SBI PO 2023 | Post Name- Probationary Officers | Vacancies- Various | Official Website- sbi.co.in
The vacancies for the SBI PO (Probationary Officers) posts are available in the state bank of India. SBI is inviting applications from interested candidates. The individuals who will be selected can be placed anywhere in India. For the latest updates, individuals should check the website frequently. The candidates who are interested in this post have to do registration.
Tentative Schedule of Events
| Activity | Tentative Dates |
| Online registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates | 22.09.2022 to 12.10.2022 |
| Payment of Application Fee | 22.09.2022 to 12.10.2022 |
| The download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters | 1 st / 2 nd week of December 2022 onwards |
| Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination | 17th/18th/19th/ 20th of December 2022 |
| Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination | December 2022 / January 2023 |
| The download of the Main Examination Call letter | January 2023 / February 2023 |
| Phase-II: Online Main Examination | January 2023 / February 2023 |
| Declaration of Result of Main Examination | February 2023 |
| The download of the Phase-III Call Letter | February 2023 onwards |
| Phase-III: Psychometric Test | February / March 2023 |
| Interview & Group Exercises | February / March 2023 |
| Declaration of Final Result | March 2023 onwards |
| Pre-Examination Training for SC/ ST/ Religious Minority Community candidates | |
| The download call letters for Pre-Examination Training | 1 st / 2 nd week of November 2022 onwards |
| Conduct of Pre- Examination Training | November 2022 / December 2022 |
SBI PO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Essential Academic Qualifications
- Interested candidates should be graduates in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
- Individuals who are working in professions such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, and Cost Accountant can also apply for the post.
- Individuals who are in the last year or Semester of their Graduation can also apply but with the condition that at the time of the interview they have to show proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.12.2022.
Age Limit
The interested candidate should not be below 21 years and not above 30 years.
Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
| Sr. Category | Age relaxation |
| Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes | 5 Years |
| Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 Years |
| Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) – PwBD (SC/ ST) | 15 Years |
| PwBD (OBC) | 13 Years – |
| PwBD (Gen/ EWS) | 10 Years |
| Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within 6 months from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalided. 5 Years | 5 Years |
APPLICATION FEE
For General/ EWS/ OBC candidates, the application Fee will be 750/- and SC/ ST/ PwBD candidates don’t have to pay any fees. Application Fee once paid will not be refunded.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
The selection procedure for SBI PO posts includes a three-Phase process
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
| SL. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | Total Maximum Marks 100 | 20 min |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 20 min | |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 20 min | |
| 4 | Total | 100 | 1 hr |
Phase II: Main Examination
The candidate has to give an online examination and which will include Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. The descriptive exam will be conducted immediately after the finish of the Objective Test. Applicants will type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer.
| (i) Objective Test: The duration of the objective test is 3 hours, and it consists of 4 Sections for a total of 200 marks. There will be separate timing for every section. | ||||
| Test | Name of the test | No. of Qs. | Max. Marks | Duration |
| I | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 50 | 50 minutes |
| ii | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| iii | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| iv | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hrs | |
| (ii) Descriptive Paper | ||||
| English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 50 | 30 minutes | |
| Grand Total | 250 |
Penalty for wrong answers is done for both – Preliminary & Main Examination. Penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests will be imposed. For each wrong answer, 1/4th of the marks will be deducted as a penalty. If the candidate has not attended the question and left a question blank then there will be no penalty for that question.
Selection Criteria For Phase-III
Category-wise merit list will be made based on the aggregate marks scored in Phase II (Main Exam). There will be no sectional cut-off.
Phase-III: Psychometric Test
Those applicants who will be selected for Phase III may have to give a Psychometric test for personality profiling. According to the notification, the finding of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a thorough perspective on the candidates.
| TEST STRUCTURE | GROUP EXERCISE | INTERVIEW | TOTAL |
| Maximum Marks | 20 | 30 | 50 |
Final Selection
The applicants are required to qualify for both Phase II and Phase III separately. For making the final merit list, the marks of the Main Examination (Phase II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Phase III. The marks of the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be considered for preparing the final merit list for selection.
| The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below | |||
| Test | Main Exam | Group Exercise & Interview | Total |
| Maximum Marks | 250 | 50 | 300 |
| Normalized Marks | 75 | 25 | 100 |
Result
Candidates can check the results of the Preliminary Examination, Main Examination, and final result on the website of the bank.
Guidelines for Filling Out the Online Application
- Individuals who are interested in SBI PO posts have to register themselves online through Bank’s ‘Career’ website bank.sbi or sbi.co.in.
- After the registration procedure the candidates have to pay the application fee by using online mode with the help of a debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking.
Helpdesk
- If any candidate needs any additional information regarding filling up the form, payment of fee/ intimation charges, or receipt of Admission/ call letter, queries can call at telephone no. 022-22820427 (between 11:00 AM to 06:00 PM on working days).
- The applicant can also lodge their query on cgrs.ibps.in and have to mention ‘RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA – 2023’ in the subject of the email.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Any changes, updates, or any announcement regarding these posts will be made on Bank’s website bank.sbi or www.sbi.co.in.
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