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SBI CBO Examination Pattern 2022

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SBI CBO Examination Pattern 2022

SBI CBO Selection Procedure: The selection process consists of Online Test, Screening and Interview.

SBI CBO Online Test: Online test will consist of Objective Tests for 120 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.

Objective Test: The duration of objective test is 2 hours and it consists of 4 Sections of total 120 marks. There will be separate timing for every section

Name of the Test

No. of Qs.

Max. Marks

Duration

English Language

30

30

30 minutes

Banking Knowledge

40

40

40 minutes

General Awareness/ Economy

30

30

30 minutes

Computer Aptitude

20

20

20 minutes

Total

120

120

2 hours

 

ii) SBI CBO Descriptive Test: The duration of Descriptive Test is 30 minutes. It will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) with two questions for total 50 marks. Merit list will be drawn Circle wise and Category wise on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Online Test. There will be no sectional qualifying marks. Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approx.) of the Circle wise and Category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for Screening from the top of the merit list drawn on Circle wise and Category wise subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score, as decided by the Bank.

SBI CBO Penalty for Wrong Answers: There will be no penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests.

Sectional Marks will not be maintained for Online Examination.

SBI CBO Screening:

Online application and documents of candidates, who are shortlisted based on performance in online examination, will be placed before the Screening Committee.

The Screening Committee constituted by the Bank will examine whether the candidates fulfil the required eligibility criteria of experience. The Committee will match the job profile submitted by the candidates (certified by their existing/ previous employer(s) with whom they are/were employed) with the job profile of Scale-I Generalist Officer of the State Bank of India. In case their job profile does not match substantially or is different than the job profile of Scale-I Generalist Officer of State Bank of India, then the application of the candidate will be summarily rejected. The decision of the Bank in this regard would be final and binding on all candidates. No representation or correspondence will be entertained by the Bank in this regard. The candidates, who fulfil the required experience as decided by the Screening Committee, will be called for interview.

SBI CBO Interview: Interview will consist of 50 marks. Candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks in interview to be considered for final selection. The minimum qualifying marks will be decided by the Bank.

SBI CBO Final Selection:-

The candidates will have to qualify both in Online Test and Interview separately. The marks obtained in Online Test, both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Interview for preparing the final merit list. Final merit list would be prepared based on normalization of marks scored in Online Test and Interview with 75:25 weightage respectively.

Marks secured by the candidates in the Online Test (out of 170 marks) are converted to out of 75 marks and Interview scores of candidates (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25 marks. The final merit list (Circle wise and category wise) is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Online Test and Interview. Selection will be made from the top ranked candidates in merit list prepared on Circle wise and Category wise.

SBI CBO Result Publication:- Results of candidates called for Interview, Final Result etc. will be made available on the Bank's website.

Check SBI CBO Notification 2022  

Published date : 18 Oct 2022 03:58PM

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