State Bank of India has invited the applications for probationary officers (PO’s) from eligible India Citizen.
Vacancies:
Following are the posts and vacancies for Probationary Officers
| Posts |
Vacancies |
Vacancies (PWD) |
| Probationary Officers |
SC |
ST |
OBC |
GEN |
Total |
VH |
CH |
Total |
| 150 |
75 |
270 |
505 |
1000 |
15 |
15 |
30 |
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:
i) Essential Academic Qualification: Graduation in any discipline from a recognized college / University.
ii) Age Limit: As on 01.05.2011 Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.05.2011
Selection Procedure:
Candidate will be selected by two phases.
Phase-I: Written Examination i.e Combined Duration 3 Hrs. (Combined Objective & Descriptive Type Tests) having maximum marks-250 (combined)
The duration of objective type test will be 2 hours, Max. marks 200 and will consist of:
i) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
ii) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
iii)Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
iv) Test of Reasoning (High Level)
The duration of Descriptive type test will be 1 hour, Max. marks-50 and the test will be of "Test of English Language (Comprehension, short precis, letter writing & essay)" Descriptive test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who are adequately high in percentile ranking in each of all the four objective tests and have scored overall aggregate 40% and above in case of General category and aggregate 35% and above in case SC/ST/OBC/PWD category. The qualifying marks for descriptive test will also be overall aggregate 40% for General category and overall aggregate 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD. The merit list of written examination will be based on the aggregate of the marks obtained by the candidates in Objective and Descriptive tests.
Phase-II: Group Discussion & Interview : Max Marks - 50. [GD - 20 Interview - 30]
The aggregate marks of objective test and descriptive test will be arranged in descending order and the candidates who have qualified in both the written examinations will becalled for group discussion and interview depending upon the vacancies in each category, subject to maximum of 3 times of the vacancies.
Final Selection:
The marks of group discussion and interview will be put together and the candidates who secure minimum 40% marks (minimum 35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) in group discussion and interview will be considered for final selection. The candidate will have to pass both in Phase I & II separately. Phase I & Phase II marks will be aggregated and arranged in descending order (category wise) for candidates who have qualified in both the phases separately and depending on the vacancies, selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category. Results of the candidates who have qualified for Phase I and thereafter the list of candidates finally selected will be available on the Bank's website in addition to publication in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar.
Application Fee and Postage:
The Fee would be Non-Refundable. The Free can be deposited from 18.05.2011 and 07.06.2011 in any branch of State Bank of India.
For SC / ST / PWD the total fee for any one or both the posts is Rs. 500/-
For General and Others the total fee for any one or both the posts is Rs. 500/-
How to Apply:
To apply online candidates required to download from Bank’s website
www.sbi.co.in/ or
www.statebankofindia.com/ the CASH VOUCHER for payment of the application fee.
Last Date for Registration of On-Line Applications: Application must be registered on or before the 09.06.2011.
For more information visit here
http://sbi.co.in/webfiles/uploads/files/1305357416999_SBI_PO_17072011_Advt.pdf 
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