SBI PO 2018 Exam: Final Result, Syllabus & Pattern

SBI PO Recruitment is done every year to select eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officer. This year,  SBI PO 2018 was conducted to select candidates for the 2000 vacancies announced in the official SBI PO Notification 2018. Being one of the most lucrative career option in the field of Banking, SBI PO Exam attracts millions of candidates every year who try their luck to ace this prestigious exam.

To give you more insight into SBI PO 2018, here is a post describing SBI PO 2018 Vacancy, Online Application Process, Exam Pattern, Exam Dates, Syllabus & More!

SBI PO 2018 Final Result
SBI has released SBI PO 2018 Final Result. All candidates can check their result by clicking on the link mentioned below:

SBI PO Prelims Result 2018-
State Bank of India (SBI) has released the online SBI PO 2018 Prelims examination result 2018, which was held on the 1st and 8th of July 2018. 

Check SBI PO Prelims Result Here

SBI PO Admit Card 2018:

SBI PO Admit Card for Mains Exam 2018 was released on 20th July. Admit card for Prelims and Mains exam was released separately. The links have been deactivated now upon completion of the recruitment process for 2018.

SBI PO 2018 Notification

SBI released 2000 vacancies for the recruitment of Probationary Officers in 2018.

SBI PO 2018 Notification OUT: 2000 Vacancies

SBI PO 2018 Exam Dates

SBI PO Mock Test Series 2018

SBI PO Salary and Other Benefits 2018: Check Now

SBI PO 2018 Vacancies

The number of vacancies in SBI PO Recruitment, 2018 are 2000. The number of vacancies announced in the year 2017 was 2400 and 2200 in the year 2016.

SBI PO Selection Procedure

Usually, SBI conducts the examination in three phases in order to carry out the complete recruitment process. The three steps that SBI follows for the recruitment are as follows:

1. 1. Online Preliminary Examination (Objective Test).
2. 2. Online Mains Examination (Objective Test and Descriptive Test).
3. 3. Group Exercises and Personal Interview.

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) are not added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective Test and Descriptive Test, are added to the marks obtained in GE& Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of the final merit list.

The candidates have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Exercises & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating the converted marks of Written Test and Group Exercises &Interview out of 100 for each category. The selection is made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.

Results of the candidates who have qualified for Group Exercises & Interview and the list of candidates finally selected is made available on the Bank’s website. The final selection list is published in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar and also on Bank’s website.

SBI PO Eligibility Criteria, 2018

The Eligibility Criteria for the SBI PO 2018 Recruitment Process  is as follows:

1. Essential Academic Qualifications: (As on 31.08.2018)

Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized 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 the interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.08.2018. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2018. Candidates possessing the qualification of Chartered Accountant may also apply.

2. Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2018)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2018 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1988 and not later than 01.04.1997 (both days inclusive).

SBI PO 2018 Examination Pattern

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks is conducted online. This test is of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:

Candidates have to qualify the test by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank. there will be no sectional cutoff. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) are shortlisted for the Main Examination.

Phase – II: Main Examination

Main Examination consists of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests is online. Candidates have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test is administered.

1. Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test has separate timing for every section. The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

2. Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks is a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank. Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are placed adequately high as per total marks in the objective test.

A Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination): There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

Phase – III: Group Exercises (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)

The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and Descriptive Test are arranged in descending order in each category. The adequate number of candidates in each category, as decided by the Bank are called for Group Exercises and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Exercises &Interview are as decided by the Bank.

SBI PO Syllabus 2018

Click Here to View Detailed SBI PO Syllabus

Click Here to View SBI PO Previous Year Papers (Memory Based)

SBI PO Application Fees

1. 1. Rs. 100 for SC/ ST/ PWD Candidates.
2. 2. Rs. 600 for all others.

SBI PO Admit Card/ Call letter

The download of Admit Cards for Prelims Exam will start from 18.06.2018 onwards, Mains Exam on 20.07.2018 and Group Exercise and Interview on 01.09.2018, tentatively.

SBI PO Result, 2018

The results of SBI PO Prelims Exam is expected on 15.07.2018, result of Mains Exam on 20.08.2018, and Group Exercise and Interview  final result on 01.11.2018, tentatively.

SBI PO Cut Off Scores

The cut-ff scores released by SBI depends on the number of vacancies announced in that particular year, number of candidates who appear for the examination as well as the level of the examination that is conducted in order to carry out the recruitment process. So, one cannot predict the cut-off score of future SBI Examination by simply relying on the previous year cut-off scores. To get you acquainted with the previous year cut off scores of SBI Examination, here is the analysis of previous years’ SBI PO Cut-offs:

SBI PO 2018 Prelims Exam Cut Off

SBI PO 2018 Mains Cut Off (Final)

SBI PO 2017 Prelims Exam Cut Off

SBI PO 2017 Mains Cut Off (Final)

SBI PO 2016 Prelims Exam Cut Off

SBI PO 2016 Mains Cut Off (Final)