SBI PO 2019

SBI PO 2019 exam will be conducted by State Bnak of India (SBI) to select eligible candidates to the post of Probationary Officer. SBI PO is one of the most coveted jobs in Banking industry and a dream job for millions of aspirants across India. SBI PO is considered as a premium job opportunity in Banking sector because of following reasons:

• Brand value of SBI and reputation associated with SBI PO post

• Lucrative pay scale which is highest among PSU Banks

• Growth opportunities where even a PO can progress to the level of Chairperson

• Job satisfaction and social prestige

Before beginning with your preparation, you should get an idea about the latest updates, selection procedure, eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus, previous year cut off etc. Please go through this article to get all the important information for the SBI PO Exam.

SBI PO Notification 2019

The SBI PO 2019 Notification has not been released yet. The Official Notification for SBI PO 2019 Exam will be updated here once the notification has been released SBI. This recruitment process will start after the release of official notification and it will be conducted for selection of candidates to the post of PO in State Bank of India and its Associate banks. The candidates selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India.

Eligible and interested Candidates are required to register online for the recruitment process.The 3-tier selection process consists of Preliminary and Main Exams which will be conducted online, followed by Interview. Candidates must pass each exam to get shortlisted and progress to the next stage. Final selection will be based on merit.

Previous Year SBI PO Official Notification 2018

SBI PO 2019 Exam Dates

State Bank of India will release SBI PO 2019 Exam Dates with its official notification. Candidates are requested to visit the page regularly to remain updated about SBI PO 2019 Exam. The expected schedule for SBI PO 2019 Exam is mentioned below:

SBI PO Online Application

The application for SBI PO Exam 2019 has to be done online. To avoid any technical errors please make sure that the web-browser used to fill up the SBI PO 2019 Application form is one of the following:

• Internet Explorer 8 and above

• Mozilla FireFox 3.0 and above

• Google Chrome 3.0 and above

Candidates applying online must have the following pre-requisites:

• A valid Email Id

• Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size

• Application Fee must be paid online so all document required for online transaction

The SBI PO 2019 application form can only be filled on the official website.

Before proceeding with the registration and application process, all candidates are requested to go through the complete guide for SBI PO Online Applicaion

SBI PO Recruitment 2019

The SBI PO recruitment exam is the most premier among the public-sector bank exams in India. It is considered a little difficult compared to the bank entrance exams conducted by IBPS. The recruitment process for Probationary Officers at SBI consists of 3 stages:

1. Preliminary Examination

2. Main Examination

3. GD/Interview

SBI PO Application Fee

The category wise fee structure for SBI PO online application is given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online itself. To know more check the complete guide for SBI PO Application

Sr. No.	Category	Application Fee
1	SC/ST/PWD	Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only)
2	General and Others	Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

SBI PO Vacancy 2019

SBI PO 2019 Vacancy will be announced only after the release of Official SBI PO 2019 Notification. The State Bank of India declared a total vacancy of 2000 posts for SBI PO 2018. Candidates can now prepare effectively for the upcoming SBI PO 2019 Exam as the number of vacancies may be increased this year.

SBI PO Exam Centre

While filling the online application form, applicants are required to enter their preferred exam centres for SBI PO 2019, based on their convenience. However, the Bank may allot an exam centre other than the choices made by a candidate if there is non-availability of seats at preferred venues.

SBI PO Exam Pattern

The SBI PO selection process consists of 3 stages. The written examinations are conducted online, followed by an interview round. The structure of exams is as follows:

Phase-1: SBI PO Preliminary Examination

This is an online examination where the candidates must solve the question paper in one 1 hour for 100 marks. The test consists of 3 sections. Candidates must know that the sectional cut-off in the Preliminary Exam has been removed and the overall score of all the sections will be considered for selection to the next round.. The cut-off or minimum passing marks for each section is decided by the Bank each year depending on the difficult of the test. The section-wise division of the marks is given below:

SBI PO 2019 Syllabus

While SBI issues only the broad subjects, they can be further subdivided into individual topics, based on the questions that have appeared in the exams over the past few years.

SBI PO Pre Exam Syllabus

English Language	Numerical Ability	Reasoning Ability
Reading Comprehension	Number Series	Puzzle and Arrangements
Cloze Test	Simplification/ Approximation	Inequality
Parajumbles	Quadratic Equations	Syllogism
Spotting Errors	Data Interpretation	Coding - Decoding
Sentence Improvement	Miscellaneous	Blood Relations
Fill in the Blanks		Direction senseg
		Order and Ranking

SBI PO Eligibility Criteria 2019

The candidate must fulfill the following two criteria to be eligible for the SBI PO Exam 2019:

• Age Limit: The candidate must be 21 Years to 30 Years as on 01.04.2019 i.e. candidates must have been born between 02.04.1989 and 01.04.1998 (both dates inclusive)

• Educational Qualification: The candidate must be a graduate in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final year/Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they must produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 01.07.2019. Candidates with Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate must ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2019. Candidates with Chartered Accountant certification may also apply.

SBI PO Selection Procedure: Important Points

The candidates should keep in mind the following points related to the SBI PO selection process:

• Biometric Verification: To ensure an error-free and secure selection procedure for SBI PO 2019, the bank may digitally capture the thumb impression of the candidate. This is done to verify the genuineness of the candidates. Any inconsistency in the biometric verification will lead to rejection of the candidature and punitive legal actions. Candidates are thus advised not to apply any kind of external matter like ink, mehandi, chemical etc. on their hands.

• Number of Attempts: The maximum number of chances are fixed for each category. Candidates who have used up all the chances are not eligible to apply. Appearing in Preliminary Exam is not counted as an attempt but appearing in Mains Exam is counted.

Category	Number of Chances
General	4
General (PWD)	7
OBC/ OBC(PWD)	7
SC/SC(PWD)/ST/ST(PWD)	No restriction

SBI PO 2019 Admit Card & Call Letter

Candidates must download the SBI PO 2019 admit card from the official website of the bank as the hard copy of the SBI PO Admit Card will not be sent to the candidate via post. To login on the official website, the candidates will require the following:

• Registration No/Roll No

• Date of Birth/ Password

The admit card or call letter for SBI PO 2019 will be issued in 3 phases:

• Online Preliminary Examination

• Online Mains Examination

• Group Exercise and Interview

SBI PO 2019 Results

All results pertaining to SBI PO 2019 will be made available on the official website of State bank of India, the governing body for the SBI PO exam.

The IBPS SO Result 2019 will be released after each phase of the exam has been completed. SBI PO Prelims Result decides the candidates’ eligibility for SBI PO Mains exam. A cumulative score of the mains exam and the interview process is considered to prepare the final merit list of selected students. The merit list is prepared in the descending order of marks obtained by candidates. Candidates who make it to the merit list will be given the appointment letter by the Bank of Candidate’s choice.

SBI PO Final Result

All candidates can check SBI PO 2018 (previous year) final result & cut-off by clicking on the link mentioned below:

SBI PO Preparation

SBI PO preparation must be done in a systematic manner, with latest exam pattern in mind. Since the syllabus covers a lot of topics, it is important to choose the right study material so that you can understand the concepts and practice a wide variety of questions as well.

SBI PO 2017 left everyone startled with the unexpected pattern. This is the reason we have decided to provide you with the relevant new pattern questions that were asked in the last year banking exams. New pattern questions are simply the application of concepts in a new form. You just need to practice them a lot so that you don't face issue in SBI PO 2019.

Candidates should go through previous year SBI questions, so that they have an idea of what to expect in SBI PO 2019. In fact, we have also provided you with an Study Plan for SBI PO Exam. This plan includes all the topics that may be asked this year.

SBI PO Cut-Off 2019

SBI PO Cut-Off for year 2019 will be declared by State Bank of India after the result of each phase has been declared. Cut-Off for preliminary phase of examination will be declared after the result for the same has been declared. Similarly cut-off for SBI PO Mains Exam will be declared after the result for the same has been declared by State Bank of India.

To know the expected SBI PO Cut-Off, one must be aware of the Cut-Off for SBI PO 2018. Let's have a look at the same

SBI PO Prelims 2018 Cut off

SBI PO Pre-Exam Training

Bank may arrange pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centres as per the guidelines issued by Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories can avail the training at their own cost by indicating the same against relevant column while applying on-line. Please find below an indicative list of training centres:

North India	South India	East India	West India
Agra	Bangalore	Agartala	Ahmedabad
Allahabad	Chennai	Aizwal	Akola
Bareilly	Coimbatore	Asansol	Aurangabad
Chandigarh	Ernakulam	Bhubaneswar	Indore
Dehradun	Gulbarga	Berhampur (Ganjam)	Bhopal
Gorakhpur	Hubli	Dibrugarh	Jabalpur
Jaipur	Hyderabad	Gangtok	Mumbai
Kanpur	Madurai	Guwahati	Nagpur
Lucknow	Mysore	Imphal	Panaji (Goa)
Meerut	Port Blair	Itanagar	Pune
NewDelhi	Tirupati	Kohima	Raipur
Srinagar	Vishakhapatnam	Kolkata	Vadodara
Varanasi	Vijayawada	Patna
		Purnea
		Ranchi
		Sambalpur
		Silchar
		Siliguri
		Shillong

The Bank may add additional centres or may remove some of the centres indicated for training. Candidates opting for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from Bank's website. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent by post.

SBI PO FAQs

• Is the SBI PO exam Bilingual?

Except the Descriptive Test for English Language, all the other tests are bilingual, i.e. available in both English and Hindi

• Is there Negative Marking?

Yes, there is negative marking for wrong answer in the objective tests of both Preliminary and Mains Exam of SBI PO 2019. One fourth of the total marks allotted for that question will be deducted for marking a wrong answer.

• Are there fixed timings for different sections?

Yes, Both in Prelims & Mains