Notification through Advertisement No. CRPD/PO/2012-13/04 has come out yesterday for SBI PO Recruitment 2013 for 1500 Probationary Officer (PO) positions. If you are a graduate and would like to apply for these PO jobs you can apply from 30th January, 2013 onwards. As per the notification, the last date to apply for SBI PO Recruitment 2013 is 23rd February, 2013 and the written exam would be held on 28th April, 2013.
You can click here to download the SBI PO Recruitment 2013 Notification.
This blog post sums up the important information contained in this recruitment notification to help you apply for this prestigious bank PO positions and at the same time to archive it, so that aspirants for SBI Recruitment 2014/2015 can use it for reference purpose to know about the eligibilities and the application process for SBI PO exam. Also another blog post titled SBI PO exam sample papers, books and exam pattern gives you the study material to prepare for SBI PO exam.
As is customary with my previous blog posts, following is a synopsis on SBI as an organization, since you should know the organization in depth, before choosing to work for it.
SBI as an organization:
State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest bank in India and is the second largest bank in the world (by the number of branch offices). It has got more than 14,119 branches and a further 4000+ associate bank branches. The bank has the largest ATM (2700+) network in the country.
SBI is also present in 37 countries abroad, with 173 offices serving the international customers. It is ranked at 285th in 2012 Fortune Global 500 list.
SBI traces its ancestry back to the Bank of Calcutta, which was established in 1806; this makes SBI the oldest commercial bank in the Indian subcontinent.
can also find more about SBI from the About us page of SBI website as well as in Wiki.
SBI Bank PO Vacancies 2013:
Category-wise vacancies as per above SBI PO Recruitment 2013 Notification is as follows:
SC: 225, ST: 112, OBC: 405, GEN:758, Total: 1500.
Salary for SBI Bank PO positions :
SBI is offering salary for these PO positions in the pay-scale of Rs.14500-600/7-18700-700/2-20100-800/7-25700 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale I. With this pay scale, initial monthly salary (compensation) of SBI Probationary Officers, including D.A., H.R.A. and C.C.A., are approximately Rs. 69,000/- at Metropolitan centres.
SBI Bank PO Eligibilities:
Age eligibility: as on 01.01.2013
Min: 21 years. Max: 30 years.
Age relaxations exist as per Govt. rule as well as for experienced persons.
Academic qualification eligibilities:
Graduation in any discipline from a recognised College / University.
Selection process for SBI PO:
Selection process for SBI PO positions consists of a national level written test, followed by GD & Interview. The marks for the written test is 250, while for GD it is 20 marks and interview: 30 marks. You can find details of this in my blog article titled: SBI PO exam sample papers, books and exam pattern.
SBI PO Exam 2013 Call letter/Admit Card:
You have to download the call letter for SBI PO Exam 2013 along with the "Acquaint Yourself" booklet for the exam from the SBI Recruitment website 08/04/2013. SBI is not going to send you any call letter/admit card by post.
SBI Bank PO Online Form 2013:
You can apply to these Probationary Officer positions only online. There is no offline form for SBI PO exam!
How to apply online for SBI PO Recruitment exam is given very clearly in section: 10. HOW TO APPLY:" in page-2 of the notification. SBI PO Recruitment 2013 Online form would be available from 30th January onwards.
SBI Bank PO Recruitment 2013 Important dates:
Date of Online registration starts: 30.01.2013
Payment of fees - online : 30.01.2013 to 23.02.2013
Payment of fees - offline : 01.02.2013 to 28.02.2013
Last date for SBI Bank PO on-line application/registration: 23.02.2013.
Date for downloading SBI PO Exam 2013 Call letter: 08.04.2013
Date of SBI Bank PO 2013 Exam: 28.04.2013 (SUNDAY).
Hope with above SBI PO Recruitment 2013 notification and also eligibility/form information you can apply confidently for the exam. My subsequent blog post gives you the study materials for SBI Bank PO Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books. Please visit the same.
Best wishes!