Every
year more than 20 lakh aspirants appear for the SBI Bank PO
examination. The official notification of SBI PO 2018 has released.
The application will begin from 21.04.2018 onwards and will close on
13.05.2018. All the eligible candidates can apply for the
same. . There
are 2000 vacancies
for the post of probationary officer.
-
Available Posts: 2000 + 118 (PWD) =2118
-
Names of Vacant Positions: Probationary Officers (PO)
SBI
2018 Vancancies by Category:
|
VACANCIES |
VACANCIES
(PWD) |
|||||||
|
General |
OBC
(Non-creamy layer ) |
SC |
ST |
Total |
LD |
VI |
HI |
Total |
|
1010 |
540 |
300 |
150 |
2000 |
27 |
26 |
65 |
118 |
SBI PO Recruitment 2018: Important Dates
|
Activity |
Date |
|
On-line
registration with Edit/Modification of Application by applicants
(Tentatively) |
21.04.2018
to 13.05.2018 |
|
Application
Fees/Intimation Charges Online Payments (Tentatively) |
21.04.2018
to 13.05.2018 |
|
Download
SBI PO Preliminary Exam call letter (Tentatively) |
18.06.2018
onwards |
|
SBI
PO Preliminary Exam Date (Online) |
1st,
7th & 8th of July 2018 |
|
Declaration
of SBI PO Preliminary Exam Result |
15.07.2018 |
|
Download
SBI PO Call Letter for Main Exam (Tentatively) |
20.07.2018 |
|
SBI
PO Mains Exam |
04.08.2018 |
|
Declaration
of SBI PO Mains Exam Result (Tentatively) |
20.08.2018 |
|
Download
of SBI PO Interview Call Letter |
01.09.2018 |
|
Conduct
of Group Exercises & Interview |
24.09.2018
to 12.10.2018 |
|
Date
for the Declaration of Final Result |
01.11.2018 |
|
Pre-Examination
Training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates |
|
|
Download
of call letters for Pre-Exam Training |
28.05.2018
onwards |
|
Conduct
of Pre-Exam Training |
18.06.2018
to 23.06.2018 |
SBI PO Eligibility Criteria - 2018
Educational Qualification
Graduation
Degree: The
eligibility criteria for the SBI exam is graduation degree in any of
the streams such as BA, B.Com, BSc, B.Tech, etc., from a University
recognized by the Government of India. Candidate who possesses same
qualification from the university recognized by the Central
Government is also eligible to apply for this exam.
Candidates
should have a valid Mark-sheet / Degree:
Certificate
which supports that they are graduates on the day they were
registered for the exam.
The
percentage of marks obtained in Graduation should be mentioned at
time of registration for the SBI-PO examination.
Computer
Literacy: Knowledge
of computer operation is a must as SBI PO exam is conducted
online.
Language
Proficiency: Candidates
should have verbal and written proficiency in official language of
the State/UT. The candidate should be able to read, write and speak
the language.
Nationality
/ Citizenship of Applicants:
Candidates
applying for SBI PO Examination should be one of the following:
1.
Citizen of India
2.
Subject of Nepal or Bhutan
3.
Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the
intention of permanent settlement
4.
Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire, Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of
permanent settlement in India
Candidates
belonging to the category 2, 3, 4 must have a certificate of
eligibility issued by the Govt of India in their favour.
Age Eligibility of candidates applying for SBI PO Examination:
Candidates
applying for the SBI examination should be of 21 years old but not
more than 30 years old at the time of registration. Besides this,
there is age relaxation relevant to category wise candidates as per
the government rules:
|
Category |
Age
Relaxation |
|
Scheduled
Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) |
5
years |
|
Other
Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer) |
3
years |
|
Persons
with Disabilities (PWD) |
10
years |
|
Ex-Servicemen
(Army personnel) |
5
years |
|
Persons
with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980
to 31-12-1989 |
5
years |
Selection Procedure
The
selection process of SBI PO consists of 3 phases (preliminary, mains
and interview). The candidates must qualify each of them to go
on to the next phase.
The
important steps of the SBI PO Recruitment Procedure are as follows:
•Online
Preliminary Examination:
Sufficient
number of candidates in each category is shortlisted by SBI depending
upon the requirements for Online Main Examination
•Online
Mains Examination:
Candidates
need to qualify each section as well as the overall cut-off in
the main exam to be eligible for interview but in the year 2017 there
is no Sectional cut off in SBI PO mains exam.
•Group
Exercise/Interview:
The
Participating Organizations will hold an Interview. The qualifying
marks in Group Exercises & Interview will be as decided by the
Bank. Group exercises account for 20 marks while Interview accounts
for 30 marks.
•Final
Result:
The
Final result is declared on the basis of candidate’s overall
performance in SBI PO Mains and Interview Rounds.
•Provisional
Allotment:
The
provisional allotment of the eligible candidate is released on the
official website. The SBI allots Location to the candidates on
the basis of the preferences they have made at the time of the online
registration.
SBI PO Exam Pattern
The
selection process of SBI PO consists of 3 phases (Preliminary, Mains
and Group Exercise/Interview). The candidates must qualify each
of them to go on to the next phase. .
SBI
PO Prelims Exam Pattern
The
SBI PO preliminary examination is of one hour duration and is
conducted online. It has 3 sections with having 100 questions in
total with a maximum score of 100 marks. There is negative marking in
SBI PO pre exam as 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong answer.
Candidates must clear the sectional cut-off to qualify for the SBI PO
Main exam. The section-wise details are given below:
|
S.No. |
Name
of Tests(Objective |
No.
of Questions |
Maximum
Marks |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
English
Language |
30 |
30 |
Composite
time of 1 Hour |
|
2 |
Numerical
Ability |
35 |
35 |
|
|
3 |
Reasoning
Ability |
35 |
35 |
|
|
Total |
100 |
100 |
|
|
SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern
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.
|
S.No. |
Name
of Tests(Objective |
No.
of Questions |
Maximum
Marks |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Reasoning
and 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 |
180
minutes |
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.
SBI PO Interview
The
aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective
Tests and Descriptive Test will be arranged indescending order
in each category. Adequate number of candidates in each category, as
decided by the Bank will be called for Group Exercises and Interview.
The qualifying marks in Group Exercises &Interview
will be as decided by the Bank.
Candidates
qualifying for Group Exercises & Interview under 'OBC'
category would be required to submit OBC certificate containing
the 'Non Creamy layer' clause. Candidates not submitting
the OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause
and requesting to be interviewed under General category will
not be entertained.
Penalty
for Wrong Answers:
A
penalty for every incorrect answer will be marked in the Objective
Tests of both Preliminary and Mains exams. Every wrong answer will be
penalized by deducting 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question.
There will be no penalty for leaving a question blank, i.e. in case
no answer is marked by the candidate.
Final
Score Calculation for SBI PO Exam:
There
are certain important points on the basis of which the final score
for the SBIPO exam is calculated:
• Marks
scored in the Preliminary Exam (Tier-1) will not be considered in the
final score. These are only taken into account to qualify Mains Exam
(Tier-2).
• Candidates
need to qualify Phase-2 and GE/Interview individually to be eligible
for final worth.
• The
ratio of marks between Main exam and interview for final merit list
will be 80:20 respectively.
• The
candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III
separately. Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (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
Written Test and Group Exercises &Interview out of 100 for each
category. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked
candidates in each category.
• Results
of the candidates who have qualified for Group Exercises
& Interview and the list of candidates finally selected will be
made available on the Bank's website. Final select list will be
published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and also in Bank’s
website.
SBI PO Syllabus 2018
SBI
PO syllabus is much similar to that of any other bank exam.
There are three major sections that a candidate needs to prepare to
ace the preliminary exam. These are Reasoning, Quantitative
Aptitude and English Language. The sections have a wide range of
topics on which questions are based
SBI PO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2018
This
comprises of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English
Language.
|
Reasoning
Ability |
Quantitative
Aptitude |
English
Language |
|---|---|---|
|
Logical
Reasoning |
Simplification |
Reading
Comprehension |
|
Alphanumeric
Series |
Profit
& Loss |
Cloze
Test |
|
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet
Test |
Mixtures
&Alligations |
Para
jumbles |
|
Data
Sufficiency |
Simple
Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices |
Multiple
Meaning / Error Spotting |
|
Coded
Inequalities |
Work
& Time |
Fill
in the blanks |
|
Seating
Arrangement |
Time
& Distance |
Miscellaneous |
|
Puzzle |
Mensuration
– Cylinder, Cone, Sphere |
Paragraph
Completion |
|
Tabulation |
Data
Interpretation |
|
|
Syllogism |
Ratio
& Proportion, Percentage |
|
|
Blood
Relations |
Number
Systems |
|
|
Input
Output |
Sequence
& Series |
|
|
Coding
Decoding |
Permutation,
Combination &Probability |
|
SBI PO Mains Exam Syllabus 2018
The
Mains Examination of SBI PO consists of 5
sections: Reasoning & Computer, English Language, Data Analysis &
Interpretation, General Awareness, and Descrptive Test(LetterWriting
&Essay).
|
Reasoning |
Data
Analysis & interpretation |
English
Language |
General/Economy/
Banking Awareness |
Computer
Awareness |
|
Verbal
Reasoning |
Tabular
Graph |
Reading
Comprehension |
Financial
Awareness |
Internet |
|
Syllogism |
Line
Graph |
Grammar |
Current
Affairs |
Memory |
|
Circular
Seating Arrangement |
Pie
Chart |
Vocabulary |
General
Knowledge |
Keyboard
Shortcuts |
|
Linear
Seating Arrangement |
Bar
Graph |
Verbal
Ability |
Static
Awareness |
Computer
Abbreviation |
|
Double
Lineup |
Radar
Graph Caselet |
Word
Association |
Banking
and Financial Awareness |
Microsoft
Office |
|
Scheduling |
Missing
Case DI |
Sentence
Improvement |
|
Computer
Hardware |
|
Input
Output |
Let
it Case DI |
Para
Jumbles |
|
Computer
Software |
|
Blood
Relations |
Data
Sufficiency |
Cloze
Test |
|
Operating
System |
|
Directions
and Distances |
Probability |
Error
Spotting |
|
Networking |
|
Ordering
and Ranking |
Permutation
and Combination |
Fill
in the blanks |
|
Computer
Fundamentals /Terminologies |
|
Data
Sufficiency |
|
|
|
|
|
Coding
and Decoding |
|
|
|
|
|
Code
Inequalities |
|
|
|
|
|
Course
of Action |
|
|
|
|
|
Critical
Reasoning |
|
|
|
|
|
Analytical
and Decision Making |
|
|
|
|
SBI PO Exam Centre
The
SBI PO exam is held online at various centres all over India
and the candidates can mention their options at the time of filling
in the online application. Though there is non-availability of seats
at preferred venues yet SBI allots an exam centre other than
the choices made by a candidate.
SBI PO Application Fee
The
category wise application fees for SBI PO exam is given below.
Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account
nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.
The application fee must be paid online itself. To know more please
check the complete guide for SBI PO Application
|
Sr.
No. |
Category |
Application
Fee |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
SC/ST/PWD |
Rs.100/-
(Intimation Charges only) |
|
2 |
General
and Others |
Rs.
600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
SBI PO Pre-Exam Training
Bank
may arrange pre-examination training at certain centres for
SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the
guidelines issued by Government of India. Candidates belonging to the
above categories who desire to avail themselves of such training at
their own cost may indicate to that effect against relevant column
while applying on-line. An indicative list of training centres is
given below :
The
Bank may add additional centres or may delete some of the centres
indicated for training. Candidates opting for pre-examination
training should download their call letter for training by entering
their registration number and password/ date of birth from 07.04.2018
onwards from Bank's website. No hard copy of the call letter
will be sent by post.
Candidates
belonging to above-mentioned categories can undergo training by
signifying the same against relevant column, at the time of applying
on-line.
The
pre-exam training is free of cost with other expenses like travel,
food and lodging expenses are incurred by the candidate. Generally,
it is conducted for five days before the exam and the dates are
announced on the official website. Please find below an indicative
list of training centres:
|
North
India |
South
India |
East
India |
West
India |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Agra |
Bengaluru |
Agartala |
Ahmedabad |
|
Allahabad |
Chennai |
Balasore |
Aurangabad |
|
Amritsar |
Coimbatore |
Behrampur
(Ganjam) |
Bhopal |
|
Bareilly |
Gulbarga |
Bhubaneshwar |
Indore |
|
Chandigarh |
Hyderabad |
Dhanbad |
Jabalpur |
|
Dehradun |
Kavaratti |
Guwahati |
Jaipur |
|
Gorakhpur |
Kochi |
Hubli |
Jodhpur |
|
Jammu |
Madurai |
Kolkata |
Mumbai |
|
Kanpur |
Mangalore |
Muzaffarpur |
Nagpur |
|
Karnal |
Mysore |
Patna |
Panaji
(Goa) |
|
Lucknow |
Port
Blair |
Ranchi |
Pune |
|
Ludhiana |
Puducherry |
Sambalpur |
Raipur |
|
New
Delhi |
Thiruchirapalli |
Shillong |
Rajkot |
|
Patiala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Siliguri |
Vadodara |
|
Rohtak |
Vijaywada |
Tirupati |
|
|
Shimla |
Vishakhapatnam |
|
|
|
Varanasi |
|
|
|
SBI PO Online Application
The
registration for SBI PO Exam 2018 will be done online. In order to
avoid any technical errors please make sure that the web-browser used
to fill up the SBI PO 2018 Application form is one of the following:
-
Internet Explorer 8 and above
-
Mozilla Fire Fox 3.0 and above
-
Google Chrome 3.0 and above
-
Candidates applying online must have the following pre-requisites:
-
A valid Email Id
-
Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size
-
Application Fee must be paid online so all document required for online transaction
-
The SBI PO 2018 application form can only be filled on the official website.
-
Before proceeding with the registration and application process, all candidates are requested to go through the complete guide for SBI PO Online Application
SBI PO 2018 Admit Card & Call Letter
Candidates
can download the SBI PO 2018 admit card from the official website SBI
because hard copy of the SBI PO Admit Card will not be sent to
the candidate via post. To login on the official website, the
candidates will require the following:
-
Registration No/Roll No
-
Date of Birth/ Password
-
The admit card will be made available on 18-06-2018 (Tentatively) for SBI PO Prelims and on 20-07-2018 (Tentatively) SBI PO Mains Exam. The admit card or call letter for SBI PO 2018 will be issued in 3 phases:
-
Online Preliminary Examination
-
Online Mains Examination
-
GE/Interview
-
The link to download the admit card will be provided on this page. Candidates are advised to check the details on the admit card before downloading.
SBI PO 2018 Results
The
results of SBI will be released after completion of each Phase of
Examination. The Final Merit state wise and category wise List shall
be prepared in descending order of the marks secured by the
candidates in the Online Main Examination and interview. Candidates
who fall within the number of vacancies in the merit list shall be
considered for appointment subject to Medical Fitness.
SBI PO Preparation
Candidates
must prepare in a systematic manner for SBI PO exam. The candidates
should be aware of the latest syllabus and exam pattern. The syllabus
covers various topics, it is important to choose the right study
material so that you can understand the concepts and practices a wide
variety of questions as well.
New
pattern questions are simply the application of concepts in a new
form. You just need to practice them a lot so that you don't face
issue in SBI PO 2018.
Candidates
must go through previous year SBI questions, so that they have an
idea of what to expect in SBI PO 2018.
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