State Bank of India (SBI) has issued the official notification for the recruitment of Probationary Officers. Candidates who wish to join India’s Largest Bank could apply for SBI PO 2019 online. The application form has been issued from April 2, 2019, and it was available on the official website till Apri 22, 2019. This year in 2019, State bank-issued notification for 2000 vacancies of Probationary Officers. The main examination of SBI PO 2019 will conduct on July 20, 2019. Candidates can get here all important information related to SBI PO recruitment 2019.
SBI PO Recuritment 2019
- Candidate must be a citizen of India.
- Candidate must have completed 21 years of age.
- Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree.
SBI PO Recruitment Schedule 2019
| Event | Date |
| Online Application | 02 Apr 2019 |
| Last date to apply | 22 Apr 2019 |
| Pre Exam Call Letter | 17 May 2019 |
| Pre Examination | 9 June 2019 |
| Pre Exam Result | 29 June 2019 |
| Main Exam Call Letter | Will be announced |
| Main Examination | 20 July 2019 |
| Main Exam Result | 2nd – 3rd week of August |
SBI PO Recruitment Vacancy Details 2019
- Total Vacancies: 2000
- Post Name: Probationary Officer
| Category | No of vacancy |
| General | 810 |
| EWS | 200 |
| OBC | 540 |
| SC | 300 |
| ST | 150 |
| Total | 2000 |
SBI PO Recruitment Eligibility Criteria 2019
For the recruitment of the Probationary Officer, State Bank of India has set certain eligibility criteria which the candidates will have to fulfil.
SBI PO Educational Qualification
- Candidate must have graduation in any discipline from the recognised University of India.
- Candidates who are appearing in the Final year/Final semester of their graduation may also apply for SBI PO.
SBI PO Age Limit
- Candidate must be completed 21 years of age and not exceed than 30 years of age as on April 1, 2019.
- Candidate should be born between April 02, 1989 to April 01, 1998.
- Candidates who belong from the reserved category will get relaxation in upper age limit.
| Category | Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PwD SC/ST | 15 years |
| PwD OBC | 13 years |
| PwD Gen/EWS | 10 years |
| Ex-Servicemen | 5 years |
| Persons Ordinarily domiciled of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01 Jan 1980 to 31 Dec 1989 | 5 years |
SBI PO Recruitment Application Form 2019
Candidates who wish to fill the application form of SBI PO 2019 could apply directly through the official website of SBI from April 02 to April 22, 2019. Candidates could apply only through online mode. SBI will not accept the application form to be filled in by any other mode.
Application Fee
| General/EWS/OBC | ₹ 750/- |
| SC/ST/PwD | ₹ 125/- |
- Candidates have to pay the application fee via online mode using debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking.
- Transaction charges will be applicable.
How to apply for SBI PO 2019?
- First of all, the candidates will have to go to the official website sbi.co.in/careers or bank.sbi/careers.
- There you will see the “Latest Announcements” on the right side of the homepage.
- Click on it and you can see “Recruitment of Probationary Officers in SBI” in the dropdown.
- Now you have to click on the apply online link.
- With an email ID and mobile number, you have to register for it.
- Fill the information sought for in the application form carefully.
- After completing the application process, you have to pay the application fee.
- Application fees can be submitted through online mode.
- After reviewing the application form click on the final submission button.
- Save the application form for the reference purpose.
SBI PO Recruitment Admit card 2019
A written examination will be conducted for SBI PO Recruitment 2019. Admit cards for the Pre-examination is issued by SBI on May 17, 2019. The pre-examination is held on June 9, 2019. SBI PO Main Examination 2019 will be held on July 20, 2019, and the admit card of the main examination will be issued in the first week of July 2019. After the issuance of the Admit Card, Candidates can get their admit card by the official website. Please carry a photo ID card along with the admit card in the exam centre.
Photo ID you can carry
- Aadhar Card
- PAN Card
- Passport
- Driving Licence
- Voter ID
- Other photo ID issued by the government
SBI PO Recruitment Exam Centre 2019
| State/UT | Pre-Examination | Main-Examination |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | Ananthapur, Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun | Itanagar |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar Tezpur | Guwahati |
| Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bihar Sharif, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan | Arrah, Patna |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| Goa | Panaji, Verna | Panaji |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar |
| Haryana | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Yamunanagar | Bahadurgarh, Hissar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una | Shimla, Solan |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Baramulla, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udipi | Bengaluru |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram | Kochi,Thiruvananthapuram |
| Lakshwadeep | Kavarrati | Kavarrati |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore |
| Maharashtra | Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara | Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/ Thane/Navi Mumbai |
| Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, Shillong | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawal | Aizawal |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| Delhi -NCR | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon |
| Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneswar |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali,
Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur | Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok | Gangtok |
| Tamilnadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Thoothukodi, Vellore, Virudhunagar | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelvelli |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandshaher, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi | Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Berhampur (West Bengal), Bardhaman, Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri | Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata |
SBI PO Recruitment Selection Process 2019
After the three-phase selection process candidates will be recruited for the Probationary Officers post. The three-phase selection process given below:
- Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
- Phase-II: Main Examination
- Phase-III: Group Exercises & Interview
Phase I: Prelim-Examination
- Question Type: Objective type questions.
- Total Section in the exam: Three Section
- Total number of questions: 100 questions
- Total Marks: 100
- Time Duration: max 1 hour
Phase II: Main Examination
In the main examination, There are both types of examination: objective and descriptive test.
Objective Test
- Sections in the exam: four sections
- Total questions: 155 questions
- Total Marks: 200
- Time duration: 3 hours
- Negative Marking: ¼ marks
Descriptive Test
- Total questions: 2 questions
- Question: English language (letter writing and essay).
- Total Marks: 50 marks
- Time Duration: 30 minutes
- Negative Marking: ¼ marks
Phase III: Group Exercises & Interview
- Group Exercise: 20 Marks
- Interview: 30 Marks
SBI PO Exam Pattern 2019
Phase I: Preliminary Examination
| Subject | No of Ques. | Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | Total of 100 marks | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 20 minutes | |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 20 minutes | |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Phase II: Main Examination
| Subject | No of Ques. | Max Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 Hours |
SBI PO Syllabus 2019
Preliminary Exam
English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Para jumbles
- Spotting Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Fill in the Blanks
Numerical Ability
- Number Series
- Simplification/ Approximation
- Quadratic Equations
- Data Interpretation
- Miscellaneous
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzle and Arrangements
- Inequality
- Syllogism
- Coding-Decoding
- Blood Relations
- Direction Sense
- Order and Ranking
Main Examination
Data Analysis & Interpretation
- Tabular Graph
- Line Graph
- Pie Chart
- Bar Graph
- Radar Graph Caselet
- Missing Case DI
- Let it Case DI
- Data Sufficiency
- Probability
- Permutation and Combination
Reasoning
- Verbal Reasoning
- Syllogism
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Double Lineup
- Scheduling
- Input-Output
- Blood Relations
- Directions and Distances
- Ordering and Ranking
- Data Sufficiency
- Coding and Decoding
- Code Inequalities
- Course of Action
- Critical Reasoning
- Analytical and Decision Making
English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Verbal Ability
- Word Association
- Sentence Improvement
- Para Jumbles
- Cloze Test
- Error Spotting
- Fill in the blanks
General/Economy/ Banking Awareness
- Financial Awareness
- Current Affairs
- General Knowledge
- Static Awareness
- Banking and Financial Awareness
Computer Aptitude
- Internet
- Memory
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Computer Abbreviation
- Microsoft Office
- Computer Hardware
- Computer Software
- Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies
- Networking
- Number System
- Operating System
- Basic of Logic Gates
SBI PO Prelims Cut Off 2019
Here is the Cut-Off for SBI PO 2019 Prelims Exam
Gen: 71
SC: 61.75
ST: 54.75
OBC: 68.25
EWS: 68.25
SBI PO Result 2019
After the examination, the State Bank of India will declare the result of PO recruitment on the official website. Candidates who pass pre and main examinations will be selected for the group exercise and interview. On the basis of GE and Interview, the final result will be declared to the candidates.
Pre Exam result – Candidates can Click Here for the pre-exam result.
SBI PO: Official notification
Now you are aware of all the information about the SBI PO exam in detail. To know more information you can check the Official website of SBI, read to find the information of syllabus, pattern, cut-off, eligibility criteria and much more
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