SBI has released notification
for SBI PO Exam 2017. Candidates are required to register online to apply in
SBI for Probationary Officers (Pos). 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 Exercises & Interview.
Candidates should carefully read the notification / advertisement for the
process of examinations and interview, eligibility criteria, online registration
processes, payment of prescribed application fee/ intimation charges, pattern
of examination, issuance of call letters etc. and ensure that they fulfil the
stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes. The complete Details
for SBI PO 2017 recruitment are given below:
Important Dates for SBI PO Recruitment 2017:
1.On-line registration including Edit/Modification of
Application by candidates:
07-February-2017 to 06-March-2017
2. Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges: 07- February
-2017 to 06- March -2017
3. Download of call letters for online Preliminary
Examination: 15-April-2017 onwards
4. Online Examination – Preliminary : 29th & 30th April and 6th & 7th May,17
5. Result of Online exam – Preliminary: 17-May-2017
6. Download of Call letter for Online Main Exam: 22-May-2017
onwards
7. Conduct of Online Examination – Main: 4th June 2017
8. Declaration of Result – Main: 19th June 2017
9. Download Call Letter for Interview: 26th June 2017
10. Conduct of Group Exercises & Interview: 10th July
2017 onward
11. Declaration of Final Result: 5th August 2017
Pre-Examination
Training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates
12. Download of call letters for Pre-Exam Training: 07-04-2017
onwards
13. Conduct of Pre-Exam Training: 17-04-2017 to 22-04-2017
Pay Scale: Rs.27700 - 42220/-
Vacancy Details for SBI PO 2017:
Total Vacancy: 2400+
Category-wise vacancies:
Vacancies
|
Vacancies
(PWD)
|
SC
|
ST
|
OBC*
|
GEN
|
Total
|
OH
|
VI
|
HI
|
Total
|
347
|
350
|
606
|
1010
|
2313
|
25
|
25
|
40
|
90
|
Backlog Vacancies:
SC
|
ST
|
OBC*
|
Total
|
OH
|
VI
|
HI
|
47
|
200
|
66
|
313
|
5
|
5
|
20
|
*Vacancies reserved for OBC category are available to OBC
Candidates belonging to 'Non-creamy layer'. 'Creamy layer' OBC candidates should indicate their
category as 'General'. (Vacancies for OH, VI & HI category candidates are reserved horizontally.)
Age Limit for SBI PO 2017 : (As on 01.04.2017):
Not below 21 years
and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2017 i.e candidates must have been born not
earlier than 02.04.1987 and not later than 01.04.1996 (both days inclusive)
Relaxation of Upper age limit :
Sr. No.
|
Category
|
Age Relaxation
|
1.
|
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe
|
5 years
|
2.
|
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)
|
3 years
|
3.
|
Persons With Disabilities (PWD)
|
PWD (SC/ST)-15 Years PWD (OBC)- 13 Years PWD (Gen)- 10
Years
|
4.
|
Ex Servicemen, Commissioned officers including
Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/Short Service Commissioned Officers
(SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years military service and have been released on
completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be
completed within one year 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 invalidment.
|
5 years
|
5.
|
Persons Ordinarily domiciled of the state of Jammu
& Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989
|
5 years
|
SBI PO 2017 Eligibility Criteria:
Essential Academic Qualifications: (AS ON 1st
July, 2017):Graduation in any
discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification
recognised 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 01.07.2017. Candidates
having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of
passing the IDD is on or before 01.07.2017. Candidates possessing qualification
of Chartered Accountant may also apply.
CATEGORY CODES FOR SBI PO 2017:
Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming in the
'CREAMY LAYER', are not entitled to OBC reservation and age relaxation. They
should indicate their category as 'GEN' or 'GEN (OH)' or 'GEN (VI)' or GEN (HI)
(as applicable).
Various category names and their code numbers are given
below.
Category
|
Code
|
Category
|
Code
|
Category
|
Code
|
Category
|
Code
|
SC
|
01
|
ST
|
05
|
OBC
|
09
|
GEN
|
13
|
SC (OH)
|
02
|
ST (OH)
|
06
|
OBC (OH)
|
10
|
GEN (OH)
|
14
|
SC (VI)
|
03
|
ST (VI)
|
07
|
OBC (VI)
|
11
|
GEN (VI)
|
15
|
SC (HI)
|
04
|
ST (HI)
|
08
|
OBC (HI)
|
12
|
GEN (HI)
|
16
|
Selection Procedure for SBI PO 2017:
Phase-I : Preliminary
Examination: Preliminary
Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted
online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as
follows:
SI.
|
Name
of test
|
No.
of Questions
|
Marks
|
Duration
|
1.
|
English Language
|
30
|
30
|
Composite Time of 1 hour
|
2.
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
35
|
35
|
3.
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35
|
35
|
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
|
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 50 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
consist 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.
SI.
|
Name
of test
|
No.
of Questions
|
Marks
|
Duration
|
1.
|
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
|
45
|
60
|
60 minutes
|
2.
|
Data Analysis & Interpretation
|
35
|
60
|
45 minutes
|
3.
|
General/Economy/Banking Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
35 minutes
|
4.
|
English Language
|
35
|
40
|
40 minutes
|
|
Total
|
155
|
200
|
3 hours
|
(ii) Descriptive Test: 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 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
Exercises (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)
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 Exercises and
Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Exercises &Interview will be as
decided by the Bank.
Candidates qualifying for
Group Exercises & 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.
Final Selection
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 GE & 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 250 marks) are converted to out of 75
and marks secured in Group Exercises & 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 Exercises &Interview out of 100
for each category. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked
candidates in each category.
Results of the candidates who
have qualified for Group Exercises & Interview and the list of candidates
finally selected will be made available on the Bank's website. Final select
list will be published in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar and also in Bank’s
website.
Salary/ Emoluments for SBI PO 2017:
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
on CTC basis would be a minimum of Rs. 7.93 lacs and maximum of Rs 12.95 lacs depending on place of
posting and other factors.
APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGE for SBI
PO 2017: (Non Refundable)
Sr. No.
|
Category
|
Total
|
1.
|
SC/ST/PWD
|
Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only)
|
2.
|
General and
Others
|
Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)
|
Number of chances:
Candidates who
have already appeared for the maximum number of chances permissible are not
eligible to to apply. The number of chances will be counted from the
examination held on 18.04.2010. Appearing in Preliminary Examination will not
be counted as a chance.
Category
|
Number of Chances
|
General
|
4
|
General (PWD)
|
7
|
OBC
|
7
|
OBC(PWD)
|
7
|
SC/SC(PWD)/ ST/
ST (PWD)
|
No Restriction
|
HOW TO APPLY FOR SBI PO 2017
- Candidates can apply online only from 07.02.2017 to
06.03.2017 and no other mode of application will be accepted. Candidates will
be required to register themselves online through Bank's website www.sbi.co.in/careers
or www.statebankofindia.com/careers.
- Candidates are required to visit Bank's website
www.statebankofindia.com/careers or www.sbi.co.in/careers and open the
appropriate Online Application Format, available in the current openings.
- When the the online application is filled and saved, a
provisional registration number and password will be generated by the system
and displayed on the screen. Candidates should note down the registration
number and password. They can reopen the saved data using registration number
and password and edit the particulars, if needed.
- After registration
candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online
mode by using debit card/ credit card/Internet Banking.
Helpdesk: In case of any problem in filling up the form,
payment of fee/intimation charges or receipt of Admission/ call letter, queries may be made at telephone
no. 022-22820427 (between 11:00 AM to 06:00 PM on working days) or lodge
his/her query on
http://cgrs.ibps.in. Candidates are advised to not to forget
to mention 'Recruitment of Probationary Officers in State Bank of India-2017'
in the subject of the email.
The candidates
should download their call letter and an “acquaint yourself” booklet by entering
their registration number and password / date of birth from the Bank's website
