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State Bank of India released a notification for the post of Probationary Officers (POs). Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers (POs) in State Bank of India. Candidates selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India.
Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer, is required to register online for the Recruitment Process. The examination will be held in two phases - preliminary and main. Candidates who will qualify in preliminary examination and shortlisted will have to appear for main examination and shortlisted candidates in the main examination will subsequently be called for a Group Discussion & Interview.
State Bank of India is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company. It is a government-owned corporation with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. As of 2014-15, it has assets of INR 20,48,080 crores and more than 14000 branches, including 191 foreign offices spread across 36 countries, making it the largest banking and financial services company in India by assets.
State Bank of India is one of the Big Four banks of India, along with ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank.
The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding, in 1806, of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest commercial bank in the Indian Subcontinent. Bank of Madras merged into the other two "presidency banks" in British India, Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay, to form the Imperial Bank of India, which in turn became the State Bank of India. Government of India owned the Imperial Bank of India in 1955, with Reserve Bank of India (India's Central Bank) taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of India. In 2008, the government took over the stake held by the Reserve Bank of India.
State Bank of India is a regional banking behemoth and has 20% market share in deposits and loans among Indian commercial banks.
SBI PO 2016 - 2017 Tentative Schedule:
Online registration including edit/modification of application by candidates - 04-05-2016 to 24-05-2016
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges - 04-05-2016 to 24-05-2016
Download of call letters for Online Preliminary Examination - 14-06-2016 onwards
Online Examination – Preliminary - 2nd, 3rd, 9th & 10 July 2016
Result of Online Exam – Preliminary - 18-07-2016
Download of Call Letter for Online Main Exam - 21-07-2016 onwards
Conduct of Online Examination – Main - 31st July 2016
Declaration of Result – Main - 16th August 2016
Download Call Letter for Interview - 22nd August 2016
Conduct of Group Discussion & Interview - 1st September 2016
Declaration of Final Result - 30th September 2016
SBI PO 2016 - 2017 No. of vacancies :
Category No. of vacancies
General 1028
OBC 590
SC 351
ST 231
PWD 60
Remuneration (in Rs. per month) : 23,700 - 42,020 + Allowances
Maximum age limit (as on 01-04-2016) : Candidate's age should be in between 21 to 30 years.
Educational qualification (as on 31-08-2016) : Candidate should have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
Those who are in the Final Year/Semester of their Graduation may also apply. But such candidates will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.08.2016 if called for interview.
Category No. of attempts
General 04
General (PWD) 07
OBC 07
OBC (PWD) 07
SC/ST No restriction
The number of attempts will be counted from the examination held on 18.04.2010. Appearing in Preliminary Examination will not be counted as a chance.
Method of selection :
a) Selection of candidates will be done on the basis of a 3 phased exam. Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online.
b) Candidates who will clear the preliminary exam will be eligible for Mains exam. . Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Examination.
c) 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.
d) Phase - III of the examination will have Group Discussion (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks).
Major changes introduced in pattern of the exam :
Phase II of SBI PO 2016 exam will have Objective test. (200 marks) & Descriptive Test (30 marks). Both the tests will be conducted Online. Descriptive test will be held after completion the Objective test.
Objective test :
a) The Objective test in Phase II will consist of 4 sections worth 200 marks, which are to be solved within 3 hours in total.
b) Interestingly, from this year every section will have a separate time limit.
c) SBI will also consider the sectional cutoff in Objective test.
Descriptive test :
a) The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).b) The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
c) 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.
How to apply : Candidate can apply for this post only through the online mode of application at :
https://www.sbi.co.in/portal/web/home/careers-with-us
Last date of application : 24th May, 2016
For further details, refer to the official notification here :
http://www.sbi.co.in/webfiles/uploads/files/PO_2016_ENGLISH_CRPD_PO_2016_17_02.pdf