SBI PO 2017 (Main)- Admit Card, Exam Date, Result

SBI PO 2017 Recruitment, Application Form / Probationary Officer

SBI conducts examination to recruit the eligible candidates for the post of PO (Probationary Officer). It is an All India basis examination. The SBI PO 2017 examination will be completed in Two Stages- Preliminary Examination and Main Examination. SBI will release the notification soon for conducting the national level recruitment exam for the appointment of Probationary Officers. Candidates who qualify preliminary examination will be short-listed to appear in main examination and candidates who clear the main exam will be called for Group Discussion & Interview

SBI PO 2017 Notification

 SBI PO Exam 2017 Application form will be available 7th February 2017. Interested candidate may apply till 6th March 2017.

Eligibility Criteria

• Qualification: The candidates applying for SBI PO 2017 must have graduate in any discipline from a recognized university or equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Govt.
• Age: The candidates’ age must have between 21 and 30 years as on 1^st April 2017. The relaxation in upper age limit will be given to reserved categories as per the reservation norms of the Indian Govt.
• Number of Attempts for SBI PO Exam:

Category	Number of Attempts
General	4
General (PwD)	7
OBC	7
OBC (PwD)	7
SC/SC (PwD) – ST/ST (PwD)	No Restriction

SBI PO 2017 Important Dates

Events	Dates (Tentative)
Release of Online Application Form	7th February 2017
Last date of Online Application Form	6th March 2017
Last date for fee payment	6th March 2017
Release of E-Admit Card for Preliminary Exam	15th April 2017 Onwards
SBI PO Preliminary Exam	29th, 30th April and 6th, 7th May 2017
SBI PO Preliminary Exam Result	17th May 2017
Release of E-Admit Card for Main Exam	22nd May 2017 onwards
SBI PO Main Exam	4th June 2017
SBI PO Main Exam Result	19th June 2017
Release of E-Admit Card for Interview	26th June 2017
Date of Interview and Group Discussion	10th July 2017
Declaration of Final Result	5th August 2017

SBI PO 2017 Application form

The application forms will be available most probably in the month of 1st week of May 2017. The candidates have to fill their applications online from the official website of SBI. The candidates have to enter all the required details and also upload all the required documents. To complete the application process the candidates have to pay the application fee.

SBI PO 2017 Application Fee

• Candidates can pay their Application Fees through online mode only.
• Application Fee can be paid using debit card/credit card/internet banking.
• The Fees once paid will not be refunded.

The Fees Structure of SBI PO has been explained below:

Category	Fees
SC/ST/PWD/XS	100/- (Intimation Charges only)
General and OBC	600/- (Application Fee including intimation charges)

SBI PO 2017 Selection Procedure

1. Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) (100 Marks)
2. Main Examination (Objective Type – 200 Marks) (Descriptive Type – 50 marks)
3. Group Discussion & Interview (50 Marks)

Phase 1: Preliminary Examination:

• The Preliminary Exam would be Objective type for 100 marks & will be conducted online.
• Duration of exam would be 1 hour.
• Exam will have 3 sections such as : (1) English Language, (2) Quantitative Aptitude and (3) Reasoning Ability.

SBI PO Preliminary Exam Pattern

Section	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	1 Hour
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total	100	100

Phase 2: Main Exam:

• The Main Exam would be both Objective & Descriptive type for 250 marks & will be conducted online.
• Exam will have 4 sections such as: (1) Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, (2) Data Analysis and Interpretation, (3) General Economics & Banking Awareness (4) English Language.
• Duration of exam would be 3 hour.

SBI PO Main Exam Pattern

Paper I
Name of the Test	Questions	Marks	Duration
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 Minutes
Data Analysis and Interpretation	35	60	45 Minutes
General/Economy/Banking Awareness	40	40	35 Minutes
English Language	35	40	40 Minutes
Total	155	200	3 Hours
Paper II
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.

Penalty for Wrong Answers

(Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination) Each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-fourth (1/4)of the marks will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.

Phase 3: Group Discussion & Interview

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 be added to the marks obtained in GD & Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of 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.

SBI PO 2017 Admit Card

• SBI will not send admit card by mail post thus candidates need to download their admit card form the official website.
• Candidates will not be allowed to enter in the examination hall without a valid admit card.
• The candidates must bring one photo identity proof such as Passport/Adhar/PAN Card/Driving Licence/Voter’s Card/Bank Passbook with duly attested Photograph/Identity Card issued by School or College/Gazetted Officer in the official letterhead in original as well as a self-attested photocopy thereof.
• The photocopy of identity proof should be submitted along with call letter to the invigilators in the examination hall, failing which or if identity of candidates is in doubt, the candidate will not be permitted to appear for the test.

SBI PO 2017 Cut Off

• A minimum bench mark score will be decided by the SBI to short-list the deserving candidate.
• Candidates who score equal or above the cut off marks in main exam will be called for the Interview round.

SBI PO 2017 Result

• Who passed the prelims exam, will be selected for the main exam and who qualify the main exam will be called for interview round.
• After interview, final result will be released after that candidates will be appointed for the sts.
• The result will be declared on the official website of SBI.

SBI PO 2017 Exam Centre for Pre Exam

State Code	State/UT	Preliminary Examination Center
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar, Naharlagun
14	Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur
15	Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bihar Sharif, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
17	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
18	Goa	Panaji, Verna
19	Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
20	Haryana	Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Palwal, Rohtak, Sonipat, Yamunanagar
21	Himachal Pradesh	Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una
22	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar
23	Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
24	Karnataka	Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udipi
25	Kerala	Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram
26	Lakshadweep	Kavarrati
27	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain
28	Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai / Thane / Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara
29	Manipur	Imphal
30	Meghalaya	Ri-Bhoi, Shillong
31	Mizoram	Aizawl
32	Nagaland	Kohima
34	Odisha	Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur
35	Puducherry	Puducherry
36	Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur
37	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
38	Sikkim	Gangtok
39	Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Thoothukodi, Vellore
40	Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal
41	Tripura	Agartala
42	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Unnao, Varanasi
43	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee
44	West Bengal	Asansol, Berhampur (West Bengal), Bardhaman, Dumkal, Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

SBI PO 2017 Exam Centre for Mains Exam

State Code	State/UT	Main Examination Center
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam,
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
14	Assam	Guwahati
15	Bihar	Arrah, Hajipur, Patna
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
17	Chhattisgarh	Raipur
18	Goa	Panaji
19	Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar
20	Haryana	Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Rohtak
21	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla, Solan,
22	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar
23	Jharkhand	Jamshedpur, Ranchi
24	Karnataka	Bengaluru
25	Kerala	Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
26	Lakshadweep	Kavarrati
27	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Indore
28	Maharashtra	Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/ Thane / Navi Mumbai
29	Manipur	Imphal
30	Meghalaya	Shillong
31	Mizoram	Aizawl
32	Nagaland	Kohima
33	Delhi -NCR	Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon
34	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
35	Puducherry	Puducherry
36	Punjab	Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
37	Rajasthan	Jaipur
38	Sikkim	Gangtok
39	Tamilnadu	Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelvelli
40	Telangana	Hyderabad
41	Tripura	Agartala
42	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi
43	Uttarakhand	Dehradun
44	West Bengal	Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata,

For more details the candidates can visit the official website of SBI.