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Online Registration Date
The online registration for SBI PO will start in the month of April.
The Pre exam will be held in July.
The candidates who will clear Pre exam will go for the Mains exam in August.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Limit-
The age of the candidate should be 21- 30 years (As on
April 1, 2017)
Relaxation in upper-age limit
Category
Max Age Limit
SC/ST
35 years
OBC
33 years
Gen+ PwD
40 years
OBC+ PwD
43 years
SC/ST+ PwD
45 years
Persons ordinarily domiciled of the state of
Jammu & Kashmir during the period of
01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989
35 years
Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including
Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/Short
Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have
rendered 5 years military service.
35 years
Educational Qualification
Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or equivalent.
Those candidates who are in final year or semester may also apply.
Maximum Number of Attempts
Category
Number of Attempt
General
4
General (PwD)
7
OBC
7
OBC (PwD)
7
SC/SC (PwD) – ST/ST (PwD)
No Restriction
Candidates who have already appeared for the maximum number of permissible chances are not eligible to apply. The number of chances will be counted from the examination held on 18 April 2010.
Selection Process
The exam will be held in three phases
Phase 1 : Prelims Exam
Phase 2 : Mains Exam
Phase 3 : Interview & Group Discussion
Prelims and Mains exams will be held online.
Candidate who will clear the prelims exams are eligible to appear in the mains exams.
After clearing the mains exams, candidates will be called for the group discussion and interview.
Final selection will be based on the mains exams, interview and group discussion.
The scores of the remaining two rounds will be normalized to 100 as follows:
Phase/Test
Max. Marks
Normalized to
Main Examination (Phase II)
225
75
GD & Interview (Phase III)
50
25
Total
275
100
Exam Pattern
SBI PO Preliminary Exam Pattern
The Preliminary Exam would be Objective type for 100 marks & will be conducted online.
Duration of exam would be 1 hour.
Exam will have 3 sections such as : (1) English Language, (2) Quantitative Aptitude and (3) Reasoning Ability.
Section
No. of Questions
Marks
Duration
English Language
30
30
1 Hour
Quantitative Aptitude
35
35
Reasoning Ability
35
35
Total
100
100
SBI PO Main Exam Pattern
The Main Exam would be both Objective & Descriptive type for 250 marks & will be conducted online.
Exam will have 4 sections such as: Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Data Analysis and Interpretation, General Economics & Banking Awareness English Language.
Duration of exam would be 3 hour.
Paper I
Name of the Test
Questions
Marks
Duration
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
45
60
60 Minutes
Data Analysis and Interpretation
35
60
45 Minutes
General/Economy/Banking Awareness
40
40
35 Minutes
English Language
35
40
40 Minutes
Total
155
200
3 Hours
Paper II
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
Penalty for Wrong Answers
One-fourth (1/4)of the marks will be deducted as penalty for each incorrect answer.
This is applicable to Preliminary and Main examination
Group Discussion & Interview
Aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both Objective and Descriptive Tests will be arranged in descending order in each
category. A certain adequate number of candidates as decided by the bank, will be called for the Group Discussion and Interview.
Test
Max. Marks
Group Discussion
20
Interview
30
TOTAL
50
The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and the Descriptive Test will be arranged in descending order in each category.
Adequate number of candidates in each category, as decided by the Bank will be called for Group Discussion and Interview.
The qualifying marks in Group Discussion & Interview will be as decided by the Bank.
Candidates qualifying for GD & 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.
Interview Weightage
The marks obtained in the Mains Exam (Phase-II) will have 75% weightage
The marks obtained in the Group Discussion & Personal Interview (Phase-III) will have 25% weightage
Syllabus for Pre and Mains Exams
Reasoning Ability
Verbal reasoning & Non Verbal Reasoning
Analogy
Coding & decoding
Blood relations
Sitting arrangements
Series completion
Syllogisms
Decision making
Statement reasoning
Series completion, Classification
English
Vocabulary
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms,
Phrases
Word formation
Sentence completion
Comprehension
Deriving conclusions
Passage completion
Error detection
Passage correction
Parajumbles
Quantitative Aptitude
Number system
Simplifications
Roots & Averages
Surds & Indices
Percentages
Profit & Loss
Ratio & Proportion
Partnership
Time & work
Pipes & Cisterns
Time & Distances
Problems on trains
Boats & streams
Allegation & mixtures
Simple Interest & Compound interest
Volume & surface area
Mensuration
Data Interpretation and Analysis
Charts
Graphs
Diagrams including Line charts, pie charts, bar charts and tabular data
Probability and statistics
General and Banking Awareness
Current Affairs (National and International)
Major Financial/Economic News
Budget and Five Year Plans
Banking & Financial Awareness
Who’s Who
Sports
Books and Authors
Awards and Honours
Science – Inventions and Discoveries
Abbreviations
Important Days
International and National Organizations
SBI PO Descriptive Paper
Letter writing
Essay and Paragraph writing
Precis writing
Reading comprehension.
Previous Year ( 2016) Cut off for Prelims and Mains Exam
SBI PO Cut off 2016 of Preliminary Exam
Subject wise
Subjects
Total Marks
SBI PO 2016 Cut off marks Subject Wise
General
OBC/SC/ST/VH/OH/HI
English Language
30
8.75
6.00
Quantitative Aptitude
35
7.25
4.25
Reasoning Ability
35
7.00
4.25
Overall Cut off out of 100 marks
Candidate’s Category
SBI PO 2016 Cut off for Preliminary out of 100
General
47.50
OBC
44.50
SC
38.75
ST
29.25
OH
36.00
VH
37.00
HI
15.75
SBI PO Pre Cutoff Marks out of 100 (category-wise)
Category
Marks
General
47.5
OBC
42.25
SC
37.25
ST
19.75
OH
29.25
VH
30.75
SBI PO 2016 Mains Cut off (Subject-wise)
Subject
Maximum Marks
SC /ST/ OBC/OH/VI/HI
General
Reasoning
60
6
9
Data Analysis & Interpretation
60
6
9
General Awareness/ Marketing/ Computer Knowledge
40
10
13
English Language
40
4
6
Total Cut Off
200
60
70
SBI PO 2016 Descriptive and Interview Cut off
Paper
Maximum Marks
SC
ST
OBC
GEN
OH
VI
HI
Descriptive test
50
17.5
17.5
17.5
20
17.5
17.5
17.5
GD & Interview
250
78
78.75
87.25
90
82.75
79.5
79.25
GD + Interview
50
18
18
18
20
18
18
18
SBI PO 2016 Final Cutoff
Category
Cut off (Out of 100)
SC
34.25
ST
34.73
OBC
44.43
GEN
49.75
OH
38.45
VI
43.08
HI
40.78
Salary of SBI PO
According to this year’s notification regarding SBI PO Salary,
The pay scale for SBI PO is:`23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I.
Presently, the starting basic pay is `27,620/- (with 4 advance increments).
Not only this, 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. Allowances may vary depending upon the place of posting.
The total compensation per annum would be a minimum of `7.55 lakhs and maximum of 12.93 lakhs depending on place of posting and other factors.
Also, SBI plans to offer SMART Compensation Package which would enable candidates a choice to monetize specific elements of the salary package.
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