.ibps.in and fill the registration form online. Candidates are also required to upload their
• Photograph
• Signature
• Left thumb impression
• A hand written declaration
Complete step by step process to fill IBPS PO 2018 online application form is available in IBPS PO 2018 Notification PDF.
Pre-Requisites for Applying Online
Before applying online, candidates must have scanned copies of photograph, signature, left thumb impression and a handwritten declaration. Candidates should make sure that they commit mistakes while applying online for IBPS PO 2018 otherwise their candidature can be cancelled anytime during the entire recruitment process.
IBPS PO Application Fee
Application fees for IBPS PO 2018 is
• Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates
• Rs. 600 /- for all others
IBPS PO 2018 Results
The result of IBPS PO 2018 Prelims will be announced in the month of October/November 2018, whereas, the result of IBPS 2018 PO Mains will be announced in the month of November 2018. Interview will be conducted in the month of January/February 2019 and provisional allotment will be done in the month of April 2019.
IBPS PO Cut-off 2018
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.
Candidates should note that:
• 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
IBPS PO Preparation
Jagranjosh.com has provided a number of resources for the preparation of IBPS PO 2018. Important links of the articles for the preparation of IBPS CRP PO/MT-VIII is given below
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IBPS PO Mock Tests and Online Test Series
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