The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the IBPS SO Notification 2022 pdf download on its official site. In this recruitment, candidates have to compete for the selection of Specialist Officer (SO) vacancies in the Public Sector Banks in India. The total vacancy for this recruitment will be announced soon. Here we have updated the complete details about the IBPS SO Notification 2022. Candidates can review all the information on the IBPS SO Notification 2022 pdf download. Here is the direct link to download the IBPS SO Notification 2022 pdf. Check the IBPS SO Notification PDF state wise vacancy using the link. Additionally, a lot of crucial information about the IBPS SO Recruitment 2022 download is provided here, including the eligibility requirements and pay scale. Look at the list of IBPS SO Prelims and Mains Exam Centres 2022. To get more about the IBPS SO notification 2022 pdf download, scroll down here. The whole information on the IBPS SO Recruitment 2022 may be found here for your reference.
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Check below the list of banks participating in the IBPS SO 2022 Recruitment Process
Indian Bank | Bank of India |
Indian Overseas Bank | Punjab & Sind Bank |
Central Bank of India | Bank of Maharashtra |
Canara Bank | UCO Bank |
Bank of Baroda | Union Bank of India |
Punjab National Bank |
Check here the IBPS SO Recruitment 2022 Notification Important Dates for your reference.
Events | Important Dates |
IBPS SO Notification 2022 | 31-10-2022 |
Online Registration Starts From | 01.11.2022 |
Last Date to Apply Online for IBPS SO | 21.11.2022 |
Call letters for Online Examination – Preliminary | December 2022 |
Commencement of IBPS SO Preliminary Exam | 24.12.2022/ 31.12.2022 |
Result of IBPS SO Online exam – Preliminary | January 2023 |
Call letters for Online examination – Mains | January 2023 |
Commencement of IBPS SO Mains Exam | 29.01.2023 |
Result of IBPS SO Online Mains Exam | February 2023 |
Conduct of Interview | February/March 2023 |
IBPS SO 2022 Final Result | April 2023 |
The online Application link will get activated as per the notification dates. Use the following updated browsers to apply without any struggle.
Also, keep the prerequisites ready while IBPS SO 2022 apply online process.
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Here we provide the application fee details of the IBPS SO Recruitment 2022 Exam. Only online fee payment can be done.
In IBPS SO Recruitment 2022, specialist officers of various posts are selected.
IBPS SO Recruitment 2022 Vacancy Details | |
Name of Post | No. of Vacancies |
IT Officer (Scale-I) | 44 |
Agriculture Officer (Scale-I) | 516 |
Marketing Officer (Scale-I) | 100 |
Law Officer (Scale-I) | 10 |
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) | 15 |
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I) | 25 |
Total | 710 |
Candidates should check several eligibility criteria for IBPS SO as per the notification.
A Candidate must be either off,
All candidates (except Indian citizens) should have an eligible certificate, as provided by the government.
As on 01.11.2022,
Check age relaxation details in the table.
IBPS SO Age Relaxation | |
Category | Age Relaxation |
OBC | 3 years |
SC / ST | 5 years |
PwD | 10 years |
Ex-Servicemen | 5 years |
Persons get affected in the 1984 riots | 5 years |
The educational qualification details of each of the IBPS SO posts are available below in detail.
Post | Educational Qualification |
I.T. Officer (Scale I) | 4 years course in Engineering / Technology degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Computer Applications / Electronics / Electronics and Telecommunications / Electronics and Instrumentation(OR) P.G., Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Computer Applications / Electronics and Communication / Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation / Electronics(OR) Graduates passed DOEACC ‘B’ level exam |
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) | 4 years course degree in agriculture / Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science / Horticulture/ Dairy Science / Agricultural Bio-Technology / Fishery Science / Food Science / Pisciculture / Agriculture Business Management / Agri Marketing and cooperation / Food Technology / Co-Operation and Banking / Dairy Technology / Agro-Forestry / Sericulture/ Agricultural Engineering |
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | P.G., a degree in Hindi with English as a subject at degree level(OR) P.G., a degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as a subject at graduation level |
Law Officer (Scale I) | A degree in Law and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council |
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) | Graduate and 2 years full-time P.G., Degree or two years full-time P.G., Diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations / HR/ HRD / Social Work/ Labour Law |
Marketing Officer (Scale I) | Graduate and two years Full-Time MMS (Marketing )/ MBA (Marketing) / two years full-time PGDBA / PGDBM / PGDM / PGPM with specialization in Marketing |
Totally 3 stages are available for the IBPS SO 2022 Recruitment.
For each section, there will be overall and sectional cut-offs. Candidates should clear those cut-offs to pass on to the next stages.
The total mark for the prelims exam is 125. The reasoning and English language are the common sections for all the posts. The 3rd section will differ for some posts. For your reference check the updated exam pattern here.
Prelims Pattern for Law officer and Raj Bhasha Adhikari | ||||
S.No | Section | No. Of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes |
2 | English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 Minutes |
3 | General Awareness with Special Reference to banking | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes |
Total | 150 | 125 | 120 minutes |
Prelims Pattern for Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer | ||||
S.No | Section | No. Of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes |
2 | English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 Minutes |
3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes |
Total | 150 | 125 | 120 minutes |
Mains Exam Pattern for Rajbhasha Adhikari | |||
Section | No of questions | Total Marks | Duration |
Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | 30 mins |
Professional Knowledge (descriptive) | 2 | 30 mins |
Mains Exam Pattern for All Other Posts:
Section | No. of questions | Total Marks | Duration |
Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 mins |
Detailed IBPS SO Exam Pattern is Here
IBPS SO Detailed Syllabus Here
To view the list of IBPS SO Exam Centers for 2022, please refer to the following table. We’ve listed the IBPS SO Exam Centers 2022 list for both the preliminaries and mains. In their application form, candidates should select the IBPS SO Exam Centers 2022. However, depending on the availability, the board may assign any of the following IBPS SO Exam Centers 2022 to the applicants.
State Code | State/UT/NCR | Prelims Exam Center |
11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
12 | Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun |
14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh/Mohali |
17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur |
18 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Surat, Jamnagar |
19 | Daman & Diu | |
20 | Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram |
21 | Goa | Panaji |
22 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
23 | Haryana | Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar |
24 | Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una |
25 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
26 | Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
27 | Karnataka | Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi |
28 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur |
29 | Lakshadweep | Kavarrati |
30 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
31 | Maharashtra | Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane,Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri |
32 | Manipur | Imphal |
33 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
34 | Mizoram | Aizawl |
35 | Nagaland | Kohima |
36 | Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
37 | Puducherry | Puducherry |
38 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur |
39 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
40 | Sikkim | Bardang/ Gangtok |
41 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore |
42 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal |
43 | Tripura | Agartala |
44 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi |
45 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
46 | West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri |
We have added a few FAQs for your reference.
A: The IBPS will release the SO vacancy details in the official notification.
A: For general, EWS, and OBC candidates, Rs.850/- is the application fee. For SC /ST / PWD Rs.175/- is the application fee.
A: There are 3 stages: prelims, mains, and interview.
Ans. The IBPS SO gross salary will range between Rs.38000 to 39000. After the deductions, the IBPS SO in-hand salary 2020 will be around Rs.33000 to 35000.
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