Bank PO Job Profile

Banking jobs attract many aspirants across the country because of the financial security. Every year lakhs of students apply for IBPS PO Examination. But what is IBPS, it is abbreviation of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection which was started in India with an aim to recruit college graduates for public sector banks in India.

Indian banks were nationalized in the year of 1969 and spread its branches across the country for convenience of their customers. Therefore, to recruit more people they started to conduct this examination with an aim to take the best aspirants for the job. However, many aspirants are new to the pattern of this examination, therefore they must enroll in IBPS Exam Coaching Classes.



Every year the number of applicants are growing which means that competition is getting tougher with each year. The examination is conducted in 3 phases namely Phase I- Preliminary Examination in Online mode, Phase II- Mains Examination in Online and Descriptive mode and Phase III- Interview. This year the examination is in the month of October. In the recent years there have been changes in the pattern and syllabus of this examination. It is very necessary to
be updated in terms of sy

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llabus or the pattern, hence, aspirants must enroll themselves in the training centres for the proper guidance and knowledge. However, there are many other institutes offering IBPS courses and IBPS PO training for this exam.

PO is abbreviation of Probation Officer who is designated as an Assistant Manager and is also known as Scale-1 officer. The individual who is appointed as the new officer is on probation period for two years which means the officer is under training and is assigned various jobs and projects for these two years. The position of the officer is considered as the first step in Banking industry. 

The selected candidates are trained under Induction training program at Management Training Academies for 10-20 days depending on the companies. The job posting can be anywhere in India under Urban or Rural section. In some cases the selected candidates are given the post of assistant manager from the day one. However, that is not the case for State Bank of India, the selected candidates have to undergo one more phase of selection whereas this is not
the case with other banks.

The officer is exposed to different types of banking related work like marketing, accounting, finance, loans and advances. They are also asked to handle the customer services department like ATM card issues, Demand Draft, Cheque book issuing and other grievances of the customers. Loan processing, managing cash, opening accounts and dealing with customers are some other jobs which are faced by the candidates.

The yearly package differs from bank to bank and area to area. The monthly salary for an officer located in urban areas ranges from 30,000 to 40,000 whereas the rural area officer might get up to 30,000 to 35,000 per month. However, an exceptional performance in this exam can also get you a better salary and position.