IBPS PO 2026 Notification (CRP PO/MT-XV): Vacancies, Apply Online

Important Dates

Application Fee

Vacancy Details

Total Vacancies: TBA — pending official notification

Eligibility & Age Limit

Age Limit: 20–30 years as on 01 July 2026

OBC: +3 years (max 33), SC/ST: +5 years (max 35), PwBD: +10 years (UR), +13 years (OBC), +15 years (SC/ST), Ex-Servicemen: +5 years.

Educational Qualification:

• All participating banks: Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a university recognised by the Government of India. Final-year graduates are NOT eligible — degree must be completed by application end date.
• Computer literacy: Operating and working knowledge of computers — verified at document verification stage. Certificate or course completion not mandatory but desirable.
• Language proficiency: Proficiency in the official language of the state of recruitment is essential — verified through language test at interview stage where applicable.

Nationality: Citizen of India only.

Selection Process

1. 1 — 100 questions, 100 marks, 60 minutes. Sectional time limit. Qualifying — sectional and overall cut-offs apply.
2. 2 — 155 questions across 4 objective sections + 1 descriptive English paper, 200 + 25 marks total, 3 hours + 30 min.
3. 3 — 100 marks. Conducted by State-level Banking Coordination Committee (SLBC) panels. Tests communication, banking awareness, leadership orientation and language proficiency. 40% qualifying for UR/OBC, 35% for SC/ST/PwBD.
4. 4 — Allotment to one of the 11 participating banks based on rank, bank preference, category and state of vacancy.

Negative marking: 0.25 marks per wrong answer in Prelims and Mains objective sections. No negative marking on descriptive paper.

Final selection is based on combined Mains and Interview marks per IBPS Common Recruitment Process formula.

A candidate must qualify each stage independently with sectional + overall cut-offs before the combined merit is computed. Prelims is purely qualifying — its marks do NOT count in final selection.

Salary & Pay Scale

How to Apply Online

1. Visit the official portal of IBPS (linked in Important Links below).
2. Register with a valid email and mobile number to generate login credentials.
3. Fill the application form with personal, educational, and contact details exactly as on official documents.
4. Upload a recent passport-size photograph and signature in the prescribed format and size.
5. Pay the application fee through the prescribed payment mode (see Application Fee table above).
6. Review all entries carefully, then submit the form.
7. Download and print a copy of the submitted application for your records.

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IBPS PO 2026 Notification (CRP PO/MT-XV): Vacancies, Apply Online — Analysis & Trends

2026 vacancy update — pending official notification

IBPS has not yet released the CRP PO/MT-XV 2026 notification (expected July-August 2026 per the IBPS annual calendar). The most recent completed cycle (CRP PO/MT-XIV, 2025) totalled approximately 5,208 vacancies across the same 11 Public Sector Banks. We will update the per-bank split — Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, Indian Bank, UCO Bank and the eight others — within 30 minutes of the official PDF dropping on ibps.in.

Cut-off direction across stages

The 2024 IBPS PO Prelims cut-offs landed at 56.5 for UR (out of 100), 54.5 for OBC, 49.0 for SC and 44.5 for ST. Mains cut-offs (out of 200) settled at 78.5 UR, 73.5 OBC, 64.5 SC and 58.5 ST. The 2025 cycle saw a 3-5 mark drop in Mains following a notably difficult Data Analysis section. For 2026, expect Prelims cut-offs to rise back to 2024 norms — UR aspirants should target 60+ in Prelims and 90+ in Mains for safe shortlisting to interview.

Banking Awareness — the differentiator

The Mains General/Economy/Banking Awareness section (40 questions) has historically been the lowest-attempted across PO Mains — most candidates score 18-22 out of 40, leaving 18-22 marks on the table. A focused 6-week programme of daily monthly-magazines (Banking Quest, Pratiyogita Darpan), the RBI annual report summary and IBA bulletins typically lifts this section to 28-32. That alone is often the difference between cut-off and final allotment.

Parallel banking exams to apply for

Beyond IBPS PO, the same prep window covers SBI Clerk, IBPS Clerk, RBI Assistant, and the NABARD Grade A exam — all use the Quant + Reasoning + English + Banking Awareness pattern with minor variations. The smartest aspirants apply for 4-5 banking exams in the same year — the cumulative selection probability is significantly higher than relying on IBPS PO alone. RBI Grade B is the gold standard but requires deeper Economics + Finance prep — start that one 9-12 months before the notification.