a)
Hearing Impaired:
The deaf are those persons
in whom the sense of hearing is non-functional for ordinary purposes
of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand
sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels
or more in the better
ear in the conversational range
of frequencies.
Use of Scribe
& Compensatory Time:
The facility of scribe would be allowed
to a person who has disability of 40% or more if so desired
by the person and is meant for only those
persons with disability who have physical
limitation to write including that of speed.
In all such cases where
a scribe is used, the following rules
will apply:
•
Candidates eligible for
and who wish to use the services of scribe in the examination should carefully indicate
the same in the online
application form.
•
The candidate will have
to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format at the time of online examination
•
Such candidates who are eligible
for use of a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination whether
availing the facility
of scribe or not.
•
The candidate will have to arrange
his/her own scribe
at his/her own cost.
•
The scribe will be
allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F.No.16-110/2003-DDIII dated February 26, 2013 of Government of
India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry
of Financial, Deptt.
of Financial Services
vide letter No. F.No.3/2/2013-Welfare dated
26.04.2013.
1. CATEGORY
Instructions for writing Category
Name and Category
Code no. while applying online.
Candidates belonging to OBC category but
coming in the 'CREAMY LAYER', are not entitled
to OBC reservation and age relaxation. They should indicate
their category as 'GEN' or 'GEN (OH)' or
'GEN (VI)' or 'GEN (HI)'
(as applicable).
Various category names
and their code
numbers are given
below.
PLEASE NOTE THAT
CHANGE OF CATEGORY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT ANY STAGE AFTER REGISTRATION OF ONLINEAPPLICATION.
Category
|
Code
|
Category
|
Code
|
Category
|
Code
|
Category
|
Code
|
SC
|
01
|
ST
|
05
|
OBC
|
09
|
GEN
|
13
|
SC(OH)
|
02
|
ST(OH)
|
06
|
OBC(OH)
|
10
|
GEN(OH)
|
14
|
SC(VI)
|
03
|
ST(VI)
|
07
|
OBC(VI)
|
11
|
GEN(VI)
|
15
|
SC(HI)
|
04
|
ST(HI)
|
08
|
OBC(HI)
|
12
|
GEN(HI)
|
16
|
2. SELECTION PROCEDURE
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:
Preliminary
Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks
will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration
consisting of 3 sections as follows:
SL.
|
Name of Test
|
No. of Questions
|
Marks
|
Duration
|
1.
|
English Language
|
30
|
30
|
Composite Time of
1
hour
|
2.
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
35
|
35
|
3.
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35
|
35
|
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
|
Candidates
have to qualify
in each of the three
tests by securing
passing marks to be decided
by the Bank. Adequate number
of candidates in each category
as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject
to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Examination.
Phase – II: Main Examination:
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks
and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.
Candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test by typing on the computer.
Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.
(I) Objective Test: The Objective Test of 3 hours
duration consists of 4 sections
for total 200 marks. The Objective Test will have 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.
Test
|
Name of test
|
No. of Questions
|
Max. Marks
|
Duration
|
I
|
Reasoning &
Computer Aptitude
|
45
|
60
|
60 minutes
|
II
|
Data Analysis & Interpretation
|
35
|
60
|
45 minutes
|
III
|
General/Economy/ Banking
Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
35 minutes
|
IV
|
English Language
|
35
|
40
|
40 minutes
|
|
Total
|
155
|
200
|
3 hours
|
(ii)
Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks
will be 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 Objective
Test.
Penalty for Wrong Answers
(Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination)
There will be penalty for wrong answers
marked in the Objective Tests. 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 Discussion (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)
The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective
Tests and the Descriptive Test will be arranged in descending order in each
category. Adequate number of candidates in
each
category, as decided
by the Bank will be called for Group Discussion and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group
Discussion & Interview will be as decided by the Bank.
Candidates qualifying for GD & Interview
under 'OBC' category would be required to submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non-Creamy Layer' clause. Candidates not submitting the OBC certificate containing the 'Non-Creamy Layer' clause and requesting to be
interviewed under General category
will not be entertained.
Final Selection
The marks obtained
in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective
Test and Descriptive Test, will beaddedtothemarksobtainedin GD& Interview (Phase-III) for preparationof the final merit list.
The candidates will 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 Discussion &
Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted
marks of Written
Test and Group Discussion &Interview out of 100
for each category. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked
candidates in each category.
Results of the candidates who have qualified
for GD & Interview and the list of candidates finally selected will be made available on the Bank's website. Final select list will be published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and also on Bank’s
website.
3. EXAMINATION CENTERS
(Tentative List)
I). The examination will be conducted online at venues
across many centers
in India. The tentative list of examination centers for the Preliminary Exams
is available in Annexure I.
ii).
No request for change
of center for examination shall
be entertained.
iii). SBI, however, reserves the right to cancel any of
the examination centers and/or add some other centers, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.
iv). SBI also reserves the right to allot the candidate
to any center other than the one he/she has opted for.
v).
Candidate will appear
for the examination at an examination center at his/her own risk and expenses and SBI will not be responsible for any injury
or losses etc. of any nature.
vi). Any unruly behaviour/misbehaviour in the examination hall may result in cancellation of candidature/disqualification from future exams
conducted by SBI.
vii).
The centers for the Main Examination will be limited.
4. EMOLUMENTS
Presently, the
starting basic pay is `27,620/- (with
4 advance increments)
in the scale of
`23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020 applicable to
Junior Management Grade Scale-I. The official
will also be eligible for D.A, H.R.A/Lease rental, C.C.A, Medical and other allowances & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time. The total compensation per annum would be a minimum of `7.55 lacs and maximum of `12.93 lacs depending on place of posting and other factors.
SBI plans to offer, subject
to necessary approvals, a SMART Compensation Package which would enable candidates a choice
to monetize specific
elements of the salary package.
5.
CAREER PATH
The Probationary Officers
will be on probation of two years during which they will be given intensive training. Towards
the end of their probation/training period, they will be subjected to a screening
process. While those Officers who achieve the predetermined standards
may be confirmed and given placement in the next higher grade
i.e., Officer Middle Management Grade Scale-II, others who qualify in
the test but fail to achieve the standards set for placement in Middle Management Grade Scale-II, will be confirmed as Officer Junior Management
Grade Scale-I. The services of those Officers who fail to qualify in this process
will be terminated. Bank provides
immense opportunities for growth in the Bank including opportunities for postings abroad. The attractive promotion policy of the Bank provides an opportunity to the
meritorious and exceptionally brilliant officers
to reach the Top Management Grade
in a reasonably quick time.
6. APPLICATION FEEAND INTIMATION CHARGE: (Non Refundable)
Sr. No.
|
Category
|
Total
|
1.
|
SC/ST/PWD
|
`100/-
(Intimation Charges only)
|
2.
|
General, OBC
|
`600/-
(App. Fee including intimation charges)
|
Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded
on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other
examination or selection.
7. PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING
Bank may arrange pre-examination training at
certain centres for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the
guidelines issued by Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories
who desire to avail themselves of such training at their own cost may indicate to that effect against relevant
column while applying
online. An indicative list of training
centres is given
below:
Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Akola,
Allahabad, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhopal,
Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore,
Dehradun, Dibrugarh, Ernakulam, Gangtok, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar,
Jabalpur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Meerut, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Purnea, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Silchar, Siliguri,
Shillong, Srinagar, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada
The Bank may add additional centers or may delete some of the centers indicated
for training. Candidates
opting for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/date of birth from 13-06-2016 onwards
from Bank's website. No hard copy of the call letter
will be sent by post.
