State Bank of India (SBI) published notification for recruitment for Probationary Officer posts. For more details about this recruitment like, educational qualification, age limit, selection process, how to apply, online registration & more details as under. You can view official notification by following link.
Total no of Posts: 2200
Name of Posts: Probationary Officer
Educational Qualification:
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 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 31.08.2016. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2016. Candidates possessing qualification of Chartered Accountant may also apply.
Age limit: 21 to 30 year (as on 01/04/2016)
Application fee: SC/ST/PWD Rs. 100/- (Intimation Charges only), General, OBC Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges). Candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using Debit Card/ Credit Card/Internet Banking.
Selection Process:
- 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:
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
- Phase – III: Group Discussion (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks) - The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and the 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
- 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 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 250 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.
How to apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through official website
Important dates:
- Online registration including edit/modification of application by candidates: 04/05/2016
- Last date for online application: 25/05/2016
- Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges: 04/05/2016 to
24/05/201627/05/2016 - 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: 31/07/2016
- Declaration of Result – Main: 16/08/2016
- Download Call Letter for Interview: 22/08/2016
- Conduct of Group Discussion & Interview: 01/09/2016
- Declaration of Final Result: 30/09/2016
- 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
Important links:
- View official advertisement here
- Apply online here (started 04/05/2016)
