IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Overview

The IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam is actually “Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Office Assistant in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) – CRP RRBs VIII”.

IBPS conducts this exam every year to recruit Office assistants for the participating Regional Rural Bank’s (RRB’s). In 2019 IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam, 56 RRB’s participated to recruit office assistants. Some of them are Allahabad UP Gramin Bank, Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank, Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank, Assam Gramin Vikash Bank, Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank, Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank, etc.

Once you clear the IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam, you will be recruited as an Office assistant in one of the participating banks.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Dates 2020

Below are the exam dates of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I & IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 as per the IBPS Calendar 2020-21. The official IBPS RRB 2020 exam dates will be released along with the notification.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Eligibility Criteria

There are 3 eligibility criteria that a candidate should fulfill for IBPS RRB Office Assistant & Officer Scale 1.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Age Limit

• The minimum age of the candidate should not be less than 21 years.
• The maximum age of the candidate should not be more than 40 years.

Age Relaxation

Educational Qualification

Language Proficiency Test

Proficiency in the local language as prescribed by the participating RRBs is mandatory.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Pattern & Selection Process

IBPS Office Assistant Selection Process

The selection process for the IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2019 exam will consist of 2 stages:

1. Prelims Exam (Objective)
2. Mains Exam (Objective)

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims consists of 2 sections – Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The total duration of the exam is 45 minutes. Each section consists of 40 questions.

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern for Office Assistant Main Exam:

• There is one-fourth negative marking in both Prelims & Mains both for each question answered wrongly!
• Once you clear the first stage of IBPS RRB Exam, you will have to appear for the Mains Exam.
• Final selection will be based on the score of the Mains Exam.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Syllabus

Below is the prelims syllabus for IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam:

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Vacancies

In 2019, the total number of vacancies notified by IBPS RRB is 8401. 

Total IBPS RRB Office Assistant vacancies in 2019 are 3688.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Job Profile

IBPS RRB Office Assistant is mostly a desk job. Office Assistant is usually the first point of contact in banks and thus the candidates are usually involved in a lot of customer interaction. Office Assistants in IBPS RRBs have to take up various tasks like opening account, cash transactions, passbook printing, fund/ balance transfers, payment withdrawals, handle cash counters, etc.

One of the major tasks of RRB Office Assistants is to cater to the requirement of rural masses. This involves listening to the financial queries faced by farmers, who are usually the customers of these banks and provide them with proper solutions for the same.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Salary

• The basic pay of an IBPS RRB office assistant is Rs. 7200/- along with the various perks including Annual increment, Dearness Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance, etc.
• Thus an IBPS RRB Office Assistant gets about Rs 16000 to 20000 in-hand salary.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Cutoff 2018

Below are the official state-wise cutoff marks for IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims 2018 exam.