IBPS or Institute Of Banking Personnel Selection so far conducted various examinations every year ever since they started. The organization started in 2011. It is the striving organization for recruiting young and dynamic candidates in highly paid positions in their participating public sector banks. 27 public sector banks and RRBs are the participating organizations in IBPS common written examination (CWE). IBPS released the notification of CWE PO exam and its registration has already been started in the official website. Only online registration is available. The last date for applying IBPS PO exam is on 28th August 2019. The exam is scheduled in the month of October. Read below for knowing IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 and important dates.
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IBPS PO Exam Dates
IBPS released the official notification on 2nd August 2019 and online registration has been started on 7th August 2019. Tentative dates of preliminary exams are 12th, 13th, 19th & 20th October 2019. For more details regarding dates, click here.
| Activity | Date |
| On-line registration (Modification, Online Payment) Ends on | 28 August 2019 |
| IBPS PO Preliminary Admit Card Release Date | 1st Week of October 2019 |
| IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Date | 12th, 13th, 19th & 20th October 2019 |
| IBPS PO Preliminary Result Date | October / November 2019 |
| IBPS PO Mains Exam Date | 30th November 2019 |
| IBPS PO Mains Result Date | December 2019 |
| Conduct of interview | January / February 2020 |
| IBPS PO 2019 Provisional Allotment | April 2020 |
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019
IBPS PO exam pattern 2019 has three sections as usual: preliminary exam, mains exam and an interview.
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IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 (Prelims)
Preliminary exam is of total 100 marks with three test parts: Quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning and English language. Quantitative aptitude and reasoning questions will be asked for 35 marks each. 30 marks are for English language. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer. Quantitative is for testing the arithmetic skill and reasoning is for testing mental ability. Candidates have to score section wise cutoff and a total cutoff in order to pass the exam. Then only they can write the main exam. Brief pattern of preliminary exam is shown below.
| Sl. No. | Name of Tests(Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes | |
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IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 (Mains)
IBPS PO mains exam pattern 2019 has introduced descriptive section for analyzing the writing skill of the candidates. It includes essay writing and letter writing of 25 marks and will be given 30 minutes for the section. Objective part of the exam consists of reasoning and computer aptitude, quantitative aptitude with mainly data analysis and interpretation questions, English language and general awareness. General awareness questions will be asked mainly from banking sector and economics.
| Sl. No. | Name of tests (objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| 3 | Data Analysis and Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | General, Economy/Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 180 minutes | |
| Descriptive paper (Essay and Letter writing) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
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IBPS PO Interview 2019
Those who qualify in mains exam will be called for a face-to-face interview. Interview process constitutes a total mark of 100. Candidates should score 40% for clearing the process. For SC/ST/OBC/PWD category candidates, 35% is the qualifying percentage.
IBPS has a well-structured syllabus for their examinations that includes all topics covered in each section. Quantitative aptitude, reasoning and general English topics are same for both prelims and mains. In main exam computer aptitude is asked along with the reasoning section. For detailed syllabus, click here.
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