State Bank of India (SBI), which is one of the largest public sector banks in India, announces various job notifications on the official website for its numerous branches all across the nation. SBI invites the applications for the post of Special Management Executives (SME) which candidates can apply for through the online application form. Candidates will have to take part in the examination and then interview and group discussion.
In the write-up given below, candidates can find all the details about the SBI SME and the information about the submission of the Application form, Exam pattern, Eligibility criteria, and important dates.
Important Dates
| S.No. | Name of the Events of the Exam | Dates (tentative) |
| Date for Online registration/form filling | May 2018 | |
| Last date for Online Application Form Submission | May 2018 | |
| Date of issuing the admit card | May 2018 | |
| Date of Commencement of online test | June 2018 | |
| Announcement of the result | June 2018 |
SBI SME Eligibility Criteria
Candidates, who apply for the posts of Special Management Executives (SME), need to fulfill the eligibility criteria as given below:
- The minimum age of the candidates must be 25 years which should not exceed 40 years.
- Candidates of the reserved category will be offered the age relaxation as per the rule.
- They must have obtained a degree of CA / ICWA / ACS / MBA (Finance) or any other equivalent post graduation degree in Finance. C
- Candidates must have gained a minimum 2 to 5 years’ experience as an executive in the same profile.
SBI SME Application Form
- The SBI SME Application Form will be published online on the official website of State Bank of India.
- Candidates need to fill in the details in the application form such as name, address, mobile number, valid email ID in the application form.
- Candidates will be required to pay the application fee as well at the time of submission of the application form.
- The application fee for the candidates of general category will be Rs. 600.
- Candidates belonging to the reserved category (SC/ST/PWD/EX-SER/Females) will pay the application fee of Rs. 100.
- Applicants can pay the application fee through the online mode (credit card, debit card or net banking) or through SBI bank challan.
SBI SME Admit Card
- The SBI SME Admit Card will be issued to all the candidates who will submit the SBI SME online application form 2018 successfully.
- Candidates will have to take admit card at the exam centre on the exam day.
- Candidates will be informed about the date, exam timing, and the reporting time along with exam venue.
- Candidates will not be allowed to take part in the SBI SME Exam without the admit card with them.
SBI SME Exam Pattern
- The SBI SME Exam will be commenced online in two stages viz., Objective test and Interview/Group discussion.
- The objective question paper will be comprised of questions having multiple choices for answers.
- After qualifying the written test, candidates will be invited to take part in the Interview/Group discussion.
SBI SME Result
- The SBI SME Result will be published on the official website of State Bank of India.
- Candidates can download the result from the website.
- Candidates need to provide the registration number/roll number in the valid fields on the result page of SBI’s website to get the SBI SME Result.
SBI SME Selection Process
- The selection of the candidates will depend on the performance of the candidates in the SBI SME objective test and interview/group discussion.
- Candidates will have to qualify the objective test first and then they will be invited to take part in the interview and group discussion which is of 50 marks.
- The final selections of candidates will be made on the basis of the merit list.