IOB Local Bank Officer Recruitment 2026: Admit Card

• Age Limit As On: 01 August 2026
• Minimum Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Age: 30 Years
• Date of Birth: Candidate must have been born between 02/08/1996 and 01/08/2006 (both dates inclusive).
• Age Relaxation: SC/ST: 5 Years OBC (Non-Creamy Layer): 3 Years PwBD: 10 Years 1984 Riot Affected: 5 Years Ex-Servicemen: 5 Years

Candidates can apply for only one State and the merit list will be prepared State-wise and Category-wise. Selected candidates will be posted within the State selected for the first 12 years of service or up to promotion to SMGS-IV Grade, whichever is earlier. Candidates must produce original documents and self-attested photocopies at the Personal Interview. Selected candidates will be subject to medical fitness, character and certificate verification. The Bank may modify the examination structure and all further announcements will be made on its official website.

Total Posts / Vacancy: Total 250 Local Bank Officer (LBO) vacancies. State-wise vacancies: Tamil Nadu – 100 (Tamil language), Karnataka – 50 (Kannada), Maharashtra – 50 (Marathi), Gujarat – 50 (Gujarati). Category-wise total: SC – 36, ST – 18, OBC – 80, EWS – 22, UR – 94. PwBD vacancies are included horizontally as specified in the notification.

Experience: The notification provides for prior service-related benefits: one advance increment for each completed year of prior service as an Officer in Scheduled Commercial Banks, subject to a maximum of 2 increments, where the existing job profile specifically matches the Scale-I Generalist Officer profile of IOB. Candidates must submit a job profile certified by the existing/previous employer. Prior experience does not count towards service seniority.

Local Language Requirement: Candidates must be proficient in reading, writing and speaking the specified local language of the State applied for. Candidates who have not studied the specified local language in 10th or 12th standard will have to qualify the Language Proficiency Test (LPT) before the Personal Interview.

Salary / Pay Scale: Assistant Manager (Scale-I): Basic Pay ₹48,480-2,000/7-₹62,480-2,340/2-₹67,160-2,680/7-₹85,920. DA, HRA, CCA and other allowances/perquisites will be applicable as per Bank rules. Selected candidates will be on probation for 2 years of active service and will be required to execute a Financial Service Indemnity Bond of ₹2,00,000/- for serving the Bank for a minimum period of 3 years.

Selection Process: Selection will be based on Online Examination followed by Language Proficiency Test (LPT), wherever applicable, and Personal Interview. Candidates qualifying in the Online Examination will be called for LPT where required, and candidates qualifying in the Online Examination and LPT will be called for Personal Interview.

Exam Pattern: Online Examination will contain 140 objective-type questions for 200 marks with a total duration of 3 hours. Reasoning and Computer Aptitude: 30 Questions/60 Marks/60 Minutes; General/Economy/Banking Awareness: 40 Questions/40 Marks/30 Minutes; Data Analysis and Interpretation: 30 Questions/60 Marks/60 Minutes; English Knowledge: 40 Questions/40 Marks/30 Minutes. There will be a penalty of 1/4th or 0.25 of the marks assigned to a question for each wrong answer; no penalty for unanswered questions.

Personal Interview: Personal Interview will carry 100 marks. Minimum qualifying marks are 45% for reserved candidates and 50% for unreserved candidates. Final selection will use an 80:20 weightage ratio of Online Examination and Personal Interview, respectively. The final merit list will be prepared State-wise and Category-wise.

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