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Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Exam (BOB PO 2020) - Notification, Eligibility, Syllabus, Admit Card, Result
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About BOB PO 2019
Bank of Baroda (BOB) releases the notification of Probationary Officer in Junior Management Grade/Scale-I to fill various vacancies. Candidates are selected through a selection process consisting of an online exam (objective + descriptive) followed by Psychometric Assessment, Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). The selected candidates have to undergo a nine-month campus programme at Baroda Manipal School of Banking. The candidates are awarded a Post Graduate Certificate in Banking & Finance after the successful completion of the programme and they will be offered Probationary Officer post. The candidates have to take three months On the Job Training (Work Integrated Learning) at a Bank of Baroda branch. Finally, candidates gets PG Diploma in Banking & Finance by Manipal Academy of Higher education (MAHE).
BOB PO 2019 Highlights
Full Exam Name | Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Exam |
Short Exam Name | BOB PO |
Conducting Body | Bank of Baroda |
Frequency of Conduct | Vacancy Based |
Languages | English, Hindi |
Mode of Application | Online |
Application Fee (General) | 600 Rs [Online] |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Mode of Counselling | Online / Offline |
Exam Duration | 3 Hours |

Bank of Baroda determines the eligibility criteria of BOB PO. Candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria of BOB PO in order to fill the application form. The eligibility criteria of BOB PO is determined by taking the nationality, age and educational qualification of the candidates
BOB PO Eligibility criteria
Nationality/citizenship:
A citizen of India
A subject of Nepal or Bhutan
A Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962
A person of Indian who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, East African Countries of Kenya, Zambia, Zaire, Ethiopia, Malawi and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Age Limit:
Candidates should have a minimum 20 years and maximum 28 years of age.
Age Relaxation
SC/ST - 5 years
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) - 3 years
Ex-Servicemen - 5 years
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 - 5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots - 5 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)
PWD SC/ST - 15 years
PWD OBC - 13 years
PWD General - 10 years
Educational Qualification: Candidates should have a bachelor degree from a recognized University with minimum 55% marks.
Mode of Application : Online
Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | Other
Bank of Baroda releases the application form of BOB PO in online mode. Applications are accepted in online mode only. Along with the filling of the application form, candidates must pay a prescribed application as per their category. In order to fill BOB PO application form, candidates are advised follow the steps given below.
Step-1: BOB PO Online Registration
Candidates must complete the registration process to fill the BOB PO application form through online mode.
Candidates should have a valid email ID and Contact number.
A unique registration number is generated after the completion of the online registration process.
Step-2: Filling the Application Form
Log in the website by using the registration number and date of birth.
Fill up all the details in the online application form without any mistakes.
Candidates are advised to use the ‘save and next’ button to verify the details in the online application form.
Step-3: Upload Photograph and Signature:
Candidates should have scanned images of passport sized photograph and signature in the prescribed format.
The scanned images should be in JPG or JPEG format and minimum 200 dpi (dots per inch).
Photograph: Dimensions - 200X230 pixels & Size - 20 KB to 50 KB
Signature: Dimensions - 140X60 pixels & Size - 10 KB to 20 KB
Step-4: Payment of application fee
Application Fee and Mode of Payment: Candidates have to make the payment of application fee through online mode only.
An e-receipt will be generated after the successful completion of online payment.
Application Fee:
SC/ ST/Persons with Disability (PWD) - Rs.100
GEN/OBC - Rs.600
Mode of Payment: Fee can be paid by the online mode only by the following payment gateways.
Credit Cards
Debit Cards (RuPay/MasterCard/Visa/Maestro)
Internet Banking
IMPS
Cash Cards/Mobile Wallets
Step-5: Final Submit
- After completing the procedure of online application form including the payment of fees, the candidate should take a printout of the system generated online application form.
- Candidates should ensure that the particulars filled in the print out of the applicator form are accurate and retain it for future reference.
Application Fees
Category | Quota | Mode | Gender | Amount |
---|---|---|---|---|
General, OBC | Online | Transgender, Male, Female | ₹ 600 | |
ST, SC | Online | Transgender, Male, Female | ₹ 100 | |
SC, ST, General, OBC | PWD | Online | Transgender, Male, Female | ₹ 100 |
BOB PO 2019 Syllabus
Reasoning and computer aptitude
General/ economy/ banking awareness
English language
Quantitative aptitude
English language (letter writing and essay)
BOB prescribes the exam pattern of BOB PO. Candidates must go through the BOB PO exam pattern in order to know the marking scheme, sections from where the questions will be asked, Duration of the examination and the total number of question s that will be asked. The table below contains the exam pattern of BOB PO.
BOB PO Exam Pattern
Test | Type | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude | Objective Type | 50 | 75 | English & Hindi | 2 Hours and 30 Minutes |
General/Economy/Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | |||
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 50 | |||
English Language | 35 | 35 | English | ||
Total | 165 | 200 | |||
English Language (Letter writing & Essay) | Descriptive type | 2 | 50 | English | 30 Minutes |
The online test consisting of the objective and descriptive test.
There is be a penalty for incorrect answers marked in the Objective Tests.
For each incorrect answer, 0.25 or one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted.
If a question is left blank, there will be no penalty for that question.
NOTE: BOB reserves the right to modify the exam structure and it will be intimated through the website.
BOB PO admit card issued to the candidates who fill the application form successfully. Admit card is the most important document that must be carried by the candidates to the exam center on the day of examination. In order to download the admit card of BOB PO, candidates must know the following points:
The Centre, venue address, date and time for the exam, group discussion and interview intimated in the respective call letter/admit card.
Candidate can download his/her admit card/call letter from the website by using his/her details includes Registration Number and Password/Date of Birth.
Intimations about BOB PO admit card/call letter are also sent by email and SMS.
The exact date and time of the exam is mentioned in the admit card/call letter along with the venue/ centre.
Candidates must carry one of the following prescribed ID proofs to the exam centre for authentication purpose along with BOB PO admit card.
- PAN Card
- Passport
- Driving License
- Voter’s Card
- Bank Passbook with a photograph
- Photo identity proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
- Identity Card issued by a recognized college/university
- Aadhaar card with a photograph
- Employee ID card
BOB PO 2019 Exam Centers
State | City |
---|---|
Andhra Pradesh | Ananthapur |
Chirala | |
Chittoor | |
Guntur | |
Kadapa | |
Kurnool | |
Nellore | |
Ongole | |
Puttur | |
Rajahmundry | |
Srikakulam | |
Tirupati | |
Vijayawada | |
Visakhapatnam | |
Vizianagaram | |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
Naharlagun | |
Assam | Dibrugarh |
Guwahati | |
Jorhat | |
Kokrajhar | |
Silchar | |
Tezpur | |
Bihar | Arrah |
Aurangabad | |
Bhagalpur | |
Bihar Sharif | |
Darbhanga | |
Gaya | |
Muzaffarpur | |
Patna | |
Purnea | |
Samastipur | |
Siwan | |
Chhattisgarh | Bhilai |
Bilaspur | |
Raipur | |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
Anand | |
Bhavnagar | |
Gandhinagar | |
Jamnagar | |
Mehsana | |
Rajkot | |
Surat | |
Vadodara | |
Haryana | Ambala |
Bahadurgarh | |
Gurgaon | |
Hisar | |
Karnal | |
Kurukshetra | |
Palwal | |
Yamuna Nagar | |
Himachal Pradesh | Baddi |
Hamirpur | |
Kangra | |
Kullu | |
Mandi | |
Shimla | |
Sirmaur | |
Solan | |
Una | |
Odisha | Baramula |
Angul | |
Balasore | |
Bargarh | |
Baripada | |
Berhampur | |
Ganjam | |
Bhubaneshwar | |
Cuttack | |
Dhenkanal | |
Jharsuguda | |
Rourkela | |
Sambalpur | |
Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu |
Kathua | |
Samba | |
Srinagar | |
Jharkhand | Dhanbad |
Hazaribagh | |
Jamshedpur | |
Ranchi | |
Bokaro Steel City | |
Karnataka | Bangalore |
Belgaum | |
Bellary | |
Bidar | |
Davanagere | |
Dharwad | |
Gulbarga | |
Hubli | |
Mandya | |
Mangalore | |
Mysore | |
Shimoga | |
Udupi | |
Kerala | Alappuzha |
Kannur | |
Kochi | |
Kollam | |
Kottayam | |
Kozhikode | |
Malappuram | |
Palakkad | |
Thiruvananthapuram | |
Thrissur | |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
Gwalior | |
Indore | |
Jabalpur | |
Sagar | |
Satna | |
Ujjain | |
Maharashtra | Amravati |
Aurangabad | |
Chandrapur | |
Dhule | |
Jalgaon | |
Kolhapur | |
Latur | |
Mumbai | |
Thane | |
Navi Mumbai | |
Nagpur | |
Nanded | |
Nashik | |
Pune | |
Ratnagiri | |
Sangli | |
Satara | |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Ri Bhoi | |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Kohima |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Punjab | Amritsar |
Bathinda | |
Fatehgarh Sahib | |
Jalandhar | |
Ludhiana | |
Mohali | |
Pathankot | |
Patiala | |
Phagwara | |
Sangrur | |
Rajasthan | Ajmer |
Alwar | |
Bhilwara | |
Bikaner | |
Jaipur | |
Jodhpur | |
Kota | |
Sikar | |
Udaipur | |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
Coimbatore | |
Dindigul | |
Kanchipuram | |
Krishnagiri | |
Madurai | |
Nagercoil | |
Namakkal | |
Perambalur | |
Salem | |
Thanjavur | |
Tiruchirapalli | |
Thiruvallur | |
Thoothukudi | |
Tirunelveli | |
Vellore | |
Virudhunagar | |
Telangana | Khammam |
Warangal | |
Hyderabad | |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
Aligarh | |
Allahabad | |
Banda | |
Bareilly | |
Bulandshahar | |
Faizabad | |
Gonda | |
Gorakhpur | |
Jhansi | |
Kanpur | |
Lucknow | |
Mathura | |
Meerut | |
Moradabad | |
Muzaffarnagar | |
Varanasi | |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
Haldwani | |
Haridwar | |
Roorkee | |
West Bengal | Asansol |
Bardhaman | |
Durgapur | |
Hooghly | |
Howrah | |
Kalyani | |
Kolkata | |
Siliguri |
Documents Required at Exam
- Admit card
- Online payment receipt
- Aadhaar card
- PAN card
- Passport
- Driving license
- Employee ID card
- College/University ID card
- Voter ID card
Bank of Baroda does not release the BOB PO answer key for the online examination. But BOB PO answer key are released by some coaching academies/institutes. Candidates can predict their score in advance by using the BOB PO Answer key.
The conducting authorities releases result for online test, GD and PI separately through the website. To check the BOB PO Result of the online test, candidates need to log in with their registration number and password/date of birth. On the basis of performance of candidates in the online exam, the roll numbers of the candidates for further selection are release on the website. The final merit list for selection is prepared on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the online test, group discussion and interview.
Candidates should score minimum qualifying marks in each section of online test to get shortlisted for the group discussion and personal interview. In case more than one candidate scores the same cut off marks, such candidates are ranked according to their age in descending order. While appearing for GD/PI, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents. The conducting authorities releases cut off for both group discussion and personal interview separately through the website. Based on the final cut off marks, the candidates will be selected as probationary officers by the bank.
BOB PO 2019 Selection Process
As per the selection process of BOB PO, candidates are required to obtain a minimum score in each paper in the online test and also minimum total marks to be shortlisted for Psychometric Assessment Test, Group Discussion & Interview. Candidates are shortlisted for group discussion & interview depending on the number of vacancies, total marks secured in the online test and cut off in each test as decided by the Bank.
Documents Required at Counselling
- Call letter
- Print out of the application form
- Birth certificate
- Caste certifcate (if applicable)
- PWD certificate (if applicable)
- 10th and 12th marksheet and certifcate
- Graduaction/post-graduation certifcate
- One of the valid photo ID proofs - voter ID card, aadhaar card, PAN card, passport, driving license, employee ID card, College/University ID prrof
General Information
Questions related to BOB PO
which are all the bank exams are their
Dear Aspirant,
Finding work in the bank line is one of the growing career options the students option after completing graduation.
Here are the list of bank exams that you can give.
1. IBPS Clerk
This is one of the most prevalent Banking tests in India where you can recieve the position of being a clerk at end. A great deal of Banks recruit clerks on the basis of this exam. A lot of aspirants apply for this jobs so the competition is tough. The application form for IBPS clerk is available around the month of September or October every year.
Minimum Age limit: 20 years
Maximum Age Limit: 28 years.
2. IBPS PO
Along with the IBPS Clerk exam, the IBPS also conducts the IBPS PO exam. This exam is conducted for the recruitment of Probationary Officers. This exam is perfect for you if you are looking forward to be a Bank Officer. Your graduation must be complete. The application form is mostly released in the month of August or September.
Minimum Age Limit: 20 Years
Maximum Age Limit: 30 Years
3. NIACL Assistant
NIACL is an insurance company owned by the government. NIACL conducts this exam to recruit the candidates for the post of assistant. The candidate must have a recognized bachelor’s degree to apply for this exam.
Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 30 Years
4. RBI Grade B
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducts the RBI Grade B exam every year for the recruitment of Grade B officers. The salary of RBI Grade B officers is very good. This also, therefore, has a lot of candidates applying every year, raising the levels of competition. The application forms for this are released around the month of July every year.
Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 30 Years
5. SBI PO
For getting a job in State Bank of India as an officer, you need to clear SBI PO exam. This is one of the most reputed exams in the banking sector that’s why that is the reason countless applicants apply for this test each year. The candidate has to clear three levels for this- preliminary exam, main exam and interview. Usually, the application form is released around the month of April.
Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 30 years
6. SBI Clerk
This exam is conducted by SBI for the recruitment of clerks. The difficulty level of SBI clerk exam is lower than that of PO but the competition level is still very high. You have to be graduate for this exam and the notification will be released in January.
Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 28 Years
7. IBPS RRB
IBPS RRB is conducted for the recruitment of both clerk and officers in the regional rural banks across India. This exam has two levels i.e. Prelims and Main. There will be no interview for the post of office assistant (Clerk). The candidate must know the local language and their proficiency in the same will be evaluated.
Minimum Age (Office Assistant): 18 Years
Maximum Age (Office Assistant): 28 Years
Minimum Age (Assistant Manager): 18 Years
Maximum Age (Assistant Manager): 30 Years
8. LIC HFL Recruitment
LIC recruits assistants, associates, and assistant managers for Housing Finance. Generally, the applications will release release in the month of August. The age limit for the post of associate and assistant through this exam is 21 to 28 years.
Apart from these exams, there are many more banking exams you can opt for after your graduation. Some of them are given below:
- IPPB Recruitment
- LIC AAO
- IDBI PO
- NICL AO
- NABARD
- IBPS RRB
- Federal Bank Clerk/ PO
- Bank of Baroda SO
- South Indian Bank PO
- Saraswat Bank
- UIIC Assistant
- Syndicate Bank PO
- Canara Bank PO
Hope this helps. All the best!
I wanted complete information of all types of exams required for bank jobs. Can anyone help me out?
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- IBPS Specialist officer
- IBPS Probationary officer
- IBPS clerk
- SBI Probationary officer
- SBI clerk
- IBPS RRB
- Indian Bank PO
- RBI Grade B
- RBI assistant recruitment
- IPPB recruitment
These are the jobs conducted for bank with the position level. Where some of the private banks like ICICI Conduct there own examinations.
i got 42% marks in my graduation. which types of exam i am eligible with graduation degree. And please suggest me where i need to move banking or ssc?
With your graduation degree, you're eligible for not only banking and ssc cgl, but even upsc cse, since all these don't ask for any specific aggregate.
Now, coming to which exam, that entirely depends on you, SSC and Banking, both are quite different. SSC conducts its recruitment in four stages, and it does take a larger amount of time compared to bank exam results. Moreover, the pattern too is different, yes there're similarities in terms of few subject, but in SSC there's always a possibility of repeating of previous year questions, hence solving pyq in ssc becomes handy, while banking exam is all about speed and precision.