Bank PO is one of the most common and sought after exams for the selection of a Probationary Officer in Public as well as Private Banks conducted by IBPS for Public sector banks other SBI . State bank of India Conducts separate exam for their officer requirements.

Probationary Officer is a managerial level post in a Bank which is considered quite respectful, both in a bank as well as in society.

It is very important for a candidate to understand the eligibility criteria of the Bank PO exam before he/she decides to apply and invest their resources for the exam. Candidates must check the relevant notification for every exam to know the changes made , any additional requirements .

Candidate must be 21-30 years of age while applying for the exam.
Relaxation of 5 years and 3 years in age are given to candidates belonging to SC/ST and OBC category respectively.
There must be no criminal record in the candidate’s name.

The overall selection process for the Bank PO generally consists of three stages

The first two steps are the preliminary written exam and the mains written exam respectively.

If a candidate qualifies both the written exam, he/she is called for the third and final step which is a Personal Interview.

Once a candidate is through all the three steps of recruitment, a final comprehensive list based on each candidate’s performance is generated with the names of those candidates who are finally selected for the Bank PO jobs.

The syllabus of the exam is designed in such a way that it assesses both, the Aptitude as well as General Awareness of the candidate.

The preliminary paper is divided into three sections-

Quantitative Aptitude,
Reasoning, and
Verbal Ability.
The mains paper consists of five sections namely

General Awareness,
Computer Knowledge,
Quantitative Aptitude,
Reasoning, and
Verbal Ability.

The full form of Bank PO Exam is the ‘Bank Probationary Officer Exam’. Bank PO is a Scale 1 officer position offered in various banks of the country. Scale 1 officer is a manager level personnel who is entitled to perform managerial tasks.

The exam is conducted by various bodies like IBPS, SBI, etc. to select manager level employees for Banks .

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection or IBPS organizes the PO exam to select candidates for this post in 20 Public Sector Banks in India.

Other Public and Private banks like SBI hold this exam for the recruitment of Probationary Officers in their respective banks.

1.Bank of Baroda

2.Bank of India

3.Bank of Maharashtra

4.Canara Bank

5.Central Bank of India

6.Indian Bank

7.Indian Overseas Bank

8.Punjab National Bank

9.Punjab and Sind Bank

10.UCO Bank

11.Union Bank of India

If you get recruited in any of the Banks under IBPS, the Salary including HRA, DA, etc. goes up to Rs. 38,360 – 40,700/- per month.

Apart from the handsome salary, a Probationary Officer is also entitled to get other benefits like Medical Cover, Travel Allowance, Newspaper Allowance etc , Leave travel allowance and concessional rate of interest for availing loans etc.

If you are recruited as an SBI PO, the PayScale is 23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020.

The total compensation per annum is a minimum of ₹7.55 lakhs and a maximum of ₹12.93 lakhs depending on the place of posting and other factors. Again this salary levels will vary based on location due to change in DA.

Based on the previous years’ experience , the number of vacancies can be listed as follows. It will vary on every year and students are requested to check the advertisement released by the IBPS , SBI and RBI.

IBPS Bank PO – 4,200

SBI PO – 1200

IBPS RRB PO – 3,000

RBI Grade B Officer – 150

The Bank PO exam is will be announced on every year April and the complete process ends on Dec every year.

Students can attend the classes on weekdays and also weekends in both regular mode and online mode.