IBPS PO Mains Shift Timings 2025 (Oct 12): Exam Time Duration, Reporting Time And Exam Instructions
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer Exam 2025 ( IBPS PO )
IBPS PO Shift Timings 2025: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will conduct the IBPS PO Mains exam on October 12. The mains exam of IBPS PO will be conducted in a single shift. Check here IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam shift timings and more.
IBPS PO shift timing
IBPS PO Shift Timings 2025: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will conduct the IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam on October 12 at various centres across the country. The shift timings for the IBPS PO Mains exam is from 9 am to 12:10 pm. The duration of the exam is three hours ten minutes. Candidates must reach the exam centre as per the IBPS PO reporting time to avoid any last minute hassle. The authority released the IBPS PO admit card on the official website at ibps.in. The IBPS PO mains exam 2025 will consist of 145 questions (excluding Descriptive 2 questions) with a total of 225 marks (200 + 25 for Descriptive Paper). The sections included in the exam are Reasoning, General / Economy / Banking Awareness / Digital / Financial Awareness, including RBI circulars, English Language, Data Analysis and Interpretation, and Descriptive Paper (Essay and Comprehension).
IBPS PO shift timing includes the reporting time, exam time for different shifts, etc. The details regarding the candidate’s IBPS PO exam timing are mentioned on the admit card. Candidates must reach the exam centre as per the reporting time given on the IBPS PO admit card. Candidates reaching the IBPS PO exam centre late are not allowed to appear for the exam. For details on IBPS PO shift timing, read this article below.
The authority released the IBPS PO 2025 vacancies along with the notification PDF on June 30, 2025. The notification consists of the details about the recruitment process, IBPS PO vacancies, eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern and other rules and regulations which will govern the exam. The IBPS PO 2025 vacancies are 5208.
The career growth of Probationary Officer is very good. Candidates get vast opportunities after grabing the job. On the basis of their performances, experiences, and knowledge below are the positions that candidates get time to time.
1. Middle Manager – Middle Management Grade Scale 2
2. Senior Manager – Middle Management Grade Scale 3
3. Chief Manager – Senior Management Grade Scale 4
4. Assistant General Manager – Senior Management Grade Scale 5
5. Deputy General Manager – Top Management Grade Scale 6
6. General Manager – Top Management Grade Scale 7
7. Executive Director
8. Chairman and Managing Director
- IBPS PO Mains Shift Timings
- IBPS PO Prelims Shift Timings
- IBPS PO Shift Timing: General Instruction & Documents Required
- IBPS PO Exam Day Guidelines 2025
- IBPS PO Biometric Verification & IRIS Scan
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The shift timing of IBPS PO is given below.
| Schedule | Shift 1 |
|---|---|
| Exam Time |
9.00 AM to 12.10 PM |
| Reporting Time |
8.00 AM |
IBPS PO Prelims Shift Timings
IBPS PO recruitment is conducted to fill up vacancies for the post of Probationary Officers. IBPS PO prelims exam was conducted in four shifts. Candidates who successfully applied for the exam can appear for the mains exam. IBPS PO prelims shift timing is given below.
| IBPS PO Prelims Shifts | IBPS PO Reporting Time | Handwriting Sample | IBPS PO Exam Start Time | IBPS PO Exam End Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
08:00 AM |
8:45 to 8:50 AM |
09:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
| 2 |
10:30 AM |
11:15 to 11:20 AM |
11:30 AM |
12:30 PM |
| 3. |
01:00 PM |
01:45 to 01:50 PM |
02:00 PM |
03:00 PM |
| 4 |
03:30 PM |
04:15 to 04:20 PM |
04:30 PM |
05:30 PM |
IBPS PO Shift Timing: General Instruction & Documents Required
Candidates can check below some of the important instructions related to IBPS PO shift timing:
- IBPS PO prelims admit card will not be collected at the exam centre. The photo identity card and prelims admit card will be duly authenticated/stamped by exam officials at the exam centre
- Candidates qualified for the mains exam will have to bring their authenticated prelims admit card and photo-identity proof to the exam centre. Without the prelims admit card, candidates will not be given entry to the exam centre
- Candidates must bring an ink stamp pad for affixing a left thumb impression on the call letter and attendance sheet
- Candidates need to bring anyone of the photo-identity to the exam centre:
- PAN Card
- Passport
- Permanent Driving License
- Voter’s Card with photograph
- Bank Passbook with photograph
- Photo Identity proof issued by a Gazetted Officer or People’s Representative on official letterhead
- Valid recent Identity Card issued by a recognized College/University
- Aadhar Card/E-aadhar Card with a photograph
- Employee ID Bar Council Identity card with photograph
- All applicants must ensure that their name on the call letter matches exactly with the one on the photo identity proof that they choose to carry on the day of the exam
- The photocopy of the identity proof must be submitted to the invigilator present in the exam hall
- Calculators, Mobile Phones, Pagers, or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the exam hall
- Candidates should take a ballpoint pen. Sheets of paper will be provided
IBPS PO Exam Day Guidelines 2025
Candidates can check below IBPS PO exam day guidelines 2025:
- Wearing masks and gloves is mandatory
- No candidate shall be allowed inside the exam venue without a mask
- Candidates must have Aarogya Setu App on their mobile phones, and be checked at the entrance gate by the Security Guards
- Aspirants who do not have a Mobile Phone must bring along a self-attested declaration
- Aspirants must carry a transparent water bottle along with them and a 50ml bottle of hand sanitizer
- The rough sheets shall be kept on the candidate’s desk and no extra sheets shall be provided during the exam
- Aspirants shall have to drop their IBPS PO admit cards, photocopy of Identity Proof, and their worksheets in a box after the completion of the examination
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IBPS PO Biometric Verification & IRIS Scan
The instructions related to biometric verification and IRIS scan are given below:
- Biometric Verification is a part of the attendance process of the IBPS PO exam
- Candidate registration will be done through photo capture and IRIS Scan (Biometric capture of Right thumb impression for VI candidates)
- The photo captured will be matched with the photo uploaded by you in the application
- Photograph and IRIS scan will be taken while the candidate is standing
- On completion of the examination, IRIS verification (Right Thumb Biometric verification for VI candidates) will be done for each candidate
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IBPS mentions IBPS PO reserve list to the extent of approximately 10 per cent of the vacancies under each category subject to the availability of candidates. This does not guarantee provisional allotment/recruitment by the participating banks. In the event of participating banks providing further vacancies, provisional allotment may be carried out three to four times for the candidates in the reserve list, based on the vacancies provided by some or any of the participating banks. However, if no vacancy is furnished by the participating banks owing to exigencies or otherwise during the validity period, the candidates under the reserve list will not be considered for provisional allotment. Candidates who are not provisionally allotted or not in the reserve list will not be considered for any further process.
The revision of IBPS PO salary for bank employees was approved to be effective from November 2017 under the 11th bipartite settlement. The revised salary is valid for a span of five years till 2023 or until revised by the government. Nearly 8.8 Lakhs employees are benefiting from the approval of the 11th bipartite settlement.
Candidates selected for the post of IBPS PO are entitled to the post of medical facility, newspaper allowance, travel allowance, HRA, DA and other allowances. These allowances are offered to candidates along with the IBPS PO salary. The allowances offered to candidates are given below:
- Dearness Allowance (DA)
- House Rent Allowance (HRA)
- Special Allowance
- City Compensatory Allowance
- Travel allowance
- Newspaper Reimbursement
- Medical Aid
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
Yes, the IBPS had released the IBPS PO main admit card 2025 on October 1. The candidates can download their admit card to know their exam centre, exam date and shift timing.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The IBPS PO cutoff is the minimum qualifying mark for the Mains exam, and it varies as per the categories. It is influenced by factors including the difficulty level of the exam, number of candidates, overall performance, and so on. As per the past trends and insights from the subject-matter experts
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Contributor-Level 6
The public sector banks offer a good salary to candidates selected through IBPS PO exam. The basic salary is INR 48,480. After including all the allowances, the gross salary is around INR 90,732.77. Candidates selected as PO are promoted to the post of Middle Manager-Middle Management Grade Scale 2, Senior Manager-Middle Management Grade Scale 3, Chief Manager-Senior Management Grade Scale 4, Assistant General, Manager-Senior Management Grade Scale 5, Deputy General Manager, Management Grade Scale 6, General Manager-Top Management Grade Scale 7, Executive Director, Chairman and Managing Director.