IBPS PO recruitment 2016 exams announced

The preliminary exams will be held in October

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) announced the 2016 Probationary Officer (PO) exam (CWE PO/MT-VI) for PO/management trainee posts in various public sector banks and other participating financial institutions. 

In its sixth edition, IBPS PO Exam 2016 will be held in three sessions: preliminary exam, main exam, followed by an interview. According to the official notification, the online registrations will start from July 26, 2016 and the last date to submit application is August 13, 2016 on www.ibpsexam.org.

IBPS will conduct, evaluate and publish the results for the all India common test to facilitate filling of a total of 8822 bank jobs in the year 2017-18 across 20 public sector banks. 

Selection process
 

Age limit for the exam is 20 to 30 years of age (age relaxation for OBC candidate is 3 year and for SC/ST candidate is 5 years) as on July 1, 2016. Candidates should have graduation degree from a recognized university as on August 13, 2016. IBPS has not mentioned a specific percentage required to apply for these exams. 

All the interested candidates would need to go through a selection process. Candidates who clear the preliminary test will be eligible for the mains. The select candidates who clear the mains would shortlisted for an interview conducted by the participating organisations and coordinated by the nodal bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS at select centres. 

After the interview is conducted, candidates will have to register their order of preference for recruitment in the participating banks and institutions.
 

Important dates:  

Online registrations	July 26, 2016 to August 13, 2016
Download invite letter (for training)	July 26, 2016 to August 03, 2016
Pre-exam training	August 03 to August 08, 2016
Preliminary exam	October 16, 22 and 23, 2016
Download admit card (for mains)	November 2016
Main examination	November 20, 2016
Result	December 2016
Download call letter (for interview)	January 2017
Interview	January/February 2017
Final / provisional allotment	April 2017

Candidates have to pay the application fees/ intimation charges by August 13, 2016. The fee is Rs. 100 for SC/ST/PWD candidates and Rs. 600 for all others. 

IBPS CWE PO/MT-VI exam details 
 

The 2016 IBPS PO Exams be conducted in a three-stage process – preliminary and main exam conducted only through online mode, followed by an interview. 

Preliminary examination 
 

In the qualifier examination, candidates will have to answer questions based on English language, quantitative aptitude and reasoning ability. The exam comprising a total of 100 questions should be answered within an hour. Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks as decided by IBPS. 

Test	No of questions	Maximum marks	Duration
English language	30	30	Composite time of 1 hour
Quantitative aptitude	35	35
Reasoning ability	35	35
Total	100	100

Main examination
 

For the main exam, the candidates will be quizzed on the basis of reasoning, English language, quantitative aptitude, general awareness with special emphasis on banking, and computer knowledge. The exam will include a total of 200 questions to be answered with in 2 hour and 20 minutes time period. Each section must be completed within the specified time limit. IBPS will determine the cutoff scores (section-wise and total) to be called for common interviews.

Test	No of questions	Maximum marks	Medium of exam	Time (Seperately timed)
Reasoning	50	50	English & Hindi	40 minutes
English language	40	40	English	30 minutes
Quantitative aptitude	50	50	English & Hindi	40 minutes
General awareness	40	40	English & Hindi	20 minutes
Computer Knowledge	20	20	English & Hindi	10 minutes
Total	200	200		140 minutes