IBPS RRB XV Recruitment 2026 — Officers & Office Assistants — 13,757 Posts

Who can apply?

Age relaxation

• SC / ST — 5 years
• OBC (non-creamy layer) — 3 years
• Persons with Benchmark Disabilities — 10 years
• Ex-servicemen and widows / divorced women — as per the relaxation table in the official notification

The requirement candidates forget

Local language proficiency. Most participating RRBs require you to be proficient in the official language of the state you are applying to, and this is verified at the document-verification stage — not at the application stage. Confirm the language condition for your chosen RRB inside the notification before you apply.

Updated indicative vacancies as on 25.09.2026 (IBPS Annexure I, corrigendum dated 25.09.2026). Compared with the 15.09.2026 annexure, three Officer Scale-II rows changed: CA +1 and Treasury Manager +1 (Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank) and Law +10 (Bihar Gramin Bank). That takes Officer Scale-II from 1,047 to 1,059 and the total from 13,745 to 13,757. Office Assistant, Officer Scale-I and Officer Scale-III figures are unchanged. Totals are the sum of the annexure tables. IBPS states these vacancies are indicative. Provisional allotment will be made on the actual vacancies reported by the RRBs.

Post-wise seat distribution — CRP RRBs-XV

Read this before you pick a bank: these are national totals. IBPS publishes a separate state-wise and RRB-wise annexure inside the notification PDF, and you can apply to only one RRB per post. A state with 40 Office Assistant seats and a state with 900 are both inside the 8,222 figure — check the annexure, not the headline.

Officer Scale-II is further split into General Banking Officer and Specialist Officer streams (IT, CA, Law, Treasury, Marketing, Agricultural Officer), each with its own qualification requirement.

What you pay

Payment rules

• Fee is paid online only — debit card, credit card, net banking, IMPS, cash cards or mobile wallets. No offline challan.
• Fee payment closed on 27 September 2026 (extended by the IBPS corrigendum dated 21.09.2026). An application saved but not paid for is not a valid application.
• The fee is non-refundable and cannot be carried forward to a later CRP.
• If your payment is debited but the receipt does not generate, do not pay twice — wait for the transaction to reconcile, then re-check your application status on the IBPS portal.

How you get selected — stage by stage

Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

1. Preliminary Exam (6, 12 & 13 December 2026) — qualifying only; marks do not carry forward
2. Main Exam (30 January 2027)
3. Provisional allotment on Main Exam merit — no interview for this cadre

Officer Scale-I

1. Preliminary Exam (21 & 22 November 2026) — qualifying only
2. Main Exam (20 December 2026)
3. Interview
4. Final merit = 80% Main Exam + 20% Interview

Officer Scale-II & Scale-III

1. Single Online Exam (20 December 2026) — there is no preliminary stage
2. Interview
3. Final merit = 80% Single Exam + 20% Interview

Two things that decide your result

• The prelims score is thrown away. For Office Assistant and Scale-I, prelims only decides who sits the Main. Your entire ranking comes from the Main Exam.
• Negative marking is 0.25 of the mark for every wrong answer across the objective papers, and sectional cut-offs apply — clearing the overall total is not enough.

The application process is over. Registration closed on 27 September 2026, the one-time Edit Window ran on 07.10.2026 and 08.10.2026, and the last date to print a submitted application was 12.10.2026.

Applications closed on 27 September 2026. Keep your registration number and password safe: you will need them to download the call letter when IBPS releases it. The steps below are kept for reference.

Step-by-step (reference — the window closed on 27 September 2026)

1. Open the CRP RRBs section on ibps.in and choose the link for the post you want. Office Assistant and Officer applications are separate forms — you may apply for both, and you pay for both.
2. Register with a new ID. Enter your name exactly as printed on your Class 10 certificate. A mismatch here is the most common reason for rejection at document verification.
3. Note your Registration Number and Password. They are sent by SMS and email, and you will need them for the admit card in November. Save them somewhere permanent now.
4. Upload your documents in the prescribed formats before you start filling the form, so you are not resizing files against the clock.
5. Choose your RRB and state carefully. This choice is effectively final and it determines your local-language requirement and your real competition ratio.
6. Pay the fee online and download the e-receipt.
7. Download and save the final PDF of the submitted application. Print one copy; some banks ask for it at joining.

Documents to keep ready before you start

Deadline behaviour: the IBPS portal is heavily loaded in the final 48 hours and payment gateways time out. Do not leave registration or payment to the final day.