IBPS RRB PO 2026: Officer Scale I dates, pattern and eligibility
As on 30 October 2026, registration is closed and Officer Scale I prelims on 21–22 November 2026 have not been held. The CRP RRBs XV page on ibps.in has no call letter, so this cycle is still upcoming.
Officer Scale I (Assistant Manager). Scale II and Scale III are in the same notification.
Cycle
CRP RRBs XV (2026–27)
Participating RRBs
28 Regional Rural Banks
Selection Process
Prelims → Mains → Interview
Official Website
ibps.in
Indicative Vacancies
5,535 officers as on 25 Sep 2026: Scale I 4,256, Scale II 1,059, Scale III 220
Mode
Online
Exam Dates
IBPS RRB PO — current cycle
The 1 September 2026 notification opened registration from 1 to 21 September 2026. The corrigendum dated 21 September 2026 revised registration and fee payment for Officers and Office Assistants to 1–27 September 2026. Other terms were left unchanged, so age is still as on 1 September 2026 and the degree result date is still 21 September 2026. The IBPS calendar dated 16 January 2026 places Officer Scale I prelims on 21 and 22 November 2026 and the Scale I main exam on 20 December 2026. Scale II and Scale III have no prelims: each is a single exam on that same 20 December 2026 mains date. Those calendar dates are tentative. The interview is only a window, January/February 2027, not a fixed day. Vacancy counts below are the sums of the bank-wise totals in Annexure I as on 25 September 2026. IBPS did not print one grand total. Updates are listed at ibps.in/index.php/rural-bank-xv/.
Notification
Apply Opens
Apply Closes
Prelims (Scale I)
Mains / single exam
Interview
Event
CRP RRBs XIV
CRP RRBs XV
Notification
1 Sep 2025
1 Sep 2026
Apply Opens
1 Sep 2025
1 Sep 2026
Apply Closes
28 Sep 2025
27 Sep 2026
Prelims (Scale I)
Nov/Dec 2025
21–22 Nov 2026
Mains / single exam
Dec 2025–Feb 2026
20 Dec 2026
Interview
Jan/Feb 2026
Jan/Feb 2027
Where a 2026 date is still TBA, the conducting body has not published it. Check the official notification linked on this page before you rely on a date.
Eligibility
IBPS RRB PO Eligibility Criteria 2026
Education
For Officer Scale I, a bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognised university or its equivalent, with the result declared on or before 21 September 2026. Degrees in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, pisciculture, agricultural marketing and cooperation, information technology, management, law, economics or accountancy are preferred. Proficiency in the local language prescribed by the RRB is essential, and working knowledge of computers is desirable. In the same notification, Scale II and Scale III need a bachelor degree with at least 50% marks, plus the post experience set out there.
Age limit
18–30 years
Scale I: above 18 and below 30 as on 1 September 2026 (not born earlier than 2 September 1996 or later than 1 September 2008). Scale II: above 21 and below 32. Scale III: above 21 and below 40. These bands are for General and EWS. SC/ST get 5 years, OBC (non-creamy layer) 3 years, and persons with benchmark disability 10 years, on the cumulative terms in the notification.
Nationality
A citizen of India, or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, or a Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of settling permanently, or a person of Indian origin from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, or the East African countries named in the notification, with an eligibility certificate where that notification requires one.
Vacancy Breakdown 2026
Officer Scale I4,256
Officer Scale II1,059
Officer Scale III220
Total vacancies: 5,535 (indicative — official numbers from notification)
Syllabus
IBPS RRB PO Syllabus 2026 — Topic-wise
Master these topics and you master the exam. Click any subject to expand its complete topic list.
Reasoning in the Scale I preliminary and main exams
IBPS has not published a topic list; the information handout comes with the call letter
Quantitative Aptitude in the Scale I preliminary and main exams
English Language or Hindi Language in the main exam, one of the two
General Awareness in the Scale I main exam
Computer Knowledge in the Scale I main exam
Exam Pattern
IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern 2026
Section
Questions
Marks
Time
Reasoning
40
40
25 min
Quantitative Aptitude
40
40
20 min
Total
80
80
45 min
Negative marking: One-fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to a question is deducted for each wrong objective answer, and a blank answer has no penalty.
Section
Questions
Marks
Time
Reasoning
40
50
30 min
Computer Knowledge
40
20
15 min
General Awareness
40
40
15 min
English or Hindi Language
40
40
30 min
Quantitative Aptitude
40
50
30 min
Total
200
200
120 min
⚠️ Negative marking applies to objective sections. Descriptive section is evaluated separately.
Selection Process
1
Prelims
2
Mains
3
Interview
Earlier cycles
IBPS RRB PO — previous exams
XIV and XIII are the two cycles before this one. Dates are the windows in those notifications. The current XIV and XIII pages do not list the days the exams were actually held. Vacancy figures are sums of the bank-wise totals in the official annexures. IBPS has not published one national cutoff.
Registration was extended to 28 September 2025. The vacancy figures are the sums of the bank-wise totals in the notification IBPS lists as updated vacancies as on 27 September 2025. Scale II and Scale III were a single exam, as in the current cycle. Exact held dates are not on the current XIV page.
Registration was extended to 30 June 2024. Those vacancy sums leave out banks marked Not Reported in the 7 June 2024 annexure. Provisional allotment was scheduled for January 2025.
FAQs
IBPS RRB PO Frequently Asked Questions
It ran from 1 September 2026 to 27 September 2026. The detailed notification had said 21 September 2026. The corrigendum dated 21 September 2026 extended registration and fee payment to 27 September 2026. On 30 October 2026 that window is closed.
The IBPS calendar dated 16 January 2026 schedules prelims on 21 and 22 November 2026 and the main exam on 20 December 2026. IBPS can still change those dates. The interview is only tentatively January or February 2027.
No. The same calendar marks their preliminary exam as not applicable. Each Scale II cadre and Scale III has a single exam on 20 December 2026, the Scale I mains date. Shortlisted candidates are then called for the common interview.
Not on 30 October 2026. The CRP RRBs XV page on ibps.in lists notices only through the vacancy update of 25 September 2026. There is no call letter on that page.
Annexure I as on 25 September 2026 sums to 4,256 Scale I, 1,059 Scale II and 220 Scale III posts, 5,535 in all. Scale I is SC 627, ST 318, OBC (NCL) 1,139, EWS 420 and General 1,752. IBPS calls these indicative. A candidate may also apply for Office Assistant, but for only one officer scale.
For every wrong answer in the objective tests, one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question is deducted. A question left blank has no penalty. This applies to the preliminary, main and single exams.
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