Next IBPS exam dates for PO, Clerk, SO & RRB recruitment [2020]

The next question of any aspirant who comes to know about IBPS recruitment is probably “when is the next IBPS registration date.” Thankfully IBPS publishes the schedule of all upcoming IBPS exams on their website. Currently, you can see the calendar of IBPS Exam 2019 on www.ibps.in, and they will update the dates for 2020 by next March. This PDF file has the timetable of IBPS Clerk, RRB, Specialist, and PO Mains and Prelims exam. However, most of the candidates look for the IBPS application dates, which we explain in this article.

Upcoming next IBPS dates for Clerk, PO, Specialist (SO) and RRB Exams (2020)

The official notification on IBPS dates gives you an idea about the time remaining for preparing for the next PO, Clerk, SO, and RRB Mains and Prelims Exam. But If you look at this, you may not understand when was the last IBPS registration or when is the next one, as it doesn’t have any information about application dates.

The most crucial event in IBPS recruitment is obviously the online enrollment phase-without that you can’t even think about writing the exam. So you must know about the month of online registration for your favorite IBPS cadre. You can always check our page on applying online for ongoing IBPS recruitments. Refer to the following sections if you miss the opportunity in 2019 and looking forward to upcoming IBPS exams in 2020.

We have collected the IBPS notification for the previous year’s Clerk, PO, Specialist, and RRB recruitments. They are your best reference as it has dates for various stages of the last year’s IBPS recruitment. Since IBPS follows a similar pattern every year, you can easily guess the next IBPS exam 2020 dates from these images.

IBPS RRB exam dates in 2020

Each year IBPS starts its hiring process by notifying the RRB exam dates. IBPS has four different categories of recruitment under RRB, for Scale I, II, II Officers, and Assistant (Clerk) cadres. Although the dates all these exams come in a single advertisement, the registrations happen separately. This year, in 2019, the announcement for regional rural bank recruitment (VIII) notification came out in June.

IBPS RRB registration in 2019 was between 18-06-2019 to 04-07-2019. As of today, the recruitment is going through the interview phase. Candidates who have applied for IBPS RRB recruitment and cleared Prelims and Mains exam may download their interview call letter from the official website.

So when is the next IBPS date for the online application to the RRB Officer or Assistant vacancy? You can expect a new IBPS RRB registration in June 2020 and exams in August.

IBPS PO exam dates in 2020

The PO registration dates come just after the Regional Rural Bank recruitment in IBPS’s calendar. Being the most popular one in the IBPS portfolio, the PO exam attracts a large crowd of applicants from different degree streams. IBPS collected the applications for 2019’s PO recruitment from 07-08-2019 to 28-08-2019. People who have applied for the IBPS PO exam during these dates have already taken the prelims in October and the Main Exam in November.

Hence, you can’t write the IBPS PO exam in this year. Keep your focus on preparation as you wait for more than eight months until August 2020 for the next IBPS PO dates.

IBPS Clerk Exam dates 2020

There is no interview for IBPS Clerk Exam, and the syllabus is also a bit approachable for average students. Maybe this is the reason for nearly 10L candidates submitting their application for the IBPS Clerk exam from 17-0-2019 to 09-20-2019. It is the 9th IBPS Clerk Recruitment since inception, and those who decided to take part in this session are now expecting their call letter for the Prelims Exam. The date of the IBPS Clerk exam (Prelims) may vary for applicants from different States, but the Main exam is scheduled for the 19th of January 2020.

If you are new to the IBPS Clerk process, understand that you can’t apply for the exam now as the time is up for online enrollment. But you can have a look at the above image for an approximate date of the upcoming IBPS Clerk exam. IBPS conducts Clerk recruitment during the same period every year, so expect the new registration in September 2020.

IBPS Specialist Officer (SO) Exam dates 2020

A bachelor’s degree is the qualification for IBPS PO and Clerk recruitment, but IBPS SO is different. There are very few opportunities in the IBPS Specialist category, and that too is split among various cadres. Anyways if you are a professional degree holder in one of the fields that IBPS has in the notification, you may apply online for the IBPS Specialist Officer (SO) recruitment. IBPS closed the online window for 2019’s SO registration on 26-11-2019. IBPS SO Exam date is on the 28th and 29th of December, starting with Prelims.

Currently doing your engineering or professional degree course and expecting the results in coming months? Think about registering for the upcoming SO recruitment if you wish a relating career in the banking sector. You have enough time, around one year, for the next IBPS SO exam registration dates in November 2020.