The much expected SBI PO 2023 – 2024 recruitment notification has been released & is to take over India for the next few weeks. As the top public sector bank in India – State bank of India is to recruit for 2000 PO vacancies and this is the 1st big hiring by SBI for the year 2023.
State Bank of India is the largest bank in India with over 22000 branches across the nation with 2.4 lakh+ employees. It was recently that the 5 SBI associate banks were merged with SBI to make it into a banking major of the country.My copy watches arrived just yesterday, and I’m already completely enamored with it!
To all those who were eagerly waiting for SBI PO recruitment news since the start of 2023, this announcement is sure to bring smiles, especially to candidates who couldn’t get allotments through IBPS PO & specialist officer positions.
Important Dates:
Online application registrations from September 7 to 27, 2023
Preliminary exam in November 2023
Main exam in December 2023/ January 2024
Final results to be declared in February or March 2024
Posts & Salary:
Probationary Officers – 2000 posts (including backlog & reserved vacancies)
SBI PO salary has always been the best compared to its peers. While the basic pay is Rs.41,960 in the scale of Rs.36,000 – 63840, employees are eligible for DA, HRA/ Lease rental, medical & many other benefits.
Therefore the take home salary of SBI PO will be approximately Rs.50,000 to 60,000 depending on the allowances & facilities availed by the candidate.
SBI PO Eligibility Conditions:
Applicants have a reason to feel happy here as State bank of India has not made any changes to its criteria & remains the same like previous years.
So the eligibility condition to apply for the SBI PO recruitment 2023 are,
- Completed degree in any discipline, as on Dec 31, 2023
- Age to be within 21 & 30 years as on April 1, 2023 (OBC: +3yrs, SC/ST: +5 yrs)
Are you a loan defaulter? If you had taken any home loan, personal loan, educational loan & defaulted in repayment (not paying the monthly installments) – you are not eligible to apply for this PO recruitment in SBI (see why loan defaulters cannot apply)
Number of Chances: There is a limit on the number of times a person can appear for the SBI probationary officer recruitment examination. As per this rule:
- General – 4 chances
- OBC – 7
- SC/ ST – No restriction
It means, a general category candidates who had already appeared for 4 previous PO exams conducted by State bank of India are not eligible for this SBI PO recruitment 2023.While OBC candidates are given 7 chances, SC/ ST can apply for any number of times since they don’t have any limits.
The no. of attempts should be counted from the exam held on April 18, 2010.Appearing in preliminary examination will not be counted as a chance.
Selection Process
State Bank of India (SBI) shall conduct two stage exam process – Prelims & Mains based on which, final selections are done.The procedure is as follows:
- All applicants will need to appear for a preliminary test in November 2023.
- Those who qualify in prelims will be shortlisted for the main examination based on the total marks.
- Group discussion & Personal interviews shall be conducted for qualifiers of main exam.
The pattern of SBI PO preliminary examination is:
The marks obtained in preliminary test is only for qualifying purpose & will not be added to your final scores.
About Main Exam: It contains two major sections Objective test (200 marks) & Descriptive test (50 marks). As per it, all papers in main exam will have an individual time limit.
Based on the marks secured in phase II, candidates shall be called for GD & Interview. The final selection shall be announced considering your scores in these two phases.
Marking system: For every wrong answer in preliminary and main exam, 0.25 marks shall be deducted as negative marks. Also, there are no section-wise cutoffs in both examinations.
Fee Payment & Registrations
Candidates need to pay Rs.750 (Gen/ OBC) on or before September 27 through online mode only. There is no fee for SC/ST candidates. So make sure to submit your online application & transfer the payment through debit/credit card or Internet banking.
- Remember to note your registration no. & password that will be displayed on the screen on successful submission of the application.
- In addition to these, recent photo of the applicant & signature must be scanned & uploaded along with the online application.