SBI PO Recruitment 2023 – Probationary Officer 2000 Posts

State Bank of India has issued an official recruitment notification regarding the Probationary Officers recruitment for 2000 vacancies in various branches of SBI across the country. As per the advertisement Graduate candidates can apply for the following SBI PO Recruitment through the official portal from 7th September 2023. The brief detail of this SBI PO Recruitment is given below along with the official notification and online application link.

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SBI PO Recruitment 2023

SBI Recruitment Details

Name of Post: Probationary Officer

No of Posts: 2,000 Posts

Educational Qualification: Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government as of 31st December 2023.

Final Year Students: Those who are in the Final Year/ 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 31st December 2023.

Age Limit: The candidate’s age should be between 21 years to 30 years as of 1st April 2023. Candidates must have been born not later than 1st April 2002 and not earlier than 2nd April 1993 (both days inclusive).

Age Relaxation: Upper age relaxation will be 3 years for OBC/MOBC candidates, 5 years for ST candidates and 10 years for PwD candidates.

Application Fee:

According to the notification, Candidates have to pay the application fee to complete their online application process as per the reservation category of the candidates. The complete details regarding the fee are given below.

Payment Method: Candidates are able to pay their application fee through an online payment gateway. Candidates should have any one of the following options to make the payment – ​​Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking or UPI.

Exam Centres (Assam): Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Tezpur.

How to Apply for SBI PO Recruitment?

Eligible Candidates as per the official notification of SBI and are willing to work in the State Bank of India can submit their online application on the official application portal developed by SBI. Also, Candidates can follow the steps given below to complete their application process.

📌 Steps to Apply Online

1️⃣ Scroll down, and check the Important Link section.

2️⃣ Click on the Online Application Link.

3️⃣ Now, an official web portal will load in the new tab of your browser.

4️⃣ In that portal, you will get the option to register yourself.

5️⃣ After registration, you have to provide all your asked details.

6️⃣ After that, you have to upload your documents.

7️⃣ Now, you have to pay the examination fee.

8️⃣ After successful payment, your application will be submitted.

9️⃣ Also, you will receive an acknowledgement copy of your submission.

✅ Keep that acknowledgement copy for future use.

Important Dates of SBI Recruitment

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Selection Process of SBI Recruitment

The selection process of Probationary Officers will include a Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and Psychometric Test.

Preliminary Examination

The preliminary exam consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 topics as follows.

Each test will have a separate timing as mentioned above. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th of the mark assigned for each question will be deducted for each wrong answer. No minimum qualifying marks are prescribed for individual tests OR for aggregate scores.

Main Examination

The main exam will be conducted online and will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and a Descriptive Test for 50 marks. The Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after the conclusion of the Objective Test and candidates will have to type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer.

Each test will have a separate timing as mentioned above. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th of the mark assigned for each question will be deducted for each wrong answer. No minimum qualifying marks are prescribed for individual tests OR for aggregate scores.

Psychometric Test

The Bank may conduct a Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase III. Findings of the test may be placed before the Interview panel to have a thorough perspective on the candidates.

Final Selection

The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase II and Phase III separately. The marks obtained in the 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 to preparing the final merit list for selection.

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