State Bank of India is a public sector banking and financial sector company formed after the amalgamation of banks in the 18th century.SBI used to be known with its associate banks. But now SBI has joined all its associate banks with its parent bank due to the high non-performing assets of the nation.
SBI PO is the most prestigious officer post as far as banking exams are concerned. SBI PO is the hardest exam to crack in PO programme.SBI PO candidates have two years of training and after which they are posted as SBI Officer.The present MD-CEO of SBI Mrs Arundhathi Bhattacharya started off as a Probationary Officer at SBI in 1977 at a young age of 22 years.
SBI PO notification was released this year in the month of January.SBI PO prelims exam were conducted in the month of May and main examination was held on 4th,June,2017.We can expect the dates of SBI PO examination for the year 2018 in the same time in the next current year .
SBI PO vacancies for the year 2017 is 2313.In the previous year 2016, the vacancies were 2200 .Therefore we can conclude that every year we can expect a vacancy for SBI PO near to 2500.
SBI PO applications are invited through online mode in the official website of State Bank of India. The link for submitting application will be active within a week or so from the date of the notification.
Salary in hand-Rs 40,000(approx)
Candidates must be above 21yrs and below 30 yrs to apply for the post of SBI PO.
Sr no |
Category |
Age relaxation |
1 |
SC/ST |
5 |
2 |
Otherbackward classes |
3 |
3 |
Persons with Disability |
15-PWD(SC/ST) 13-PWD(OBC) 10-PWD(GEN) |
4 |
Ex servicemen |
5 |
5 |
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the state of J&K during the period of 1/1/1980 to 31/12/1989 |
5 |
A candidate aspiring to apply for the post of SBI PO must be a graduate or its equivalent from a recognised university. Candidates appearing for the final semester exams can also appear for the exam, but they must make sure that if they are called for their interview they will be able to submit their provisional certificate.
For SBI PO (SC/ST/PWD/EXSM)-Rs 100
For SBI PO (others)-Rs 600
SBI PO has four different stages of exam, the Prelims, the Mains,Descriptive test and Interview. Candidate who has successfully passed all four stages will only be selected for the post.
Section |
Number of Questions |
Max.Marks |
Duration
1 Hr |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
|
Reasoning |
35 |
35 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
|
Total |
100 |
100 |
Sr.no |
Name of test |
No: of Questions |
Marks |
Duration |
1 |
Reasoning and computer aptitude |
45 |
60 |
60 mts |
2 |
Data analysis and interpretation |
35 |
60 |
45mts |
3 |
General/economy/banking awareness |
40 |
40 |
35mts |
4 |
English Language |
35 |
40 |
45 mts |
|
Total |
155 |
200 |
3hrs |
A Descriptive test will be held for half an hour for 50 marks after the mains examination. It is conducted to test the English language of the candidate. Only candidates who score high marks for the objective tests will be considered for the evaluation of descriptive tests.
Candidates who have passed all the above tests will be called for the interview with the board members.The group exercise will have a maximum mark of 20 and interview will be for a maximum score of 30 marks
Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude
English Language
Computer Language
Marketing
Activity |
Dates |
Online registration |
7/02/2017-6/03/2017 |
Payment of application fees |
7/02/2017-6/03/2017 |
Download of call letters for online preliminary exam |
15/04/2017 |
Online exam-Preliminary |
29/04/2017,30/04/2017 and 6/05/2017,7/05/2017 |
Result of online preliminary |
17/05/2017 |
Download of call letter for online preliminary exam |
22/05/2017 |
Conduct of online examination main |
4/06/2017 |
Declaration of Result-Main |
19/06/2017 |
Download call letter for interview |
26/06/2017 |
Conduct of group exercises and interview |
10/07/2017 onwards |
Declaration of final result |
5/08/2017 |
Section |
Max marks |
General cut off |
English Language |
30 |
8.75 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
7.25 |
Reasoning |
35 |
7 |
Section |
Max marks |
Sectional cut off(general) |
Reasoning |
60 |
9 |
Data analysis and interpretation |
60 |
9 |
General Awareness/marketing/computer knowledge |
40 |
13 |
English Language |
40 |
6 |
Over all cut off |
200 |
70 |
SBI PO admit cards will be available in the SBI official website .Candidates must check the site frequently to download the e-admit card.