SBI Associate Bank PO Recruitment 2010 Selection Procedure

State Bank of India Recruitment 2010 Selection Procedure

Phase-I - Written Examination for SBI Probationary Officer Recruitment 2010:

Duration: Time 3 Hrs. (Combined Objective & Descriptive Type Tests)

The duration of objective type SBI Associate Bank Test 2010 will be 2 hours and will consist of:

Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
Test of Reasoning (High Level)

The duration of descriptive type SBI PO test will be 1 hour and the test will be "Test of English Language (Comprehension, short precis, letter writing & essay)".

Descriptive test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who are adequately high in percentile ranking in each of all the four objective tests and have scored overall aggregate 40% in case of General category and 35% in case SC / ST / OBC / PWD category.

The qualifying marks for descriptive test will also be 40% for General category and 35% for SC / ST / OBC / PWD. The merit list of SBI written examination will be based on the aggregate of the marks obtained by the candidates in objective and descriptive tests.

Phase-II - Group Discussion & SBI Associate Bank PO Exam 2010 Interview:

The aggregate marks of objective test and descriptive test will be arranged in descending order and the candidates who have qualified in written examination will be called for group discussion and interview depending upon the vacancies in each category subject to maximum of three times the number of vacancies.

The marks of group discussion and interview will be put together and the candidates who secure 40% marks (35% in case of SC / ST / OBC / PWD) in group discussion and interview will be considered for final selection. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category. The candidate will have to pass both in Phase I & II.

Date of SBI Associate Bank Written Examination for Probationary Officer 2010: 07/03/2010 (Sunday):

The Written Examination will be held at following SBI Test Centres.

Associate Bank SBI may arrange pre-examination training at centres as below 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 the relevant column while applying on line.

List of Training centres given below is indicative. The concerned Associate Bank of SBI has discretion to conduct training at some additional centres or may delete some of the centres.

SI. No.	Name of the Associate Bank of State Bank of India	Name of Centres where Pre-examination training will be held
1.	State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur	Jaipur, Bikaner & Udaipur
2.	State Bank of Hyderabad	Hyderabad
3.	State Bank of Indore	Indore
4.	State Bank of Mysore	Bangalore & Mysore
5.	State Bank of Patiala	Patiala
6.	State Bank of Travancore	Thiruvananthapuram & Ernakulam

SBI Associate Bank PO Recruitment 2010 Selection Procedure