SBI PO Exam Overview

SBI Bank Probationary Officer Examination in India

Bank Jobs are considered as one of one of the prestigious careers in our social value system.

Undoubtedly bank jobs are rewarding financially and give a lot of social security. The reason for this is the government control on banks' funds management system, as these are key players of the economy. Jobs in public sector banks, the biggest milestone in the Indian banking industry was nationalization of 19 private banks in 1969. These nationalized banks together with RBI and State Bank of India played the key role for industrialization and infrastructure development funding in India.

The government owned banks and nationalized banks helped the development in rural, agricultural, food production, animal husbandry, urbanization and infrastructure development. In industrial financing, the nationalized banks were actively supporting even years before the dedicated industrial financing houses started operating. Now the nationalized banks are more resourceful in terms of products and services as well as employment opportunities.

SBI Probationary Officer Exam Details

SBI Probationary Officers Recruitment Exam is held every year by the Central Recruitment Board (State Bank Group) generally in the month of September-October.

There are two stages, namely a written test and an interview.

In phase I - Candidate will be called for an objective and descriptive type written examination. Question paper will be in bilingual form i.e. in Hindi and English except the test of English language. The objective type examination will consist of test of reasoning (75 questions and time suggested is 50 minutes), quantitative aptitude (50 questions and time suggested is 30 minutes), general awareness (50 questions and time suggested is 25 minutes), test of computer literacy and English language (50 questions and time suggested is 30 minutes).

Also, there are negative marks for wrong answers. So total number of questions asked is 225 and 135 minutes allotted for objective test.

The descriptive type of test consists of test of English language. Time allotted is 45 minutes. It serves to measure the candidate's higher order cognitive abilities such as comprehension and analysis of situations, generation of unique ideas or situations as well as language ability. Three out of four questions have to be answered on a given situation with answers to be restricted to the space provided in the question-cum-answer sheet. There are no negative marks for questions pertaining psychometric tests and in descriptive type examination.

In phase II - Those who qualify on the basis of order of merit in the written examination as referred above are then called for group discussion and interview.

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