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IBPS SO IT 2026 Exam Overview
IBPS will released the IBPS SO IT 2026 Official Notification. IBPS SO prelims exam 2026 is going to be conducted on August and Mains in November 2026 by IBPS or the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection to select eligible candidates for various posts like:• Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I)
• Marketing Officer (Scale I)
• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
• IT Officer (Scale I)
• Law Officer (Scale I)
• RajbhashaAdhikari (Scale I)
IBPS SO 2026 Important Dates
The tentative schedule of events is as follows:| Events | Tentatives Dates |
| Notification | June 2026 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | 29th August 2026 |
| Download of Call letter for Online examination | TBA |
| Online Examination – Mains | 1st November 2026 |
| Download of call letters for interview | TBA |
| Conduct of interview | TBA |
| Provisional Allotment | TBA |
| Official website | www.ibps.in |
The latest notification released by IBPS states that IBPS SO 2026 will be conducted through a three phase (Prelims, Mains & Interview) selection process. Candidates who qualify both the rounds will be further considered for the final interview process. IBPS SO 2026 Notification has been released by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Committee. The IBPS SO recruitment 2026 is for selecting candidates for the post of Specialist Officers in different Public Sector Banks for multiple positions. Candidates selected through IBPS SO 2026 exam can be posted anywhere in India.
This year IBPS has introduced 1402 vacancies for various posts of Specialist Officers. Only a handful of vacancies are available for this post as the post of SO involves really skilled and specialized officers excelling in their respective domain. Let's have a look at the post wise total number of vacancies for IBPS SO 2026 Exam.
• IT Officer (Scale-I)- 120
• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)- 31
• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)- 41
• Marketing Officer (Scale-I)- 700
• Law Officer (Scale-I)- 10
• Agriculture Field Officer (Scale-I)- 500
EXAM PATTERN
IBPS SO IT Exam Pattern 2026
To ace IBPS SO IT 2026 Exam, it is necessary to be acquainted with the Exam Pattern and detailed Syllabus. This will help candidates in judicious preparation for the upcoming IBPS SO 2026 Exam. Let’s have a look at the IBPS SO 2026 Exam Pattern and Syllabus one by one.
IBPS SO 2026 Exam will be conducted in the following three phases: Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam and Interview Process. It is mandatory for every applicant to clear all level of examination to get selected to the post of Specialist Officer in multiple Public Sector Banks participating in IBPS SO 2026. New changes in IBPS SO 2026 Exam are stated below:
• The exam will be conducted in three phases: Preliminary, Mains and Interview Process.
• IBPS has introduced separate sectional timing for each sections in prelims exam. The IBPS SO preliminary examination has a total duration of 120 minutes and 40 minutes for each sections.
• A candidate must appear for the Prelims first and the selected students after the Preliminary Exam will be eligible to give the Mains Exam.
• Score of Preliminary Exam will not be taken into consideration for final allotment. Final selection will be based on on the Mains Exam and Interview Process.
• The Mains Examination will contain questions only from the Professional Knowledge Subjects.
There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern
| S. No. | Subject | No. of Question | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Exam Duration |
| 1 | English Comprehension | 50 | 25 | English | 40 mins |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 mins |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 mins |
| Total | 150 | 125 | 120 mins | ||
IBPS SO 2026 Mains Exam Pattern
For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Exam Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 mins |
Candidates who qualify the Mains Exam will be finally called for the Interview Process by IBPS. It is really important for candidates to fare well in the Interview Process as the final selection of a candidate is based on how he/she fares in this final round of the IBPS SO Recruitment Process.
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