State Bank of India (SBI) to Conduct Probationary Officers (PO) Main Exam
Bank PO exam by State Bank of India to be Conducted on July 31, 2016.
The State Bank of India Central Recruitment of Promotion Department, Corporate Centre will conduct the SBI Bank PO exam 2016 on July 31, 2016.
If you are taking the State Bank of India’s PO exam, then you will need to download the SBI Bank PO Admit cards from their official website.
To download SBI Bank PO Exam Admit Card 2016, you should:
- Click on the link 'SBI PO Main Admit Cards' on the official website of SBI
- Enter the requisite details & submit it
- You can view the admit cards on the screen – take a print out
- The candidates must take a print-out for future reference
SBI Bank PO exam 2016 Paper Pattern:
The paper is divided into Objective Test & Descriptive Test:
| Objective Test | Descriptive Test |
| Total of 4 sections | Candidates who clear The Objective test, will be eligible to appear for this test |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General/Economy/Banking Awareness and English Language | Test will be based on Language (letter writing & essay) |
| Test duration - 3 hours carrying 200 marks | Test duration – 30 minutes carrying 50 marks |
| Candidates who clear the test will be eligible for Group Discussion (GD) & Personal Interview (PI) |
Total no of attempts for Bank PO exam by SBI:
- General – 4
- General (PWD) – 7
- OBC – 7
- OBC (PWD) – 7
- SC/ ST & PWC (for SC/ ST) – unlimited number of tries
Note* - The number of chances will be counted from the examination held on April 18, 2010.
| Objective Test | Descriptive Test |
| Total of 4 sections | Candidates who clear The Objective test, will be eligible to appear for this test |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General/Economy/Banking Awareness and English Language | Test will be based on Language (letter writing & essay) |
| Test duration - 3 hours carrying 200 marks | Test duration – 30 minutes carrying 50 marks |
| Candidates who clear the test will be eligible for Group Discussion (GD) & Personal Interview (PI) |
| Event | Date |
| Download of call letter for online Bank PO main exam | July 21 onwards |
| Online Bank PO main examination | July 31 |
| Declaration of Bank PO Main results | August 16 |
| Download of call letter for Interview | August 22 |
| Group Discussion and Interview | September 1 |
| Declaration of Final Bank PO result | September 30 |
Last Minute Tips & Tricks to Crack Bank PO Exam:
- Focus on topics that you have already covered. Don’t attempt to learn something totally new at this stage
- Keep a revision time-table and follow it strictly
- Glance through formulas and difficult problems every alternate day
- Solve test papers – to calculate time taken in each section, accuracy, strong points etc so that you can focus on them more. But remember, the question paper will cover the entire syllabus, do don’t leave out any subject completely
- Rate/ rank/ score yourself. Keep targets (for score) and try to reach that
- The time for group studies is over. Concentrate ion independent study
- Study a question paper first and decide which sections you will attempt, instead of blindly answering
No-no’s for Bank PO exam:
- No electronic devices
- Don’t carry items that are not allowed into the exam hall
- No calculators allowed in the exam hall
Bank PO exam by SBI exam centres:
Port Blair, Guntur, Kurnool, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Itanagar, Guwahati, Arrah, Hajiipur, Patna, Chandigarh, Raipur, Panaji, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Rohtak, Shimla, Solan, Jammu, Srinagar, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bengaluru, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kavarrati, Bhopal, Indore, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Imphal, Shillong, Aizawl, Kohima, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Bhubaneswar, Puducherry, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Jaipur, Gangtok, Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Hyderabad, Agartala, Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi, Dehradun, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata.