IBPS SO 2026 Notification

IBPS SO 2026 vacancies post-wise and bank-wise

CRP SPL-XVI fills Scale I Specialist Officer posts in 11 public sector banks for 2027-28. Annexure I gives 301 IT Officer posts (Bank of India 110, Punjab National Bank 100, Central Bank of India 50, Indian Overseas Bank 25, Punjab & Sind Bank 16), 190 Agricultural Field Officer posts (Bank of Baroda 100, Bank of Maharashtra 90), 105 Law Officer posts (Canara Bank 30, Central Bank of India 30, Punjab National Bank 25, Bank of Baroda 10, Indian Overseas Bank 10), 89 Rajbhasha Adhikari posts and 60 HR/Personnel Officer posts (Bank of Baroda 50, Bank of Maharashtra 10). The notice prints no grand total; the posts add up to 745. No bank has reported a Marketing Officer vacancy, and Indian Bank, UCO Bank and Union Bank of India have not reported any figures.

Age limit and qualification for each post

Every post has the same age band: 20 to 30 years on 1 July 2026, with 5 extra years for SC and ST, 3 for OBC (non-creamy layer) and 10 for persons with benchmark disabilities. The qualification depends on the post. IT Officers need a 4-year engineering degree or a postgraduate degree in computer or electronics subjects, or graduation with DOEACC 'B' level. Agricultural Field Officers need a 4-year degree in agriculture or an allied field. Law Officers need an LL.B and Bar Council enrolment, and Rajbhasha Adhikaris a postgraduate degree in Hindi or Sanskrit with the language subjects the notice lists at graduation. HR and Marketing Officers need graduation plus a 2-year full-time postgraduate degree or diploma in the relevant field. IBPS will not accept equivalent qualifications.

IBPS SO 2026 prelims and mains pattern

The prelims have four 20-minute tests of 25 questions each: English, Reasoning, Professional Knowledge (50 marks) and either Quantitative Aptitude (IT, Agricultural Field, HR and Marketing Officers) or General Awareness with reference to banking (Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari). That is 125 marks in 80 minutes, and each test must be cleared. The mains have English (30 marks), Reasoning (40), Quantitative Aptitude or General Awareness (30) and Professional Knowledge (100 marks, 50 questions), plus a 25-mark descriptive paper of 30 minutes. Only the Professional Knowledge score decides the mains merit; the rest are qualifying. Each wrong answer costs a quarter of the question's marks.

Interview and final selection

Candidates shortlisted from the main exam are called for an interview conducted by the participating banks and coordinated by a nodal bank in each state or region. It carries 100 marks, and the minimum is 40% (35% for SC, ST, OBC and PwBD candidates). The final score combines the main exam and the interview in the ratio 80:20. Candidates are then allotted to banks on merit and preference, and a reserve list of about 20% of the vacancies may be kept for up to a year. The posts are in an all-India cadre.

Salary and schedule

Scale I Specialist Officers start on a basic pay scale of ₹48,480-2,000/7-62,480-2,340/2-67,160-2,680/7-85,920, with allowances as per bank rules. Registration closed on 21 July 2026. The notice's tentative schedule: prelims in August 2026, prelims result in September/October, main exam call letters in October, main exam and its result in November, interviews in November/December 2026 and provisional allotment in January 2027.