State Bank of India                                                     
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department                                                                                    
Corporate Centre,
Mumbai                                      
Phone: 022-22820427; 
Email ID – crpd@sbi.co.in 

ADVERTISEMENT NO: CRPD/PO/2023-24/19

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit : https://sbi.co.in/documents/77530/36548767/060923-1_detailed+Advt.+Engli...
The last date for submission of the online applications, is : 27.09.2023

RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS 

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers (POs) in State Bank of India. The selected candidates may be posted anywhere in India. 

Post:  Probationary Officers (POs)
No. of posts: 2000, out of which 20 for Visually Impaired
Qualifications: 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 interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.12.2023. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.12.2023. Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant etc. would also be eligible. 

Age: 21-30 years

The date of passing eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark sheet or provisional certificate issued by the University/ Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University/ Institute, a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University/ Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.  

Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in the online application. Where CGPA/ OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage and indicated in the online application. If called for interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of these norms.  

Only those persons with benchmark disabilities would be eligible for reservation. “Benchmark disability” means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes the persons with disability, where disability has been defined in a measurable term, as certified by the certifying authorit

A person who wants to avail benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines. Such certificate will be subject to verification/ re-verification as may be decided by the competent authority. The certificate should be dated on or before last date of registration of application.  (iii) Backlog vacancies reserved for PwBD would be filled by a person with benchmark disability in the respective category. If no suitable person from that category is available, such backlog would be filled up by interchange among other eligible PwBD candidates subject to the posts having been identified suitable for such disabilities. 

Guidelines for using a Scribe & Compensatory Time: The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F. No.16-110/2003-DD III dated 26.02.2013 of GOI, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by GOI, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services vide letter F. No. 3/2/2013Welfare dated 26.04.2013, Office Memorandum F.No. 34-02/2015-DD III dated 29.08.2018 of GOI,  Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) and F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022. 
 In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:  

Candidate will have to arrange his/ her own scribe at his/ her own cost. 

Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format with passport size photograph of the scribe and candidate at the time of examination. 

For candidates availing scribe in accordance with OM–F.No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022, shall be allowed scribe facility subject to production of a certificate at the time of online examination to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma as Appendix-I. Such candidates shall also, upload their certificate while filling the application form

Candidates who are eligible and wish to use the services of scribe in the examination should carefully indicate the same in the online application form. 

Such candidates who are eligible to use 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

Any candidate who is using scribe should ensure that he/ she is eligible to use scribe in the examination as per the guidelines. Any candidate who is not eligible to use scribe as per guidelines, as referred above, uses scribe in the online examination shall be disqualified to participate further in the process of recruitment. In addition to any other action that Bank may deem fit against the candidate and the scribe. Any candidate using scribe in violation of the above guidelines can be removed from the service without notice, if already joined Bank

During the examination, at any stage, If it is found that scribe is independently answering / solving the questions himself, the examination session for such candidate will be terminated, and candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates using the services of a scribe will also be cancelled if it is reported after the examination by the test administrator personnel that the scribe independently answered the questions. 

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same online examination process. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favorably entertained. 

Use of Scribe & Compensatory time (persons having less than 40% disability)  (OM–F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022): In addition to instruction applicable to PwBD candidates (who have disability of 40% or more) following rule will apply for persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of section 2(s) of the RPwD Act 2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2 (r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing:  

 EXAMINATION CENTERS: 

The examinations will be conducted online at venues across many centres in India. A tentative list of centres for Online Examination is attached as Annexure I 

. DOWNLOAD OF CALL LETTERS: The candidates should download their call letter (Pre-exam Training/ Preliminary Exam/ Main Exam/ Psychometric Test / GE & Interview) and an “acquaint yourself booklet”, by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from the Bank's website. NO HARD COPY OF THE CALL LETTER/ ACQUAINT YOURSELF BOOKLET WILL BE SENT BY POST CARE: At the time of Main Exam, the candidate must bring duly authenticated “Original Preliminary Exam Call Letter (with Authenticated Copy of ID Proof)” as well as “Main Exam Call Letter” with “Requisite Documents” at the time of Main Exam. These documents along with requisite documents need to be submitted during the Main Exam. Candidates need to bring two additional photographs (same as pasted by the candidate on call letter) along with call letter and other requisite documents as per information provided in the “Acquaint Yourself Booklet” and “Call Letter”. Candidate reporting without photograph pasted on the call letter and without two additional photographs (same as pasted on call letter) will NOT be allowed to appear in the Preliminary exam. 

Guidelines for scanning and Upload of Photograph, Signature, Left-Hand Thumb Impression & Hand-Written Declaration 

Photograph (4.5 cm x 3.5 cm): • Photograph must be a recent passport style colour picture. • Make sure that the picture is coloured and is taken against a light-coloured, preferably white background. • Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face • If the picture is taken on a sunny day, have the sun behind you, or place yourself in the shade, so that you are not squinting and there are no harsh shadows • If you have to use flash, ensure there is no "red-eye" • If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes are clearly visible. • Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious headwear is allowed but it must not cover the face. • Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred) • Size of file should be between 20kb–50 kb • Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50kb. If the size of the file is more than 50 kb, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as the DPI resolution, no. of colours etc., during the process of scanning. • It is advisable that candidate retains 8 copies (approx.) of the same photograph which is uploaded at the time of online registration of application as these would be needed for further process of this selection process. 

Signature: 
The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.
• The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other person.
• The signature will be used to put on the Call Letter and wherever necessary.
• If the Applicant’s signature on the answer script, at the time of the examination, does not match the signature on the Call Letter, the applicant will be disqualified. • Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred) • Size of file should be between 10kb to 20kb
• Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20kb
• Signature in CAPITAL LETTERS shall NOT be accepted.  Left-Hand Thumb Impression:
• The applicant has to put his left-hand thumb impression on a white paper with black or blue ink.
• File Type: jpg/jpeg • Dimension: 240 x 240 pixels in 200 DPI (Preferred for required quality) i.e. 3 cm x 3 cm (Width x Height) 
• File Size: 20 kb- 50 kb