IBPS SO 2025

COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS 

IBPS SO exam is conducted every year by IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection). For the recruitment of Specialist Officers (SO)
 for different Public Sector Banks, this exam is held. The IBPS holds the Common Written Examination (CWE).

The Online Examination (Preliminary and Main) for the upcoming Common Recruitment Process  (CRP) for Recruitment and Selection of Personnel in Specialist Officers’ Cadre posts in the 
Participating Public Sector Banks will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as per the tentative schedule provided below. 

 IBPS SO RECRUITMENT 2025

MPORTANT DATES 

PARTICIPATING BANKS 

 IBPS SO 2025 Exam Centres list

Here we are providing the list of IBPS SO 2025 Exam Centers, so that you can get an idea:

 

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2025

a. Preliminary Examination 

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari 

 For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer 

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

b. Main Examination 

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer 

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari 

 Any change in the structure of the examination will be intimated through official IBPS website www.ibps.in. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the official IBPS website www.ibps.in. 

 PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (APPLICABLE TO BOTH – ONLINE PRELIMINARY AND ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATIONS) 

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question 
will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question. 

INTERVIEW 

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main Examination for CRP SPL-XV will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Banks in each State/ UT/ Region with the help of IBPS.  

• Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter.  
• Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from official IBPS website www.ibps.in. Please note that any request regarding change in date, centre etc. of interview will not be entertained. However, IBPS reserves the right to change the date/ venue/ time/ centre etc. of interview or hold supplementary process for particular date / session / venue / centre / set of candidates at its discretion, under unforeseen circumstances, if any. 
• 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/PwBD candidates). 
• The relative weightage (ratio) of Online Main Examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively. 
• The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP SPL-XV and Interview. 
• Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed. 
• A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Examination and interview and be 
  sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on official IBPS website www.ibps.in 

While appearing for the Interview, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents. (See the Notification for the full detail)
In the absence of valid documents candidature of the candidates shall be cancelled. IBPS/ Nodal Bank/ Participating Banks take no responsibility to receive/ collect any certificate/ remittance/ document sent separately. 

IBPS SO Apply Online 2025

• Candidates can apply online only and no other mode of application will be accepted. 
• Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Online payment from 01.07.2025 to 21.07.2025, both dates inclusive] shall be as follows:  

Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate 

 Procedure for applying online 

(1) Candidates are first required to go to the official IBPS website www.ibps.in and click on the Home Page to open the link “CRP SPL” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- SPECIALIST OFFICERS (CRP SPL-XV)” to open the Online Application Form.  

(2) Candidates will have click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register their application by entering their basic information in the online application form. After that a provisional registration number and password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the Provisional registration number and password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent. They can reopen the saved data using Provisional registration number and password and edit the particulars, if needed. 

(3) Candidates are required to upload their  

- Photograph

- Signature

- Left thumb impression

- A hand written declaration

- SSC/ SSLC/ 10th standard or equivalent certificate

- Certificate as mentioned in clause I (ix) (if applicable)

- Candidates will also be required to capture and upload their live photograph through webcam or mobile phone during the registration process. as per the specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of documents, live 
photo   ((See the Annexure III for the full detail)

Please note that until photographs and signature are as per the specifications provided, the system will not allow the candidate to move forward to the next stage of application.  

(4) Candidates are advised to carefully fill in the online application themselves as no change in any of the data filled in the online application will be possible/ entertained. Prior to submission of the online application candidates are advised to use the “SAVE AND NEXT” facility to verify the details in the online application form and modify the same if required. No change is permitted after clicking on COMPLETE REGISTRATION Button. Visually Impaired candidates are responsible for carefully verifying/ getting the details filled in, in the online application form properly verified and ensuring that the same are correct prior to submission as no change is possible after submission. 

(5) Digi Locker has been integrated with the online application form. The candidate may provide access to issued credentials/documents (Aadhaar, Educational Qualification Documents etc.) and information (Name, Date of Birth, Gender etc.) through Digi Locker on voluntary basis. 

Mode of Payment 
Candidates can make the payment of requisite fees/ intimation charges through the ONLINE mode only.

Candidates must keep the necessary details/ documents ready to make Online Payment of the requisite application fee/ intimation charges. 

 IBPS SO IT Officer Syllabus 2025

The Below syllabus for Prelims exam is also applicable for SO posts other than IT Officer.

IBPS SO 2025 Mains Exam Syllabus

 The candidates who have applied for the posts of IBPS Law Officer, IBPS IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer,
 Marketing Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari will be asked the questions from their respective specialized subjects.

 Here we are providing you Post wise syllabus for IBPS SO Mains exams:

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Agriculture Officer

 IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Marketing Officer

 IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Law Officer

 IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for HR/Personnel Officer

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Rajbhasha Adhikari

 

 IBPS SO Previous year’s 2022 Cut Off

 IBPS SO Cutoff 2022 (Prelims) - Category Wise

IBPS SO Cut Off 2022- IT Officer (Scale-I)

IBPS SO Previous year’s 2019 Cut Off

IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Prelims) - Category Wise

 IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Prelims) – Sectional Cut Off

 IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Mains) – Category Wise

 IBPS SO IT Cut-off 2019 for Provisional Allotment

 Maximum scores obtained by candidates for various posts

IBPS SO 2019 Final Cut-offs for Provisional Allotment

Minimum scores obtained by candidates

 

 IBPS SO Vacancy 2025

 IBPS has introduced 1007 Specialist Officers (SO) vacancies for IBPS SO 2025 exam along with its notification on 01st July 2025.
 Below are IBPS SO vacancy for the year 2025 exam for different posts.

 Total vacancies are: 1007

 

 IBPS SO Salary and Job Profile 2025

 IBPS, every year announces the vacancies for the following posts across the country. Here is the list of posts:

 IBPS SPECIALIST OFFICER (Pay Scale list – various posts)

Apart from these allowances, some other allowances are provided:

• Travel Allowances: Allowance granted to an employee to meet his expenditure for the purpose of commuting between his place of
   residence and office/place of duty
• Leased Accommodation: the amount that your company will spend on the house that they will provide you.
•  Medical Reimbursement: a fixed amount provided to employees for medical treatment
•  Pension Schemes
• Miscellaneous
   

A candidate must be either - 
(i) a Citizen of India or  
(ii) a subject of Nepal or   
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or  
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India  or  
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (AS ON 21.07.2025):

* In case of dual specialisations, one of the fields of specialisation should be in the field prescribed. In case of major/ minor specialisations, major specialisation should be in the stream prescribed. Candidates having PG Degree (MMS or MBA)/PG Diploma with more than two specialisations are not eligible to apply.  

** Candidates should ensure that the educational qualification possessed by them shall be as per the prescribed educational qualifications mentioned in the notification and they fulfill the above eligibility criteria. No equivalent educational qualification shall be considered as eligible by IBPS or Participating Banks. 

Note: All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final result should have been declared on or before 21.07.2025.

 IBPS SO 2025 EXAM Admit card / Hall Ticket
 Important Points:

• Facility for download of Admission Certificates will be available about 3-7 days before the examination on the website of IBPS.
•  Candidates must bring printout of the Admission Certificate to the Examination Hall.
•  In addition to the Admission Certificate, it is mandatory to carry at least two passport size recent colour photographs, Original valid
   Photo-ID proof having the Date of Birth as printed on the Admission Certificate, such as:

 A. Aadhaar Card/ Printout of E-Aadhaar
 B. Voter’s ID Card,
 C. Driving License,
 D. PAN Card,
 E. Passport,
 F. ID Card issued by University/ College/ School,
 G. Employer ID Card (Govt./ PSU),
 H. Ex-serviceman Discharge Book issued by Ministry of Defence.
 I. Any other photo bearing valid ID card issued by the Central/ State Government.

• If Photo Identity Card does not have the date of birth printed on it then the candidate must carry an additional original document to appear in the examination.
•  Any other document mentioned in the Admission Certificate shall also be carried by the candidates while appearing in the
   Examination.
• Applications with blurred photograph and/ or signature will be rejected.