Institute of Banking Personnel Selection – ( IBPS ) conducts Common Written Examination (CWE) for the recruitment of Specialist Officers in various cadres like IT, Technical, Agriculture, Legal, Marketing, HR & Rashtrabhasha in 19 Public Sector Banks, twice in a year. The following post covers entire details of IBPS Specialist Officer Common Written Exam Notification, Guidelines & Instructions for Online apply, Call Letter, Eligibility and Exam Pattern, Reference books, IBPS Specialist Officer Previous Papers & Model Papers, Results, Score Card and Cut Off Marks & complete overview.
IBPS Specialist Officers Eligibility Details:
Nationality/Citizenship: 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 Africancountries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika andZanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanentlysettling in India,
provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person inwhose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Age limit:
For posts in Scale I: A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-11-1983 and not later than 01-11-1993 (both dates inclusive).
For posts in Scale II: A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-11-1978 and not later than 01-11-1993 (both dates inclusive). The minimum & maximum age limits are as follows…
| S. No | Post Name | Age Limit | |
| Minimum | Maximum | ||
| 1 | I.T. Officer (Scale I) | 20 Years | 30 Years |
| 2 | Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) | 20 Years | 30 Years |
| 3 | Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | 20 Years | 30 Years |
| 4 | Law Officer (Scale-I) | 20 Years | 30 Years |
| 5 | HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) | 20 Years | 30 Years |
| 6 | Marketing Officer (Scale I) | 20 Years | 30 Years |
| 7 | I.T. Officer (Scale-II) | 20 Years | 35 Years |
| 8 | Law Officer (Scale II) | 20 Years | 35 Years |
| 9 | Chartered Accountant (Scale II) | 20 Years | 35 Years |
| 10 | Manager Credit (Scale II)/ Finance Executive (Scale II) | 20 Years | 35 Years |
Relaxation of Upper Age Limit:
| S.No | Category | Age Relaxation |
| 1 | Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 Years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes | 3 Years |
| 3 | Persons With Disability | 10 Years |
| 4 | Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years 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 invalidment. | 5 Years |
| 5 | Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89 | 5 Years |
| 6 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 Years |
Educational Qualification:
| Si.No | Post Name | Educational Qualification |
Post Qualification Minimum Work Experience |
| 1 | I.T. Officer (Scale-I) |
a) 4 year Engineering Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation OR b) Post Graduate Engineering Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications OR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level |
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| 2 | Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) |
4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Agri. Engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry |
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| 3 | Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) |
Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level. |
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| 4 | Law Officer (Scale I) |
A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council |
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| 5 | HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) |
Graduate and Full time Post Graduate degree or Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR/Social Work / Labour Law |
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| 6 | Marketing Officer (Scale I) |
Graduate and Full time MBA (Marketing) / Full time 2 years PGDBA / PGDBM with specialization in Marketing |
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| 7 | I.T. Officer (Scale-II) |
4 year Engineering Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation OR 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 |
2 years in IT field |
| 8 | Law Officer (Scale II) |
A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) | Enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council and 3 years experience of practice at Bar or Judicial service and/or 2 years as a Law Officer in the Legal Dept. of a Scheduled Commercial Bank or the Central/ State Government or of a Public Sector Undertaking and candidates should produce a certificate of having the requisite post qualification work experience from the Court/ Bar council/ organisation. |
| 9 | Chartered Accountant (Scale II) |
Passed final examination for Chartered Accountants |
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| 10 | Manager Credit (Scale II)/ Finance Executive (Scale II) |
Graduate and CFA/ ICWA/ Full time MBA/ Full time PGDBM (Finance) |
2 years in the area of Credit Appraisal of big/ medium industrial projects in Scheduled Commercial Banks |
For posts other than IT Officer Scale I & II candidates should have Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree in computer operations/ Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute
IBPS Specialist Officers Selection Proces:
Selection Procedure: IBPS will conduct Common recruitment process in two stages- Common Written Examination and Common Interview.
Common Written Examination: Examination will consists of Objective type questions printed in Bilingual format, except for English paper. The Specialist Officers Common Written Examination consists of 200 Objective Type Questions, each question carries one mark totally 200 marks and the time duration is 120 minutes. There will be negative marking of 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question.
Common Interview: Candidates who have been shortlisted in the examination for CWE SPL-III will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and co-ordinated by IBPS. Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum score required in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online CWE (SPL-III) and interview will be 80:20. The combined final scores of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in CWE (SPL-III) and Interview. A candidate should found suitable both in the CWE and interview to be shortlisted for subsequent allotment process.
IBPS Specialist Officers Exam Pattern Details:
Exam Pattern: The structure of the Written Examination will be conducted in Online Mode as follows…
1. All the Tests will be in Objective Type & is printed in Bilingual Format, except for English Paper.
2. The Specialist Officers Common Written Examination consists of 200 Objective Type Questions, each question carries one mark totally 200 marks and the time duration is 120 minutes.
3. Structure of Examination for Law Officer- Scale I & II & Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale I:
| S. No. | Name of the Tests | No of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 120 Minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 50 | 25 | |
| 3 | General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | |
| 4 | Professional Knowledge | 50 | 75 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 | ||
4. Structure of Examination for I.T Officer (Scale I & II), Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) & Marketing Officer (Scale I), Chartered Accountants Scale-II & Manager Credit / Finance Executive Scale-II:
| S. No. | Name of the Tests | No of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 120 Minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 50 | 25 | |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
| 4 | Professional Knowledge | 50 | 75 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 | ||
5. Negative Marking: 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.
6. Cutoff Score: Each candidate will have to secure a minimum score in each test and also on total to be considered to be called for interview. Mere passing in individual tests may not be sufficient as candidates should also score sufficiently high on Total in order of merit to be called for interview.
7. Scores: The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method.
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