SBI PO exam pattern has changed

SBI has brought some major changes in the PO examination this year. Though the notification for the recruitment is not yet announced, the changes in the PO Mains Examination is announced on their website. 

There will be 3 phase process as earlier. Preliminary Examination will be a screening test and there are no changes in the test. But the mains exam has got a significant modification with sectional cut-off timings.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:

Sr.No.	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

Phase - II: Main Examination

Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 25 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer, that means you need to know typing an essay and a letter, not writing them using pen and paper. (So I don't need to face the questions on blue ink pen or black  ink pen) Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test to be answered.

The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections with 155 questions for total 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section (Note this change). The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, as decided by the Bank.

Sl. No	Name of the test	No. of Qs	Max. Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2	Data Analysis and Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
3	General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	40	40	35 minutes
4	English Language	35	40	40 minutes

These sectional timings are reasonable and most of the candidates will be attempting with same timing even if there were no such sectional timings. Hence, this should not bother a prepared candidate.

Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 25 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing and Essay). You need to type them. If you are dependent on others to apply for the examinations due to your poor typing skills, please join a typing class before joining PO coaching class.

Phase - III: Group Discussion and Interview:  Pradhan Mantri no interview yojana is applicable only to clerical recruitments. Hence, get ready for a group discussion (20 Marks) and interview (30 marks) with combined marks of 50. Final selections will be based on your score in Phase II and Phase III.

Number of Attempts: General candidates will have 4 chances, PBC, PWD and will have 7 chances and for SC/ST there will be no cap on maximum attempts. The number of chances will be counted from the examination held on 18.04.2010. If you had appeared before 2010, no need to count those attempts. Appearing in Preliminary Examination will not be counted as a chance.

Prepare well. All the best. 

Eligibility criteria for NABARD Grade `B’(RDBS) post has been revised and last date extended

The eligibility criteria for Grade `B’(RDBS) post in NABARD has been revised to 60% in Graduation without any experience. In earlier notification NABARD asked for 3 years of experience after post graduation. Now the competition is opened for all graduates with 60%, postgraduates without any experience with 55% without experience. Also, minimum age reduced to 21 years for grade B candidates. Finally The last date for registration / online application for Grade `A’ & ‘B’ posts (RDBS) has been extended from 13.04.2016 to 20.04.2016. 

SBI's Massive Clerical Recruitment Drive: Grab the Opportunity

SBI has come up with more than 13000 posts for freshers in the clerical cadre. The recruitment advertisement is released and application process started. I will be answering many questions with a different workable approach here.

Have a glance of recruitment notification now. With too many unnecessary details in the recruitment notification, picking up the required details starts the making of a banker.

Know the dates: The application is open from 05.04.2016 to 25.04.2016. 

Be fast. Take the first step first. Don't wait for the last date to get nervous and waste precious time.

Two posts: 

(i) Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) (ii) Junior Agricultural Associates

I will explain what they mean and the expected roles in next posts. (Click here to know more)

You can apply for the vacancies in one State and for one post only. An agriculture graduate can not apply for both though he is eligible. Dilemma? If you have confidently prepared for the exam, go for Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales). Why? Read my next posts here. Others prepare well and apply for your home state. Read my next posts to know why you should apply for your home state.

Eligibility

Education: For Junior Associates: Graduation and For Junior Agricultural Associates: Graduation in Agriculture

Even final year students are eligible to apply. (Make sure your university declares result before 30th June 2016)

Age Limit:  

To be eligible, your Date of Birth should be between 02.04.1988 and 01.04.1996 (both days inclusive) for general candidates. 02.04.1985 with 01.04.1996 for OBC. For SC/ST it is 02.04.1983 and 01.04.1996. 

Selection Method:

The process consists of on-line test (preliminary & main examinations), test of official and/or local language and interview (Not sure)

Phase-I : Preliminary Examination: Duration- 1 hour. Will consists of English Language(30), Numerical Ability(35), Reasoning Ability(35) for 100 marks in total. About 70000 candidates will be called for the Phase II based on the performance in this test.

Phase – II: Main Examination : 

Fate deciding examination will be for 200 marks with 190 questions which are to be answered in 160 minutes with sectional timings.

The papers will be explained in a separate post.

Phase – III: Interview: If Modi says No to interview, only regional language and official languages will be tested. No extra preparation is needed. 

Get ready with 20-50 KB image of your photograph and 10-20 KB image of your signature signed in a black colour pen in .jpg format.

Salary, work profiles, career progressions will be dealt in next posts.

That's all you need to know in the recruitment notification.