Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Specialist Officer Exam (IBPS SO)

IBPS SO Cut off 2017

Updated On: 01 Apr 2017 03:55 PM IST

IBPS SO Cut off 2017: IBPS has released IBPS SO 2017 cut off for writtern exam on February 14. The cut off of IBPS SO 2017 is decided by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to delimit only certain number of candidates for next round of selection procedure. Based on the marks secured by candidates in IBPS SO 2017 online test, the examination authority will issue call letters to more than 3 times the total available vacancies for interview round. IBPS SO 2017 cut off is the benchmark to pick the most deserving candidates for next round of recruitment process. The process of normalisation will be adopted while calculating IBPS SO cut off 2017. The marks secured by candidates in online test and interview will be normalised to 100. The allotment of participating banks and Specialist Officers posts will be done strictly on the basis of candidates’ preference and normalised score. IBPS SO cut off 2017 has been released along with declaration of allotment result. Candidates can check the detail of IBPS Specialist Officers (SO) cut off 2017, procure to calculate cut off score and last five year cut off analysis from this page.

Latest: Click here to check Final Cutoff of IBPS SO. Also check Final result of IBPS SO 2017 here!

How to calculate IBPS SO Cut off 2017

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will adopt following procedure while calculating IBPS SO 2017 cut off.

Scores: The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method. Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations

The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online IBPS SO CWE (exam) and interview will be 80:20. The combined final scores of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in IBPS SO CWE (SPL-V) and Interview. A candidate should qualify both in the IBPS SO 2017 CWE & interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent allotment process

Cut off Score: Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score, as explained below to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies cut off will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview

Mean – 3/4th of standard deviation for SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD categories
Mean – 1/4th of standard deviation for General Category
There will be a second level cut off point on total as per requirement

IBPS SO 2017 cut off score: The IBPS SO cut off 2017 declares along with the declaration of IBPS SO result. Based on the cut off score, banks will be allotted to candidates as per their ranks in merit list and preference.

Previous Year IBPS SO Cut off Score - Maximum Score out of 100 included written & interview - The examination authority adopts the process of normalisation to calculate candidates’ marks out 100. The weightage (ratio) of Online CWE (exam) and interview will be 80:20. The table given below shows last year’s IBPS SO Cut off score after normalisation process.

IBPS SO Cut off Score - Maximum Score out of 100

Posts	General	OBC	SC	ST	VI	OC	HI
Marketing Officer	74.95	66.8	59.4	62.05	NA	58.1	33.7
IT Officer	76.75	64.05	65.1	55.05	65.4	61.85	50.5
Law Officer	62.85	55.8	71.15	47.5	43.7	54.4	NA
H.R/ Personnel Officer	73.35	65.1	62.95	56.45	NA	NA	43.4
Agriculture Field Officer	69.75	60.95	52.3	53.45	60.25	49.05	45.6
H.R/ Personnel Office	73.35	65.1	62.95	56.45	NA	NA	43.4
Rajbhasha Adhikari	66.65	62.2	51.85	49.8	69.05	43.55	NA

IBPS SO Cut off Score for Provisional Allotment: It is the marks at which allotment process ends which mean the minimum marks must be scored by in order to get allotment of Specialist Officers post. The IBPS SO cut off score for provisional allotment is calculated out of 100 and eliminating inter-se-merit (ties) on the basis of date of birth.

The table given below last year’s IBPS SO Cut off Score for Provisional Allotment

IBPS SO Cut off Score for Provisional Allotment

Posts	General	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI
Marketing Officer	55.30 26/09/89	51.90 05/04/92	47.35 30/08/91	38.50 09/07/88	33.70 27/08/88	39.40 16/08/92	NA
IT Officer	61.50 29/08/92	57.75 26/10/93	53.35 26/09/89	46.50 18/03/92	40.60 19/1086	50.15 13/06/90	60.10 05/12/87
Law Officer	52.95 11/07/89	49.20 08/05/86	44.95 25/02/93	39.55 22/07/81	NA	39.65 05/02/76	36.70 09/05/84
H.R/ Personnel Officer	60.75 05/10/90	53.50 25/11/89	50.70 21/07/91	46.65 27/12/85	43.40 10/07/86	NA	NA
Agriculture Field Officer	41.65 15/03/92	40.90 04/05/85	34.65 30/06/89	30.00 10/12/83	26.50 31/01/87	27.20 03/06/93	28.95 25/01/93
Rajbhasha Adhikari	44.15 12/10/89	45.05 02/01/92	43.35 27/05/84	34.20 11/08/90	NA	38.75 16/05/90	69.05 01/04/90

IBPS SO Cut off Score - Maximum and Minimum Score of candidates out of 100 – It is a range which shows up to what marks allotment of Specialist Officers post will be done in respective category.

The table given below shows last year’s category wise maximum and minimum marks of candidates who have been allotted Specialist Officers post.

IBPS SO Cut off Score - Maximum and Minimum Score of candidates out of 100

Posts	General	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI
IT Officer	76.75 to 61.50	64.05 to 57.75	55.05 to 46.50	65.10 to 53.35	50.50 to 40.60	61.85 to 50.15	65.40 to 60.10
Agriculture Field Officer	69.75 to 41.65	60.95 to 40.90	52.30 to 34.65	53.45 to 30.00	45.60 to 26.50	49.05 to 27.20	60.25 to 25.95
Rajbhasha Adhikari	66.65 to 44.15	62.20 to 45.05	51.85 to 43.35	49.80 to 34.20	NA	43.55 to 38.75	69.05 to 69.05
Law Officer	62.85 to 52.95	55.80 to 49.200	71.15 to 44.95	47.50 to 39.55	NA	54.40 to 39.65	43.70 to 36.70
H.R/ Personnel Officer	73.35 to 60.75	65.10 to 53.50	62.95 to 50.70	56.45 to 46.65	43.40 to 43.40	NA	NA
Marketing Officer	74.95 to 55.30	66.80 to 51.90	59.40 to 47.35	62.05 to 35.50	33.70 to 33.70	58.10 to 39.40	NA

IBPS SO Cut off Score for Provisional Allotment – Reserve List

IBPS SO reserve lists a waiting list which is prepared to fill vacancies in a bank, in case candidates do not join the allotted banks after allotment. Such vacant posts are collected from all banks and next eligible candidates would be offered appointed based on the IBPS SO reserve list.

Candidates can check below the previous year IBPS SO reserve list for provisional allotment.

IBPS SO Cut off Score for Provisional Allotment – Reserve List

Posts	General	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI
IT Officer	61.15	57.5	53.1	46.3	40.3	49.35	55.95
Agriculture Field Officer	40.6	40.55	34.1	29.3	25.95	26.7	28.7
Rajbhasha Adhikari	43.55	44.6	42.8	33.7	NA	35.95	NA
Law Officer	52.25	48.75	44.65	39.15	NA	38.35	30.8
H.R/ Personnel Officer	60.5	51.85	49.6	44.6	31.75	NA	NA
Marketing Officer	54.8	51.55	46.95	38.15	NA	38.8	NA

Stay tuned to competition.careers360.com for more news and feature related to IBPS SO

About Author

5 Posts

1431 Contributions

View my google+ profile

I am currently working as a Journalist, Researcher and Career Counsellor with the Medicine domain of Careers360. Medicine being a vast domain, it always keeps me on my toes and I make sure all the toppers as well as experts share their insights with Careers360 first. I love doing in-depth research before making a piece of information available for Medicine aspirants.