Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers (POs) in Associate Banks of State Bank of India. Candidates selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India.

Vacancies for OH & VH category candidates are reserved horizontally. Vacancies including
reserved vacancies are provisional and may vary according to the requirements of Bank.

REGISTRATION START FROM :- 1-9-2015  TO 18-9-2014

1. ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA : (AS ON 01.09.2014)

(A) Essential Academic Qualifications :
Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification
recognised as such by the Central Government.
Candidate having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date
of passing the IDD is on or before the eligiblity date.

Note : The date of passing eligiblity examination will be the date appearing on the marksheet or provisional certificate issued by the University / Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University / Institute then a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University / Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.

(B) Age Limit : (As on 01.09.2014)
Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.09.2014 i.e candidates must have

been born not earlier than 02.09.1984 and not later than 01.09.1993 (both days inclusive)


SELECTION PROCEDURE :
Phase-I Examination consisting Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive
Test for 50 marks.
The Objective Test will be online. Immediately after the online Objective Test,
Descriptive Test will be administered. Questions relating to Descriptive Test
will be available on computer (Online) and candidates will have to write the
answers on the answer sheet (Offline) provided to them on Paper/Pen mode.
(i) Objective Test: The Objective Test with 2hours duration consists of 4 Sections with
50 marks each (Total 200 marks) as follows:
a) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)
The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

(ii) Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test with 1 hour duration (50marks) 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 and are Placed adequately high
as per total marks in objective test.
(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. Adequate number of
candidates in each category, as decided by the Bank will be called for Group Discussion
and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Discussion & Interview will be as decided
by the Bank.
Candidates qualified for GD & Interview under 'OBC' catagory are required to
submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause. Candidates not
submiting the OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause and
requesting to be interviewed under General catagory will not be entertained.
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) are converted
to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks)
are converted to out of 25. 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.
Results of the candidates who have qualified for Phase II and the list of candidates
finally selected will be made available on the Bank’s website. 

HOW TO APPLY :- REGISTER here for SBI PO