IBPS SO 2022: IBPS Specialist Officers (SO) 2022 (CRP SPL-XII for Vacancies of 2023-24) notification has been released by IBPS for 710 posts. The online application process begins on 01 November 2022 and ends on 21 November 2022.
What is the Full form of IBPS SO?
The complete form of IBPS SO is “The Indian Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Specialist Officers”.
What is for IBPS SO Exam?
Through the IBPS SO Exam, The IBPS will recruit potential candidates for the posts of Specialist Officers for various Participating Banks in India. The participating Banks are Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Indian Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank of India.
IBPS SO 2022 Recruitment Highlights
| Event | Dates |
| IBPS SO notification release date | 31- Oct-2022 |
| Exam | IBPS SO |
| Organization | IBPS |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 01.11.2022- 21.11.2022 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 01.11.2022- 21.11.2022 |
IBPS SO 2022 Notification PDF
IBPS SO 2022 official notification has been released for 710 vacancies by IBPS for the year 2022 on 31-10-2022. The online application process begins on 01 November 2022 and ends on 21 November 2022. Interested aspirants can apply by reading the complete official notification and must check the eligibility criteria before filling out the online form. IBPS SO 2022 information bulletin has been provided below.
IBPS SO Notification 2022 pdf Download
IBPS SO Jobs List
| Sr. No | POSTS |
| 01 | I.T. Officer (Scale-I) |
| 02 | Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) |
| 03 | Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) |
| 04 | Law Officer (Scale I) |
| 05 | HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) |
| 06 | Marketing Officer (Scale I) |
IBPS SO 2022 Exam Dates
| Events | Dates |
| The download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | December 2022 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | 24.12.2022/ 31.12.2022 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | January 2023 |
| The download of the Call letter for the Online exam – Main | January 2023 |
| Online Examination – Main | 29 January 2023 |
| Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination | February 2023 |
| The download of call letters for interview | February 2023 |
| Conduct of interview | February/March 2023 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2023 |
IBPS SO 2022 Vacancy
IBPS released a notification to fill 710 Specialist Officer Jobs for various participating banks. Selected candidates can be posted anywhere in India. A total of 710 vacancies are to be filled through this notification. Below is post wise vacancy details.
| Sr. No | Name of the post | Vacancies |
| 01 | I.T. Officer (Scale-I) | 44 |
| 02 | Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) | 516 |
| 03 | Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | 25 |
| 04 | Law Officer (Scale I) | 10 |
| 05 | HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) | 15 |
| 06 | Marketing Officer (Scale I) | 100 |
| Total | 710 |
IBPS SO 2022 Application Fees
| Category | Application Fee |
| General and Others | Rs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
| SC/ST/PWD | Rs.175/- (Intimation Charges only) |
IBPS SO 2022 Eligibility Criteria
Nationality
An aspirant must be a citizen of India, Nepal, or Bhutan.
What is the Educational Qualification for IBPS SO?
| Name of the Post | Age | Educational Qualifications (from a University/ Institution/ Board recognized by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies) |
| I.T. Officer (Scale-I) | Between 20 to 30 Years | a) 4-year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics &Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation OR b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications OR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level |
| Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) | Between 20 to 30 Years | 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | Between 20 to 30 Years | Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR Postgraduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level. |
| Law Officer (Scale I) | Between 20 to 30 Years | A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) | Between 20 to 30 Years | Graduate and Two Years Full-time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law.* |
| Marketing Officer (Scale I) | Between 20 to 30 Years | Graduate and Two Years Full-time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full-time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing * |
Relaxation in Upper age limit:
| Category | Age-relaxation |
| 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) who have rendered at least 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalided, subject to the ceiling as per Government guidelines | 5 years |
| Persons affected by the 1984 riots | 5 years |
What is the Age Limit for IBPS SO?
A candidate’s Age must be between 20 to 30 years As of 01.11.2022. which means A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.11.1992 and not later than 01.11.2002.
IBPS SO 2022 Selection Process
The selection of Candidates is done in three phases:
- Preliminary
- Main
- Interview
For a candidate to clear the IBPS SO Exam must score minimum qualifying marks which have been decided by the IBPS in order to move into the next phase. When a candidate has cleared each of the three phases, he/she will get a job based on the merit list.
IBPS SO Exam Pattern
The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
1. Preliminary Examination:
For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 | – | – |
For the Posts of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 | – | – |
Important Note:
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
There will be a 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 a penalty to arrive at a 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.
2. Main Examination:
For the Posts of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer
| Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
Name of the Test | No. of | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 30 minutes |
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | English & Hindi | 30 minutes |
Important Note:
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in the test of Online Main examination and also secure sufficiently high scores to be considered to be shortlisted for an interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview.
There will be a 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 a penalty to arrive at a 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.
3. Interview:
Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main Examination for CRP SPL-XII will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Banks in each State/ UT. Interviews will be conducted at select centers.
The total marks allotted for the Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of the 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-XII and Interview. The interview scores 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 the subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on the authorized IBPS website.
IBPS SO 2022 Exam Centre
| State /UT / NCR | Preliminary Examination Centre | Main Examination Center |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun | Naharlagun |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati |
| Bihar | Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea | Patna |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh/Mohali | Chandigarh/Mohali |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Surat, Jamnagar | Surat |
| Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram | Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram |
| Goa | Panaji | Panaji |
| Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad. Gurugram | Ambala |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Mandi | Hamirpur |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi | Bengaluru, Hubli |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Ladakh | Leh | Leh |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Ujjain | Bhopal |
| Maharashtra | Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Pune, Ratnagiri | Aurangabad, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneshwar |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Mohali, Patiala | Jalandhar, Mohali, Patiala |
| Sikkim | Bardang/ Gangtok | Bardang/ Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi | Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad) |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri | Greater Kolkata, Siliguri |
How to fill in IBPS SO Application Form 2022?
Method of Submission of Online Application Form:
STEP 1: Candidates are first required to go to the IBPS’s authorized website www.ibps.in and Click on the Home Page to open the link “CRP Specialist Officers” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- Specialist Officers (CRP-SPL-XII)” to open the On-Line Application Form.
STEP 2: Fill in the Online Application Form and note down Registration No./Application No.
STEP 3: Upload the latest Scanned Photograph and Signature,
STEP 4: Pay the Examination Fee by debit/credit card and net banking and print the Confirmation page for record and future reference.
IBPS SO 2022 Online Application
Applications can be submitted online only and no offline applications are accepted at all, Candidates can apply for IBPS SO, 2022 ON-LINE through the IBPS website: www.ibps.in w.e.f. 01.11.2022 to 21.11.2022, must check the eligibility criteria before filling out the online application form, or may also apply for the IBPS SO exam directly from the provided below link.
Click here to Apply Online for IBPS SO 2022
IBPS SO Admit Card
The Admit Card/Call letter of IBPS SO 2022 for the Preliminary examination will be released in the month of December 2022.
The Admit Card/Call letter of IBPS SO 2022 for the Main examination will be released in the month of January 2023.
The Admit Card/Call letter of IBPS SO 2022 for the Interview will be released in the month of February 2023.
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IBPS SO 2022 Result
The Result of IBPS SO 2022 for the Preliminary examination will be released in the month of January 2023.
The Result of IBPS SO 2022 for the Main examination will be released in the month of February 2023.
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IBPS SO FAQs
Is there Any Negative Marking in IBPS SO 2022 Exam?
Yes. There will be negative marks for wrong answers. 0.25 marks will be deducted as a penalty.