The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released a recruitment notification for 5208 Probationary Officer (PO) and Management Trainee (MT) posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official website. The candidates are advised to go through the advertisement before applying online.

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is an autonomous body that conducts recruitment exams for various Banking position in public sector banks in India.

Starting Date: 01 - 07 - 2025

Last Date: 21 - 07 - 2025

Name of the Post: Probationary Officer (PO) and Management Trainee (MT)

No of Posts: 5208

Vacancy details

1. Bank of Baroda (BOB): 1000

2. Bank of India (BOI): 700

3. Bank of Maharashtra (BOM): 1000

4. Canara Bank (CB): 1000

5. Central Bank of India (CBI): 500

6. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB): 450

7. Punjab National Bank (PNB): 200

8. Punjab & Sind Bank: 358

Educational Qualification: 

i) The candidates should possess Graduation in any discipline from a University recognized by the Government of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.  

ii) The candidates 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.

Age Limit:

i) Minimum - 20 years

ii) Maximum - 30 years

iii) A candidates must have been born not earlier than 02 - 07 - 2025 and not later than 01 - 07 - 2025.

Age Relaxation:

1. For SC/ST candidates - 5 years

2. For OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates - 3 years

3. For PwBD candidates - 10 years

4. Ex-Servicemen - 5 years

Pay Scale Basic: Rs. 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920.

Application Fee:

1. For SC/ST/PwBD candidates - Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST)

2. For all other candidates - Rs. 850/- (inclusive of GST)

3. Payment mode - Online

Exam mode: Online (CBT)

Syllabus

A. For Preliminary Examination:

i) English Language - 30 questions

ii) Quantitative Aptitude - 35 questions

iii) Reasoning Ability - 35 questions

For Preliminary Examination

1. Total No of Questions - 100

2. Maximum Marks - 100

3. Duration of Exam - 60 Minutes

B. For Main Examination (Objective and Descriptive)

i) Reasoning - 40 questions

ii) General/Economy/Banking Awareness/Digital/Financial Awareness including RBI circulars - 35 questions

iii) English Language - 35 questions

iv) Data Analysis & Interpretation - 35 questions

v) Descriptive Paper (Essay and Comprehension) - 2 questions

For Main Examination

1. Total No of Questions

i) Objective - 145

ii) Descriptive - 2

2. Maximum Marks

i) Objective - 200

ii) Descriptive - 25

3. Duration of Exam

i) Objective - 160 minutes

ii) Descriptive - 30 minutes

Important Dates

1. Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online): 01 - 07 - 2025 to 21 - 07 - 2025

2. Conduct of Pre-Examination Training (PET): August, 2025

3. Download of Call letters for Online examination: August, 2025

4. Online Examination (Preliminary): August, 2025

5. Results of Preliminary Examination: September, 2025

6. Download of Call letter for Main Examination: September/October, 2025

7. Main online examination: October, 2025

8. Result declaration of Main examination: November, 2025

9. Personal Test: November/December, 2025

10. Conduct of Interview: December, 2025/January,2026

11. Provisional Allotment: January/February, 2026 

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