SBI PO 600 Vacancies Recruitment Notification pdf download
SBI PO (PROBATIONARY OFFICERS) RECRUITMENT NOTIFICATION DETAILS
State Bank of India invites online applications from eligible Indian citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers. The selected candidates may be posted anywhere in India. Candidates are requested to apply online through the link given on Bank’s official website https://bank.sbi/web/careers/current-openings. The prospective candidates, who intend to apply for the Post are advised to apply only after carefully reading and understanding the undernoted contents of this notification. (SBI PO 600 Vacancies Recruitment Notification pdf download)
SBI PO 2024 Vacancies:
| CATEGORY WISE VACANCIES | PwBD VACANCIES | |||||||||
| Category | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | Total | VI | HI | LD | d & e |
| Regular Vacancies | 87 | 43 | 158 | 58 | 240 | 586 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Backlog Vacancies | – | 14 | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | 20 | – | 20 |
| Total Vacancies | 87 | 57 | 158 | 58 | 240 | 600 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 26 |
Abbreviations: SC- Scheduled Castes, ST- Scheduled Tribes, OBC- Other Backward Classes, EWS- Economically Weaker Section, UR- Unreserved Category, PwBD-Person with Benchmark Disability, VI- Visually Impaired, HI- Hearing Impaired, LD- Locomotor Disability
Tentative Schedule:
- On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates: 27.12.2024 to 16.01.2025
- Payment of Application Fee: 27.12.2024 to 16.01.2025
- Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters: 3rd or 4th week of February 2025 onwards
- Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination: 8th & 15th March 2025
- Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination: April 2025
- Download of Main Examination Call letter: 2nd Week of April 2025 onwards
- Phase-II: Online Main Examination: April / May 2025
- Declaration of Result of Main Examination: May / June 2025
- Download of Phase-III Call Letter: May / June 2025
- Phase-III: Psychometric Test: May / June 2025
- Interview & Group Exercises: May / June 2025
- Declaration of Final Result: May / June 2025
Pre-Examination Training for SC/ ST/ OBC / PwBD candidates
- Download of call letters for Pre-Examination Training: January / February 2025
- Conduct of Pre- Examination Training: February 2025
SBI PO 2024 Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2024):
Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2024 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2003 and not earlier than 02.04.1994 (both days inclusive). Relaxation in Upper age limit shall be as below:
- Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-Creamy Layer): 3 years
- Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes (SC/ ST): 5 years
- Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD): PwBD (UR/ EWS)-10 years, PwBD (OBC)-13 years, PwBD (SC/ ST)-15 years
- 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
SBI PO 2024 Essential Academic Qualifications (as on 30.04.2025):
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 30.04.2025. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 30.04.2025. Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant etc. would also be eligible.
SBI PO 2024 SELECTION PROCEDURE (EXAM PATTERN):
The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process.
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online. The test will have of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
| SL. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 40 | Total Maximum Marks 100 | 20 minutes |
| 2. | Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 20 minutes | |
| 3. | Reasoning Ability | 30 | 20 minutes | |
| Total | 100 | 20 minutes | ||
Selection criteria for Main Examination: Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Preliminary Examination. There will be no sectional cut-off in preliminary examination. Candidates numbering 10 times (approx.) of the numbers of vacancies in each category will be short listed for Main Examination from the top of above merit list.
Phase-II: Main Examination:
The Main Examination will be conducted online and will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. The Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after conclusion of the Objective Test and candidates will have to type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer.
| (i) Objective Test: The duration of objective test is 3 hours, and it consists of 4 Sections of total 200 marks. There will be separate timing for every section. | ||||
| Test | Name of the test | No. of Qs. | Max. Marks | Duration |
| I | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 50 minutes |
| II | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| III | General Awareness / Economy/ Banking Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| IV | English Language | 40 | 20 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 170 | 200 | 3 hours | |
| (ii) Descriptive Paper | ||||
| Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing) | – | 50 | 30 minutes | |
| Grand Total | 250 | |||
SECTIONAL CUT OFF / MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS IN MAIN EXAMINATION:
- Each candidate will have to score a minimum score in each test (i.e. Test I, II, III, IV & Descriptive paper individually) in Main Examination.
- Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for Phase III.
SELECTION CRITERIA FOR PHASE-III:
Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Phase-II (Main Exam). Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approx.) of the category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for Phase-III from the top of the category wise merit list subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score, as decided by the Bank.
PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (APPLICABLE TO BOTH – PRELIMINARY & MAIN EXAMINATION):
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Phase-III: Comprise of (a) PSYCHOMETRIC TEST (b) GROUP EXERCISE (c) PERSONAL INTERVIEW
(a) PSYCHOMETRIC TEST: The Bank will conduct Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase-III. Findings of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a thorough perspective on the candidates.
| TEST STRUCTURE | (b) GROUP EXERCISE | (c) INTERVIEW | TOTAL |
| Maximum Marks | 20 | 30 | 50 |
The minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.
FINAL SELECTION:
The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. The marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Phase-III for preparing the final merit list. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.
The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below.
| Test | Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive) | Group Exercise & Interview | Total |
| Maximum Marks | 250 | 50 | 300 |
| Normalized Marks | 75 | 25 | 100 |
The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Phase-II and Phase-III. Selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.
Result Publication:
Results of the Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and the Final Result will be made available on the Bank’s website.
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