SBI Recruitment 2019: 2000 Probationary Officer Vacancies
State Bank of India (SBI) has issued notifications for recruiting eligible Indian Citizens to the posts of Probationary Officers (POs). Please find detailed information regarding the vacancies below.
Important Dates
Commencement of online Registration: 02.04.2019
Last date for receipt of online application: 22.04.2019
Payment of Application Fee/ Intimation Charges: 02.04.2019 to 22.04.2019
Download of call letters for online Preliminary Examination: 3 rd week of May 2019 onwards.
Online Preliminary Examination: 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th June 2019
Result of Online Preliminary Examination: 1 st week of July 2019
Download of Call letter for Online Main Examination: 2 nd week of July 2019
Conduct of Online Main Examination: 20.07.2019
Declaration of Result of Main Examination: 3 rd week of August 2019
Download of Call Letter for Group Exercises & Interview: 4 th week of August 2019
Conduct of Group Exercises & Interview: September 2019.
Declaration of Final Result: 2nd week of October 2019
About Vacancies
Post: Probationary Officer
| Category | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | GEN | Total |
| Vacancy | 300 | 150 | 540 | 200 | 810 | 2000 |
How to Apply
Eligible candidates must ensure that they possess the necessary qualifications and fulfil all the required criteria before applying for the posts.
Interested candidates need to apply online by visiting the Official Website. No other mode of application submission would be accepted.
Candidates should have valid a personal E-mail ID and a mobile number. It should be kept active till the recruitment process is fully complete.
Please read the detailed Official Notification before applying.
Essential Qualification
- Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification.
- Candidates need to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.08.2019.
- Candidates possessing qualification of Chartered Accountant may also apply.
Selection Procedure
Selection of candidates for all the posts would be made on the basis of the performance of the eligible candidates in the following:
- Preliminary Examination,
- Main Examination and
- Group Exercise & Interview.
Phase –I: Preliminary Examination
| S.No. | Test | Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 100 | 20 mins |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 100 | 20 mins |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 100 | 20 mins |
| Total | 100 | 1 hour |
Phase-II: Main Examination
- Objective Test (200 Marks)
- Descriptive Test (50 Marks): Letter Writing & Essay
Objective Test:
| Test | Name | Questions | Max.Marks | Duration |
| I | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| II | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| III | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| IV | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours |
Phase-III:
- Group Exercises (20 marks)
- Interview (30 marks)
Age
Minimum: 21 years
Maximum: 30 years
Cut Off Date: 01.04.2019
Candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.1998 and not earlier than 02.04.1989
Upper Age limit is relaxable by:
3 years for OBC (Non Creamy Layer).
5 years for SC/ST candidates.
Persons with Disabilities Candidates:
- By 10 years for General/EWS
- By 13 years for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)
- By 15 years for SC/ST
Ex Servicemen, Commissioned officers: 5 years
Persons Ordinarily domiciled of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989: 5 years.
Fee
Unreserved/OBC/EWS candidates: Rs 750
SC/ST/PwD candidates: Rs 125
Other Information
Pay Scale
Basic pay is 27,620/- (with 4 advance increments) in the scale of 23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I.
Number of Chances
| Category | Max. Permissible Number of Chances |
| General/ EWS | 4 |
| General/ EWS (PWD) | 7 |
| OBC | 7 |
| OBC (PWD) | 7 |
| SC/ SC (PWD)/ ST/ ST (PWD) | No Restriction |
Preliminary Examination Centres (Tentative List)
| State Code | State/UT | Preliminary Examination Centre | Main Examination Centre |
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Ananthapur, Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun | Itanagar |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar Tezpur | Guwahati |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bihar Sharif, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan | Arrah, Patna, |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| 18 | Goa | Panaji, Verna | Panaji |
| 19 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar |
| 20 | Haryana | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Yamunanagar | Bahadurgarh, Hissar,
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| 21 | Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una | Shimla, Solan, |
| 22 | Jammu & Kashmir | Baramulla, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 23 | Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| 24 | Karnataka | Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udipi | Bengaluru |
| 25 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram | Kochi,Thiruvananthapuram |
| 26 | Lakshadweep | Kavarrati | Kavarrati |
| 27 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore |
| 28 | Maharashtra | Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara | Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/ Thane/Navi Mumbai |
| 29 | Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| 30 | Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, Shillong | Shillong |
| 31 | Mizoram | Aizawal | Aizawal |
| 32 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| 33 | Delhi-NCR | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon |
| 34 | Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneswar |
| 35 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 36 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur | Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| 37 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipu | Jaipur, |
| 38 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Gangtok |
| 39 | Tamilnadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Thoothukodi, Vellore, Virudhunagar | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelvelli |
| 40 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| 41 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| 42 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandshaher, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi. | Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| 43 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| 44 | West Bengal | Asansol, Berhampur (West Bengal), Bardhaman, Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri | Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, |
Pre-Examination Training Centres
For SC/ ST/ Religious Minority Community candidates only:
Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Akola, Allahabad, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhopal, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dibrugarh, Ernakulam, Gangtok, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Meerut, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Purnea, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong, Srinagar, Toora, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada