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It's very important to know the exam pattern of SBI PO 2022 which is split in two parts: Prelims & Mains. We are providing you with detailed information on it. Eligible candidates will have to undergo three phases viz. (i) Phase-I (ii) Phase-II and (iii) Phase-III. Candidates who will be shortlisted after Phase-I will have to appear for Phase-II. And those who will be shortlisted after the Phase-II will be subsequently called for the final part, Phase-III.
The whole recruitment process is generally wrapped up by the month of February/March 2023 & the results will be declared soon afterwards.
Number of Attempts: The maximum number of chances are fixed for each category.
Candidates will have to clear the Prelims or first Phase of the SBI PO exam 2022, in order to reach the Mains exam. The preliminary exam will be an online exam of 1-hour duration for 100 marks. The test will entertain 3 sections. As the sectional cut-off in the Preliminary Exam has been removed, the overall score of all the sections will be considered for selection. The cut-off or minimum passing marks for each section will be decided by SBI based on the difficultly-level of the test. Given below is the section-wise division of the marks:
SL. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
1. | English Language | 30 |
Total Maximum Marks 100 | 20 minutes |
2. | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 20 minutes | |
3. | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 20 minutes | |
Total | 100 | 1 hour |
Negative Marking: One mark is allotted for each question and ¼ or in other words 0.25 negative marking is deducted for every incorrect answer.
The mains exam will include an objective test of 200 Marks as well as a Subjective or Descriptive Test of 50 Marks. Candidate who will meet the required Cut off in SBI Prelims will be eligible to appear for the Mains Exam. The Descriptive Test has a duration of 30 minutes with a score of 50 marks. This test is conducted to test the writing skills of candidates via Letter Writing & Essay Writing.
(i) Objective Test: The duration of objective test is 3 hours, and it consists of 4 Sections of total 200 marks. There will be separate timing for every section. | |||||
Test | Name of the test | No. of Qs. | Max. Marks | Duration | |
I | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 50 | 50 minutes | |
II | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 50 | 45 minutes | |
III | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes | |
IV | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes | |
Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | ||
(ii) Descriptive Paper | |||||
English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 50 | 30 minutes | ||
Grand Total | 250 |
Note: The Descriptive Test will be held on the same day as the mains test and will last 30 minutes. There will be two questions totalling 50 points in the English Language Test (Letter Writing & Essay).
You need to keep the following points in mind while preparing for the Mains exam:
Candidates who will qualify for the Mains exam will reach the final stage of Group Discussion and Personal Interview to compete in the final merit list. The final merit will be made based on the marks of Mains paper and GD (Group Discussion) & PI (Personal Interview). Interview carries 30 marks whereas the Group Discussion carries 20 marks. Candidates should keep in mind that the Preliminary or Prelims exam marks are not included or counted for the final result. The selection for the Group Exercises and Interview will be based on a category-wise merit list. A merit list will be released by the conducting body along with the names of shortlisted candidates. SBI will send the call letters to the shortlisted candidates in which they will get the time, date, venue, and other important information. It is mandatory for all the selected candidates to appear for the SBI PO Interview.
The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalised to 100 marks as detailed below. | |||
Test | Main Exam | Group Exercise & Interview | Total |
Maximum Marks | 250 | 50 | 300 |
Normalized Marks | 75 | 25 | 100 |
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There were 810 general vacancies in SBI PO 2021 notification.
The starting basic pay is 41,960/- (with 4 advance increments) in the scale of 36000-1490/7-46430-1740/2-49910-1990/7-63840 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I.
It can be, especially for aspirants which have prepared over the course of last 2-3 months for exam like RRB PO, Clerk, IDBI, & SBI Clerk. You will have to follow a dedicated study plan.
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