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(News) First Time that SBI is Conducting an Online Exam for bank POs

The banking sector is likely to create up to 20 lakh new jobs in the next five to 10 years, thanks to the new licences granted by the Reserve Bank of India, say experts.

The State Bank of India (SBI) is one of the most sought-after options — be it for clerical posts or for probationary officer posts. SBI has officially announced that it has received more than 17 lakh applications for filling 1,500 PO posts.

More than 36 lakh applications were received for the SBI clerical exam. This is the first time that SBI is conducting an online exam and students in their final year of graduation are eligible to appear.

The candidates will have to appear for the written exam, shortlisted students in the written exam have to appear in a group discussion and personal interview in order to be selected at the post of probationary officer.

The exam is in two phases. The first phase consists of objective tests for 200 marks and descriptive test for 50 marks. The objective test will be online. Immediately after the online objective test, the descriptive test will be administered. Candidates will have to answer descriptive test on paper/pen mode.