SBI PO Prelims Recruitment Exam 2017: Complete Information

SBI is one of the oldest and most trusted banks of India and career in SBI is most candidate’s desire, getting job in SBI is most exciting and secure job in banking sector. State Bank of India has been conducting SBI PO Exam every year. There are a total of 2403 vacancies for the post of Probationary Officer in various branches of State Bank of I see more...

Post Name

State Bank of India – Probationary Officer

Date of Exam

7th May, 2017

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Exam Guide

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Application Procedure

MODE OF EXAM : Online

Online Procedure to apply for SBI PO 2017

Go to official link - www.sbi.co.in/careers or www.statebankofindia.com/careers and register yourself.
Go through the instructions for applying the application form.
Register with valid email address and enter a valid password as your credentials.
Fill academic and personal details and also select paper Upload photo and signature in required format. (refer notification)
After registration, candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using Debit Card/ Credit Card/Internet Banking.
After final submission take a print-out application form for further usage.

Eligibility Criteria

Education Qualification

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised 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.

Age Limit

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).

Refer to the following table to see relaxation in Age Limit.

Selection Process

Similar to most bank examinations for the post of Probationary Officer, the selection procedure for SBI PO 2017 is 3-Tier.

Phase-I: SBI PO Preliminary Examination (Online CBT)
Phase-II: SBI PO Mains Examination (Online CBT)
Phase-III: Group Discussion & Interview

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.

Exam Pattern

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:

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 shortlisted for the Main Examination.

Exam Syllabus

SBI PO Exam Syllabus 2017 for Reasoning Ability

Puzzle and Circular/Linear/Square Arrangement
Inequality
Syllogism
Blood Relations
Direction sense
Order and Ranking
Coding – Decoding

SBI PO Exam Syllabus 2017 for Quantitative Aptitude

Number Series
Quadratic Equations
Data Interpretation
Simplification/ Approximation
Miscellaneous (Age, Mixture Allegation, Partnership,Pipes and Cisterns, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, Probability etc.)

SBI PO Exam Syllabus 2017 for English Language

Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test (New and Old Pattern)
Parajumbles (New and Old Pattern)
Spotting Errors (New and Old Pattern)
Sentence Improvement
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S.NO.	EVENT DATE	DETAIL
1	10th February, 2017 - 10th February, 2017	Tentative Notification Release Dates
2	7th February, 2017 - 6th March, 2017	Online form filling process
3	16th April, 2017 - 7th May, 2017	Tentative Admit Card Download Dates
4	29th April, 2017 - 7th May, 2017	Tentative Exam Date
5	17th May, 2017 - 17th May, 2017	Tentative Result Date

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Post Name

State Bank of India – Probationary Officer

Date of Exam

7th May, 2017

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