
State Bank of India
(Central Recruitment & Promotion
Department Advertisement No. Crpd/Po/2012-13/04)
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.
Probationary Officers (POs)
Total Posts: 1500
Essential Academic Qualifications: Graduation in any discipline from a
recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the
Central Government.
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)
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