Applications are invited for 4500 posts from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers(POs) and Probationary Officers (Rural Business) [POs (RB)] in State Bank of India. Candidates.Selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India. In case of POs (RB) the selected officers will remain under Rural Business Group (RBG) for a minimum period of 10 year
********Extend the last date of receipt of application fee and the on-line registration to 10th March, 2010 for the above post **********
DATES TO REMEMBER:
DATE OF COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION: 11.04.2010 (SUNDAY) 18.04.2010 (SUNDAY)
ON-LINE REGISTRATION WILL START FROM: 01.02.2010
LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION OF ON-LINE APPLICATIONS: 02.03.2010 10.03.2010
VACANCIES:
Vacancies for OH & VH category candidates are reserved horizontally. Vacancies including reserved vacancies are provisional and may vary according to the requirements of Bank.
| POST | VACANCIES | VACANCIES (PWD) | ||||||
| SC | ST | OBC | GEN | TOTAL | VH | OH | TOTAL | |
| Probationary Officers | 345 | 372 | 621 | 1162 | 2500 | 75 | 61 | 136 |
| Probationary Officers (Rural Business) | 300 | 150 | 540 | 1010 | 2000 | 30 | 30 | 60 |
| TOTAL | 645 | 522 | 1161 | 2172 | 4500 | 105 | 91 | 196* |
*This includes backlog vacancies now being made available in terms of recent Govt. of India
guideline, over and above regular vacancies for PWD.
Note : (1) Eligible candidates desirous of applying for both the posts should Register single on-line application by depositing fees only once.
(2)There will be a common written examination for both the Posts. Candidates have an option to apply for both the Posts while registering On-line application.
ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA: (AS ON 28/02/2010)
Essential Academic Qualifications:
General Category & Others Category: 60% aggregate marks in XIIth standard or in Diploma after Xth standard
AND
55% aggregate marks in Graduation.
SC / ST / PWD Category: 55% aggregate marks in XIIth standard or in Diploma after Xth standard
AND
50% aggregate marks in Graduation.
In case of candidates having professional qualification(s) of CA or CWA or CFA or CS (Company Secretary), where graduation is not compulsory, the General & others category candidates should have secured minimum 60% aggregate marks in XIIth standard or Diploma (55% in case of SC/ST/PWD candidates) and pass marks in above examination(s).
Age Limit: As on 28.02.2010
Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 28.02.2010 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 01.03.1980 and not later than 28.02.1989 (both days inclusive)
Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit to Reserved category candidates
Upper age is relaxable by
(i) 3 years in the case of OBC candidates.
(ii) 5 years in the case of : (a) SC/ST candidates. (b) Ex-servicemen.
(iii) 10 years for VH/OH (Gen); 13 years for VH/OH (OBC) and 15 years for VH/OH
(SC/ST) candidates.
Notes for Orthopaedically Handicapped (OH)/Visually Handicapped (VH)
Candidates
CATEGORY :
Instructions for writing Category Name and Category Code no. while
applying online.
Various category names and their code numbers are given below :
| Category Name | Code No. | Category Name | Code No. | Category Name | Code No. | Category Name | Code No. |
| SC | 1 | ST | 4 | OBC | 7 | GEN | 10 |
| SC(OH) | 2 | ST(OH) | 5 | OBC(OH) | 8 | GEN(OH) | 11 |
| SC(VH) | 3 | ST(VH) | 6 | OBC(VH) | 9 | GEN(VH) | 12 |
SELECTION PROCEDURE (COMMON FOR BOTH THE POSTS) :
Phase- I : Written Examination — Combined Duration 3 Hrs. (Combined Objective
& Descriptive Type Tests) — [Max marks-250 (combined)]
The duration of objective type test will be 2 hours, Max. marks 200 and will consist of :
i) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
ii) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
iii)Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
iv) Test of Reasoning (High Level)
The duration of Descriptive type test will be 1 hour, Max. marks-50 and the test will be
of “Test of English Language (Comprehension, short precis, letter writing & essay)”
Phase-II : Group Discussion & Interview :
a) For POs – Max Marks – 50. [GD - 20 Interview - 30]
b) For POs (RB) – Max Marks – 50. [GD - 10, Interview - 30, Experience - 10]
Final Selection:
The marks of group discussion and interview will be put together and the candidates
who secure minimum 40% marks (minimum 35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) in group
discussion and interview will be considered for final selection. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category. The candidate will have to pass both in Phase I & II separately. Phase I & Phase II marks will be aggregated and arranged in descending order (category wise) for candidates who have qualified in both the phases separately and depending on the vacancies, selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.
Results of the candidates who have qualified for Phase I and thereafter the list of candidates finally selected will be available on the Bank’s website in addition to publication in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar.
5. DATE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION : 11/04/2010 (SUNDAY) :
The Written Examination will be held at following centres.
Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Bangalore, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mysore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur (Ganjam), Cuttack, Sambalpur, Ambala, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Jammu, Ludhiana, Patiala, Palampur, Shimla, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Puducherry, Tiruchirapalli, Agartala, Aizwal, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Shillong, Silchar, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Asansol, Gangtok, Kolkata, Port Blair, Siliguri, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Ajmer, Dehradun, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Meerut, Nainital, New Delhi, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Pune, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Ranchi, Kochi, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram
Application Fee: Rs. 500/- (Rs. 50/-for SC/ ST/ PWD). Candidates are required fees can be deposited between 01.02.2010 and 28.02.2010 in any branch of State Bank of India.
HOW TO APPLY:
—–Candidates are required to go to any Branch of State Bank of India and pay the amount
of prescribed fees/postal charges and get receipt from the branch. The original receipt should be retained and produced at the time of written test.
—-The candidates are required to apply online through website
www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in
Important Dates :
Online Registration will start from : 01/02/2010
Last date for Registration of On-line Application : 02/03/2010 10.03.2010
Start Date for Fee deposit : 01/02/2010
Last Date for Fee deposit : 28/02/2010 10.03.2010
Last Date for Reprint : 15/03/2010
GUIDELINES FOR FILLING APPLICATION ARE AS UNDER :
Candidates should have a valid e-mail id. This will help him/ her in getting call letter/ interview advices etc. by e-mail.
Candidates should ensure that on deposit of fee, the branch issues to him/her a receipt
which should invariably mention undernoted items :-
i) Journal number (7-10 digits)
ii) Branch Name
iii) Branch code number and
iv) Date of deposit
LAST DATE FOR REGISTERATION OF ON-LINE APPLICATIONS: APPLICATION MUST BE REGISTERED ON OR BEFORE THE 10.03.2010.
Books which will help you in your preparations :
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