SBI PO Notification 2018

posted on Apr. 24, 2018 at 7:01 pmApril 25, 2018

State Bank of India Central Recruitment & Promotion Department Corporate Centre, Mumbai invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers (POs) in State Bank of India as per ADVERTISEMENT NO: CRPD/ PO/ 2018-19/ 01

Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer, is required to register on-line for the Recruitment Process. The examination will be held in three phases i.e. Preliminary examination, Main examination and Group Exercise & Interview.

The candidates who are shortlisted after Preliminary examination will have to appear for Main examination. The candidates shortlisted after the main examination will be subsequently called for a Group Exercises & Interview

The tentative schedule of events for SBI PO Exam 2018:

Activity	Dates
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates	21.04.2018 to 13.05.2018
Payment of Application Fees/intimation Charges	21.04.2010 to 13.05.2010
Download of call letters for online Preliminary Examination	18.06.2018 onwards
Online Examination – Preliminary	1^st, 7^th & 8^th of July 2018
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	15.07.2018
Download of Call letter for Online Main Exam	20.07.2018
Conduct of Online Examination – Main	04.08.2018
Declaration of Result – Main	20.08.2018
Download Call Letter for Interview	01.09.2018
Conduct of Group Exercises & Interview	24.09.2018 to 12.10.2018
Declaration of Final Result	01.11.2018

Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised SBI website https://bank.sbi/careers or https://www.sbi.co.in/careers for details and updates.

SBI PO Exam 2018- Number of expected PO Vacancies

VACANCIES OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS
SC	ST	OBC*	GEN	TOTAL
300	150	540	1010	2000

SBI PO 2018- ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

(A) Essential Academic Qualifications: (AS ON 31.08.2018): Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.08.2018. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2018. Candidates possessing qualification of Chartered Accountant may also apply.

(B) Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2018): Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2018 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.1997 and not earlier than 02.04.1988 (both days inclusive)

PROBATIONARY OFFICER- SELECTION PROCEDURE:

The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three tiered process:

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online. The test will have of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30		20 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	Maximum	20 minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	Marks	20 minutes
	Total	100	100	1 hour

Selection criteria for Main Examination:

Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Preliminary Examination. Candidates numbering approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies in each category will be short listed for the Main Examination from the top of the merit list.

Phase – II: Main Examination: Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.

Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after completion of the Objective Test.

(i) Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section.

Test	Name of the test	No. of Qs.	Max. Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45		60 minutes
II	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	Total	45 minutes
III	General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness	40	Max.	35 minutes
IV	English Language	35	200	40 minutes
	Total	155		3 hours

(ii) Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with two questions for 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination

For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

Selection criteria for Group Exercise and Interview:

Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Main Examination. Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approximately) of the category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for the Group Exercise & Interview from the top of the merit list subject to a candidate scoring minimum qualifying score in aggregate.

Phase – III: Group Exercises (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)

Final Selection The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection. Only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective Test and Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in GE & Interview (Phase-III) for preparing the final merit list.

The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Marks secured by the candidates in the Main Examination (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Exercises & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Main Examination and Group Exercises & Interview out of 100.

The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category. Results of the candidates who qualify for Main Examination and Group Exercise & Interview as well as the final select list will be made available on the Bank’s website.

Salary and Emoluments for SBI PO Post

Presently, the starting basic pay is 27,620/- (with 4 advance increments) in the scale of 23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I. The official will also be eligible for D.A, H.R.A/ Lease rental, C.C.A, Medical and other allowances & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time. The total compensation per annum on CTC basis be a minimum of 8.20 lacs and maximum of 13.08 lacs depending on place of posting and other factors.

APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGE (Non Refundable):

SC/ST/PWD 100/- (Intimation Charges only)
General, OBC 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

Number of Chances to clear SBI PO examination

Category	Max. Permissible Number of Chances
General	4
General (PWD)	7
OBC	7
OBC(PWD)	7
SC/SC(PWD)/ ST/ ST (PWD)	No Restriction

How to Apply for SBI PO exam 2018

Candidates can apply online only from 21.04.2018 to 13.05.2018. No other mode of application will be accepted. Pre-requisites for Applying Online: Candidates should have valid email ID which should be kept active till the declaration of results. It will be essentially required for receiving any communication from the bank.

Candidates will be required to register themselves online through Bank’s website https://bank.sbi/careers or https://www.sbi.co.in/careers . After registration candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking.

For More details download SBI PO Complete Notification 2018