IBPS SO 2022: Exam Date (out), Application Form, Exam pattern, Eligibility

IBPS SO 2022: Indian Banking Personnel Service (IBPS) recruits the candidates for the post of SO for various Indian Banks. Candidates can apply for the post of specialist officers (IBPS SO) thru the application form. IBPS conducts the written examination and interview to select the eligible candidates for the mentioned post. In the following post, all the important details regarding the IBPS SO exam have been given. Candidates will get the information about the application form, eligibility criteria, examination pattern and the important dates for all the processes.

Latest: IBPS SO 2022 exam dates have been released now.

IBPS SO 2022 Important Dates

The schedule of the IBPS Exam is the foremost part of the selection process. Candidates firstly need to get the updates of the schedule /dates of the selection process so that they can apply before the deadline. The chart provided below shows all essential dates of IBPS SO exam 2022:

Sr. no. Name of the event of the IBPS SO Exam Date Assigned
1 Publication of official notification/Application form filling date To be announced
2 Payment of application fee To be announced
3 The last date to submit application forms To be announced
4 Date of publishing of admit card To be announced
5 Date of examination Prelims- 24th and 31st December 2022

Mains- 29th January 2023

6 Date of results declaration To be announced
7 Date for Personal Interview To be announced
8 Date of Final Result To be announced

Important Note: It needs not to mention that all the dates given in the above table are tentative. The sense is that all the dates given in the above table may change as per the need of time. It shall be the final decision of IBPS regarding the dates and schedule of the examination and other events.

IBPS SO Application Form 2022

The IBPS SO Application Form 2022 will be available on the official website of IBPS which is ‘www.ibps.gov.in’. Candidates can open the official website and register for the exam.

  • Candidates will fill and submit the application form thru the official website of IBPS.
  • In the application form, candidates will fill all of their personal details along with the details of educational qualification.
  • Candidates shall also upload their scanned photo and signature while putting the information in the application form.
  • The application fee of Rs. 600 shall also be paid by applicants of general category.
  • Those who belong to the reserved category will pay the application fee of Rs. 100.
  • In the last, candidates will get an auto generated registration number and password which they need to save for later use.

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2022

Candidates need to understand the eligibility criteria before they think to apply for the IBPS SO exam. With the eligibility criteria, candidates will get the confirmation whether they are eligible to apply for the exam or not.

  • As usual, an applicant must be an Indian citizen to be eligible to apply for the exam.
  • Since there are many categories under the post of Specialist officers, therefore; there are different eligibility criteria for all the applicants.
  • As far as the concern of minimum educational qualification, candidates must have acquired minimum graduation level degree.
  • The age of the candidates must be between 21 years and 28 years. Moreover, candidates of the reserved category will get the reservation as per the norms set by the government.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2022

Candidates, who are serious about the preparation of the exam and are serious to get success in the examination, they deeply study the examination pattern. Here in the following points, candidates can get the summarized information about the IBPS SO Exam pattern 2022:

  • There will be 4 topics in total in the SBI SO Exam 2022 and those are Professional knowledge, Reasoning, English and General Awareness.
  • There will be total 200 questions in the exam.
  • The time duration will be 120 minutes.
  • There will be the provision of negative marking of 25% marks for the wrong answers. It is therefore advised to attempt only those questions which a candidate is completely sure about.

IBPS SO Admit Card 2022

  • Candidates get the admit card after they apply online thru the online application form.
  • The admit card will be available on the official website of IBPS. All the applicants need to download the admit card from and there and take the printout of the same.
  • The admit card shall contain the useful information such as candidates’ name, date of birth and address. In addition, candidates will also see the name, timing and the venue of the IBPS exam.

IBPS SO Result 2022

  • IBPS will announce the IBPS SO Exam (written exam) result in the month of February 2022.
  • Candidates, who qualify the written examination, get an invitation to appear for the interview.
  • The interview will be held in the month of March 2021 and the successful candidates will get the appointment (provisional allotments).

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