IBPS PO 2022 Exam

IBPS PO Recruitment Notification

Every year aspirants try to get into various banking jobs. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) releases vacancies for PO every year and the IBPS PO recruitment notification is released around the month of Auguste every year and the examinations are held every year around September/October. So, here we are offering complete details of the IBPS PO recruitment notification. 

IBPS PO 2022 Notification

The recruitment notification for the year 2022 is now released featuring 6432 vacancies. The number of vacancies is quite good this time and thus candidates must try to stay ahead of their competitors. Here we are mentioning all the details related to the notification below:

IBPS PO 2022 Exam: Overview

IBPS PO Important Dates

Though the IBPS PO 2022 recruitment notification is now released and here we are with the details related to important dates that will give you an idea as how to effectively start your preparation plan.

IBPS PO 2022 Vacancy 

IBPS PO Previous Year Vacancies 2021

IBPS has released the PO exam 2021 notification announcing a total of 4,135 vacancies for POs to be filled in 11 nationalized banks. IBPS PO 2021 Prelims exam will be held on 4th & 12th December (Tentative) & IBPS PO 2021 Mains exam will be conducted in January 2022 (Tentative). The selection process encomposses, 3 stages, namely, Prelims, Mains & an interview (slated to be held on February/March 2022). Total vacancies that were declared in 2018-19 for the position of IBPS PO was 4252, for the year 2019-20, the number of vacancies announced was 4336, and for the year 2020-21, the number of vacancies announced for the position of IBPS PO was 3517 (all new). The vacancies have not been announced yet for the year 2022 & we will update the number of vacancies once the official notification is released. 

IBPS PO 2022 Eligibility Criteria

The minimum educational qualification required to be considered eligible for appearing in the IBPS PO 2022 exam is as follows: 

1. Age (As on 01.08.2022):

Minimum: 20 years and Maximum: 30 years

i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1992 and not later than 01.08.2002 (both dates inclusive)

2. Educational Qualifications (As on 22.08.2022)

The minimum educational qualification required to be considered eligible for appearing in the IBPS PO 2022 exam is a degree or graduation in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. 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 10.11.2021. 

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.

IBPS PO 2022 Selection Procedure

The selection process for IBPS PO 2021 recruitments saw no changes. It consists of three stages:

1. Prelims Exam
2. Mains Exam
3. Interviews

The whole recruitment process is generally wrapped up in February/March 2022 & the results will be declared soon afterwards.

IBPS PO 2022 Prelims Exam Pattern

Candidates will have to clear the Prelims or first Phase of the IBPS PO exam 2022, in order to reach the Mains exam. The preliminary exam is a 1 hour exam, divided by 20 minutes for each section, which will be conducted in online mode. It has 3 sections which invite a total of 100 questions carrying a total of 100 marks. The structure of the Prelims Exam which will be conducted online, is as follows: 

Note:

• Negative Marking of 0.25 per incorrect answer is applicable.
• Aspirants need to clear the Overall & Sectional Cut-offs to qualify for the Mains exam 
• Marks of Prelims will be considered only for the Mains Exam and not in the final selection.

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

IBPS PO 2022 Mains Exam Pattern

The IBPO PO Main exam will also be conducted online. It will have 5 sections with a total score of 200+25 marks and total duration of 180+30 minutes. The candidates who will clear both preliminary and mains examinations will become eligible for the interview process.

Note:

• Negative Marking of 0.25 per incorrect answer is applicable.
• Aspirants need to clear the Overall & Sectional Cut-offs to qualify for the Mains exam 
• Marks obtained in the Mains exam only will be considered for shortlisting for Interview and for Final Merit List.
• Descriptive Paper of English Language (Letter writing & Essay) may be evaluated by an automated scoring mechanism for identifying features related to writing proficiency. This scoring mechanism is duly validated and evaluates test takers proficiency in writing in English Language in an objective manner as the mechanism does not have any in-built biases for evaluating responses.

IBPS PO 2022 Interview

Candidates who clear Mains will be called for the interview which will be conducted by the Participating Organisations and will carry a maximum of 100 marks. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview is 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). The interview is about 15-20 minutes long, where the panel members ask questions related to the candidates, banking sector, current affairs, general awareness, etc. The candidates will have to carry all the required documents to the interview.Interviews will be conducted at selected centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter. Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from the official IBPS website. The final merit list is prepared on the basis of marks obtained in the mains examination and interview. The final score is calculated by IBPS with weightage of marks given to the main examination and interview in the ratio of 80:20 respectively. Candidates should qualify both in the Online Main Exam and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process. All the related details will be made available subsequently on the official IBPS website.

IBPS PO 2022 Syllabus

Below are the listed topics which need to be compulsorily prepared for the upcoming IBPS PO 2022 exam. 

• Solve IBPS PO Previous year question paper to observe the questions which were asked in the previous years.
• Also, attempt IBPS PO Mock Tests to get to know your preparation level. And follow our fully researched & result-oriented Mock Tests Series to clear the exam on the very first attempt.

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IBPS PO Admit Card

For the IBPS PO exam 2022, it is expected that the Admit Card will be made available to the candidates between 10 to 15 days before each examination. The Admit Card will be issued for all the three examinations of the recruitment process, namely: 

• Preliminary Exam
• Main Exam
• Interview

IBPS PO Previous Year Cut-offs

IBPS PO Cut-off is an extremely useful reference for the preparation, revision as well as for making exam time strategy. Though its extremely difficult to predict the cut-offs of the upcoming IBPS PO exam, let us take a look at the previous year cut-offs to get an idea about how much effort a candidate has to put in for the preparation to clear the exam.

Given below are the year-wise and stage-wise IBPS PO previous year cut off marks to help you prepare a strategy to score maximum marks in the upcoming IBPS PO Exam 2021.

IBPS PO Prelims Cut-Off 2020: Category-wise

IBPS PO Mains Cut-Off 2020

The cut-off for IBPS PO mains exam was released on 24th February 2021 along with its scorecard. The result for the same was released by IBPS on 18th February 2021. The cut-off table for IBPS PO 2020-21 mains exam is given below.

IBPS PO Mains Cut-Off 2020: Section-wise

IBPS PO Final Cut-Off 2020

IBPS PO Final Cut-Off 2020-21 was released along with its final result on 1st April 2021. The final cut-off for the IBPS PO exam (Interview + Mains) is given below.

Maximum and Minimum Scores (Combined Scores in Mains Examination and Interview out of 100)

IBPS PO 2019- Prelims Category-wise Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2019- Prelims Cut-offs (Gen)

IBPS PO 2019- Mains Section-wise Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2019- Mains Category-wise Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2019- Final Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2018- Prelims Sectional Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2018- Prelims Overall Cut-offs

 IBPS PO 2018- Mains Sectional Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2018- Mains Overall Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2018- Final Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2017- Prelims Overall Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2017- Prelims Sectional Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2017- Mains Overall Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2017- Mains Sectional Cut-offs

IBPS PO 2022- Job Profile & Emoluments

Job Profile of IBPS PO 2021

An IBPS PO wears many hats at the same time. He/she:

• Handles day to day banking operations such as opening new accounts, to securely handle debit & credit cards, to make FDs/ DD/ PO, to process loan, to handle cheque book, to process NEFT/ RTGS, to process and issue of debit/ credit cards, cheque books, demand drafts etc.
• Interacts with customers on a daily basis to respond to their queries, to promote products like recurring deposits, fixed deposits, insurance policies, mutual funds, credit cards, loans etc, to meet targets of lead generation & sales within the deadlines
• Performs clerical activities like handling cash deposits & withdrawals in case of emergencies such as heavy rush or the absence of teller/clerk
• Takes care of all ATM activities
• Follows the maker & checker system (where the PO is responsible for the verification of all the transactions processed by bank clerks)
• Generates reports of daily operational transactions like deposits, withdrawals, ledger balances etc.
• Communicates with stakeholders and regulators and to maintain track of new developments

IBPS PO 2021- Salary

Allowances & Other Perks of an IBPS PO includes:

• Dearness Allowance (DA)
• House Rent Allowance (HRA)
• Special Allowance
• City Compensatory Allowance (CCA)
• Leased Accommodation
• Travelling Allowance
• Medical Aid
• Newspaper Reimbursement
• New Pension Scheme

Conclusion

All the above mentioned information must have given a fair idea by now as what all the important details are related to the IBPS PO 2022 exam. For those who want to prepare for the exam this year must start planning accordingly.