IBPS Calendar 2022: Bank PO, Clerk and SO Exam Official Dates are Out

When are the next IBPS bank exams in 2022 is one common question that arises regularly among those preparing for public sector bank exams in India. To solve this, IBPS Calendar 2022 – 2023 is released at the start of every year by the institute. The official PDF notification for the current year is finally out, thereby enabling you to plan for jobs in any of the 20 public sector banks across India.

Although there are many government exams, aspirants are very interested to know about upcoming bank exams for the year as banking sector provides huge opportunities for graduates.

Therefore, if you are dreaming about bank jobs & aspire to become a Probationary Officer (PO), Clerk or Specialist Officer in any PSB, then you must first qualify in IBPS bank exams.

IBPS Bank Exams in 2022

A large number of young graduates are looking at bank jobs as a career option but they are faced with many doubts such as:

  • When are the next IBPS bank exams going to happen?
  • When will IBPS conduct PO/ Clerk/ SO (specialist officer) / RRB exam in 2022

Inorder to stop unnecessary rumors & keep candidates informed  – IBPS started publishing their exam calendar/ timetable from last year.

Here is the full list of upcoming IBPS bank exams calendar for the year 2022-2023

The official notifications for the above examinations will be released approximately 45 days before the mentioned dates.

For example, the IBPS PO-XI exam online registrations could open during the month of August/ September 2022.

IBPS RRB exams 2022: These examinations are for office assistant and officer posts in Regional rural banks (RRB).

  • Preliminary examination for Officer Scale I & Office Assistants: August 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2022
  • Officers Scale II and III: September 24, 2022 (single examination)
  • Main examination: Officer Scale I: September 24 and Office Assistants: October 1, 2022

IBPS PO exam 2022: These exams are for probationary officer jobs in public sector banks.

  • Preliminary examination for PO: October 15, 16 and 22, 2022
  • Main examination for PO: November 26, 2022

IBPS clerk exam 2022: For clerical jobs in banks, these exams are to be taken.

  • Preliminary examination for clerks: August 28 & September 3, 4 2022
  • Main examination for Clerks: October 8, 2022

IBPS specialist officer (SO) exam 2022 This is exclusively for specialist officer jobs

  • Preliminary examination for SO: December 24 and 31, 2022
  • Main examination for SO: January 29, 2023

I heard that IBPS will stop conducting bank exams hereafter.Is it true?

No.Its completely false.

It is true that public sector banks are under severe stress due to rising NPAs. It was due to this reason, IOB did not recruit for few years as RBI imposed PCA action on them to clean their accounts.

But other banks will continue to recruit freshers for entry level jobs.For that to happen, IBPS bank exams needs to happen as planned. Due to operational reasons, the number of vacancies ‘might’ get reduced but it is too early predict now.

It’s Exam Time from August!!

Looking at the table, you need to allot the later half of the year 2022 completely for bank exams.

The common written examination for Officers (scale I,II & III) & Office Assistants in Regional Rural Banks (CWE RRB-XI) is scheduled in August 2022.

Similarly, you will have to appear for IBPS PO (CWE PO/ MT-XII) & IBPS Clerk (CWE CLERK-XII) during October, November & December 2022 respectively.

They will be followed with the IBPS SO (Specialist-XII) prelims in December & Mains in January 2022.

How Many Vacancies?

IBPS normally the releases the vacancy list for PO, Clerk & Specialist officers only after publication of exam results.

So you won’t be able to get the exact no. of bank jobs in 2022-2023 at this point of time. But just like previous years, public sector banks could hire in the following range:

  • PO: 1000 – 2000
  • Clerk: 4000 – 6000
  • Specialist Officer: 1000 – 2000

With the IBPS calendar 2022 now out, now it is time for you to check if you are eligible for bank exams in 2022.Also you may now start planning and preparing with the necessary bank exam books and guides.

The IBPS 2022 calendar of exams is published online & can be downloaded from their website here (pdf file)