IBPS SO 2023 Application Details

IBPS SO 2023 application forms will be released online in October 2023. Aspirants willing to join public sector banks at the post of Specialist Officer will be able to fill the online application forms after official notification of the same. As there is no option of submitting the application form in offline mode, candidates should go through the form filling process guidelines carefully.

Candidates interested in applying for the post of Specialist Officer in participating public sector banks should register themselves online for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP) conducted by IBPS on its official website. Applicants must fill in the application form by entering the required information and uploading scanned photograph and signature. 

The application procedure will be completed with the payment of application fee. All candidates are advised to fill-in the application form before the last date.

IBPS SO 2023 Tentative Schedule

Though official IBPS SO 2023 schedule hasn’t been released yet, tentative dates have been given. Candidates planning to apply for IBPS SO 2023 exam can check important dates in the table below:

For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Applicxation Procedure, read more.

For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Admit Cards, read more.

Application fees detail

IBPS SO 2023 Counselling/Interview

Based on the CWE score, candidates will be shortlisted and called for an interview by the participating organisation in coordination with nodal banks and IBPS. The candidates will have to download the call letter from the official website of IBPS that will contain information regarding the centre, venue, date and time of interview.

The shortlisted candidates should carry the following original documents and their self-attested copies at the time of the interview. Without these documents, the candidates will not be allowed to appear for the interview.

1. Printout of Call letter
2. Printout of online Application form
3. Age proof - Birth Certificate/ Class 10th certificate
4. Photo Identity Proof
5. Marksheets and Educational certificates
6. Caste Certificate for SC/ST/OBC category
7. Disability Certificate
8. Discharge Certificate/ Pension Payment Order and documentary proof of the last rank held
9. No Objection Certificate for Government officials by their last employer
10.  Domicile Certificate
11. Non-Indian citizens to produce Eligibility Certificate issued by Govt. of India

Candidates who have cleared the interview will be provisionally allotted to one of the participating organisations based on their merit and preference. 

IBPS SO Cut-off Top Management Colleges

Based on the CWE score, candidates will be shortlisted and called for an interview by the participating organisation in coordination with nodal banks and IBPS. The candidates will have to download the call letter from the official website of IBPS that will contain information regarding the centre, venue, date and time of interview.

The shortlisted candidates should carry the following original documents and their self-attested copies at the time of the interview. Without these documents, the candidates will not be allowed to appear for the interview.

1. Printout of Call letter
2. Printout of online Application form
3. Age proof - Birth Certificate/ Class 10th certificate
4. Photo Identity Proof
5. Marksheets and Educational certificates
6. Caste Certificate for SC/ST/OBC category
7. Disability Certificate
8. Discharge Certificate/ Pension Payment Order and documentary proof of the last rank held
9. No Objection Certificate for Government officials by their last employer
10.  Domicile Certificate
11. Non-Indian citizens to produce Eligibility Certificate issued by Govt. of India

Candidates who have cleared the interview will be provisionally allotted to one of the participating organisations based on their merit and preference. 

IBPS SO 2023 Exam Syllabus

IBPS SO 2023 syllabus will evaluate candidates on various sections including English, reasoning, general awareness, computer and quantitative aptitude. To ensure that you perform well in the exam, you should pay equal attention to every section and the topics covered under them. As IBPS SO is a subject based exam, candidates are expected to have an exhaustive knowledge of their subjects which is possible only when they are aware of the syllabus.

Apart from the normal topics from Reasoning, English, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude, candidates also need to have some professional knowledge.

IT Officer Scale I: Those who want to apply for IBPS Specialist Officer Exam need to prepare some topics from technical. The topics include:

·         Web technologies

·         Programming languages

·         DBMS, RDBMS, Normalization, SQL Server

·         Data communication and networking

·         Operating system: Process, thread, types of OS, dead lock, page replacement etc.

·         Data structures

·         Software development life cycle

Law Officer Scale I: Professional knowledge of the candidates applying for this post covers the topics:

·         Law and acts with direct and indirect implication of the banking sector

·         RBI constitution

·         RBI acts

·         Partnership, companies, firm

·         Limitation act

·         Consumer protection act

·         RTI Act

·         Offences & Penalties, SARFAESI

For detailed information on IBPS SO 2023 Syllabus, read more.

IBPS SO 2023 Exam Centers

Both IBPS SO prelim and main exam will be conducted at various examination centres decided across the country. Candidates will get the list of exam centres with the official IBPS SO 2023 notification. After checking the location and codes of the examination centres, candidates can indicate their preference of the center while filling IBPS SO 2023 application form. However, the final decision to allot an examination centre to the candidates will be of IBPS. If the centre opted by candidates gets filled or gets cancelled due to unavailability, the different centre will be allotted to them. Candidates can appear for the exam in the examination centre allotted to them. If they go to any other centre, they will not be given entry in the examination hall.  

IBPS SO 2023 Contact Details

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection

IBPS House,
90 feet, D.P. Road,
Off. Western Express Highway,
P.B. No. 8587, Kandivali (E),
Mumbai – 400101 (India)

E-mail – ibpsp@ibps.in

Toll-free helpline – 1800 222 366
1800 103 4566 (9:30am to 6pm)

Fax – 91-22-2854 2076

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