STATE BANK OF INDIA PROBATIONARY OFFICER RECRUITMENT 2017

In India State Bank of India recruitment of Probationary Officers is a more sought after one.  The reasons are —salary is good  or more than the market.  also job security is there,  Job security is considered more important nowadays in the light of Information Technology companies sending a lot of people home due to business loss or for reducing the costs.  Companies like CTS, TCS, Infosys, Wipro also send hundreds of people every few months home.  This causes a lot of mental agony for the youngsters.

 

In the light of this I am giving below a few details about SBI probationary officer recruitment which may be found useful by many youngsters.

 

Minimum qualification :  Graduation in Commerce/Arts/Science.Engineering etc.   (Only candidates who are bright can clear this test because it is really tough and the competition is very acute)

 

SBI PO (2017) Pattern

Selection Procedure –

Phase I – Preliminary Examination consisting of online objective tests of 1 hour duration for 100 marks. Candidates equivalent to approximately 20 times the number of posts would be shortlisted after the Phase – I preliminary examination for further selection process. The marks obtained in the Phase – I is only for shortlisting the candidates for the next step and shall not be considered for final selection.

Phase II – Mains Examination consisting of online objective and descriptive tests of 3 hours duration for 250 marks. Adequate number of candidates under various categories would be shortlisted for further process on the basis of their performance in Mains Examination

Phase III – Group Exercises (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks) – Candidates would need to score minimum qualifying marks (decided by bank) in order to be considered for final selection

Final Selection – Marks scored by candidates in Phase – II (Mains exam) would be converted to 75 marks and Marks scored in Group Exercise and Interview would be converted to 25 marks. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Written Test and Group Discussion &Interview out of 100 for each category. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.

Paper Pattern (SBI PO – 2017 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:

Sr. No.	Name of Test	No. of questions	Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 hour
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank.

 

I hope the above information will be found useful by youngsters in India.  For further details I suggest you visit the website of state bank of India.  good day