Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has announced notification for the recruitment of Specialist Officer (CRP SPL-IX) vacancies on regular basis. Those Candidates who are interested in the vacancy details & completed all eligibility criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online.
IBPS SO 2019 Notification has been released on 5th November 2019 by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Committee. The IBPS SO recruitment 2019 is for selecting candidates for the post of Specialist Officers in different Public Sector Banks for multiple positions. Candidates selected through IBPS SO 2019 exam can be posted anywhere in India.
Name of the Post: IBPS Specialist Officer (CRP SPL-IX) Online Form 2019
Total Vacancy: 1163
Important Dates
- Starting Date for Apply Online & Fee Payment: 06-11-2019
- Last Date to Apply Online & Fee Payment: 26-11-2019
- Last Date for Editing Application Details: 26-11-2019
- Last Date for Printing Your Application: 11-12-2019
- Date of Downloading Call Letter for Online Preliminary Exam: Dec 2019
- Date of Online Preliminary Exam: 28 & 29-12-2019
- Date of Declaration of Result of Preliminary Exam: Jan 2020
- Date of Downloading Call letter for Online Main Exam: Jan 2020
- Date of Online Main Exam: 25-01-2020
- Date of Declaration of Result of Online Main Exam: Feb 2020
- Date of Download call letters for interview: Feb 2020
- Date of Interview: Feb 2020
- Date of Provisional Allotment: April 2020
Age Limit (as on 01-11-2019)
- Minimum Age: 20 Years
- Maximum Age: 30 Years
- Age Relaxation is applicable as per rules
Educational Qualification (as on 26.11.2019):
S.No . | Post | Educational Qualification |
1. | I.T. Officer (Scale I) | 1)Four years of engineering/Technology degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR 2) Post Graduate Degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR Graduates having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level exam |
2. | Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) | 4 years graduation degree in agriculture/ Horticulture/ Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ dairy Science/ Agricultural engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing and cooperation/ Co-Operation and Banking/ Agro-Forestry |
3. | Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | Post Graduate in Hindi with English as a subject at the graduation or degree level OR Post-Graduate Degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as a subject at graduation level |
4. | Law Officer (Scale I) | A bachelor’s degree in Law and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council |
5. | HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) | Graduate and Full Time Post Graduate Degree or Full-time Diploma in Personnel Management/ Industrial Relation/ HR/ HRD/ Social Work/ Labour Law |
6. | Marketing Officer (Scale I) | Graduate and Full-Time MMS (Marketing)/ MBA (Marketing)/Full time PGDBA/ PGDBM with specialization in Marketing |
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IBPS has introduced around 1163+ Specialist Officers (SO) vacancies for IBPS SO 2019-20 exam. Only a handful of vacancies are available for this post as the post of SO involves really skilled and specialized officers excelling in their respective domains. Last year, the total number of vacancies was 1590. Let’s have a look at the post wise total number of vacancies for IBPS SO 2019-20.
Name of Post | No. of Vacancies |
Agriculture Field Officer (Scale-I) | 670 |
Marketing Officer (Scale-I) | 310 |
IT Officer (Scale-I) | 76 |
Law Officer (Scale-I) | 60 |
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) | 20 |
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I) | 27 |
Total | 1163 |
IBPS SO 2019 Exam Dates
IBPS SO Preliminary exam 2019 is scheduled on 28th and 29th December 2019. The Mains examination will be conducted on 25th January 2020.
Activity | Tentative Dates |
IBPS SO Notification 2019 | 5th November 2019 |
IBPS SO Online Registration Starts From | 6th November 2019 |
Last Date to Apply Online for IBPS SO | 26th November 2019 |
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | December 2019 |
Commencement of IBPS SO Preliminary Exam | 28th and 29th December 2019 |
Result of SBI SO Online exam – Preliminary | January 2020 |
Download of call letters for Online examination – Mains | January 2020 |
Commencement of IBPS SO Mains Exam | 25th January 2020 |
Conduct of Interview | February 2020 |
IBPS SO 2019-20 Final Result | April 2020 |
Selection Procedure
The selection process of IBPS SO consists of 3 phases (preliminary, mains and interview). The candidates must qualify each of them to go on to the next phase.
The important steps of the IBPS SO Recruitment Procedure are as follows:
Online Preliminary Examination:
A sufficient number of candidates in each category are shortlisted by IBPS depending upon the requirements for Online Main Examination.
Online Mains Examination:
Candidates need to qualify the Professional Knowledge Test in the main exam to be eligible for an interview.
Interview:
The Participating Organizations will hold an Interview which will also be coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS
Final Result:
The Final result is declared on the basis of a candidate’s overall performance in IBPS SO Mains and Interview Rounds.
Provisional Allotment:
The provisional allotment of the eligible candidate is released on the official website. The IBPS allots Banks to the candidates on the basis of the preferences they have made at the time of the online registration.
IBPS plays a role in the selection process until the provisional selection of different banks. Further, the responsibility to inform the qualified candidates about their joining dates and procedures lies with the respective banks.
IBPS SO Syllabus 2019
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2019
Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language | General Awareness |
Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension | Current Affairs |
Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss | Cloze Test | GK Updates |
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Mixtures &Alligations | Para jumbles | Currencies |
Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting | Important Places |
Coded Inequalities | Work & Time | Fill in the blanks | Banking Awareness |
Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Miscellaneous | Awards |
Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion | Book And Author |
Tabulation | Data Interpretation | Headquater | |
Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | Important Days | |
Blood Relations | Number Systems | Prime minster Scheme | |
Input Output | Sequence & Series | ||
Coding-Decoding | Permutation, Combination &Probability |
IBPS SO Mains Exam Syllabus 2019
Apart from these subjects, candidates are required to have Professional Knowledge in his/her area of expertise as well. The detailed syllabus is discussed below:
MarketingOfficer (Scale-I) | Agricultural Field Officer(Scale-I) | Law Officer (Scale-I)) | HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) | IT Officer(Scale-I) |
Basics of Marketing Management | Basics of Crop production | Banking Regulations | Human Resource Development | Operating System |
Brand Management | Horticulture | Compliance and Legal Aspects | Business policy and strategic analysis | DBMS |
Advertising | Seed Science | Relevant Law and Orders related to negotiable instruments, securities, foreign exchange | Transnational Analysis | Data communication and networking |
PR | Agronomy and Irrigation | Prevention of Money-laundering, Limitation Act | Training and Development | Software engineering |
Sales | Agricultural Economics | Consumer Protection Act | Recruitment and Selection | Computer Organization and Microprocessor |
Retail | Agricultural Practices | Surfaces | Rewards and Recognition | Data Structure |
Business Ethics | Soil resources | Banking Ombudsman Scheme | Industrial Relations | Object-Oriented Programming |
Market Segmentation | Animal Husbandry | Laws and Actions with a direct link to Banking Sector | Business Policy and Strategic Analysis | |
Market research and forecasting demand | Agroforestry | Bankers Book Evidence Act | Grievance and Conflict Management | |
Product Life Cycle | Ecology | DRT Act | Performance Management and appraisal | |
Corporate Social Responsibility | ||||
Service Marketing |