IBPS PO 2025 Notification Out for 5208 Vacancies Online Application

IBPS PO 2025 Notification Out for 5208 Vacancies Online Application

IBPS PO Exam is conducted every year by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to select eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officers in different public sector banks in India. IBPS PO exam has been conducted every year since 2011, and in 2025, this would be the 15th edition. IBPS CRP PO/MT CRPF-XV 2025 is for the selection of candidates for 11 public sector banks. IBPS PO Prelims, Mains, and Interview will be 3rd & last stages of the selection process to recruit candidates for Probationary Officer vacancies.

The number of vacancies and complete details for IBPS PO 2025 Recruitment have been announced with the release of the official notification on 30th June 2025. The IBPS PO 2025 Application window has been opened from 1st to 21st July 2025 at www.ibps.in and candidates can apply for 5208 Probationary Offcier vacancies.

IBPS PO 2025 Notification Out

The detailed IBPS PO Notification 2025 has been released by IBPS at its official website www.ibps.in on 30th June 2025. IBPS has released the detailed notification IBPS PO 2025 (CRP-XV PO/MT) along with all details for Probationary Officers/Management Trainees vacancies in different public sector banks. Candidates can download from the direct link shared below.

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IBPS PO 2025- Exam Summary

IBPS conducts the Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for recruiting Probationary officers in 11 Participating banks and accepts online applications through its official website. The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection has released the IBPS PO Notification 2025 with the complete schedule and detailed information. For more details about IBPS PO 2025, go through the summary table below.

IBPS PO 2025- Exam Summary
Organisation Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Post Name Probationary Officer
Vacancy 5208
Participating Banks 11
Application Mode Online
Online Registration 1st to 21st July 2025
Exam Mode Online
Recruitment Process Prelims- Mains- Interview
Education Qualification Graduate
Age Limit 20 years to 30 years
Salary Rs. 74,000 to 76,000
Official website www.ibps.in

IBPS PO 2025- Important Dates

The online registration dates has been released along with the IBPS PO Notification 2025, which has been released on 30th June 2025. Candidates can now submit their applications for IBPS PO Exam 2025 as link is now active on 1st July 2025. The important dates for IBPS PO /MT CRP XV 2025 are updated below.

IBPS PO 2025 Important Dates
Events Dates
IBPS PO Notification 2025 30th June 2025
Online Registration Process Starts 1st July 2025
Online Registration Process Ends 21st July 2025
Last Date to Pay Application Fee 21st July 2025
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Date 2025 17th, 23rd, 24th August 2025
IBPS PO Mains Exam Date 2025 12th October 2025

IBPS PO Vacancy 2025

The IBPS PO Vacancies for IBPS PO 2025 has been announced along with the official IBPS PO notification pdf. This year, IBPS released 5208 vacancies for Probationary Officer/Management Trainee posts, which have been shared here. The maximum number of vacancies was announced for Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra, and Canara Bank.

IBPS PO Vacancy 2025
Participating Banks SC ST OBC EWS General Total
Bank of Baroda 150 75 270 100 405 1000
Bank of India 105 53 189 70 283 700
Bank of Maharashtra 150 75 270 100 405 1000
Canara Bank 150 50 200 100 500 1000
Central Bank of India 75 37 135 50 203 500
Indian Bank NR NR NR NR NR NR
Indian Overseas Bank 69 33 121 44 183 450
Punjab National Bank 30 15 54 20 81 200
Punjab & Sind Bank 53 27 98 36 144 358
UCO Bank NR NR NR NR NR NR
Union Bank of India NR NR NR NR NR NR
Total 782 365 1337 520 2204 5208

IBPS PO 2025 Application Fee

The category-wise fee structure for the IBPS PO 2025 online application is given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can they be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online itself. To know more check the complete guide for the IBPS PO Application Fee.

IBPS PO 2025 Application Fee
SNo. Categories Application Fee
1 SC/ST/PWD Rs. 175/- ((inclusive of GST)
2 General and Others Rs. 850/- ((inclusive of GST)

IBPS PO Eligibility Criteria 2025

The eligibility criteria required for the IBPS PO 2025 Exam in terms of educational degree, computer literacy, language proficiency, and age limit have been discussed below-

IBPS PO Educational Qualification

Graduation Degree: The eligibility criteria for the IBPS CRP exam is as basic as a graduation degree in any discipline from a University recognized by the Government of India. Any such candidate who has received equivalent qualification which is recognized by the Central Government is also eligible to apply for this exam.

The candidates must have a valid mark sheet / Degree Certificate that certifies that they are a graduate on the day they register for this exam, and must indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering for the IBPS Bank-PO examination.

Computer Literacy: Working knowledge of computer systems is necessary for the job as well as to give the IBPS PO exam which is conducted in online mode.

Nationality / Citizenship of Applicants

A candidate applying for the IBPS CRP/Bank PO Examination must be one of the following:

1. Citizen of India

2. Subject of Nepal or Bhutan

3. Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanent settlement

4. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire,Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of permanent settlement in India

Candidates belonging to the category 2, 3, 4 must have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Govt of India in their favour.

IBPS PO Age Limit (as on 01/07/2025)

Any candidate who is applying for the IBPS PO examination should not be less than 20 years old and not more than 30 years old at the time of registration. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1995 and not later than 01.07.2005 (both dates inclusive) In addition to this, there is an age relaxation application to category-wise candidates as per the government rules:

Category Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) 10 years
Ex-servicemen (Army personnel) 5 years
Widows/Divorced Women 9 years
Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989 5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years
Regular Employees of Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service(for MP state Only) 5 years

IBPS PO Recruitment 2025

Probationary Officers (PO) and Management Trainees (MT) are recruited every year through a Common Recruitment Process (CRP), commonly known as the IBPS PO exam. The CRP was started in 2011 and is being conducted for the 15th time this year hence is officially called IBPS PO /MT CRP XV 2025. The IBPS PO selection process consists of 3 phases (preliminary, mains and interview) and the candidate must qualify each of them to proceed to the next phase. Mentioned below are the important steps of the IBPS PO Recruitment Process:

• Online Preliminary Examination

An adequate number of candidates in each category are shortlisted by IBPS depending upon requirements for Online Main Examination

• Online Mains Examination

Candidates must qualify the sectional as well as an overall cutoff in the main exam to be eligible for an interview.

• Interview

The interview will be conducted by the Participating Organizations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS

• Final Result

The Final result is declared based on candidates’ combined performance in IBPS PO Mains and Interview Rounds.

• Provisional Allotment

The provisional allotment of the qualified candidate is released on the official website. The IBPS Banks are allotted based on candidates’ preferences which are made at the time of online application.

IBPS plays its part in the selection process only till the provisional allotment to different banks. After that, the responsibility to intimate the qualified candidates about their joining dates and procedures lies with the respective banks.

Public Sector Banking has become an illustrious career option in current times as it comes with the promise of attractive salary, perks, job security, fast growth and good work-life balance. The government of India had set up Personnel Selection Services (PSS) in 1975 for the recruitment of probationary officers and clerks to all public-sector banks. PSS was later changed to the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) in 1984 as per the mandate of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

IBPS PO 2025 Exam Pattern

IBPS introduced separate sectional timing for each section in the preliminary exam. The IBPS PO exam (CRP XIII) for hiring candidates will be based on an online written exam in two parts: Tier 1 or IBPS Preliminary Exam and Tier 2 or IBPS Mains Exam. This examination is followed by a face-to-face interview process.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025

The IBPS PO preliminary examination has a duration of 20 minutes for each section, which will be conducted in online mode. It consists of 3 sections with a total of 100 questions and a maximum score of 100 marks. There is a negative marking in the IBPS PO pre-exam and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates must clear the cut-off in all 3 sections to qualify for the IBPS PO Main exam. The section-wise details are given below:

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025
S.No. Name of Tests(Objective No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 English Language 30 30 20 minutes
2 Numerical Ability 35 30 20 minutes
3 Reasoning Ability 35 40 20 minutes
Total 100 100 60 minutes

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. The adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern 2025

The IBPO PO Main exam is also conducted online, it has 5 (4+1) sections with a total score of 200+25 marks and a total duration of 160+30 minutes. IBPS will be conducting a descriptive paper in its mains exam for the selection of candidates for the post of Probationary Officer. The sections must be attempted in the same order and the allotted time as mandated at the time of the exam. A candidate has to clear both preliminary and mains examinations to be eligible for the interview process.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern 2025
S.No. Name of Tests(Objective No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 Reasoning 40 60 50 minutes
2 English Language 35 40 40 minutes
3 Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 50 45 minutes
4 General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness / Digital/ Financial Awareness including RBI circulars 35 50 25 minutes
Total 145 200 160 minutes
5 English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) 2 25 30 minutes

Penalty for Wrong Answers: There is a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests of both Preliminary and Mains exams. A wrong answer to an objective question by the candidate will lead to a penalty of one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question. For example, 0.25 marks will be deducted as a penalty for a wrong answer to a question that carries 1 mark. There will be no penalty for leaving a question blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by the candidate.

IBPS PO Interview

The candidates who have qualified for the mains exam are called for a face to face interview which carries a maximum of 100 marks. The minimum qualifying mark in the interview is 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates).

The interview round is generally 15-20 minutes long, where a panel of bank officials ask questions to the candidates about themselves, banking sector, current affairs, general awareness, etc. The candidates must be well dressed, confident and carry all required documents to the interview.

The final merit list is prepared based on marks obtained in the main examination and interview. The final score is calculated by IBPS with weightage of marks given to the main examination and interview in the ratio of 80:20 respectively.

Final Score Calculation for IBPS PO Exam

The final score for the IBPS PO exam is calculated keeping the following points in mind:

• Marks obtained in the Preliminary Exam (Tier-1) will not be considered in the final score and are only for qualifying to Mains Exam (Tier-2).

• Candidates must qualify for Phase-2 and Interview separately to be eligible for final merit.

• The weightage (ratio) of IBPS PO Main exam and interview for the final merit list will be 80:20 respectively.

• The aggregate score out of 100 is used for the final merit list for each category. Candidates with top merit rank in each category are finally selected.

IBPS PO 2025 Syllabus

IBPS exam syllabus is no different from any other bank exam. While IBPS issues only the broad subjects, they can be further subdivided into individual topics, based on the questions that have appeared in the exams over the past few years. The IBPS PO Syllabus is divided into two parts:

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2025

This comprises of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2025
Reasoning Quantitative Aptitude English Language
Logical Reasoning Simplification Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series Profit & Loss Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test Mixtures & Allegations Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
Coded Inequalities Work & Time Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement Time & Distance Miscellaneous
Puzzle Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere Paragraph Completion
Tabulation Data Interpretation
Syllogism Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations Number Systems
Input-Output Sequence & Series
Coding-Decoding Permutation, Combination &Probability

IBPS PO 2025 Salary

The initial in-hand salary of an IBPS Probationary Officer is Rs. 74,000 to 76,000 with dearness allowances, special allowances, and other benefits. The basic pay scale of a PO is Basic: Rs. 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920 as per the revision made to the salary, click on the link below to check the revised IBPS PO Salary.

IBPS PO Exam Centre

The IBPS PO exam is conducted online at numerous centres all over India and the candidate can mention their preferences at the time of filling in the online application. However, if there is a non-availability of seats at preferred venues, IBPS may allot an exam centre other than the choices made by a candidate. IBPS is the sole authority on adding or removing an exam centre, and candidates can’t make requests for a change in the exam centre. Any inappropriate behaviour at the exam centre can lead to the cancellation of the candidature.

IBPS PO 2025 Online Application

The online registration procedure for the IBPS PO 2025 exam has been scheduled through online mode on www.ibps.in from 1st to 21st July 2025. The registration dates has been announced along with the release of the IBPS PO 2025 Notification. For complete details regarding the steps to apply, the application fee, and documents required, click on the link below.

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