SBI is all set for the written examination for the post of PROBATIONARY OFFICERS. The number of posts is only 1500, and the number of applicants is 15Lakhs. so It is the high time for all those aspirants who desire to be part of India's largest Banking sector.

SBI PO has now attempts for the candidates applying.

• For general category: 4 attempts
• For reserved category:7 attempts

The written examination will be conducted on 28/04/2013. Candidates who have applied can download their call letters from the official site of SBI i.e. www.sbi.co.in from 8/04/2013 . The time has come to assess the level of preparation done by the candidates . For this you should solve previous SBI PO papers at least of last 10 years thoroughly. Various sample papers are available online try to solve them within the time limit. By solving certain practice papers you may build up confidence and you may also prepare yourself to handle the stress which you will face during the examination.

The mode of examination is offline i.e. is pen-paper exam. carry your ball point pen of black and blue color H.B. Pencil so that you wont waste time in borrowing it from others.

Pattern of written examination:

test consists of 4 sections(200 marks)                                                                                    Time Limit:2:00hrs

1. English language: 50 marks
2. General Awareness: 50 marks
3. Data analysis and interpretation: 50 marks
4. Reasoning: 50 marks

The candidate has to pass in all sections as the exam has sectional cut-off then only he/she can enter in the 2nd phase of a selection. The written exam has a negative marking of .25 for each wrong and +1 for each right answer

Around 40 days are left for the written examination . Here are some tips to crack the written examination of SBI PO

• Bank exams basically need "speed and accuracy". Having 1 amongst both wont work.
• Divide time for each section.
• firstly deal with the section you are good at, this will increase your confidence level
• Devote less time in English and General Awareness because these are the sections where you know then only you can do you cant waste time guessing the answer as in

             who is the president of Brazil?  

              This is the straight away question, and you cant guess if you don't know the answer similar is the case with english if you don't know the meaning of the word you cant answer it correct. I hope you can understand what I am trying to explain.

After this comes the descriptive test where the candidate has to write an essay on a letter for a given topic which has weight age of 50 marks.

The candidate who clears the written examination goes for the Phase2: GD(20 marks) and PI(30 marks)

The final selection is done on the basis of marks scored by the candidate in written examination, GD,PI

Good luck for all the aspirants!!!!