# IOB schedules specialist officer exam for 31 October 2026 2026-10-14T08:49:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Indian Overseas Bank has tentatively scheduled the online examination for its Specialist Officer recruitment on 31 October 2026. The bank aims to fill 291 vacancies across 14 posts in management, IT, credit, risk and security roles. The application process closed on 15 September 2026. Candidates can check the official IOB website for the admit card and selection process updates. The recruitment is under Advertisement No. HRDD/RECT/04/2026-27 for grades JMGS I to MMGS III. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The two sources cover entirely different stories, making any comparative framing analysis inapplicable. kollegeapply.com reports the Indian Overseas Bank SO exam date of 31 October 2026 and recruitment details for 291 posts, presenting a straight news update. pw.live offers a broad comparison of multiple banking exams, with data from earlier cycles and a disclaimer that figures are not confirmed for 2026. Since the sources do not address the same event, no cross-framing contrast is possible. The coverage is uniform in being informational, with no discernible political or institutional slant. The only concrete fact relevant to readers is the 31 October 2026 exam date for IOB SO posts. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - kollegeapply.com (neutral report) Neutral report on exam date and vacancies - pw.live (neutral report) Broad comparison with dated data This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: 291 vacancies, 31 October 2026, Indian Overseas Bank, Specialist Officer Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/iob-schedules-specialist-officer-exam-for-31-october-2026/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/iob-schedules-specialist-officer-exam-for-31-october-2026/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/