State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment for
Probationary Officers 1500 Vacancies last date to apply 23 feb 2013
Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens
for appointment as Probationary Officers (POs) in State Bank of India.
Candidates selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India.
ONLINE REGISTRATION OF APPLICATION:
30.01.2013 TO 23.02.2013
PAYMENT OF FEES - ONLINE :
30.01.2013 TO 23.02.2013
PAYMENT OF FEES - OFFLINE :
01.02.2013 TO 28.02.2013
DATE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION :
28.04.2013
VACANCIES:
SC ST
OBC GEN
TOTAL VH
OH TOTAL
225 112
405 758
1500 22
22 44
Vacancies for OH & VH category candidates are
reserved horizontally. Vacancies including reserved vacancies are provisional
and may vary according to the requirements of Bank.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA : (AS ON 01.01.2013)
(A) Essential Academic Qualifications:
Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University
or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government.
(B) Age Limit: As on 01.01.2013
Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on
01.01.2013 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.01.1983 and
not later than 01.01.1992 (both days inclusive)
Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit to Reserved category
candidates
Upper age is relaxable by
(i) 3 years in the case of OBC candidates.
(ii) 5 years in the case of : (a) SC/ST candidates. (b)
Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
(a) Phase-I: Written Examination (250 marks) consisting
of Objective Tests and Descriptive Test.
(i) Objective Tests (200 marks): The Objective Tests with
2 hour duration will consists of 4 Sections
with 50 marks each as follows:
(a) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary,
Comprehension etc)
(b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing and Computers
(c) Test of Data Analysis and Interpretation
(d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)
The candidates are required to qualify in the Objective
Tests by securing passing marks, in each of the tests, to be decided by the
Bank on the basis of the performance of all the competing candidates taken
together in each test to a minimum required level for each category.
(ii) Descriptive Test (50 marks): The Descriptive Test
with 1 hour duration will be of “Test of English
Language (comprehension, short précis, 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 as stated
above in (i).
(b) Phase-II: Group Discussion (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 and the
candidates in the order of merit, subject to 3 times the number of vacancies in
each category, will be called for Group Discussion and Interview. The
qualifying marks in Group Discussion & Interview will be as decided by the
Bank.
(c) Final Selection:
The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-I and
Phase-II separately.
Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out
of 250 marks maximum) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group
Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks maximum) 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.
Results of the candidates who have qualified for Phase II
and thereafter, the list of candidates finally
selected will be available on the Bank’s website. Final
select list will be published in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar.
DATE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION: 28.04.2013
(SUNDAY)
APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGE: (Non
Refundable)
1. SC / ST / PWD Rs. 50/- (Intimation Charges
only)
2. General and Others Rs. 200/- (App. fee
including intimation charges)
HOW TO APPLY:
Candidates will be required to register themselves online
first through Bank's website
www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in.
After which candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee
through one of the following mode-
(i) Offline mode (the system will generate a cash
voucher/ challan form pre-printed with the candidate's details which will be
required to be presented at any State Bank of India branch counter with the requisite
fee. On payment of the requisite fee through computer generated challan form,
registration of the online application will be complete).
(ii) Online mode (the payment can be made by using
debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking).
Pre-requisites for Applying Online Candidates should have
valid email ID which should be kept active till the declaration of results. It
will help him/her in getting call letter/interview advices etc. by email.
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