IBPS PO 2025 Recruitment Begins : Online application for the Probationary Officer (PO)/Management Trainee Recruitment 2025 by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has been declared. The recruitment advertisement has notified 5208 vacancies meaning great opportunities for candidates aspiring to work with India’s reputed public sector banks. The application window was open from 1 July 2025 and would close on 21 July 2025. All interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official IBPS website, ibps. in.
Important Dates to Note
July 1 to July 21, 2025; the online registration and other processes for IBPS PO 2025 will take place during this period. Candidates are required to complete registration, upload required documents, and pay the registration fee. Pre-exam training for such candidates is expected to be held in August 2025.
Preliminary Examination is expected to be conducted from the mid of August to the end of August. Successful candidates from the prelim will be on-call for the mains exam, which is tentatively set for October 2025, while Interview Round is the last step of the selection process, expected to be conducted from November 2025 to January 2026, and expected to provisionally allotment of selected candidates by March 2026.
Vacancy Details
A total of 5208 vacancies under PO/MT for all participating banks will be filled as notified by this special recruitment notification. Distribution of vacancies bank-wise: Bank of Baroda-1000, Canara Bank-1000, Bank of Maharashtra-1000, Bank of India-700, Central Bank of India-500, Indian Overseas Bank-450, Punjab and Sindh Bank-358, and Punjab National Bank-200. Some exact waiting for certain vacancy numbers to be announced by other reference banks.
Who Can Apply?
The candidate must have aged between 20-30 years on July 1 of the year of application (2025) to apply for IBPS PO 2025. The upper age limit is usually relaxed for reserved category candidates as per the government’s norms. Applicants should complete their graduation in any discipline from a recognized university by the time of application. Besides these educational qualifications, candidates must have clean credit history and no negative report in CIBIL or any other financial records at the time of joining.
Structure of Application Fee
Application fee details for IBPS PO examination 2025: `850 for General, EWS, OBC candidates and `175 for SC, ST, and PwBD candidates. Payment can be made through debit cards, credit cards, internet banking, or UPI.
How to Apply
Candidates must visit the official website of IBPS and register under “CRP PO/MT-XV”. After registration, they need to fill out the application form, upload photos, signature, thumbprint, and handwritten declaration, pay the fee, and submit the application form. The confirmation page may be printed for future reference.
Selection Mode
IBPS PO 2025 examination is conducted in three levels: Preliminary Examination, Main Examination, and Interview. Failing to clear respective examination will stop candidates from getting selected to the next level. The main merit list will then be composed based on a candidate’s performance in these two rounds of examination: mains and interviews.
With respect to the graduates who wish to build their career in the banking field, this recruitment drive acts as the biggest booster. The exam aims to fill over 5,000 vacancies in IBPS PO 2025. For these graduates, the outlook will be that a brilliant future with lucrative salary packages awaits them along with job security. Hence, this is the right time to apply for the same for eligible candidates, not to delay their preparation for the examination.