IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2026: 8,183 Posts, Prelims 6-13 Dec

IBPS is hiring Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in 28 Regional Rural Banks under CRP RRBs XV. Annexure I of the 1 September 2026 notification lists 8,183 indicative posts. Tripura Gramin Bank is marked NR. That number can change when the banks report actual vacancies.

You work the branch counter: cash, deposits, account opening, passbooks and clearing, in a rural or semi-urban RRB. You join only the State or Union Territory you chose. That choice cannot be changed.

Prelims are on 6, 12 and 13 December 2026. Mains is on 30 January 2027. Those dates come from the IBPS calendar dated 16 January 2026. The notice body printed only November or December for prelims and December 2026 or February 2027 for mains. The form is closed. If you registered, the next step is the call letter on ibps.in.

This page is CRP RRBs XV, not RRB NTPC. NTPC is a Railway Recruitment Board exam. If you have already applied, the rest of this page is the call letter, the paper, the language rule and joining. There is no interview file to build. The work between now and 13 December is a 45-minute paper, then a 120-minute mains on 30 January 2027.

Vacancies by State

Figures below are the TOTAL column in Annexure I. Category splits, PwBD and ESM rows are in the PDF.

Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha hold the largest clerk lists. Manipur is printed as zero. Allotment uses the vacancies the RRB later reports, not this table as a lock.

The notification does not print a basic scale or CTC. Pay follows the service rules of the allotted RRB.

Local language and paper medium

Each RRB names a desired local language in Table A. Class 8 or above in that language from a recognised board, or a certificate, counts as proficiency. If you do not have it at selection, the bank can give six months from joining, not beyond probation. The board of the RRB may extend that only inside the probation period.

The medium of the online paper is a separate choice you already locked: English, Hindi and the listed local language for that State. Karnataka, for example, offers English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani. English prevails if a translation differs.

Age and degree

Age is 18 to 28 on 1 September 2026 for UR and EWS. The degree result must be dated on or before 21 September 2026. There is no percentage floor on the Office Assistant degree. Working knowledge of computers is desirable, not a written minimum.

You may also have held an Officer Scale-I form. That was a separate application and a separate fee. See the Officer Scale-I page.

Selection in brief

There is no interview.

You must clear both preliminary tests. Allotment is on main-examination marks against the vacancies of the State you chose. You also need a minimum in each mains test. A wrong answer costs one-fourth of that question's marks. A blank answer costs nothing. Scores across shifts use the equi-percentile method.

IBPS can change the structure. Changes go on ibps.in. The information handout with the call letter is the paper you sit.

Section timings, the English-or-Hindi choice and a four-week plan are on the syllabus page. Ten questions on dates, the no-interview rule and the State option are on the practice page.

If you have already applied

Call letter. IBPS will not post it. Download it from ibps.in with your registration number and password or date of birth. The calendar puts prelims call letters in November or December 2026.

At the prelims centre. The call letter is stamped, not collected. Keep it with the stamped copy of your ID. You need both at mains. Bring one extra photograph, the same as the one on the call letter. Candidates without that photograph are not allowed in. Keep about eight copies of the same photo for later stages.

Scribe. If you opted for a scribe, fill the online scribe form when IBPS hosts the link, upload the scribe's class 10 or equivalent certificate, and bring the printed declaration. The scribe brings the original certificate. The scribe form is collected at prelims.

Mains on 30 January 2027. Bring the stamped prelims call letter, the stamped ID copy, and the mains call letter. Missing the stamped prelims set keeps you out.

Centre. IBPS can send you to a centre other than the one you chose, including a centre outside the State you applied for. You travel at your own cost.

Pre-examination training. Online PET may be offered to a limited number of SC, ST, OBC, minority, ESM and PwBD candidates if you ticked the column. Attending it does not create a right to selection.

After mains. There is no interview file to build. Allotment is the mains score against the State you chose. Watch ibps.in for the result and the provisional allotment list, printed as February or March 2027.

Documents at joining. Degree with a result date on or before 21 September 2026, class 10 for date of birth, photo ID, caste or EWS papers in the printed format, and the local-language proof if you have it. OBC (NCL) should carry the non-creamy-layer clause and be in the Government of India format.

What you cannot take in. Clause O of the notice bans mobile phones, watches, calculators, notes, and similar items inside the centre. The information handout with the call letter is the list that applies on the day. IBPS will not store a phone for you.

Reserve list. IBPS draws a reserve list in each category. That list does not guarantee a job. If RRBs report more vacancies within one year of the first allotment, IBPS may run three or four more allotment rounds from the reserve list. If the banks report no extra vacancy, the reserve list expires one year after the first allotment, or when a fresh CRP allotment is made, whichever is earlier. Candidates who are neither allotted nor on the reserve list are out of CRP RRBs XV. You cannot demand a different RRB. Allotted staff may be posted anywhere in that bank.

Joining. If you are allotted, the RRB will ask for the degree with a result date on or before 21 September 2026, class 10 for date of birth, photo ID, caste or EWS papers in the Government of India format, and the local-language proof if you have it. An OBC (NCL) certificate should carry the non-creamy-layer clause. EWS should be valid for 2026-27. The bank can give six months for the language. It will not wait six months for a degree.

Centre and risk. IBPS can send you to a centre other than the one you chose, including a centre outside the State you applied for. You travel at your own cost. Unruly behaviour in the hall can cancel this exam and later IBPS CRPs.

Do not pay anyone who offers an IBPS marksheet or an allotment. Those come only from ibps.in.