SBI PO 2022 Notification Released- Prelims Date- Dec 17

SBI PO 2022 Notification has been released. Let’s have a look at the important points:

SBI PO 2022 Vacancies

Category	SC	ST	OBC*	EWS^	UR	Total	VI^#	HI^#	LD^#	d & e^# ^@
Regular Vacancy	240	120	432	160	648	1600	16	16	16	16
Backlog Vacancy	30	11	32	—	—	73	2	20	5	23
Total	270	131	464	160	648	1673	18	36	21	39

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’. OBC category candidates should submit the OBC certificate on format prescribed by Govt. of India containing the ‘Non-creamy layer’ clause, issued during the period 01.04.2022 to the date of interview, should be submitted by such candidates, if called for interview.

# Vacancies for Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) category candidates are reserved horizontally.

@ PwBD categories under clauses ‘d’ & ‘e’ of Section 34 (i) of RPWD Act 2016 suitable for the post are: (i) “Specific Learning Disability” (SLD); (ii) “Mental Illness” (MI); (iii) autism spectrum disorder (Mild)- ASD (M) (iv) “Multiple Disabilities” (multiple disabilities amongst LD, VI, HI, SLD, MI & ASD-M);

^ 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.

SBI PO 2022 Important Dates

Activity	Tentative Dates
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates	22.09.2022 to 12.10.2022
Payment of Application Fee	22.09.2022 to 12.10.2022
Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters	1^st ^/ 2^nd week of December 2022 onwards
Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination	17^th/18^th/19^th/ 20^th of December 2022
Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination	December 2022 / January 2023
Download of Main Examination Call letter	January 2023 / February 2023
Phase-II: Online Main Examination	January 2023 / February 2023
Declaration of Result of Main Examination	February 2023
Download of Phase-III Call Letter	February 2023 onwards
Phase-III: Psychometric Test	February / March 2023
Interview & Group Exercises	February / March 2023
Declaration of Final Result	March 2023 onwards
Pre-Examination Training for SC/ ST/ Religious Minority Community candidates
Download of call letters for Pre-Examination Training	1^st ^/ 2^nd week of November 2022 onwards
Conduct of Pre- Examination Training	November 2022 / December 2022

SBI PO 2022 Eligibility Crietria

Educational Qualification

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final Year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.12.2022.

Age Limit

(As on 01.04.2022): Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2022 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2001 and not earlier than 02.04.1992 (both days inclusive).

SBI PO 2022 Selection Procedure

Prelims=> Mains=> Psychometric Test=> Interview

Prelims

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Duration
1	English Language	30	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	20 minutes
	Total	100	1 hour

Total Maximum Marks: 100

Mains

There is a slight change in the exam pattern of Mains this year. 5 questions have been reduced from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude and Data Analysis & Interpretation respectively and 10 questions have been added to General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness.

(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)

30 minutes

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary & Main Examination): There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4^th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

Sectional Marks will not be maintained for both Preliminary & Main Examinations.

Selection criteria for Phase-III: Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Phase-II (Main Exam). There will be no sectional cut-off. Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approx.) of the category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for Phase-III from the top of the category wise merit list subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score, as decided by the Bank.

Psychometric Test

The Bank may conduct Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase-III. Finding of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a through perspective on the candidates.

III Phase Comprise of: