RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA

CENTRAL RECRUITMENT & PROMOTION DEPARTMENT, CORPORATE CENTRE, MUMBAI

RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA

ADVERTISEMENT NO. CRPD/PO/2016-17/02

ONLINE REGISTRATION OF APPLICATION & PAYMENT OF FEES 04.05.2016 TO 24.05.2016

Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers (POs) in State Bank of India. Candidates selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India.

Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer, is required to register online for the Recruitment Process. The examination will be held in two phases - preliminary and main. Candidates who will qualify in preliminary examination and shortlisted will have to appear for main examination and shortlisted candidates in the main examination will subsequently be called for a Group Discussion & Interview.

Prospective candidates will have to apply after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examinations and interview, eligibility criteria, online registration processes, payment of prescribed application fee/intimation charges, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters etc. and ensure that they fulfil the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.

The tentative schedule of events is as follows:

(3) Calculation of Percentage: The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all semester(s)/year(s) by aggregate maximum marks in all the subjects irrespective of honours/optional/additional optional subject, if any. This will be applicable for those Universities also where Class/Grade is decided on the basis of Honours marks only. The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60% and 54.99% will be treated as less than 55%.

(B) Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2016)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2016 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1986 and not later than 01.04.1995 (both days inclusive).

Relaxation of Upper Age Limit:

                                                                                                  

Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised SBI website www.sbi.co.in for details and updates.

VACANCIES:

VACANCIES					VACANCIES (PWD)
SC	ST	OBC*	GEN	TOTAL	OH	VI	HI	TOTAL
351	231	590	1028	2200	20	20	20	60

Backlog vacancies detailed as under have been included in the above mentioned total vacancies.

SC	ST	OBC*	TOTAL
47	79	42	168

*Vacancies reserved for OBC category are available to OBC Candidates belonging to 'Non-Creamy Layer'. 'Creamy Layer' OBC candidates should indicate their category as 'General'. (Vacancies for OH, VI & HI category candidates are reserved horizontally.)

Vacancies including reserved vacancies are provisional and may vary according to the requirements of Bank.

1.   ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA

(A)  Essential Academic Qualifications: (As on 31.08.2016)

Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. 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 31.08.2016. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2016. Candidates  possessing  qualification  of  Chartered  Accountant  may also apply.

Note:

(1)  The date of passing eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark sheet or provisional certificate issued by the University/Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University/Institute, a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University/Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.

(2)  Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in the online application. Where CGPA/OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage and indicated in online application. If called for interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating that the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of norms.

NOTE: CUMULATIVE AGE RELAXATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE EITHER UNDER THE ABOVE ITEMS OR IN COMBINATION WITHANYOTHER ITEMS.

(C)Other

(i)  Candidates with record of default in repayment of loans/credit card dues and/or against whose name adverse report of CIBIL or other external agencies are available are not eligible to apply for the post.

(ii)  Candidates against whom there is/are adverse report regarding character and antecedents, moral turpitude are not eligible to apply for the post.

2.   RESERVATION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY(PWD)

Vacancies are reserved for Disabled (Physically Challenged) Persons under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) as per government guidelines. Candidates with following disabilities are eligible to apply as per the definitions given in the above act: a) Orthopedically Handicapped, b) Visually Impaired, c) Hearing Impaired.

A person (OH/VI/HI) who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and wants to avail the benefit of reservation will have to submit a Disability Certificate issued by the Medical Board duly constituted by Central or State Government. The certificate should be dated on or before last date of registration of application.

a)             Orthopedically Handicapped (OH):

Only those OH candidates who have locomotor disability or cerebral palsy with locomotor impairment of minimum 40% and only those who fall in the following categories of the disabled are eligible to apply for the post

OA - One arm affected (Right or Left) OL - One leg affected (Right or Left) OAL  - One arm & One Leg affected BL    - Both legs affected but not arms

b)      Visually Impaired (VI):

BLINDNESS: Only those Visually Handicapped (VH) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions are eligible to apply.

•                 Total absence of sight

•                Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses

•                Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse

LOW VISION: Candidates having low vision as defined in Chapter I, Para 2 (u) of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protections of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995.

c)              Hearing Impaired:

The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non-functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

Use of Scribe & Compensatory Time:

The facility of scribe would be allowed to a person who has disability of 40% or more if so desired by the person and is meant for only those persons with disability who have physical limitation to write including that of speed. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

•                 Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of scribe in the examination should carefully indicate the same in the online application form.

•                 The candidate will have to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format at the time of online examination

•                 Such candidates who are eligible for use of a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination whether availing the facility of scribe or not.

•                The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.

•                 The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F.No.16-110/2003-DDIII dated February 26, 2013 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry of Financial, Deptt. of Financial Services vide letter No. F.No.3/2/2013-Welfare dated 26.04.2013.

3.   CATEGORY

Instructions for writing Category Name and Category Code no. while applying online.

Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming in the 'CREAMY LAYER', are not entitled to OBC reservation and age relaxation. They should indicate their category as 'GEN' or 'GEN (OH)' or 'GEN (VI)' or 'GEN (HI)' (as applicable).

Various category names and their code numbers are given below.

PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGE OF CATEGORY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT ANY STAGE AFTER REGISTRATION OF ONLINEAPPLICATION.

Category	Code	Category	Code	Category	Code	Category	Code
SC	01	ST	05	OBC	09	GEN	13
SC(OH)	02	ST(OH)	06	OBC(OH)	10	GEN(OH)	14
SC(VI)	03	ST(VI)	07	OBC(VI)	11	GEN(VI)	15
SC(HI)	04	ST(HI)	08	OBC(HI)	12	GEN(HI)	16

4.   SELECTION PROCEDURE

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 sections as follows:

SL.	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	Composite Time of 1 hour
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Examination.

Phase – II: Main Examination:

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 Descriptive Test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.

(I) Objective Test: The Objective Test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 sections for total 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.

Test	Name of test	No. of 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

(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.

Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are placed adequately high as per total marks in Objective Test.

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. Each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

Phase – III: Group Discussion (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)

The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and the Descriptive Test will be arranged in descending order in each category. Adequate number of candidates in   each

category, as decided by the Bank will be called for Group Discussion and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Discussion & Interview will be as decided by the Bank.

Candidates qualifying for GD & Interview under 'OBC' category would be required to submit 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 General category will not be entertained.

Final Selection

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective Test and Descriptive Test, will beaddedtothemarksobtainedin GD& Interview (Phase-III) for preparationof the final merit list.

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 Discussion & 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 Discussion &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 GD & Interview and the list of candidates finally selected will be made available on the Bank's website. Final select list will be published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and also on Bank’s website.

5.   EXAMINATION CENTERS (Tentative List)

I). The examination will be conducted online at venues across many centers in India. The tentative list of examination centers for the Preliminary Exams is available in Annexure I.

ii).         No request for change of center for examination shall be entertained.

iii).       SBI, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the examination centers and/or add some other centers, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.

iv).      SBI also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any center other than the one he/she has opted for.

v).        Candidate will appear for the examination at an examination center at his/her own risk and expenses and SBI will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.

vi).      Any unruly behaviour/misbehaviour in the examination hall may result in cancellation of candidature/disqualification from future exams conducted by SBI.

vii).    The centers for the Main Examination will be limited.

6.   EMOLUMENTS

Presently,  the  starting  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. The official will also be eligible for D.A, H.R.A/Lease rental, C.C.A, Medical and other allowances & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time. The total compensation per annum would be a minimum of `7.55 lacs and maximum of `12.93 lacs depending on place of posting and other factors.

SBI plans to offer, subject to necessary approvals, a SMART Compensation Package which would enable candidates a choice to monetize specific elements of the salary package.

7.    CAREER PATH

The Probationary Officers will be on probation of two years during which they will be given intensive training. Towards the end of their probation/training period, they will be subjected to a screening process. While those Officers who achieve the predetermined standards may be confirmed and given placement in the next higher grade i.e., Officer Middle Management Grade Scale-II, others who qualify in the test but fail to achieve the standards set for placement in Middle Management Grade Scale-II, will be confirmed as Officer Junior Management Grade Scale-I. The services of those Officers who fail to qualify in this process will be terminated. Bank provides immense opportunities for growth in the Bank including opportunities for postings abroad. The attractive promotion policy of the Bank provides an opportunity to the meritorious and exceptionally brilliant officers to reach the Top Management Grade in a reasonably quick time.

8.  APPLICATION FEEAND INTIMATION CHARGE: (Non Refundable)

Sr. No.	Category	Total
1.	SC/ST/PWD	`100/- (Intimation Charges only)
2.	General, OBC	`600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

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.

9.   PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING

Bank may arrange pre-examination training at certain centres for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the guidelines issued by 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 online. An indicative list of training centres is given below:

Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Akola, Allahabad, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhopal, Bengaluru, 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, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada

The Bank may add additional centers or may delete some of the centers 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 13-06-2016 onwards from Bank's website. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent by post.