Way 2 Freshers

ADVERTISEMENT NO. CRPD/PO/AB/2009-10/06 RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN ASSOCIATE BANKS OF STATE BANK OF INDIA WRITTEN EXAMINATION : 07.03.2010 (SUNDAY) PAYMENT OF
FEES : FROM 01.01.2010 TO 25.01.2010 ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL START FROM 01.01.2010 LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ON-LINE APPLICATIONS : 31.01.2010

Note:

I) 81 vacancies for Scheduled Tribe in SBP also include 46 backlog vacancies.
II) 19 vacancies for Scheduled Caste in SBT also include 7 backlog vacancies and 45 vacancies for Scheduled Tribe in SBT also include 39 backlog vacancies.
III) Vacancies for OH & VH category candidates are reserved horizontally. Vacancies including reserved vacancies are provisional and may vary according to the requirements of Bank. There will be one common written test for all 6 Associate Banks. Candidates should indicate 3 Banks in order of preferences in the on-line application. Preferences given once cannot be changed.

1. ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA :

(AS ON 31/01/2010) (A) Essential Academic

Qualifications :

General and other Candidates : 60% aggregate marks in class XII or Diploma course after 10th standard AND 55% aggregate marks in Graduation irrespective of Pass Course or Honours Course. SC/ ST/ PWD : 55% aggregate marks in class XII or Diploma course after 10th standard AND 50% aggregate marks in Graduation irrespective of Pass Course or Honours Course. In case of candidates having professional qualification(s) of CA or CWA or CFA or CS (Company Secretary), where graduation is not compulsory, the candidates should have secured minimum 60% aggregate marks in class XII (55% in case of SC/ ST/ PWD candidates) and pass marks in any one of the above examination.

Note :

(1) Candidates who have not passed XIIth Standard Examination but have passed with 60% aggregate marks (55% for SC/ ST/PWD) Diploma courses after Xth Standard are eligible for the captioned recruitment, provided:
(i) Diploma course passed must be a full time course (Diploma course through correspondence are not eligible) with a minimum of Two years duration
(ii) The Diploma course should be recognised/ approved by the State Board of Technical Education of the concerned State.
(2) The percentage of marks in XIIth Std./ Diploma Course/ Graduation shall be arrived at by dividing the marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects by aggregate maximum marks of all subjects irrespective of optional/ additional optional subjects studied. Similar percentage of marks in Graduate shall be arrived at by dividing the percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in all subjects by maximum marks of the all subjects of Course (both for Pass / Honour Course) for all the years of the Course.

(B) Age Limit:

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 31.01.2010 Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit to Reserved category candidates Upper age is relaxable by
(1) 3 years in the case of OBC candidates. (2) 5 years in the case of : i) SC/ST candidates.
ii) Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers) who have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or /on account of physical disability or have been released on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or on invalidment iii) Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu and Kashmir between 1st January, 1980 and 31st December, 1989.
(3) 10 years for VH/OH (Gen); 13 years for VH/OH (OBC) and 15 years for VH/OH (SC/ST) candidates.

NOTE : CUMULATIVE AGE RELAXATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE EITHER UNDER THE ABOVE ITEMS OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS.

2. Notes for Orthopaedically Handicapped (OH)/Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates :
a) Only those OH candidates who have locomotor disability or cerebral palsy with locomotor impairment of minimum of 40% and only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to apply: BL – Both legs affected but not arms OA – One arm affected (R or L) –
(a) Impaired reach;
(b) weakness of grip;
(c) ataxia OL – One leg affected (R or L) MW – Muscular weakness and limited physical endurance b) Only those Visually handicapped persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions are eligible to apply.
i) Total absence of sight.
ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.
iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.
c) Candidates having low vision as defined in Chapter I, Para 2 (u) of The persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, protections of rights and full participation) Act 1995.
d) At the time of written examination, only blind/low vision candidates and those candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use own scribe/ writer at his/her own cost. In all such cases where a scribe/writer is used, the following rules will apply :
i) The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe/writer at his/her cost.

ii) Scribe/writer must be processing one grade lower educational qualification than minimum eligibility educational qualifications of the candidate (i.e. graduation in this recruitment). Thus the qualification of scribe/ writer should be not more than XII standard.
iii) Both the candidate as well as the scribe/writer will have to give a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above. Further, in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any of the laid-down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written test.
iv) Only those candidates who use a scribe/writer shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes and/or part there of for every hour of the examination.

CATEGORY

Instructions for writing Category Name and Category Code no. while applying online. Various category names and their code numbers are given below,

4. SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Phase-I – Written Examination :

Time 3 Hrs. (Combined Objective & Descriptive Type Tests) The duration of objective type test will be 2 hours and will consist of :
i) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
ii) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
iii) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
iv) Test of Reasoning (High Level) The duration of descriptive type test will be 1 hour and the test will be “Test of English Language (Comprehension, short precis, letter writing & essay)” Descriptive test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who are adequately high in percentile ranking in each of all the four objective tests and have scored overall aggregate 40% in case of General category and 35% in case SC/ST/OBC/PWD category. The qualifying marks for descriptive test will also be 40% for General category and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD. The merit list of written examination will be based on the aggregate of the marks obtained by the candidates in objective and descriptive tests.

Phase-II

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Group Discussion & Interview :

The aggregate marks of objective test and descriptive test will be arranged in descending order and the candidates who have qualified in written examination will be called for group discussion and interview depending upon the vacancies in each category subject to maximum of three times the number of vacancies. The marks of group discussion and interview will be put together and the candidates who secure 40% marks (35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) in group discussion and interview will be considered for final selection. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category. The candidate will have to pass both in Phase I & II.
5. DATE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION : 07/03/2010 (SUNDAY) : The Written Examination will be held at following centres.

12. HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates are required to go to any Branch of State Bank of India and pay the amount of prescribed fees and postage and get receipt from the branch. The receipt should be retained and produced at the time of written test. The candidates are required to apply online through website www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in. No other means/ mode of application will be accepted. The last date of registering applications is 31.01.2010. Application registration on our website will be open from 01.01.2010 to 31.01.2010. GUIDELINES FOR FILLING

APPLICATION ARE AS UNDER :

Candidates should have a valid email id. This will help him/ her in getting call letter/ interview advices etc. by e-mail.
Candidates must ensure that on deposit of fee, the branch issues him a receipt which should invariably mention undernoted items :-
i) Journal number (7-10 digits)
ii) Branch Name
iii) Branch code number and
iv) Date of deposit The payment of fees should be made from 01.01.2010 to 25.01.2010.
This date will be same for the candidates belonging to far-flung areas. Candidates should keep a copy of the Application printout and Fee Receipt for their record. An ‘Acquaint Yourself’ booklet and bio-data will be sent to the candidates along with the call letter for written test. Candidates serving in Government/Quasi Government offices, Public Sector undertaking including Nationalised Banks and financial Institutions will be required to submit ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer at the time of interview, failing which their candidature may not be considered and travelling expenses, if any, otherwise admissible, will not be paid. Original payment receipt and bio-data will have to be submitted with the call letter at the time of written examination.

The reserve category candidate will have to produce his/her original caste certificate/ relevant certificates issued by the competent authority along with a declaration for availing reservation of OBC on prescribed format at the time of interview, failing which his/her candidature shall be cancelled and he/she will not be admitted for interview. OBC candidates, availing reservation will have to produce OBC certificate with Non-creamy layer clause issued on or before 31.01.2010, at the time of interview.

NOTE :

The Bank would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other appeared candidates to detect patterns of similarity. On the basis of suchan analysis, if it is suspected that the responses have been shared, the Bank reserves the right to cancel his/her candidature.
13. Any legal proceedings in respect of any matter of claim or dispute arising out of this advertisement and/or an application in response there to can be instituted only in Mumbai and courts/ tribunals/ forums at Mumbai only shall have sole & exclusive jurisdiction to try any clause/ dispute.
14. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ON-LINE APPLICATIONS: APPLICATION MUST BE REGISTERED ON OR BEFORE THE 31.01.2010.

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