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IBPS PO - Notification 2026
Shankar School of Banking
July 1 , 2026
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Important Dates
Online Registration including Edit/Modification of Application - 01-07-2026 to 21-07-2026
Online Examination - Preliminary August, 2026
Online Examination - Main October, 2026
Personality Test - November, 2026
Conduct of Interview - November/ December, 2026
Application Fee
Rs. 850 /- for OBC and all others (inclusive of GST)
Rs. 175/- for SC/ST/PwBD candidates (inclusive of GST)
Vacancy Details
Total vacancies - 6715
Age Limit
Minimum - 20 years, Maximum -30 years (A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1996 and not later than 01.07.2006)
Age relaxation:
SC/ST - 5 years
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) - 3 years
PWBD - 10 years
Education Qualification
A Degree in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final result should have been declared on or before 21.07.2026.
Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 21.07.2026 has to be submitted at the time of interview.
Other Details
STRUCTURE OF EXAMINATION:
a. Preliminary Examination - Objective Test
b. Main Examination - Objective and Descriptive
c. Personality Test: Candidates who qualify in the Main examination will be called for a Personality Test (self-report).Personality Profile of the candidates will be placed before the Interview panel. The Personality Testwill be non-qualifying in nature. However, appearing in the Personality Test will be mandatory for being eligible for appearing for the Interview process.
d. Interview process - The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD candidates).
Penalty for wrong answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and
Online Main Examination):
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. No answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.