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18 Jun

SBI PO 2014 Exam Review, Cutoff, Results & Interview

SBI conducted the Probationary Officers online written exam for the recruitment of 1837 vacancies in State Bank of India on 14th and 15th June, 2014. Another exams would be conducted on 21st and 22nd June, 2014. You can read the full recruitment details here.

SBI PO 2014 EXAM REVIEW/Analysis:

The online exam was of 2 hours and had 200 questions. Check out the details analysis below:

    English Language : Almost similar to previous years’ exams. But with little higher difficulty level and time consuming. So the cutoff will be similar or little less when compared to last years’ exams.

  • General Awareness / Marketing / Computer Knowledge : The easiest section in this exam as compared to previous years’ exams. Only few questions from current affairs. A person with basic knowledge can also clear this section.
  • Reasoning : Moderate to heave section in difficulty. Questions were time consuming. Just like all IBPS exams.
  • Data Interpretation : Last year this was the easiest section but this time, it was very time consuming. As the exam was online, it created more problems.
  • Descriptive Test :  No tricky questions. Same pattern and same cutoffs from ages.

 

Also, Check out SBI PO 2014 complete analysis by Careerlauncher here.

SBI PO 2014 Cutoff and Results:

Results would be announced very soon in 1-2 months. We will keep you posting. Check last year SBI PO cutoff here.
This time, cutoff is expected as follows:

SBI PO 2014 CUTOFF

UPDATE:

Check out results of SBI PO ONLINE EXAM HERE.

See ALSO: Best Books for SBI Clerk 2014 (Assistants)

SBI PO 2014 GROUP DISCUSSION AND INTERVIEWS:

If you have done your paper well and expecting to clear the written exam, you should start preparing for interview right now.
Interviews can play a huge role in deciding the final ranking and your preferred posting.
Check out the best books to prepare for interviews.
We will keep you updated with interview material soon. All the best.

06 Apr

Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS)

State Bank of India(SBI) released the notification for the recruitment of 1837 vacancies of Probationary Officers in 2014. You can read the SBI PO 2014 notification here.

FOR SBI PO 2015- CHECK OUT THE BEST BOOKS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SBI PO(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS) 2015 HERE.

SBI PO 2014 PAPER PATTERN & SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Phase-I Examination consisting Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks.
The Objective Test will be online. Immediately after online Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered. Cadidates will have to answer Descriptive Test on paper/Pen mode.
(i) The Objective Test with 2 hour duration consists of 4 Sections with 50 Objective Test:
marks each (Total 200 marks) as follows:
a) Test of English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)
The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
(ii) The Descriptive Test with 1 hour duration (50marks) will be of “Test Descriptive Test: of English Language (comprehension, short précis, 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.

Phase II Exam consists of Group Discussion and Interview.

Check out the Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS) Exam:

A) English Language:

1) General English by Lucent Publications: This is by far the best book available in the market for the preparation of all entrance exams. The content in this book is written in both English and Hindi language for easy understanding. All the concepts are explained in a crystal clear and step by step manner. Hundreds of rules of English grammar are given in this book chapter wise, so you will cover each and every aspect of English language.

2) Objective General English by SP Bakshi: Another best book to prepare for Objective English. All the topics are explained in a very clear and sequential manner. But personally, I’d prefer Lucent book.

If the book is not available on Flipkart, purchase on Amazon:

B) General Intelligence and Reasoning:

1) A Modern Approach To Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal: The best and only book you need to prepare for this section. Every topic is covered in detail in this book. This book is good for high level reasoning as required in SBI PO exam.

2) The Hand on Guide to Analytical Reasoning and Logical Reasoning: A Must have Resource for Aspirants of CAT, MAT, XAT, IIFT, CMAT, CSAT, SBI PO, Bank Clerk, SSC: This is another best book for high level reasoning learning and practice.

C) Data Analysis & Interpretation:

1) Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant: As this section in the SBI PO exam will be related to Data Analysis and Interpretation but for that, you need to clear your basics of mathematics. This is great book for Mathematics to improve your speed and efficiency with thousands of shortcuts. It covers all the topics with so many formulas, concepts, shortcuts, examples and thousands of questions to practice.

If book is not available on Flipkart, buy it on Amazon:

2) The Accredited Guide to Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency: A Must have Resource for Aspirants of CAT, MAT, XAT, IIFT, CSAT, SBI PO, Bank Clerk, SSC: This is best book available in the market for Data Analysis and Interpretation.

D) General Awareness, Marketing & Computers:

1) Handbook on Computer Awareness: This Book is really useful for Recruitment Exams such as SBI PO, IBPS PO/Clerk, SSC, LIC AAO, Railways and entrance exams of MCA, MBA, BBA and similar courses.

If this book is not available, buy this book:

2) Guide to Banking General Awareness and Banking Aptitude Test: Great book for banking awareness section. It contains more than 1,000 questions for the preparation of Banking awareness section.

3) Marketing Aptitude Test by BSC: Best book of marketing to prepare for all competitive exams.

If this book is shown “Out of stock” on the above link, try the link below.

4) IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Marketing Officer Exam Practice Work Book by Kiran Prakashan: Another good book to prepare for marketing section in SBI PO exam.

5) General Knowledge 2014: Essential ‘Knowledge Capsule’ in General Awareness and Current Affairs by Manohar Pandey(Arihant Publications) I strongly recommend this book as you can do it within a week and it covers the entire General awareness in a concise manner.

For general awareness or current affairs section, you need to read newspaper daily or like our Facebook page to get current affairs daily or follow our monthly current affairs section on this website.

E) Descriptive Section:

1) Descriptive General English by SP Bakshi: This is a great book to prepare for Descriptive/Subjective section of SBI PO exam. This book covers many essays, letters, precis, reports and much more to cover every bit of descriptive topic in a very detailed manner.

We will update this post with more new books for SBI PO preparation. Keep visiting our website.

See Also: SBI PO 2013 Cutoff – Written Exam and Interview

All the best for the exam.

06 Apr

SBI PO 2013 Cutoff – Written Exam and Interview

SBI last conducted RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA in 2013. The Written Examination was held on April 28, 2014 followed by Group Discussion and Interview held in July 2013.

SBI again come out with the vacancies of 1867 PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA in 2014. It’s a great opportunity for all the candidates who are looking for a career in banking industry as SBI is the top bank in the country. You can read the SBI PO 2014 notification here.

See Also:

Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS)

Check out the cut off for written exam and interview in SBI PO 2013:

SBI PO Cut Off 2013 2014

SBI PO 2013 Cutoff

Last time, written exam was conducted offline but this time SBI will conduct the written exam online just like IBPS PO exam. So the cutoff is likely to change this time.
Anyway, we wish all the candidates best of luck for the exam. Give your best shot.

04 Apr

SBI PO 2014 Recruitment – 1837 Vacancies( Notification, Paper Pattern,etc.)

State Bank of India(SBI) invites applications from the eligible candidates for the recruitment of 1837 vacancies of Probationary Officers.

Total No. of Vacancies: 1837

Important Dates:

Start of ONLINE REGISTRATION OF APPLICATION : April 7, 2014
PAYMENT OF FEES – ONLINE : April 7, 2014 – April 25, 2014
PAYMENT OF FEES – OFFLINE : April 10, 2014 – April 28, 2014
Exam Date: June, 2014(Tentatively)

See Also: SBI PO 2013 Cutoff – Written Exam and Interview

Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS)

Paper Pattern:

Phase 1:

This time SBI will conduct online exam. of 200 marks. There is a Descriptive Test of 50 marks after online exam. Which is the test of English Language (comprehension, short précis, letter writing & essay)”.

The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

Online Exam will consist of four sections with 50 marks each:

a) Reasoning(High Level)
b) General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
c) English Language
d) Data Analysis & Interpretation

Phase 2:

Group Discussion(20 marks) and Interview(30 marks). Final Selection will be based on the total marks of both phase 1 and phase 1 of the selection process.

Minimum Qualification:

Graduation in any discipline.

Age Limit: 21-30 years as on 1.4.2014. Age relaxation is also allowed as per norms.

Application Fees:

Others: Rs. 500
SC/ST/PWD: Rs. 50

Click here to read the full notification.

Click here to apply online from April 7, 2014.

23 Aug

SBI PO 2013 Final Marks List

SBI has released the final marks list of all the candidates who appeared for the Probationary Officers(PO) examination. SBI conducted the written exam(Objective+Descriptive) on April 28, 2013 for the selection of Probationary officers. The shortliested candidates were called for GD and interview.

SBI PO 2013 Final Marks List:

Click here to check final Marks List of SBI PO 2013. Just enter your roll no/registration number and Date of birth.

You can check your written exam marks(section wise), cutoff, Group discussion marks and interview marks. You can also check how they have arrived for final selection.

See Also: SBI To Recruit 10,000 POs & Clerks in 2013 (Official Statement)

Do share your marks below.

29 Apr

SBI PO 2013 CutOff, Analysis, Results & Selection Procedure

State Bank of India(SBI) conducted the written exam for the selection of Probationary Officers(PO) in SBI on April 28, 2013. The written exam was conducted in two sessions i.e. Morning and Evening. There was an objective type written test consisting of 200 marks(200 questions divided into 4 sections) followed by a descriptive test of 50 marks. More than 17 lacs candidates from over India applied for this exam. You can read more about SBI PO 2013 official notification here. There are total of 1,500 vacancies.

SBI PO 2013 – Written Exam Analysis:

Data Sufficiency: As expected, there were not much proper mathematics questions except 1 or 2 but most of the questions were from the Data Interpretation and Sufficiency. This was one of the easiest section of today’s exam as the questions were pretty straight forward with minimal shortcuts required.

English Language & Comprehension and General Awareness: Both the sections were average in difficulty as some of the questions were pretty easy, summed up with some tricky questions. General Awareness section was easier than it was expected before the exam.

Reasoning: As always, Reasoning was the difficult and time consuming section of all. Questions of arrangement again took the lot of time of students.

Verdict: Overall, the difficulty level of exam was average. Definitely, it was easier than the last year’s exam.

Selection Process in SBI PO 2013:

Phase 1: The candidates are required to qualify in the objective tests by securing passing marks, in each of the tests, to be decided by SBI, on the basis of competing candidates taken together in each test to a minimum required level for each category. There will be sectional cut off and a overall cut off.

Descriptive Test of only those candidates will be evaluated who will qualify objective test. There will be minimum cut off in descriptive test too like the objective written exam.

To call the candidates for interview, the aggregate marks of both objective test and descriptive test will be considered i.e. from total of 250 marks.

Phase 2: Three times the number of vacancies would be called for GD and interview. Group Discussion of 20 marks followed by interview of 30 marks.

SBI PO Cutoff 2013:

The minimum cut off for General candidates to be called for GD and interview is expected to be more than 125-130 marks this time around as the exam was relatively easier than the last year’s. Last year, the marks secured in the written test by the last candidates who were called for GD & interview are as follows:

General: 110
OBC: 99
SC: 88
ST: 88
OH/VH: 88

SBI PO Result 2013:

The result of SBI PO 2013 is expected to be announced in a month or two. As the exam was conducted offline and there was a descriptive test also, so the result processing might take some time. Till then, you can check out SSC CGL 2013 Question papers and answer keys.

Update: Click here to check out the result of SBI PO 2013 Written Exam. (List of Roll Nos. of selected candidates shortlisted for interview). Only 3127 candidates have been shortlisted for 1500 PO vacancies.
The interviews are scheduled from July 3, 2013. The cutoff and marks will be announced later after the selection process is completed.

Click here to check the final result of SBI PO 2013(Written test+Interview).
You can also check the circle allotted to you.

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30 Mar

Download SBI PO Admit Card/Hall Ticket 2013

State Bank of India (SBI) is conducting the Probationary Officers(PO) exam in 2013 to fill its 1500 vacancies all over India.
More than 17 lakhs candidates have applied for the SBI PO recruitment 2013. This is a huge number considering that there are only 1500 vacancies. So, candidates should expect lot of competition in this exam. The SBI PO examination would consist 200 objective type questions divided in five sections viz. General Awareness, English Language, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, & Computer Awareness. Total time would be of two hours.
The SBI PO exam date is April 28, 2013.

SBI PO Admit Card/Hall Ticket 2013:

The SBI Admit card Download Link was available on April 2, 2013 but it seems State Bank of India has taken it down on April 3, 2013 in the evening. According to various sources, the SBI PO Call letter download link would again be available on April 8, 2013.
Here’s the link – SBI PO Admit Card 2013.

How to Prepare for SBI:

You can check out our “Study Materials” section to download the General awareness updates for this examination. Also check our best books for SBI PO here.

Best of luck for this examination.

20 Feb

Best Books for SBI PO(Probationary Officer) Exam 2013

SBI recently published the recruitment of PO(Probationary Officer) 2013 in a public notice on its official website. State Bank of India invited the applications for the fulfillment of 1500 PO vacancies all over India. SBI is one of the most premier public sector bank in India. The first preference for most of the aspiring candidates of PO post is State Bank of India. But getting selected in SBI is no easy deal.
For starters, SBI test is not conducted by IBPS unlike other public sector banks. SBI conducts its own separate test for the recruitment of PO’s ad clerks. The level of difficulty is also more in SBI PO exam than IBPS PO exam. So, students need to work really hard. The SBI PO Exam 2013 will be conducted on April 28, 2013. Read more about vacancies, selection process and interview here.

SBI PO 2013 Written Test Format

The objective test will comprises of 200 question and a time of two hours. There will be 4 sections of 50 questions each:

a) English
b) Reasoning
c) Data Analysis & Interpretation
d) General Awareness, Marketing & Computers.

The objective written test will be followed by a descriptive English Language test of 1 hour.

Here is the list of Best Books (English, Reasoning, Data Analysis, Marketing, Computers, etc.) for SBI PO(Probationary Officer) Exam 2013:

1) English Language:(50 Objective Questions and a Descriptive Test)

a) English Language and Comprehension by Kiran Prakashan: Though this book is specially written for SSC Exam but it has covered all the concepts in detail for you to study and prepare for any other exam also.

b) General English by Lucent: Great book for all the competitive exams such as Banks, SSC, UPSC, etc. Covered all the concepts in both English and Hindi language.

c) IBPS Bank PO/MT Descriptive English: One of the best book for preparation of Descriptive English.

2) Reasoning: (50 Objective questions)

a) A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal: The wholesome book for verbal and non-verbal reasoning. Covered everything regarding reasoning.

b) How to Crack Test of Reasoning In All Competitive Exam: If you want an inexpensive alternative for the reasoning book, try this one.

3) Data Analysis & Interpretation: (50 Objective questions)

Both the books for ‘Data Analysis and interpretation’ given below are good. You can purchase any of these.

a) Data Analysis & Interpretation Data Sufficiency by Kiran Prakashan:

b) Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency MCQs 800+Q:

4) General Awareness, Marketing and Computers:(50 Objective questions)

a) Marketing Aptitude Test by BSC: The Best book available to prepare the marketing section for all competitive exams.

Try the link below if it is shown out of stock.

b) To prepare the computer section, buy “Lucent’s Computer” Book which has thoroughly covered the entire computer section for competitive exams. Also purchased the “Lucent’s Marketing, Economics and Banking” book which would also be helpful for SBI PO exam. Both the books are priced under Rs. 100 and are not available on Flipkart. So, you’d have to buy it from a local vendor.

c) For current affairs, visit our website regularly as we will updating it every month for updates regarding banking, economic and other related information for SBI PO exam 2013.

5) Combined Books: Check out the combined books of all sections for SBI PO Exam 2013.

a) State Bank of India (SBI) and State Bank Associates: Probationary Officer (PO) Exam Practice Work Book: This book is specially prepared for SBI PO Exam 2013. Covered all the sections in details(Even descriptive paper, group discussion and interview). It also provides model test papers and previous years’ question papers.

b) State Bank of India (SBI) and State Bank Associates: Probationary Officer (PO)Exam Solved Papers 2000 to 2011:: Solved previous years’ question papers.

c) How to Crack the SBI PO Exam: State Bank of India and Associates Probationary Officer Success Master: Another great book for SBI PO exam.

If you have any query, just ask in comments.

23 Jan

SBI PO Recruitment 2013 Notice – Total Vacancies, Selection Process & Important Dates

SBI PO(Probationary Officer) Recruitment 2013 notice published today on the State Bank of India website. SBI invites application from the eligible Indian candidates for the appointment of Probationary Officer in State Bank of India. There are total of 1500 vacancies in SBI PO this year.

Important Dates:

Online registration of Application: 30 Jan, 2013 to 23 Feb, 2013
Payment of Fees Online: 30 Jan, 2013 to 23 Feb, 2013
Payment of Fees Offline: 01 Feb,2013 to 28 Feb, 2013
Date of Written Exam: 28 April 2013

Total Number of Vacancies in SBI PO Recruitment 2013:

Total Vacancies: 1500
General: 758
OBC: 405
SC: 225
ST: 112
Total Vacancies(PWD): 44
VH: 22
OH: 22

Age Limit(As on 1st Jan,2013):

Minimum 21 years and maximum 30 years. Relaxation is allowed as per government norms.

Educational Qualifications: Graduation or any equivalent qualification in any discipline from a recognized university.

Application Fees:
General: Rs. 200(includes intimation charges)
SC/ST/PWD: Rs. 50(Intimation charges only)

Selection Process:

Phase 1: Objective written examination consisting 200 questions and a separate descriptive test.
The objective written examination(200 marks) with 2 hour duration will consists of 200 questions divided into four sections of 50 marks each viz. English, Reasoning, ‘Data Analysis & Interpretation’ and “General Awareness, Marketing & Computers”.
The descriptive test(50 marks) would be of 1 hour duration, and would consists of English Language.

Phase 2: Group Discussion(20 Marks) and Interview(30 Marks)

Final selection will be made on the basis of both phase 1 and 2. Marks secured by the candidate in the written test(out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in the Group discussion and interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 50. Then, a merit list will be prepared and final selection will be made.

For More details regarding the selection process and other information – Download SBI PO Recruitment 2013 Notice PDF.

Apply online at SBI website.