The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) kickstarted its Common Recruitment Process on Wednesday, 1 July, for a total of 6,715 vacancies for Probationary Officer (PO) and Management Trainee (MT) and an additional 745 vacancies for Specialist Officers’ Cadre posts. As many as 11 public sector banks are participating in the recruitment drive, including Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, UCO Bank and Union Bank of India.
IBPS 2026 calendar
The detailed notification released today provides the tentative schedule which is as follows:
1 July — Online registration opens (Allows edit/modification of application, fee payment)
21 July — Registration window closes
5 August — Last date for printing application
August, 2026 — Download of call letters
August, 2026 — Online Examination
September/October, 2026 — Result of Online examination
October, 2026 — Download of main exam call letter
November, 2026 — Main online examination
November, 2026 — Declaration of Result of main examination
November/ December, 2026 — Interview
January, 2027 — Provisional Allotment
Vacancies under the Specialist Officers’ Cadre posts category are listed below:
- IT Officer (Scale I)
- Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
- Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
- Law Officer (Scale I)
- HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
- Marketing Officer (Scale I)
Notably, opening date of edit window for modification of application will be notified on official IBPS website, which will be 2 days after closing of registration.
Eligibility
Only those candidates who are born on or after 2 July 1996 or before 1 July 2006 are eligible for this IBPS 2027-28 recruitment drive. Age relaxation will be granted to SC, ST, OBC, PwBD and other special category candidates.
Age relaxation criterion is given below
- Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe — 5 years
- Other Backward Classes (Non- creamy layer) – 3 years
- Persons With Benchmark Disability as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” — 10 years
- Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) — 5 years
Application fee
General category candidates will have to pay ₹850 to apply for PO or SO vacancies while SC, ST and PwBD candidates will have to charged ₹175.
Marking scheme
According to the IBPS notification for online recruitment exam, there will be negative marking. One fourth or 0.25 of the marks will be deducted for each wrong answers but if no answer is marked by the candidate, no penalty will be imposed.
How to apply
Step 1: Visit the official IBPS website at ibps.in
Step 2: On the home page, navigate to “CRP PO/MT” link and then select “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES (CRP-PO/MT-XVI)”
Navigate to “CRP SPL” link and select “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- SPECIALIST OFFICERS (CRP SPL-XVI)”
Step 3: Click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION”.
Step 4: Provide relevant details to generate provisional registration number and password.
Step 5: Upload requisite documents, such as photograph, signature, left thumb impression, handwritten declaration, live photograph and other certificates.
Step 6: Review the application and click on “SAVE AND NEXT” to verify, select “COMPLETE REGISTRATION” button to proceed.
Step 7: Complete the registration process by paying requisite fees through online mode.