SBI PO Online Form, SBI New Exam Pattern 2016

Annual recruitment exercise is conducted for the post of Probationary Officers for SBI and separately for Probationary Officers in Associate Banks of SBI. The advertisements are generally announced in the month of April & September respectively.

 Important dates: -

Activity	Dates
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 27-05-2016
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
Pre-Examination Training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community Candidates
Download of Call Letters for Pre-Exam Training		13-06-2016 onwards
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training		20-06-2016 to 25-06-2016

Total Number of Vacancies: -

Vacancies					Vacancies(PWD)
SC	ST	OBC*	GEN	TOTAL	OH	VI	HI	TOTAL
351	231	590	1028	2200	20	20	20	60

Backlog vacancies detailed as under have been included in the above mentioned total vacancies

SC	ST	OBC*	TOTAL
47	79	42	168

Eligibility Criteria: -

Educational Qualifications: -

Graduate degree 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 provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before eligibility date as given in related advertisement.

Age Limit: -

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on eligibility date as given in related advertisement.

Number of Attempts: -

Category	No. Of Attempts
General	4
General (PWD)	7
OBC	7
OBC (PWD)	7
SC/SC(PWD)/ ST/ ST (PWD)	No Restriction

Pre-examination training for SC/ST & religious minority community candidates

Bank may arrange pre-examination training at certain centers for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the guidelines issued by Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories who desire to avail themselves of such training at their own cost may indicate to that effect against relevant column while applying on-line.

Selection Procedure: -

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.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination

Sr.No.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100	Composite Time of 1 hour

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be short listed for the Main Examination.

Phase - II: Main Examination

Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 25 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.

I. Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section. The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

Test	Name of the test	No. of Qs	Max. Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
3	General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	40	40	35 minutes
3	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
	Total	155	200	3 hours

II. Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 25 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

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.

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both - Preliminary and Main examination) There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

Phase - III: Group Discussion & Interview

The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and 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.

Sl.	Name of the test	Max. Marks
1	Group Discussion	20
2	Interview	30
	Total	50

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective Test and Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in GD & Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of the final merit list.

The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 225 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Written Test and Group Discussion &Interview out of 100 for each category. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.

SL.	Name of the test	Maximum Marks	Normalized to
1	Main Examination (Tier - II)	225	75
2	GD & Interview (Tier - III)	50	25
	Total	275	100

Emoluments (As on 31.03.2016): -

Presently the starting basic pay is Rs.27,620/- (with 4 advance increments) in the scale of Rs. 23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I. 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. The total compensation per annum would be a minimum of Rs. 7.55 lacs and maximum of Rs. 12.93 lacs depending on place of posting and other factors.

SBI plans to offer, subject to necessary approvals, a SMART Compensation package which would enable candidates a choice to monetize specific elements of the salary package.

Careers Path

The Probationary Officers will be on probation of two years during which they will be given intensive training. Towards the end of their probation / training period, they will be subjected to a screening process. While those Officers who achieve the predetermined standards may be confirmed and given placement in the next higher grade i.e., Officer Middle Management Grade Scale-II, others who qualify in the test but fail to achieve the standards set for placement in Middle Management Grade Scale-II, will be confirmed as Officer Junior Management Grade Scale-I. The services of those Officers who fail to qualify in this process will be terminated. Bank provides immense opportunities for growth in the Bank including opportunities for postings abroad. The attractive promotion policy of the Bank provides an opportunity to the meritorious and exceptionally brilliant officers to reach the Top Management Grade in a reasonably quick time.

How to Apply: -

Candidates will be required to register themselves online through Bank's website www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in. After registration candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using debit card/ credit card/Internet banking during specified dates given in respective advertisement.

Application fee and Intimation charge (Non Refundable).

SL.	Category	Total
1	SC/ST/PWD	Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only)
2	General, OBC	Rs.600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

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