PNB LBO Recruitment 2026 – 545 Local Bank Officer Posts

The state-wise vacancy distribution is as follows-

State	Mandatory Language	Vacancies
Andhra Pradesh	Telugu	4
Gujarat	Gujarati	77
Karnataka	Kannada	78
Maharashtra	Marathi	67
Telangana	Telugu	41
Tamil Nadu	Tamil	51
West Bengal	Bengali	80
Jammu & Kashmir	Urdu/Dogri/Kashmiri	9
Ladakh	Urdu/Purgi/Bhoti	2
Arunachal Pradesh	English	4
Assam	Assamese/Bodo	85
Manipur	Manipuri/Meitei	6
Meghalaya	Garo/Khasi	8
Mizoram	Mizo	5
Nagaland	English	5
Sikkim	Nepali/Sikkimese	5
Tripura	Bengali/Kokborok	18

State-wise application: Candidates will have to apply for vacancy of one state only. A candidate applying against vacancy of one state will not be eligible to apply against vacancy of any other state. 

Age Limit: Age of the candidates must be between 20 to 30 years as on 1st July 2026. 

Age Relaxation: Category-wise age relaxation is as mentioned below.

# Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe: 5 years
# Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer): 3 years
# Persons With Disabilities: 10 years

Educational Qualification: Candidate should be a Graduate in any discipline from a University/ Institution recognized/approved by Government of India or its regulatory bodies as on 9th August 2026.

The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet /Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he/ she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.

Experience: Candidates must possess a minimum of one-year post – qualification work experience in Clerical/ Officer Cadre in any Scheduled Commercial Bank or Regional Rural Bank listed in Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, amended from time to time as on 9th August 2026.

Local Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient (reading, writing & speaking) in the specified local language of the state for which they are applying.  

Application Fee: Candidates have to pay an application fee as mentioned below: 

Category	Fee
SC / ST / PwBD	Rs. 59/-
Others	Rs. 1180/-

Starting date of submission of online application: 20th July 2026
Last date of submission of online application: 9th August 2026

Tentative Date of Online Test: August 2026/ September 2026

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The selection process for the post of Local Bank Officer shall be conducted in following four phases. 

I. Online Written test 
II. Screening 
III. Language Proficiency Test and 
IV. Personal Interview

Subjects	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time allotted
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	25	25	35 minutes
Data Analysis & Interpretation	25	25	35 minutes
English Language	25	25	25 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	25	25	35 minutes
General/Economy/Banking Awareness	50	50	50 minutes

There will be negative marking for wrong answers. One – fourth of the marks assigned to each question will be deducted for each incorrect answer. Candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks of 40% for General/EWS category and 35% for Reserved category in each section. 

The online application and documents submitted by the written test qualified candidates shall be scrutinized by Bank prior to the conduct of Language Proficiency Test (if required)/ Interview to examine whether the candidate fulfils required eligibility criteria. 

Candidates who have not studied the local language of the State for which they have applied as a subject in 10th or 12th standard will be required to appear in the Local Language Proficiency Test (LLPT).  The LLPT will be of qualifying nature, and candidates must secure the minimum qualifying marks as prescribed by the Bank. The LLPT will assess a candidate’s reading, writing and speaking proficiency in the concerned local language.

All candidates shortlisted after qualifying the Online Written Test, including those who have studied the concerned local language in 10th/ 12th standard or those required to appear for the LLPT, shall be called for the Personal Interview.  Number of candidates to be called for Interview shall be decided by the Bank based on performance of candidates in the Online Written Test and Language Proficiency Test. Personal Interview will be of 50 marks. Minimum qualifying marks in interview shall be 45% i.e. 22.50 for SC/ST candidates & 50% i.e. 25 for other candidates.

The final selection shall be based on the combined performance of the candidates in the Online Written Test and Personal Interview, subject to qualifying in the LLPT (where applicable) and fulfilling the eligibility criteria and document verification requirements. 

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