SBI PO Recruitment 2020 Online Form
Prospective candidates, who aspire to join State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer, can apply after carefully reading the advertisement regarding eligibility criteria, online registration processes, payment of application fee, issuance of call letters, process & pattern of examinations/ interview, etc. and ensure that they fulfil the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes. Eligible candidates are required to register on-line for the recruitment process which will be held in three phases viz. (1) Phase-l; (ii) Phase-Il; and (iii) Phase-III. Candidates who are shortlisted after Phase-I will have to appear for Phase-II. Candidates who are shortlisted after the Phase-II will be subsequently called for Phase-III.
The tentative schedule of events is as follows:
| Activity | Tentative Dates |
| On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates | 14.Nov.2020 to 04.Dec.2020 |
| Payment of Application Fee | 14.Nov.2020 to 04.Dec.2020 |
| Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters | 3rd week of Dec 2020 onwards |
| Phase-l: Online Preliminary Examination | 31st Dec 2020 & 2nd, 4th, 5th Jan 2021 |
| Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination | 3rd week of January 2021 |
| Download of Main Examination Call letter | 3rd week of January 2021 onwards |
| Phase-Il: Online Main Examination | 29th January 2021 |
| Declaration of Result of Main Examination | 3rd/4th week of February 2021 |
| Download of Phase-III Call Letter | 3rd/4th week of February 2021 onwards. |
| Phase-Ill: Interview (Or Interview & Group Exercises) | February March 2021 |
| Declaration of Final Result | Last week of March 2021 |
| Pre-Examination Training for SCI ST/ Religious Minority Community candidates | |
| Download of call letters for Pre-Examination Training | 2nd week of Dec 2020 onwards |
| Conduct of Pre-Examination Training | 3rd/4th week of Dec 2020 |
Candidates are advised to regularly visit Bank’s website https://bank.sbl/careers or https://www.sbi.co.in/careers for details and updates.
VACANCIES:
Vacancies detailed above are provisional and may vary according to Bank’s requirements
Vacancies reserved for OBC category are available only to the Non-creamy layer’ OBC candidates. ”Creamy layer” OBC candidates should indicate their category as ‘General”.
# Vacancies for PWD category candidates are reserved horizontally.
@ PWD categories under clauses ‘d’ & ‘e’ of Section 34 ( i ) of RPWD Act 2016 are:
- (i ) “Specific Learning Disability’ (SLD): (ii) “Mental Illness” (MI); (iii) “Multiple Disabilities (multiple disabilities amongst LD, VI, HI, SLD & MI).
Reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in recruitment is governed by Office Memorandum no. 36039/1/2019-Estt (Res) dated 31.01.2019 of Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance & Pensions, Government of India.
Disclaimer: “EWS vacancies are tentative and subject to further directives of Govemment of India and outcome of any litigation. The appointment is provisional and is subject to the income & Asset certificate being verified through the proper channels.”
1. ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA:
(A) Essential Academic Qualifications (as on 31.12.2020):
Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final Yearl Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before_31.12.2020. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.12.2020 Candidates possessing qualification of Chartered Accountant may also apply.
Note:
- The date of passing eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark sheet 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, 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.
- Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in the online application. Where CGPA OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage and indicated in the online application. If called for interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of these norms.
- Calculation of Percentage: The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all the semester year(s) by aggregate maximum marks in all the subjects irrespective of Honours/ optional/ additional optional subject, if any. This will be applicable for those Universities also where Class/ Grade is decided on basis of Honours marks only. The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60% and 54.99% will be treated as less than 55%.
Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2020):
Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2020 i.e. candidates must have been bom not later than 01.04.1999 and not earlier than 02.04.1990 (both days inclusive) Relaxation in Upper age limit shall be as below:
NOTE: CUMULATIVE AGE RELAXATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE EITHER UNDER THE ABOVE ITEMS OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS
Other: I.
- Candidates with record of default in repayment of loans/ credit card dues and/ or against whose name adverse report of CIBIL or other external agencies are available are not eligible for appointment.
- Candidates against whom there is are adverse report regarding character & antecedents, moral turpitude are not eligible to apply for the post.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-tier process:
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:
Selection.criteria for. Main. Examination
Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Preliminary Examination. There will be no sectional cut-off. Candidates numbering 10 times (approx.) the numbers of vacancies in each category will be short listed for Main Examination from the top of above merit list.
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.
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.
(i) Objective Test:
The duration of objective test is 3 hours and it consists of 4 Sections of total 200 marks. There will be separate timing for every section.
(ii) 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.
Selection criteria for Phase-III:
Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Phase-Il (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-Ill from the top of the category wise merit list subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score.
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.
Phase-Ill:
In view of the Social Distancing and safety measures necessitated due to COVID-19 pandemic, the 3rd Phase may comprise of (0) Interview only (50 marks) OR (ii) Interview (30 marks) & Group Exercises (20 marks). Candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks in Phase-Ill to be considered for final selection.
Candidates qualifying for Phase-Ill 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 to be interviewed under General category will not be entertained.
Final Selection
The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-Il 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-Ill 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.
Marks secured by the candidates in the Phase-Il (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 marks and Phase-Ill scores of candidates (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25 marks. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Phase-ll and Phase-III. Selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.
Result Publication
Results of the Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and the Final Result will be made available on the Bank’s website.
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