Bank PO exam after B.Com

Hi I have completed B.Com so how can I apply for SBI Bank PO exam can you please tell me?

[Arun Vats]

State Bank of India (SBI) conducts an exam for recruitment to the post of Probationary Officer (PO) for its branches across the country.

SBI PO exam eligibility-

Graduate degree in any stream from a recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized by the Central Government.

Age Limit-

A candidate should be between 21 - 30 years.

Relaxation of Upper age limit-

Category Age Relaxation (years)
OBC 3
SC/ST, Ex-servicemen of military, Domiciled in the J&K during the period 01/01/1980 - 31/12/1989 5

How to Apply-

Step I. Register and get the registration number and password generated.
Step II. Pay the fee of Rs. 500 (General & Others) or Rs. 100 (SC/ST/PWD) using either:
Online Mode – through Debit / Credit cards or Internet Banking
Offline Mode - through any branch of SBI

Selection Process-

SBI PO consists of 3 successive stages:

i. Objective (online)and Descriptive (paper-based) examination.
ii. Group Discussion and Personal Interview of 20 and 30 marks respectively.
iii. Final selection based on a total of 100 marks taken from both objective and descriptive tests and the GD - PI.

Tentative Important Dates (2014)

Online registration starts from Apr 7, 2014
Payment of fees (online) Apr 7 - Apr 25, 2014
Payment of fees (offline) Apr 10 – Apr 28, 2014
Exam date (tentative) June 2014

SBI PO Paper Pattern –

The 3-hour examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks, as per SBI PO Paper Pattern 2014. The 2-hour Objective Test will be online. Immediately after the online test, 1-hour Descriptive Test will be administered. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test in paper-pen mode.

Exam Syllabus-

Objective Paper (Paper I of SBI PO exam):

The 200 questions are asked from the following areas:

1. English Language
2. Data Interpretation
3. Reasoning
4. The rest of the questions will be from General Awareness, Computer Awareness and Marketing awareness

English Language syllabus: A total of 50 questions are expected, Important areas are Reading comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar Corrections, Identification of Errors in sentence constructions, Jumbled sentences etc. Expect High standard questions in Comprehension, rest of the questions will be in moderate difficulty.

Reasoning syllabus: 50 questions will be there in this section also. Expect the difficulty level to be on the higher side for this section. The important areas are Logical Reasoning, Arithmetical reasoning, Analytical reasoning, Series completion, finding missing figures, Completing number and alphabetical series, Analogies / decision making, Puzzle / Seating Arrangement

Data Analysis and Interpretation syllabus: 50 questions in this section will be in easy to moderate difficulty level. The following sections are considered important: Data Interpretation and manipulation questions from Charts, Graphs and Diagrams including Line charts, pie charts, bar charts and tabular data. Application level questions from probability and statistics, The data manipulation of these questions will contain of time and distance calculations, BODMAS rule, Calculation of speed and distance, calculation of area, volume, perimeter and application of formulas in algebra, geometry, functions etc.

Syllabus of General Awareness: In this section 10 questions each are expected from Marketing and computer awareness sections and 15 questions each are expected from Banking awareness and current affairs sections.

Negative Marking of SBI PO Paper I
For each incorrect answer a quarter (1/4th ) of marks are reduced

SBI PO Descriptive Paper (Paper II) Syllabus
In this section, expect questions relating to Letter writing (Usually official letters in connection with the normal functioning of a bank branch), Essay and Paragraph writing (Usually related to bank functioning and economy), Precis writing and Reading comprehension.