Specialist Officer Exam

Become a Specialist.
Officer in banking.

IBPS SO recruits Specialist Officers across IT, HR, Agriculture, Marketing, and Law streams in 11 PSU banks — bringing domain expertise into the banking sector.

IT Officer HR Officer Agriculture Officer Marketing Officer

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Specialisations

PSU Banks

₹48K+

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What's included

Everything you need,
nothing you don't.

IT Officer Stream

C/C++, Java, Data Structures, DBMS, Networking, and OS — all IBPS SO IT level questions.

HR & Personnel Stream

Industrial relations, labour laws, HRM concepts, and personnel management with past paper analysis.

Agriculture Officer Stream

Soil science, crop production, agriculture economics, and current agricultural schemes and policies.

Prelims Aptitude

Complete Prelims coverage: reasoning, quantitative aptitude, and English — speed and accuracy drills.

Banking Awareness

Mains-focused banking awareness: RBI guidelines, financial instruments, and economic policies.

Stream-Specific Mocks

Stream-separated mocks for IT, HR, Agriculture, Marketing, and Law with deep performance analytics.

Exam Pattern

Know the paper before you sit it.

IBPS SO Prelims

Section	Questions	Marks	Time
Reasoning	50	50	40 min
English Language	25	25	15 min
Quantitative Aptitude	25	25	45 min
Total	100	100	Sectional limits

Negative marking: -0.25 per wrong Sectional cut-offs apply Mains is stream-specific

IBPS SO Mains (Professional Knowledge)

Stream	Questions	Marks	Duration
IT Officer	60	60	45 min
HR / Personnel Officer	60	60	45 min
Agriculture Field Officer	60	60	45 min
Marketing Officer	60	60	45 min

Exam Calendar 2026-27

Notification Release Sep 2026

Application Deadline Oct 2026

Prelims Exam Nov 2026

Mains Exam Jan 2027

Interview Feb 2027

Syllabus

What IBPS SO actually tests.

Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Syllogism Blood Relations Coding-Decoding Inequality Input-Output Direction Sense Order & Ranking Data Sufficiency

Number Series Simplification Data Interpretation Quadratic Equations Profit & Loss Time & Work Probability Mensuration

Reading Comprehension Error Detection Cloze Test Para Jumbles Fill in the Blanks Vocabulary Grammar

C / C++ / Java Programming Data Structures & Algorithms DBMS Computer Networks Operating Systems Software Engineering Cyber Security

HRM Principles Industrial Relations Labour Laws Training & Development Performance Management Recruitment & Selection Compensation

Your Faculty

Neha Gupta

IBPS SO Subject Expert, AptiEdge

IBPS SO IT Officer — Selected

Taught by working Specialist Officers.

Neha cleared IBPS SO (IT Officer) three separate cycles and worked as an IT Officer at Union Bank of India before founding her IBPS SO coaching programme.

She has guided over 3,000 students into Specialist Officer roles. Her notes on DBMS and networking are considered the gold standard for IBPS SO IT stream preparation.

3,000+

Students Selected

82%

IT Selection Rate

Years Teaching

What they cover

IT Officer Mains Reasoning Quantitative Aptitude English Banking Awareness

Study Plan

12 weeks to IBPS SO.
Here's the structure.

WEEKS 1–3

Prelims Foundation

Reasoning basics, number series, English grammar, and stream-specific core concepts — accuracy first.

WEEKS 4–6

Core Stream Topics

Deep dive into your specialist stream: IT / HR / Agriculture / Marketing — all Mains Professional Paper topics.

WEEKS 7–9

Mock Practice

Prelims and stream-specific Mains mocks. Focus on speed in Prelims and depth in the Professional Knowledge paper.

WEEKS 10–12

Interview Prep

Interview preparation with stream-specific HR questions, current banking affairs, and mock interview sessions.

Success Stories

Students who cleared.
In their own words.

Real people. We don't inflate this number.

Selected

Vikram Singh

Selected — IT Officer, Union Bank, 2026

IT Mains: 48 / 60

"Neha ma'am's DBMS and networking notes are exceptional. I scored 48 out of 60 in the IT paper — highest in my batch."

Verified AptiEdge student

Selected

Ritu Patel

Selected — HR Officer, Bank of India, 2026

HR Mains: 45 / 60

"The HR module covered every labour law topic that appeared in the exam. I did not have to hunt through 10 different sources."

Verified AptiEdge student

Selected

Arun Krishnan

Selected — Agriculture Officer, PNB, 2026

Prelims: 92 / 150

"The current government agricultural scheme coverage was what set AptiEdge apart. That section alone fetched me 12 marks in Mains."

Verified AptiEdge student

FAQ

Common questions about IBPS SO prep.

IT Officer and Agriculture Field Officer have the most vacancies historically. Your background matters most — a CS graduate will find IT Officer far simpler than other streams.

No — the IBPS SO Prelims paper is common across all streams (Reasoning, English, Quant). Only the Mains paper is stream-specific Professional Knowledge.

IBPS SO officers start at a basic pay of ₹36,000. With allowances the monthly CTC is typically ₹48,000 to ₹55,000, growing with scale increments.

No — you choose one specialisation per application. You can switch streams in subsequent years but can only apply for one stream per cycle.

Yes for all streams. The final merit list is based on Mains (80%) + Interview (20%). Interview carries significant weightage.

Become a Specialist. Officer in banking.

Everything you need,nothing you don't.

Know the paper before you sit it.

What IBPS SO actually tests.

Taught by working Specialist Officers.

12 weeks to IBPS SO.Here's the structure.

Students who cleared.In their own words.

Common questions about IBPS SO prep.