SBI PO Exam
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SBI PO Exam 2021
SBI PO Exam is an online exam that is conducted by the State Bank of India to select the eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officers (PO). The Recruitment process is done in three stages namely Preliminary Examination, Mains Examination and Personal Interview. Candidates who qualify in all these three stages will be hired as Probationary Officer. Every year Lakhs of candidates wait for SBI PO notification to begin their career in the banking sector SBI. SBI is a India’s largest and most prestigious bank providing lucrative salary and job security to its employees. With a large number of candidates applying for this exam, there is likely a cut-throat competition for being appointed as an SBI PO. Till the time exam notification is out, candidates can check more information about the SBI PO 2021 including exam pattern, syllabus, selection process.
SBI PO Exam 2021
SBI Released PO Notification for 2056 posts. SBI PO exam will be conducted by State Bank of India (SBI) to select eligible candidates to the post of Probationary Officer. SBI PO is one of the most coveted jobs in Banking industry and a dream job for millions of aspirants across India.
Candidates are required to register online for the recruitment process which has been scheduled for 05th to 25th October 2021. It is a 3-tier selection process consists of Preliminary and Main Exams which will be conducted online, followed by the Interview. Candidates must pass each exam to get shortlisted and progress to the next stage. The final selection will be based on merit.
Activity | Tentative Dates |
SBI PO 2021 Notification | Oct 2021 |
Online Application Form Start Date | 05 October 2021 |
Application Form of SBI PO Last date | 25 October 2021 |
E-Admit Card Start Date for Preliminary Exam | 1st or 2nd week of November 2021 |
SBI PO 2021 Exam Date (Preliminary) | November/December 2021 |
Preliminary Exam Result | December 2021 |
Release of Admit Card for Main Exam | December 2021 |
SBI PO Exam Date 2020 (Main) | December 2021/January 2022 |
Main Exam Result Date of SBI PO | January 2022 |
SBI PO Admit Card Release Date for Interview | 1st or 2nd week of February 2022 |
Conduct of Group Exercises & Interview | 2nd or 3rd week of February 2022 |
Declaration of Final Result | February/March 2022 |
SBI PO is considered as a premium job opportunity in Banking sector because of following reasons:
• Brand value of SBI and reputation associated with SBI PO post
• Lucrative pay scale which is highest among PSU Banks
• Growth opportunities where even a PO can progress to the level of Chairperson
• Job satisfaction and social prestige
SBI PO 2021 Vacancy is announced by SBI vide SBI PO Notification 2021. For Financial year 2021-22, the State Bank of India has announced a total vacancy of 2056 posts of Probationary Officers. Checkout the detailed of SBI PO 2021 vacancies:
SBI PO Vacancy
Category | Vacancy | Backlog | Total |
SC | 300 | 24 | 324 |
ST | 150 | 12 | 162 |
OBC | 540 | 20 | 560 |
EWS | 200 | – | |
GEN | 810 | – | 810 |
Total | 2000 | 56 | 2056 |
SBI PO Vacancy (PwD Category)
Category | Vacancy | Backlog | Total |
LD | 20 | – | 20 |
VI | 20 | 01 | 21 |
HI | 20 | 36 | 56 |
d & e | 20 | 09 | 29 |
*VI: Vision Impairment
*HI: Hearing Impairment
*LD: Learning Disabilities
The category wise application fees for SBI PO exam are given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online. To know more please check the complete guide for SBI PO Application
Sr. No. | Category | Application Fee |
1 | SC/ST/PWD | Nil |
2 | General/ EWS/ OBC | Rs. 750/- |
Educational Qualification (as on 31.12.2021):
Graduation Degree: The eligibility criteria for the SBI exam is a graduation degree in any of the streams such as BA, B. Com, BSc, B. Tech, etc., from a University recognized by the Government of India. A candidate who possesses the same qualification from the university recognized by the Central Government is also eligible to apply for this exam.
Candidates should have a valid Mark-sheet / Degree:
The certificate which supports that they are graduates on the day they were registered for the exam.
The percentage of marks obtained in Graduation should be mentioned at the time of registration for the SBI-PO examination.
Computer Literacy: Knowledge of computer operation is a must as SBI PO exam is conducted online.
Language Proficiency: Candidates should have verbal and written proficiency in the official language of the State/UT. The candidate should be able to read, write and speak the language.
Nationality / Citizenship of Applicants:
Candidates applying for SBI PO Examination should be one of the following:
1. Citizen of India
2. Subject of Nepal or Bhutan
3. Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanent settlement
4. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of permanent settlement in India
Candidates belonging to the category 2, 3, 4 must have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Govt of India in their favour.
Age Eligibility of candidates applying for SBI PO Examination:
Age Limit (As on 01.04.2021): Candidates applying for the SBI examination should be 21 years old but not more than 30 years old at the time of registration. Besides this, there is age relaxation relevant to category wise candidates as per the government rules:
Category | Age Relaxation |
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) | 5 years |
Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) | 10 years |
Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel) | 5 years |
Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989 | 5 years |
NUMBER OF CHANCES:
Category | Number of Chances |
General/ EWS | 4 |
General/ EWS (PWD) | 7 |
OBC/ OBC(PWD) | 7 |
SC/SC(PWD)/ST/ST(PWD) | No restriction |
Candidates who have already appeared for the maximum number of permissible chances are not eligible to apply. The number of chances will be counted from the examination held on 18.04.2010. Appearing in Preliminary Examination will not be counted as a chance. Appearing in Main Examination will be counted as a chance. In the years in which only one written examination has been held (i.e. no Preliminary Examination has been held), appearing in this examination will be counted as a chance.
Salary of SBI PO
Basic Pay of SBI PO is higher among other public sector banks. The entry-level of basic pay is higher in SBI when contrasted with other nationalized banks. The beginning basic pay is Rs 27620 with four advance increments in the compensation size of
23700-980 (7) – 30560 – 1145 (2) – 32850 – 1310 (7) – 42020.
SBI PO Exam Pattern
The selection process of SBI PO consists of 3 phases (Preliminary, Mains and Group Exercise/Interview). The candidates must qualify each of them to go on to the next phase.
Prelims Exam Pattern
The SBI PO preliminary examination is of one-hour duration and is conducted online. It has 3 sections with having 100 questions in total with a maximum score of 100 marks. There is negative marking in SBI PO pre-exam as 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. Candidates must clear the sectional cut-off to qualify for the SBI PO Main exam. The section-wise details are given below:
S. No. | Name of Tests(Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | Composite time of 1 Hour |
2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | |
Total | 100 | 100 |
Mains Exam Pattern
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer the Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of the Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.
I. Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for a total of 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section. The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
S.No. | Name of Tests | No. of | Maximum | Duration |
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1 | Reasoning and | 45 | 60 | 60 |
2 | Data Analysis | 35 | 60 | 45 |
3 | General/Economy/ | 40 | 40 | 35 |
4 | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 |
Total | 155 | 200 | 180 |
II. Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
SBI PO Interview
The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and Descriptive Test will be arranged in descending order in each category. An adequate number of candidates in each category, as decided by the Bank will be called for Group Exercises and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Exercises &Interview will be as decided by the Bank.
Candidates qualifying for Group Exercises & Interview under the ‘OBC’ category would be required to submit an OBC certificate containing the ‘Non-Creamy layer’ clause. Candidates not submitting the OBC certificate containing the ‘Non Creamy layer’ clause and requesting to be interviewed under the General category will not be entertained.
Penalty for Wrong Answers:
A penalty for every incorrect answer will be marked in the Objective Tests of both Preliminary and Mains exams. Every wrong answer will be penalized by deducting 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question. There will be no penalty for leaving a question blank, i.e. in case, no answer is marked by the candidate.
Final Score Calculation for SBI PO Exam:
There are certain important points on the basis of which the final score for the SBIPO exam is calculated:
• Marks scored in the Preliminary Exam (Tier-1) will not be considered in the final score. These are only taken into account to qualify Mains Exam (Tier-2).
• Candidates need to qualify Phase-2 and GE/Interview individually to be eligible for the final worth.
• The ratio of marks between the Main exam and interview for the final merit list will be 80:20 respectively.
• The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III 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 Exercises & 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 Exercises &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 Group Exercises & Interview and the list of candidates finally selected will be made available on the Bank’s website. The final select list will be published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and also on Bank’s website.
Syllabus
SBI PO syllabus is much similar to that of any other bank exam. There are three major sections that a candidate needs to prepare to ace the preliminary exam. These are Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language. The sections have a wide range of topics on which questions are based
Prelims Exam Syllabus
This comprises of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language.
Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language |
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Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension |
Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss | Cloze Test |
Ranking/Direction/ | Mixtures &Alligations | Para jumbles |
Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound | Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting |
Coded Inequalities | Work & Time | Fill in the blanks |
Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Miscellaneous |
Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion |
Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
Blood Relations | Number Systems | |
Input-Output | Sequence & Series | |
Coding-Decoding | Permutation, Combination & |
Mains Exam Syllabus
The Mains Examination of SBI PO consists of 5 sections: Reasoning & Computer, English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General Awareness, and Descriptive Test (Letter Writing &Essay)
Reasoning | Data Analysis & interpretation | English | General | Computer |
Verbal Reasoning | Tabular Graph | Reading | Financial | Internet |
Syllogism | Line Graph | Grammar | Current Affairs | Memory |
Circular Seating | Pie Chart | Vocabulary | General | Keyboard |
Linear Seating | Bar Graph | Verbal Ability | Static Awareness | Computer |
Double Lineup | Radar Graph Caselet | Word Association | Banking and | Microsoft Office |
Scheduling | Missing DI | Sentence | Computer Hardware | |
Input Output | Caselet DI | Para Jumbles | Computer Software | |
Blood Relations | Data Sufficiency | Cloze Test | Operating System | |
Directions and | Probability | Error Spotting | Networking | |
Ordering and | Permutation and | Fill in the blanks | Computer – | |
Data Sufficiency | ||||
Coding and | ||||
Code Inequalities | ||||
Course of Action | ||||
Critical | ||||
Analytical and |
SBI PO Pre Exam Training
Bank may arrange pre-examination training at certain centres for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the guidelines issued by the Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories who desire to avail themselves of such training at their own cost may indicate to that effect against relevant column while applying on-line. An indicative list of training centres is given below :
The Bank may add additional centres or may delete some of the centres indicated for training. Candidates opting for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from (Tentative in April) onwards from Bank’s website. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent by post.
Candidates belonging to above-mentioned categories can undergo training by signifying the same against a relevant column, at the time of applying on-line.
The pre-exam training is free of cost with other expenses like travel, food and lodging expenses are incurred by the candidate. Generally, it is conducted five days before the exam and the dates are announced on the official website. Please find below an indicative list of training centres:
North India |
South India |
East India |
West India |
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Agra |
Bengaluru |
Agartala |
Ahmedabad |
Allahabad |
Chennai |
Balasore |
Aurangabad |
Amritsar |
Coimbatore |
Behrampur (Ganjam) |
Bhopal |
Bareilly |
Gulbarga |
Bhubaneshwar |
Indore |
Chandigarh |
Hyderabad |
Dhanbad |
Jabalpur |
Dehradun |
Kavaratti |
Guwahati |
Jaipur |
Gorakhpur |
Kochi |
Hubli |
Jodhpur |
Jammu |
Madurai |
Kolkata |
Mumbai |
Kanpur |
Mangalore |
Muzaffarpur |
Nagpur |
Karnal |
Mysore |
Patna |
Panaji (Goa) |
Lucknow |
Port Blair |
Ranchi |
Pune |
Ludhiana |
Puducherry |
Sambalpur |
Raipur |
New Delhi |
Thiruchirapalli |
Shillong |
Rajkot |
Patiala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Siliguri |
Vadodara |
Rohtak |
Vijaywada |
Tirupati |
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Shimla |
Vishakhapatnam |
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Varanasi |