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IBPS SO 2026 Exam Overview
The IBPS SO 2026 examination will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to recruit Specialist Officers in public sector banks. The official notification will be released as per the IBPS exam calendar, and the exam will be held in two phases – Preliminary and Main – for various Specialist Officer posts such as:• 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)
The tentative schedule of events is as follows:
| Events | Tentatives Dates |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | TBA |
| Result of Online exam | TBA |
| Download of Call letter for Online examination | TBA |
| Online Examination – Mains | TBA |
| Download of Call letter for Online examination | TBA |
| Result of Online exam | TBA |
| Download of call letters for interview | TBA |
| Conduct of interview | TBA |
| Provisional Allotment | TBA |
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.
EXAM PATTERN
IBPS SO 2026 Exam Pattern
• 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.
| 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 | ||
| 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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