Important Dates
Particulars | Date |
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024 |
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024 |
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main / Single | October, 2024 |
Online Examination – Preliminary | November, 2024 |
Result of Online examination – Preliminary | November/ December , 2024 |
Download of Call letter for Online examination – Main | December, 2024 |
Online Examination – Main | December, 2024 |
Declaration of Result – Main Examination | January/ February |
Provisional Allotment | February/ March 2025 |
Provisional Allotment | April, 2025 |
Number of Vacancies
Post / s | Minimum Age | Maximum Age (As on 01.08. 2024) | Total Vacancies |
IT Officer (Scale I) | 20 years | 30 years | 170+7(PWBD) |
Qualifications
Posts | Essential Educational Qualification |
IT Officer (Scale I) | a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in ComputerScience/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/Electronics & Communication/Electronics&Instrumentation OR b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & TeleCommunication/ Electronics & Communication/Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/Information Technology/ Computer ApplicationsOR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level |
Educational Qualifications: (from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies)
Credit History
- The candidate applying shall ensure that, they maintain a healthy Credit history at the time of joining of participating banks. The minimum credit score will be as per the policy of Participating Banks, amended from time to time.
- Those candidates whose CIBIL status has not been updated before the date of joining, have to either get the CIBIL status updated or produce the NOCs from lender to the effect that there is no outstanding with respect to the accounts adversely reflected in the CIBIL, failing which the letter of offer may be withdrawn / cancelled. The final discretion in this regard remains with the allotted Bank.
NOTE: Candidates with no bank account shall not be required to produce the CIBIL status. CIBIL Score requirement is not a pre-condition to apply.
Selection Procedure
The IBPS SO Recruitment process to select Specialist officers through IBPS SO 2024 is done in three phases:
- Online Preliminary Exam
- Online Mains Exam
- Interview Process
A candidate must qualify for both the preliminary exam and the main exam to proceed to the interview round. The candidates selected after the interview round are given the appointment letter.
Interview:
- 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 Examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively.
- The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP- SPL-XIV 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.
Exam Pattern
Preliminary Exam
Mains Exam
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 Minutes |
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 IBPS reserves the right to make the duration of Tests separate for each test. This will be duly communicated to the candidates in the information Handout.
Syllabus for Preliminary Examination
Quantitative Aptitude
- Data Interpretation
- Data Sufficiency
- Number Series
- Time and Work
- Time and Distance
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Ratio and Proportion
- Averages
- Mixture and Allegation
- Pipes and Cisterns
- Problems based on trains
- Percentages
- Partnership
- Clocks
- Permutation and Combinations
- Probability
- Profit, Loss and Discount
- Elements of Algebra
- Quadratic Equations
Reasoning
- Coding & Decoding
- Syllogism
- Machine Input Output
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangements
- Direction Sense Test
- Blood Relations
- Problems based on Ages
- Ranking and Order
- Data Sufficiency
- Statement and Conclusions
- Statement and Assumptions
- Statement and Arguments
- Logical Reasoning
- Alphanumeric series
- Inequalities
- Tabulation
- Analogy and classification
- Clocks and Calendar
- Non- Verbal Reasoning
English
- Reading Comprehensions
- Para Jumbles
- Para Completion
- Vocabulary
- Error Spotting
- Sentence Improvement
- Cloze test
- Rearrangement of sentences
Syllabus for Mains Examination
Professional Knowledge (IT) Syllabus
1. Database (Weightage: 15-20 questions)
Database Management Systems (This is the most important section comparatively because a good number of questions can be expected from this section).
- RDBMS
- Normalization
- Overview of SQL Queries
- E-R Diagrams
- Transaction Management
- Data Constraints
- Sequences and Indices
- Data Directory
- Control structures
- Database Triggers
- Implicit and Explicit Cursors
- Database Administration
2. Data Structure (Weightage: 5-6 questions)
- Stacks
- Array
- Graphs
- Linked lists
- Sorting
3. Computer Networks (Weightage: 8-10 questions)
- LAN
- MAN
- WAN
4. Operating systems (Weightage: 5-7 questions)
- Types of Operating Systems
- Page replacement
- Process
- Thread
- Memory Partition
- Semaphore
- File Concepts, Access Methods,
- Distributed Operating Systems
- Scheduling
- Security and Threats Protection
5. Computer Organization & Hardware (Weightage: 4-5 questions)
- Bus Structure
- Cybersecurity
- Network security
- Cryptography
- Firewall
- Risk Management
6. Web Technology (Weightage: 2-3 questions)
- HTML
- XML
7. Programming Language basics (Weightage: 2-3 questions)
- C, C++
- OOP- Object-oriented Programming language
8. Data Communication and Networking (Weightage: 12-15 questions)
This is another one where more questions can be expected.
- Network Architecture
- Types of networks
- OSI Model
- TCP-IP model
- Data Communication
- IP Addressing
- Network Security
9. Software engineering (Weightage: 4-5 questions)
- Software Development Life cycle
- Software Design and Maintenance
- Requirement Elicitation
- Software development Models
Please make sure that you score as maximum as you can Because professional knowledge would be the deciding factor in your selection.
