SBI Probationary Officers Recruitment

Notification for the Recruitment of 2000 Probationary Officers in State Bank of India announced, the Prospective candidates, who aspire to join State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer refer complete details now and Apply online 

ELIGIBILITY

Graduation in any discipline from recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government,the students in the Final year / Final Semester of Graduation can also apply with the condition that if they been called for interview they need to submit their proof of completion of Graduation on or before 31.12.2020

AGE LIMIT

As on 01.04.2020 ,the candidates should not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2020 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.1999 and not earlier than 02.04.1990 (both days inclusive)

AGE RELAXATION

IMPORTANT DATES

APPLICATION FEES

NOTE : Application Fee once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection

NUMBER OF CHANCES

IMPORTANT DOCUMENT

SELECTION PROCESS

The State Bank of India Probationary Officer Recruitment consists of 3 Phases 

Phase I: Preliminary Examination

It consist of Objective Tests for 100 marks,that will be conducted online and the duration of test is 1 hour consisting of 3 Sections

NOTE : Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing Minimum passing marks to be decided by the State Bank of India, Approximately 10 times of the vacancies will be selected for the Mains Exams (Phase II)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score

Phase II – Mains Examination 

Main Examination will be conducted online and it consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. The Descriptive Test will be given immediately after conclude of the Objective Test and the candidates are required to type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer

OBJECTIVE TEST

The duration of objective test is 3 hours and it consists of 4 Sections of total 200 marks. There will be separate timing for every section

NOTE :The candidates should have to qualify in the Objective Tests by securing passing marks, in each of the tests, to be decided by the State Bank of India on the basis of the performance of all the competing candidates taken together in each test to a minimum required level for each category will be selected

• Reasoning & Computer Aptitude consist of 40 Question for 60 Marks and to be completed in 60 Minutes
• Data Analysis & Interpretation consist of 35 Question for 60 Marks and to be completed in 45 Minutes
• General / Economy / Banking Awareness consist of 40 Question for 40 Marks and to be completed in 35 Minutes
• English Language consist of 35 Question for 40 Marks and to be completed in 40 Minutes

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score

DESCRIPTIVE TEST

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

Selection Process for Phase III : Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Phase-II (Main Exam). There will be no sectional cut-off. Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approx.) of the category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for Phase-III from the top of the category wise merit list subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score

Phase III – Interview

In view of the Social Distancing and safety measures necessitated due to COVID-19 pandemic, the 3 rd Phase may comprise of (i) Interview only (50 marks) OR (ii) Interview (30 marks) & Group Exercises (20 marks).Candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks in Phase-III to be considered for the final selection

FINAL SELECTION 

The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. The marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Phase-III for preparing the final merit list. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection, Marks secured by the candidates in the Phase-II (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 marks and Phase-III scores of candidates (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25 marks. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Phase-II and Phase-III. Selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category

EXAMINATION CENTRE

The examinations will be conducted online at venues across many centres in India, No request for change of Examination Centre shall be entertained.

EMOLUMENTS

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 emoluments are likely to be revised shortly)

PRE EXAM TRAINING

Bank may arrange pre-examination training (PET) 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

ADMIT CARD

The candidates should download online their call letter (Pre-exam Training/ Preliminary Exam/ Main Exam/ GE & Interview) and an “acquaint yourself booklet”, by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth, No Hard Copy will be sent

BEST BOOKS

SYLLABUS 

REASONING

Logical Reasoning / Alphanumeric Series / Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test / Data Sufficiency / Coded Inequalities / Seating Arrangement / Puzzle / Tabulation / Coding – Decoding / Syllogism / Blood Relationship / Input – Output

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Simplification / Profit & Loss / Mixtures & Allegations / Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices / Work & Time / Time & Distance / Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere / Data Interpretation / Ratio & Proportion, Percentage / Number Systems Permutation, Combination &Probability / Sequence and Series

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Reading Comprehension / Cloze Test / Para Jumbles / Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting / Paragraph Completions / Suitable Words