Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Probationary Officers / Management Trainees
(CRP PO / MT – XIII for vacancies of 2024 – 25 )
The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts in the Participating Banks is tentatively scheduled in September-October 2023 / November 2023.
Selection Process :
Any eligible candidate is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP- PO/MT-XIII). The examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, Online Preliminary and Online Main. Candidates who will qualify in Online Preliminary examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Online Main examination and shortlisted candidates in the Online Main examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview
PARTICIPATING BANKS :
- Bank of Baroda Bank of India
- Bank of Maharashtra
- Canara Bank
- Central Bank of India
- Indian Bank
- Indian Overseas Bank
- Punjab National Bank
- Punjab & Sind Bank
- UCO Bank
- Union Bank of India
| Activity | Tentative Dates |
| On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 01.08.2023 to 21.08.2023 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 01.08.2023 to 21.08.2023 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | September 2023 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | September/ October 2023 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | October 2023 |
| Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main | October/ November 2023 |
| Online Examination – Main | November 2023 |
| Declaration of Result – Main | December 2023 |
| Download of call letters for interview | January/ February 2024 |
| Conduct of interview | January/February 2024 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2024 |
Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in for details and updates.
APPLICATION FEES & INTIMATION CHARGES
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 01.08.2023 to 21.08.2023 (Only online payment), both dates inclusive] shall be as follows:
- Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD candidates.
- Rs. 850 /- (inclusive of GST) for all others.
- STRUCTURE OF EXAMINATION
The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
- Preliminary Examination
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | English | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Main Examination
| Sr. No | Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 60 minutes |
| 2 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | English & Hindi | 35 minutes |
| 3 | English Language | 35 | 40 | English | 40 minutes |
| 4 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
| TOTAL:::: | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | ||
| 5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | English | 30 minutes |
PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main Examination)
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
CUT-OFF SCORE (Online Main Examination)
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the Online Main examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.
Decision of IBPS in shortlisting and calling number of candidates for common interviews/ provisional allotment shall be final.
MARKS OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND ALSO FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING
INTERVIEW :
Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main examination will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS. Interviews will be conducted at select centres . 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/PWBD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Exam and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP- PO/MT-XIII and Interview. Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed.
A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Exam and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on authorised IBPS website.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
All further announcements/ details pertaining to this process will only be published/ provided on IBPS authorised website www.ibps.in from time to time.
EXAMINATION CENTRES – Preliminary and Main Examination (Tentative List)
| State Code | State /UT / NCR | Preliminary Examination Centre | Main Examination Center |
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun | Naharlagun |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati, Silchar |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea | Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna, |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh/Mohali | Chandigarh/Mohali |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| 18 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Surat, Jamnagar | Surat |
| 19 | Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, | Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad |
| 20 | Goa | Panaji | Panaji |
| 21 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad- Gandhinagar, Anand, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad- Gandhinagar, Vadodra |
| 22 | Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram |
| 23 | Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra, Kullu, Shimla, Solan | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Shimla, Solan |
| 24 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 25 | Jharkhand | Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| 26 | Karnataka | Bengaluru, Belagavi (Belgaum), Bidar, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Hubballi (Hubli)-Dharwad, Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi | Bengaluru, Hubballi (Hubli)-Dharwad, Mangaluru (Mangalore) |
| 27 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad,Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur | Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 28 | Ladakh | Leh | Leh |
| 29 | Lakshadweep | Kavarrati | Kavaratti |
| 30 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior |
| 31 | Maharashtra | Ahmednagar, Akola, Ambajogai, Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Sangli, Satara, Solapur | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Pune |
| 32 | Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| 33 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Shillong |
| 34 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| 35 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| 36 | Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneswar |
| 37 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 38 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala | Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| 39 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur, Jodhpur,Udaipur |
| 40 | Sikkim | Bardang/ Gangtok | Bardang/ Gangtok |
| 41 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Erode, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| 42 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad, Karimnagar |
| 43 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| 44 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Sitapur, Varanasi | Ghaziabad, Noida/ Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi |
| 45 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| 46 | West Bengal | Asansol, Burdwan, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Siliguri | Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri |
Click here for the detailed notification of CRP PO / MT – X111
https://www.ibps.in/wp-content/uploads/Detailed_Notification_CRP_PO_XIII.pdf