IBPS SO Exams 2016: Previous Year Cutoffs & Vacancies List

The IBPS SO (specialist officer) exams 2016 are a wonderful opportunity for professional degree holders to enter into banking sector.By now,many of you would have started preparing for the specialist officer online test.Hence we have compiled the list of last year`s cutoff marks along with the number of vacancies for each post.

IBPS SO recruitment is being conducted to fill IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer, Law Officer, HR Officer,Rajbhasha Adhikari etc.,

The profile of these positions are different from the regular Officer & Clerk jobs in public sector banks.Therefore a separate paper called ‘Professional Knowledge’ is part of the written test.

How Many Spl. Officer Vacancies?

Specialist officers are required only in less numbers compared to PO.And that’s one of the main reason for the total vacancies to be less than 5000 every year.

As part of IBPS SO IV recruitment, that was held in Feb 2015 – banks had created a total of 3931 jobs:

In 2014, approximately 4400 specialist officer vacancies were announced.

So there is a high possibility for the total number of vacancies in 2016 could be around 3000 – 3500 only.

Previous Year Cutoff Scores:

Just like the PO & clerk exams, IBPS also releases cutoff scores for specialist officer exams.Inorder to qualify in the written exam, cutoffs are applied in two stages:

• on Individual tests
• on Total score

All candidates should secure the necessary score in both these areas to qualify for Interviews.

Individual Cutoffs: Although there are 5 different positions, the cutoff scores on each section was almost similar for all with only minor difference between the categories.

Therefore, we are giving you the common cutoff range for all sections that was fixed for IBPS SO/ SPL exam 2015 which will help you understand better.

• English Language: 8 – 12
• Professional Knowledge: 10 – 14
• Reasoning: 8 – 13
• Quantitative Aptitude: 5 –  8
• General Awareness: 6 – 10 (for Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari)

Like in all exams, the cutoffs for general are higher than OBC,SC & ST.So you have to prepare accordingly.

Total Cutoffs: IBPS did not publish the list of cutoffs for their previous recruitment & hence we had to collect it from candidates directly.Here is the compilation:

Post	GEN	OBC	SC	ST
IT Officer	104	98	90	77
Marketing Officer	82	82	71	NA
HR Officer	90	82	75	NA
Law Officer	NA	NA	NA	NA
Rajbhasha Adhikari	56	56	NA	NA

NA – Not Available.It means we couldn’t get hold of those information & hence left it blank.

If you know the cutoffs of those posts & category, do share it in comments & we will update in the article accordingly.