IBPS SO 2020, Application Form (Released), Eligibility, Syllabus, Admit Card

IBPS SO 2020 - Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the IBPS SO application form on November 2 in online mode at www.ibps.in. Candidates can fill their IBPS SO 2020 application form till November 23. The exam for IBPS SO 2020 is held in three stages - prelims, mains and interview. Candidates shortlisted in preliminary stage are qualified to appear for mains in IBPS SO exam. Those candidates who secure sufficiently high marks in IBPS SO 2020 mains are considered eligible for appearing in the interview. The interview is conducted by participating individual banks and coordinated by the nodal bank in each state/ UT. The details of eligibility criteria, application, exam centres of IBPS SO 2020, exam pattern of IBPS SO and other relevant information are detailed here in this article.
Latest: IBPS SO Application form is available now, last date to apply is November 23, IBPS SO admit card to be available soon.

The preliminary exam of IBPS SO 2020 will be held on December 26-27, 2020 in online mode across various centres of the country. IBPS SO mains will be held on January 30, 2021. It is to be noted that IBPS SO is conducted for recruiting eligible candidates in Scale I posts for I.T. Officer, Agricultural FIeld Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer at IBPS SO.

IBPS SO 2020 Overview

IBPS SO Stages 2020

The recruitment for IBPS SO is a three-staged process, preliminary, mains and interview. The preliminary stage is an online test consisting of only objective type questions. The mains, however, is also an online test but the questions are both objective and descriptive. Mains comprises only professional knowledge tests which are post specific. Candidates are called for interviews on the basis of the ranks they get and the choice of preference of banks made during the application of IBPS SO. Interviews of the shortlisted candidates are conducted by participating banks as per their requirements of each post. Candidates are to appear for the interviews in the nodal banks.

IBPS SO 2020 Stages

IBPS SO 2020 Important Dates

IBPS SO 2020 exam dates are released by IBPS in their official SO notification for the appointment as Specialist Officers (SO). Using the exam dates of IBPS SO 2020, candidates can know the timeline for the various events related to the examination. IBPS SO exam dates 2020 will help candidates to keep track of the procedure and prepare accordingly.

IBPS SO Important Dates 2020

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2020

IBPS determines the IBPS SO 2020 eligibility criteria for the candidates willing to take the exam. Eligibility criteria of IBPS SO 2020 is determined on the basis of nationality, age and education qualification of the candidates. Candidates must go through IBPS SO eligibility criteria 2020 before filling the application form. Indian citizens between the age of 20 to 30 years as on November 1, 2020 are eligible to apply for IBPS SO. It is important for the candidates to meet the IBPS SO 2020 eligibility criteria to avoid cancellation of candidature at later stage of selection procedure.

IBPS SO Educational Qualification 2020

IBPS SO 2020 Application Form

IBPS has released the IBPS SO 2020 application form on November 2 in online mode. Eligible candidates can fill the application for IBPS SO 2020 exam till November 23, 2020 in online mode. Candidates are required to fill the application form for IBPS SO exam 2020 in various parts. The application form comprises registration, filling of basic and important details, uploading documents and payment of registration fees.

Steps to Apply Online for IBPS SO 2020:

• Registration

• Fill personal details and educational qualifications

• Upload scanned photograph, signature, left thumb impression and a hand written declaration

• Pay the requisite fees

• Keep the system generated application form and payment receipt for future reference

IBPS SO Application Fees

IBPS SO Exam Centres 2020

The official notification mentions the list of IBPS SO 2020 exam centres. IBPS SO exams will be conducted across various centres in all states and union territories of the country. IBPS SO 2020 prelims will be held in 178 exam centres while there are only 55 mains exam centres in major cities of the country. IBPS SO exam centres 2020 will be allotted on the basis of the centres chosen by a candidate at the time of filling the application form. Candidates can find the allotment details of IBPS SO exam centre 2020 on their respective admit cards. IBPS SO exam centres once allotted cannot be changed under any circumstances.

A few of the IBPS SO prelims and mains exam centres are listed in the table

IBPS SO 2020 Exam Centres

IBPS SO 2020 Syllabus

Aspirants must know the topics covered under each section of the subjects for both the phases to clear IBPS SO with flying colours. With the help of IBPS SO syllabus 2020, candidates are able to plan their studies and focus on topics. IBPS SO 2020 syllabus contains the topics from where the questions can be asked in prelims and mains. The syllabus of IBPS SO 2020 exam is post specific. There exists different syllabi for all the 6 posts in mains. It is encouraged that an aspirant of IBPS SO solve previous year question papers of both prelims and mains to get an idea about the difficulty level of exam, nature of questions asked and weightage of topics from each subject to form a solid approach and crack IBPS SO.

IBPS SO Prelims Syllabus 2020

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2020

The recruitment process of IBPS SO 2020 is three phased; prelims, mains and interview. The tests of prelims and mains are conducted online. The questions are set in English and Hindi except for the test in English. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the tests of IBPS SO 2020. 1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates are required to score a minimum percentage mark on aggregate.

IBPS SO 2020 Exam Pattern

IBPS SO 2020 Admit Card

Candidates who have successfully filled the application form can download their IBPS SO 2020 admit card by using the required login credentials. The admit card for IBPS SO 2020 mains exam and interview will be issued only to those candidates who will qualify the preliminary phase and mains respectively. The admit card will have the candidates’ name, address, date and time of exam, details of examination centre etc. Along with the admit card, candidates are required to take a photocopy of valid photo id card on the date of examination.
How to download Admit Card

• Visit IBPS website

• Log in by entering registration number and password/date of birth

• Click on ‘Submit’

• IBPS SO 2020 call letter will appear on the screen

• Save and print a copy of the admit card

IBPS SO Cut off 2020

By checking the cut off marks of IBPS SO 2020, an applicant gets an estimate about how much they need to score to crack the exam and start a career in banking as officers. Marks secured by candidates in prelims determines their selection in mains and marks secured in mains determines their candidature for interview. It is to be noted that the marks are normalised in IBPS SO. There are sectional cut off marks in prelims and mains. Moreover, the exam conducting authority of IBPS SO 2020 will set different cut off marks for all the six posts depending on the vacancies. Candidates need to score sufficiently high marks in all the stages to be eligible to get recruited.

IBPS SO 2020 Result

IBPS releases the scorecard of prelims held so that candidates can get an idea of their score and prepare accordingly for later stages of recruitment in IBPS SO. Prelims result of IBPS SO is declared within 2-3 weeks from the conduct of test.

Steps to download IBPS SO prelims 2020 scorecard

• Visit the official website
• Click on IBPS SO prelims result
• Login with registration number and password
• Submit and view the result
• Download and save the copy

IBPS SO Selection Process 2020

As per the notification, the selection process of IBPS SO consists of three phases - prelims, mains and interview. Candidates have to qualify in each stage of IBPS SO selection procedure to become a Specialist Officer. Candidates securing qualifying marks in IBPS SO 2020 prelims will be shortlisted to appear for the mains. Candidates qualifying the mains will further have to appear in the interview.

IBPS SO Selection Procedure – Phases

• IBPS SO phase I - Preliminary

• IBPS SO phase II - Mains

• IBPS SO phase III - Interview

• Declaration of the final merit list

IBPS SO 2020 Salary

After qualifying IBPS SO, an officer can earn a salary of Rs. 36000 - 64000. Apart from the salary, banks also provide their specialist officers with numerous benefits and allowances, like furniture allowances, house rent allowances, newspaper, laundry, briefcase allowances, leave travel concession, etc.

IBPS Contact Details:

IBPS toll free helpline number for students: 1800 222 366 (Available from 9:30 AM to 6 PM)
Fax: 91-22-2854 2076

However, after clearing mains and called for an interview, a candidate is required to contact only the nodal bank branches for any queries related to recruitment.