The much expected SBI PO 2021 – 2022 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 2022.
State Bank of India is the largest bank in India with over 22000 branches across the nation with 2.4 lakh+ employees.Very recently, the 5 SBI associate banks were merged with SBI to make it into a banking major of the country.
To all those who were eagerly waiting for SBI PO recruitment news since 2020, this announcement is sure to bring smiles, especially to candidates who couldn’t get allotments through IBPS PO & specialist officer positions.
Online application registrations from October 5 to 25, 2021
Preliminary exam in November/ December 2021
Main exam in December 2021
Group discussion/ Interview to be held in February 2022
Final results to be declared in February or March 2022
Probationary Officers – 2056 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.
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 2021 are,
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 examination. As per this rule:
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 2021.
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.
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:
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.
Candidates need to pay Rs.750 (Gen/ OBC) on or before October 25 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.
Download Notice: Those interested in applying for should read the SBI PO 2021 notification pdf from their website here & then apply online.
Online application link – click here
