Banking Exams Calendar 2019 – Tentative Schedule and Exam Dates

Published on : 18th May 2018

When it comes to having a job that would provide stability and respect, a career in the banking sector cannot be overlooked in this regard. Jobs in the banking sector are considered to be highly prestigious and secured with perks like attractive salary, incentives, career growth and many other benefits. Recruitment for bank jobs is done on the basis of entrance examinations. Such examinations are conducted every year for various posts including Probationary Officers, Clerks, Specialist Officers, Bank managers and more. The recruitment process for Public Sector banks (except the State Bank of India) is conducted by the Institute of Personnel Banking Selection (IBPS). The State Bank of India (SBI) conducts its own examination for Clerical, PO and SO posts.

Here is a tentative schedule/exam calendar for the year 2019 so that you don’t miss any opportunity for making a bright career in the banking sector.

Banking Exams Calendar 2019

Candidates must note that the official information brochures for the following exams are yet to be released. So, the dates provided here are tentative in nature -

Exam Name	Notification Release Date	Admit Card Available	Exam Date	Result Date
IBPS Clerk	Mid-September 2019	November 2019 (Prelims) & January 2020 (Main)	December 2019 (Prelims) January 2020 (Main)	January 2020 (Prelims) 1^st week of April 2020
IBPS RRB	2^nd week of June 2019	July 2019 (Prelims) & September 2019 (Main)	Mid-August 2019 (Prelims) & September-October 2019 (Main)	September 2019 (Prelims) & October 2019 (Main)
IBPS PO	August 2019	October 2019 (Prelims) & November 2019	October 2019 (Prelims) & November 2019 (Main)	October/November 2019 (Prelims) & December 2019 (Main)
IBPS SO	November 2019	December 2019 (Prelims) & January 2020 (Main)	December 2019 (Prelims) & January 2020 (Main)	January 2020 (Prelims) & February 2020 (Main)
SBI Clerk	3^rd week of January 2019	1^st week of June 2019 (Prelims) & 3^rd week of July 2019 (Main)	June 2019 (Prelims) & August 2019 (Main)	August 2019
SBI PO	1st week of May 2019	4^th week of June 2019 (Prelims) & 3rd week of July 2019 (Main)	1st week of July 2019 (Prelims) & 4th week of July 2019 (Main)	2nd week of July 2019 (Prelims) & 2nd week of August 2019 (Main)
SBI SO	First week of October 2018	January 2019	January 2019	February 2019
RBI Assistant	4^th week of January 2019	1^st week of April 2019 (Prelims) & 3^rd week of April 2019 (Main)	1^st week of April 2019 (Prelims) & May 2019 (Main)	3^rd week of April 2019 (Prelims) & May 2019 (Main)

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Mostly, banking examinations are conducted in three stages – Preliminary, Main and Interview. A final merit list of the qualified candidates is prepared on the basis of the candidate’s performance in all three stages of the recruitment process. The candidates are then allotted respective posts at different locations.