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State Bank of India (SBI) has released the notification for the recruitment of 600 Probationary Officers (POs) posts. Those candidates who have met all eligibility criteria and are interested in the vacancy details can read the notification and submit their application online.

Probationary Officers: 600 Posts

SBI Pos Recruitment 2024 - Qualifications (As on 30/04/25):

Graduation in any discipline.

SBI Pos Recruitment 2024 - Age Limit: (As on 01.04.24):

21 - 30 years

SBI Pos Recruitment 2024 - Application Fee:

Rs.750/- for General/ EWS/ OBC candidates and Nil for SC/ ST/ PwBD candidates.

SBI Pos Recruitment 2024 - How to Apply?

Candidates can apply online only
No other mode of application will be accepted.

SBI Pos Recruitment 2024 - Important Dates:

Activity	Tentative Dates
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates	27.12.2024 to 16.01.2025
Payment of Application Fee	27.12.2024 to 16.01.2025
Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters	3rd or 4th week of February 2025 onwards
Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination	8th & 15th March 2025
Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination	April 2025
Download of Main Examination Call letter	2nd Week of April 2025 onwards
Phase-II: Online Main Examination	April / May 2025
Declaration of Result of Main Examination	May / June 2025
Download of Phase-III Call Letter	May / June 2025
Phase-III: Psychometric Test	May / June 2025
Interview & Group Exercises	May / June 2025
Declaration of Final Result	May / June 2025
Pre-Examination Training for SC/ ST/ Religious Minority Community candidates
Download of call letters for Pre-Examination Training	January / February 2025
Conduct of Pre- Examination Training	February 2025

SBI Pos Exam Pattern 2024

Candidates who are search for State Bank of India (SBI) Probationary Officers (POs) examination pattern 2024 can check this page

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Phase-I

Preliminary Examination:

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online. The test will have of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:

Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	40	Total Maximum Marks 100	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	30		20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	30		20 minutes
Total	100		1 hour

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Phase-II

Main Examination:

Main Examination will be conducted online and will consist of Objective Tests for 200 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

Test	Name of the test	No. of Qs.	Max. Marks	Duration
I	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40	60	50 minutes
II	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30	60	45 minutes
III	General / Economy/ Banking Awareness	60	60	45 minutes
IV	English Language	40	20	40 minutes
	Total	170	200	3 hours
(ii) Descriptive Paper
Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing)		--	50	30 minutes

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Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both - Preliminary & Main Examination): There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

Sectional Marks will not be maintained for both Preliminary & Main Examinations.
Selection criteria for Phase-III: Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Phase-II (Main Exam). There will be no sectional cut-off. Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approx.) of the category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for Phase-III from the top of the category wise merit list subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score, as decided by the Bank.

Phase-III:

Psychometric Test: The Bank may conduct Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase-III. Finding of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a through perspective on the candidates.

III Phase Comprise of:

Test Structure	Group exercise	Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	20	30	50

The minimum qualifying marks will be decided by the Bank.

Candidates qualifying for Phase-III under 'OBC' category would be required to submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non-Creamy layer' clause. Candidates who have registered themselves as OBC but do not submit OBC 'Non-Creamy layer' certificate and request for interview under General category will not be entertained.

Candidates qualifying for Phase-III under EWS category would be required to submit EWS certificate issued based on gross annual income for the financial year 2021-22 as per DoPT guidelines. Candidates who have registered themselves as EWS but do not submit EWS certificate issued based on gross annual income for the financial year 2021-22 as per DoPT guidelines and request for interview under General category will not be entertained.

Final Selection: The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. The marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Phase-III for preparing the final merit list. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.