State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment for Probationary Officers (POs) Posts 2017

State Bank of India (SBI) has published Advertisement for below mentioned Posts 2017. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, application fee and how to apply are given below.

Posts : Probationary Officers (POs)
Total No. of Posts :

Vacancies					Vacancies (PWD)
SC	ST	OBC*	GEN	Total	OH	VI	HI	Total
347	350	606	1010	2313	25	25	40	90

Backlog vacancies detailed as under have been included in the above mentioned total vacancies.

SC	ST	OBC*	Total	OH	VI	HI
47	200	66	313	5	5	20

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Educational Qualification : 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 01.07.2017. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 01.07.2017. Candidates possessing qualification of Chartered Accountant may also apply.

Age Limit : Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2017 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1987 and not later than 01.04.1996 (both days inclusive

Application Fees :

Sr. No.	Category	Total
1.	SC/ST/PWD	Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only)
2.	General and Others	Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

Selection Process :
Phase-I : Preliminary Examination: Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:

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

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be short listed for the Main Examination.

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. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.
(I) Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consist of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section. The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2.	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
3.	General/Economy/Banking Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
4.	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
	Total	155	200	3 hours

(ii) Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are placed adequately high as per total marks in objective test.

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 the selection and 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 preparation of the final merit list.

How to Apply : Interested Candidates may Apply Online Through official Website.

Important Dates :

·         Starting Date of Online Application : 07-02-2017

·         Last Date to Apply Online : 06-03-2017

·         Last date for printing your Application : 21-03-2017

·         Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges : 07-02-2017 to 06-03-2017

·         Download of call letters for online Preliminary Examination : 15-04-2017 onwards

·         Online Examination – Preliminary : 29th & 30th Apr and 6th & 7th May'17

·         Result of Online exam – Preliminary : 17-05-2017

·         Download of Call letter for Online Main Exam : 22-05-2017 onwards

·         Conduct of Online Examination – Main 4th June 2017

·         Declaration of Result – Main 19th June 2017

·         Download Call Letter for Interview 26th June 2017

·         Conduct of Group Exercises & Interview 10th July 2017 onward

·         Declaration of Final Result 5th Aug 2017

·         Pre-Examination Training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates

·         Download of call letters for Pre-Exam Training 07-04-2017 onwards

·         Conduct of Pre-Exam Training 17-04-2017 to 22-04-2017