Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) 
CRP PO/MT -XV

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visiit: https://www.ibps.in/wp-content/uploads/Detailed-Notification_CRP-PO-XV.pdf
Last Date for Apply Online  21.07.2025

Applications are invited from eligible and interested candidates aspiring to join as a Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee in any of the Participating Public Sector Banks listed at (A) for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP- PO/MT-XV) for vacancies of 2026-2027.

The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the upcoming Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for Recruitment and Selection of Personnel for Probationary Officer/Management Trainee (PO/MT) posts in the Participating Public Sector Banks will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as per the tentative schedule provided
below :

Post: Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee
Participating Bank and No. of posts:
BANK OF BARODA: 10
BANK OF INDIA: 07
BANK OF MAHARASHTRA : 10
CANARA BANK: 10
CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA: 05
INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK: 07
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK: 02
PUNJAB & SIND BANK: 03

Total No. of Posts: 54 for Visually Impaired

SCALE OF PAY: Basic: ₹ 48480--85920/-
The official will be eligible for allowances & perquisites as per rules of the Participating Bank in force from time to time. 

Age: 20-30 years (e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1995 and not later than 01.07.2005 (both dates inclusive)
Age relaxation: 10 years for Pw D candidates

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (As on 21.07.2025):: A Degree (Graduation) 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.

Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 21.07.2025 has to be submitted at the time of interview. The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark-sheet or provisional certificate issued by University / Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University / Institute and web based certificate is issued then proper document/certificate in original issued and signed by the appropriate authority of the University / Institute indicating the date of passing properly mentioned thereon will be reckoned for verification and further process. 

Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in the online application. Where CGPA / OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage and indicated in online application. If called for interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating that the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of norms.

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 21.07.2025.

Candidates must produce Caste / Category Certificate issued by competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India in case of SC / ST / OBC
(NCL)/ PwBD category. 

Visual Impairment (“VI” Category):
Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction, are eligible to apply.

a. Blindness:
i. Total absence of sight; OR
ii. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; OR
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree. OR
b. Low Vision:
i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; OR
ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.

Guidelines for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified Disabilities using a Scribe

The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F. No. 16-110/2003-DDIII dated February 26, 2013 by Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Financial Services vide letter F. No. 3/2/2013- Welfare dated 26.04.2013 and Office Memorandum F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022 issued by Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan). In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

The candidate will have to arrange his / her own scribe at his/her own cost.

For candidates availing scribe in accordance with OM – F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022, shall be allowed scribe facility subject to production of a certificate at the time of online examination to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma attached as Appendix I. Such candidates shall also, upload their certificate while filling the application form. Also, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination. Letter of undertaking as per Appendix II should be submitted by such candidates at the time of examination. 

The scribe may be from any academic stream. 

Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the CRP.

Deliberate wrong information about the candidate/ scribe in declaration form submitted at the time of online application or at the time of examination or at any stage would
render the candidate and scribe being debarred either permanently or for specified periods of time for CRP examinations

Those candidates who are eligible to use scribe facility shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes or otherwise advised for every hour of the examination.

In view of the importance of time element, the examination being of a competitive nature, the candidate must fully satisfy the Independent Medical Officer/ Board of the bank that there was necessity for use of a scribe as he/she has physical limitation to write including that of speed by the disabilities as mentioned in the guidelines regarding Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified Disabilities using the services of a scribe

Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably entertained.

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the online examination under (CRP-PO/MT-XV). If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature for CRP of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled

A scribe can act as Scribe only for one candidate for CRP- PO/MT XV process. If violation of the same is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature of the candidates for CRP will be cancelled and scribe will be debarred from future CRP examinations.

Only candidates registered for compensatory time (at the time of online registration) will be allowed such concessions since compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, it shall not be possible for the test conducting agency to allow such time if he / she is not registered for the same. Candidates not registered for compensatory time shall not be allowed such concessions.

During the exam, at any stage, if it is found that scribe is independently answering the questions or prompting answers in any direct/ indirect manner, the exam session will be terminated and candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates using the services of a scribe will also be cancelled
if it is reported after the examination by the test administrator personnel that the scribe independently answered the questions or prompted the answers in any direct/ indirect manner. In such cases, the Candidate and scribe may also be debarred either permanently or for specified periods from all CRP – examinations.

Those candidates who have been debarred from appearing in CRP examinations for specified periods in terms of communication made to that effect by IBPS, may act accordingly. 
Guidelines for Visually Impaired (VI) candidates

Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible
for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise advised of examination.

The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 01.07.2025 to 21.07.2025 (Only
online payment), both dates inclusive] shall be as follows:

Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD candidates. 

The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India. The tentative list of Examination centres for the Online Preliminary examination and those for Online Main
examination is available in Annexure II. 

Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter.

Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from official IBPS website
www.ibps.in