IBPS Specialist Officer – Exam Pattern
Hello Friends,
After the notification of IBPS SO Exam, we are here with the exam pattern of Specialist Officer Exam.The IBPS SO Exams consists two stages:
- Online Common Written Exam
- Interview
EXAM PATTERN:
Law Officer- Scale I & Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale I –
| TEST (NOT IN SEQUENCE) | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | MAXIMUM MARKS | TIME DURATION (Minutes) |
| Reasoning | 50 | Qualifying | 30 |
| English Language | 50 | Qualifying | 25 |
| General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry | 50 | Qualifying | 30 |
| Professional Knowledge | 50 | 80 | 35 |
| Total | 200 | 80 | 120 |
IT Officer Scale I, Agricultural Field Officer Scale I, HR/ Personnel Officer Scale I &Marketing Officer Scale I
| TEST
(NOT IN SEQUENCE) |
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | MAXIMUM MARKS | TIME DURATION (Minutes) |
| Reasoning | 50 | Qualifying | 30 |
| English Language | 50 | Qualifying | 25 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | Qualifying | 30 |
| Professional Knowledge | 50 | 80 | 35 |
| Total | 200 | 80 | 120 |
“All tests other than Professional Knowledge Test shall be qualifying and marks obtained in such tests shall not be added for merit listing for interview”
INTERVIEW:
Candidates who have been shortlisted in the examination for CRP SPL-VI will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and coordinated by the nodal banks with the help of IBPS. 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/PWD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online CWE (exam) and interview will be 80:20. The combined final scores of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in CWE (SPL-VI) and Interview
