IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is a government organization which owns the responsibility for the recruitment of individuals for various posts in the Public Sector Banks, Co-operatives, Regional Rural Banks, etc. IBPS PO is an examination that is conducted by IBPS for the recruitment to the post of the Probationary Officers. Various organizations participate and announce their vacancies to be filled through IBPS PO exam. 

• Allahabad Bank
• Canara Bank
• Indian Bank
• Syndicate Bank
• Andhra Bank
• Central Bank of India
• Indian Overseas Bank
• UCO Bank
• Bank of Baroda
• Corporation Bank
• Oriental Bank of Commerce
• Union Bank of India
• Bank of India
• Dena Bank
• Punjab National Bank
• United Bank of India
• Bank of Maharashtra
• IDBI Bank
• Punjab and Sind Bank
• Vijaya Bank

• IBPS releases the IBPS PO notification well in advance and the IBPS PO Dates are declared to the candidates. The candidates are advised to keep track of the IBPS PO Important Dates.

• Before proceeding to the IBPS PO Registration, the candidates should check the IBPS PO Eligibility Criteria and confirm the same.

• The candidates who will appear for the IBPS PO exam has to clear all the stages of the exam. The stages are:

1.  IBPS PO Preliminary stage
2.  IBPS PO Mains stage 
3.  IBPS PO Personal Interview 

• Any candidate who does not clear even any one of the stage cannot be considered as a selected candidate for the post of Probationary Officer.  

• All the candidates interested in applying for the various posts of IBPS PO can only apply online at the official website of IBPS.

• IBPS has reserved the seats for certain categories; the candidates must check the unreserved seats and reserved category seats before applying to the IBPS exam. The reserved category candidate must have the category certificate with them.

• The candidate must check the IBPS PO Exam Pattern and analyze the framework completely.

• The candidates can check the IBPS PO Results for preliminary and Mains Exam within 15 days of the exam.

• The candidates are advised to prepare for the IBPS PO prelims and mains exam simultaneously as IBPS provide only one month gap between the IBPS PO prelims and mains exam.

• The Payment of IBPS PO Online Registration can only be made through the Online medium.

• The candidates are advised to get updated with the latest IBPS PO News to get the fresh information.

There are expected to be around 9000 IBPS PO 2019 vacancies for the post of Probationary Officers (PO) and Management Trainees (MT) among all the participating banks.

IBPS PO requisite documents are extremely useful in the entire selection procedure. Without the important documents, the candidature of a candidate may be canceled by the IBPS. Therefore, it becomes necessary to be aware of all the documents to be carried while in the process of selection. 

The following documents in original, as well as self, attested photocopies must be carried to the interview-

• Printout of the valid Interview Call Letter 

• Printout of the online application form

• Proof of Date of Birth (Birth Certificate)

• Mark sheets and Certificates of the educational qualifications mentioned.

• Caste certificates issued by a competent authority.

• Disability certificate (if applicable) to be issued by District Medical Board.

• Proof of any other eligibility conditions that you have mentioned in your application form like ex-servicemen candidates, age relaxation cases.

• Candidates serving in a Government/PSU have to furnish a NOC-No Objection Certificate -from their employer at the time of interview. Conditional NOC's will not be accepted.

Before a candidate proceeds to give the exam. The test centers must be known to the aspirant. IBPS can not conduct the exam at all the places in India, therefore it conducts the exam at major places in each state of the country. Have a look at some facts about the IBPS PO test centers.

• The IBPS PO exam was conducted in over 146 test centers all over the country in 2018.

• No request for change of test centre will be entertained in any case. IBPS can add or remove any test center as per its will.

• If there are no seats left at the preferred test center, IBPS has the liberty to allot a test center other than those mentioned in the preferred choices.

• There are multiple exam centres in each state all over India.

Here are the details of the Applicants in IBPS PO exam. A general trend has been showcased here so that the candidates can get the rough idea of the applicants in IBPS exam.

• Every year, around 8-10 Lakh Applicants appear for the IBPS PO Prelims, however, IBPS qualifies only around 1.5 Lakh candidates which is 20 times the total vacancy.

• Around 40,000 of these candidates clear the Mains exam, which has the maximum weight age. However, there are only about 9000 vacancies every year.

• The candidates who qualify the Mains exam have to go through a face to face interview.

• A candidate's performance in the mains exam and the interview determine his rank in the IBPS PO merit list.

• The key to clear IBPS PO is Time Management.

• Never spend too much time on one question, leave the question and move ahead to solve other questions that are easy to attempt.

• English Language questions take less time to solve, so I attempted this sections first.

• After that, I attempted Reasoning section in which I am confident with the answers to the questions. 

• I attempted Quantitative Ability section in the last and ensured that the sectional cutoff can be cleared easily.

• The strategy for the same sections of Prelims remained the same. The two additional sections that are there in Mains exam are General Awareness and Computer Knowledge.

•  In the reasoning section, I comfortably attempted 25-30 questions as per the time left. 

• I attempted 20-25 questions of the Quantitative Ability section within the remaining time and secured the sectional cutoff.

• In GK part, I regularly keep updated with the bank related awareness. Bank related figures are significant and every candidate must make notes of the important GK affairs. Most of the questions are asked from the current GK. Also, get yourself updated with the Government Policies.

• Computer Knowledge section is not tough to crack. A basic book of computer knowledge can suffice the preparation. First, check the nature of questions asked in the paper and select any one book to study for it. 

• The subjective acumen of the candidate will be checked through Essay and Letter Writing. 

• This test is cleared and scored on the basis of minimum required facts.

• The candidates should take care at the beginning and must first get a review about the topic asked in the paper. 

• Recollect the fact related to the topic and write it down on the rough section or keep the facts in mind.

• Arrange the sequence of the facts and write the whole story revolving around those facts. 

• Facts are important in essays. The presence of facts in your essay helps scoring good marks.

• There were four people in the panel in my interview. 

• The questions revolved around my personal and professional life.

• The key to crack the interview is to be confident and smartly answer the questions by understanding what the interviewer desired to ask from you.

• Pre-prepare some basic questions about yourself that have a fair probability to be asked in the exam.

There has been a slight change in the format of the Mains exam. It still has the five sections, namely Reasoning, General Aptitude, English, Awareness and Computer Knowledge. This paper has to be attempted in 140 minutes.

However, according to the new format, each section has to be done in a stipulated time format. A candidate cannot go on to the next section till the stipulated time for that section has elapsed.