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State Bank of India has released the much-awaited notification for the recruitment of Probationary Officers (POs) for the year 2019. In total 2000 vacancies has been released by SBI this year. The interested candidates can go through this article as well as can also download the official notification for SBI PO 2019 from the direct link given below.
SBI PO 2019 Recruitment: Important Dates
Events | Tentative Dates |
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates |
From 02.04.2019 to 22.04.2019 |
Payment of Application Fee or the Intimation Charges | From 02.04.2019 to 22.04.2019 |
Download of call letters for online Preliminary Examination | From the 3rd week of May 2019 |
Online Preliminary Examination | On 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th June 2019 |
The result of Online Preliminary Examination | 1st week of July 2019 |
Download of Call letter for Online Main Examination | 2nd week of July 2019 |
Online Main Examination | On 20.07.2019 |
Declaration of Result for Main Examination | 3rd week of August 2019 |
Download of Call Letter for Group Exercises & Interview | 4th week of August 2019 |
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-Examination Training | 2nd week of May 2019 onwards |
Conduct of Pre- Examination Training | 4th week of May 2019 |
SBI PO 2019 Recruitment: Eligibility Criteria
Those candidates who are in the Final Year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for an interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31-August-2019.
Calculation of Percentage: The percentage marks will be considered & calculated by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all the semester(s)/ year(s) by aggregate maximum marks in all the subjects irrespective of the honors/ optional/ additional optional subject if any. This will be applicable for those Universities also where Class/ Grade is decided on the basis of Honours marks only. The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60% and 54.99% will be treated as less than 55%.
Age Limit: The age limit as on 01-April-2019 for the candidates are as follows.
The minimum age required is 21 years and the maximum age is 30 years. In other words, the candidate must not have been born later than 01-April-1998 and not earlier than 02-April-1989. Further, the relaxation in upper age limit has also been allowed, which is different for different categories. So for detailed notification, you can refer the official notification.
SBI PO 2019 Recruitment: Total Vacancies
The number of vacancies released for the recruitment of SBI PO for different categories is shown in the table below.
Categories | Number of Vacancies |
SC | 300 |
ST | 150 |
OBC (Non-creamy layer) | 540 |
EWS (Economically Weaker Section) | 200 |
General | 810 |
Total Vacancies | 2000 |
SBI PO 2019 Recruitment: Application Fees
There is a change in the application fees/intimation charges from the last year as the fees have been increased this year. Below you can find the category wise application fees required to apply for SBI PO 2019.
Category | Application Fees |
SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 125/- (Intimation Charges only) |
General/ EWS/ OBC | Rs. 750/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
Note: The application once paid will not be refunded in any circumstances nor it can be held in reserve for any other examination.
SBI PO 2019 Recruitment: Important Links
Online Registration | Apply Now |
Notification of SBI PO 2019 | Click Here |
Official Website | Click Here |