Introduction
Aspirants of SBI PO 2019, who are willing to enhance their career with banking sector can check all details in the SBI PO 2019 – Official Notification issued by SBI. The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for SBI PO 2019 recruitment is scheduled to be conducted in June/July 2019.
| Phases | Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Preliminary Examination | 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th June 2019 |
| Main Examination | 20th July 2019 |
Vacancies
State Bank of India invites applications from eligible candidates for recruitment to 2000 posts for Probationary Officers (PO’s) - 2019. This recruitment drive is conducted for selection and appointment of qualified candidates for the post of PO in SBI and its associate banks.
Note: The recruited candidates can be posted anywhere in India.
SBI has released a notification for SBI PO position – 2019, with a total vacancy of 2000 posts. Refer to the table below for the specific number of positions in each category.
Vacancies detailed above are provisional and may vary according to Bank’s requirements.
| Category | Vacancy | Backlog | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 300 | -- | 300 |
| ST | 150 | -- | 150 |
| OBC* | 540 | -- | 540 |
| EWS^ | 200 | -- | 200 |
| GEN | 810 | -- | 810 |
| Total | 2000 | -- | 2000 |
| LD# | 20 | -- | 20 |
| VI# | 20 | -- | 20 |
| HI# | 20 | 53 | 73 |
| d & e#@ | 20 | -- | 20 |
Note:
* Vacancies reserved for OBC category are available only to the 'Non-creamy layer' OBC candidates. 'Creamy layer' OBC candidates should indicate their category as 'General'.
# Vacancies for PWD category candidates are reserved horizontally.
@ PWD categories under clauses ‘d’ & ‘e’ of Section 34(i) of RPWD Act 2016 – (i) “Specific Learning Disability” (SLD); (ii) “Mental Illness” (MI); (iii) “Multiple Disabilties” (multiple disabilities amongst LD, VI, HI, SLD & MI).
^ Reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in recruitment is governed by Office Memorandum no. 36039/1/2019-Estt (Res) dated 31.01.2019 of Department of Personnel &
Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance & Pensions, Government of India.
Disclaimer: “EWS vacancies are tentative and subject to further directives of Government of India and outcome of any litigation. The appointment is provisional and is subject to the Income & Asset certificate being verified through the proper channels.”
Note: To initiate the application process, interested and eligible candidates will have to register online through bank’s official website: Register Here. The three-step selection process is as follows: Preliminary and Main Exams conducted online, followed by Group exercises and Interview. Candidates must pass each exam to get shortlisted and progress to the next stage.
The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the final selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective Test and Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in GE & Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of the final merit list.
Results of the candidates who have qualified for Group Exercises & Interview and the list of candidates finally selected will be made available on the Bank's website: Recruitment Results and will also be published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar: Employment News/Rozgar Samachar
Schedule
SBI follows certain schedule for conducting the successfull recruitment process. So, as per SBI PO 2019 important dates are:
The tentative schedule of recruitment events is as follows:
| Activity | Dates |
|---|---|
| On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates | 02.04.2019 to 22.04.2019 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges | 02.04.2019 to 22.04.2019 |
| Download of call letters for online Preliminary Examination | 3rd week of May 2019 onwards |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th June 2019 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | 1st week of July 2019 |
| Download of Call letter for Online Main Exam | 2nd week of July 2019 |
| Conduct of Online Examination – Main | 20.07.2019 |
| Declaration of Result – Main | 3rd week of August 2019 |
| Download of Call Letter for Group Exercises & Interview | 4th week of August 2019 |
| Conduct of Group Exercises & Interview | September 2019 |
| Declaration of Final Result | 2nd week of October 2019 |
| Pre-Examination Training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates | |
| Download of call letters for Pre-Exam Training | 2nd week of May 2019 onwards |
| Conduct of Pre-Exam Training | 4th week of May 2019 |
Centres
- The SBI PO Examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India.
- No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained.
- SBI reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some other Centres, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.
- SBI also reserves the right to allow the candidate to any centre other than the one he/ she has opted for.
- Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/ her/ their own risk and expenses and SBI will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.
- Any unruly behaviour/ misbehaviour in the examination hall may result in cancellation of candidature/ disqualification from future exams conducted by SBI.
- The centers for the Main Examination will be limited.
| State Code | State/ UT | Preliminary Exam Centers | Mains Exam Centers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun | Itanagar |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bihar Sharif, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan | Arrah, Hajipur, Patna |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| 18 | Goa | Panaji, Verna | Panaji |
| 19 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar |
| 20 | Haryana | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Palwal, Rohtak, Sonipat, Yamunanagar | Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Rohtak |
| 21 | Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una | Shimla, Solan |
| 22 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 23 | Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| 24 | Karnataka | Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udipi | Bengaluru |
| 25 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 26 | Lakshadweep | Kavarrati | Kavarrati |
| 27 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore |
| 28 | Maharashtra | Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai / Thane / Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara | Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/ Thane / Navi Mumbai |
| 29 | Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| 30 | Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, Shillong | Shillong |
| 31 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| 32 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| 33 | Delhi-NCR | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon |
| 34 | Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneswar |
| 35 | Puducherry | Puducherry | uducherry |
| 36 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur | Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| 37 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur |
| 38 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Gangtok |
| 39 | Tamilnadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Thoothukodi, Vellore | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelvelli |
| 40 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| 41 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| 42 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Unnao, Varanasi | Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| 43 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| 44 | West Bengal | Asansol, Berhampur (West Bengal), Bardhaman, Dumkal, Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri | Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata |