SBI SO: Specialist Cadre Officer Application Form, Eligibility Criteria, Dates

SBI SO exam is going to be conducted by State Bank of India in Feb for the recruitment of Specialist Cadre Officers in SBI group. Application form of SBI SO exam might be available from January. If you are amongst the interested applicants having desire to get recruited for the post of Specialist Officer in SBI then apply in the recommended format before the specified deadline. However, before you apply for SBI SO, it is suggested to read the information mentioned in this post. Please keep in your mind that only eligible candidates can participate in the overall selection procedure of SBI SO.

Important Dates- SBI Specialist Officer 2021

The official notification for SBI SO has been released now. We are sharing below the important dates for various events related to SBI SO. Candidates are instructed to participate in the recruitment procedure as per the dates furnished below.

Sl. No	Events of the Test	Respective Date
1.	Process of online registration starts from	January
2.	Last date for online registration procedure	January
3.	Deadline for the submission of hard copy of the application	January
4.	Call letter of candidates can be downloaded from	February
5.	Date of Online test	February

Eligibility Criteria

Follow the eligibility criteria required for appearing in SBI SO exam and find your eligibility.

Post	Educational Qualification as on 1st December	Experience as on 1st December
Deputy Manager (Internal Audit)	Essential: Chartered Accountant (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Preferred: CISA	Minimum 2 years experience in statutory/internal/ Concurrent Audit of Banks, in/with a Chartered Accountant firm engaged in statutory/internal/ Concurrent Audit of Banks or in employment of a Bank. Experience Certificate issued by the firms for employees working in CA firms/Copy of the engagement letter from Banks for others, would be required. Specific Skills required: Working Knowledge in MS office

Relaxation in Age Criteria

How to Apply for SBI SO 2018?

If you’d like to apply for SBI SO exam then I’d like to intimate that application process for the same would be done from its respective website i.e.  www.sbi.co.in. Basically, a successful submission of the application form includes three major steps i.e.

• Registration
• Fee Payment
• Scanning and Uploading of Photograph and Signature

If you are applying for the Deputy General Manager then you need to send your duly-filled application along with (i) ID proof (ii) DIB proof (iii) Educational certificate/mark sheets (iv) Experience certificates (v) Brief resume must be sent to “State Bank of India, Central Recruitment & Promotion Department, Corporate Centre, 3rd floor, Atlanta Building, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021” by post before the given timeline.

Application Fee

• For general & other categories of candidates: Rs.600/-
• For SC/ST/PWD category applicants: Rs. 100/-

*Mentioned amount of fee is not going to be refunded under any circumstances.

SBI SO Selection Procedure

Selection Procedure for Deputy Manager (Internal Audit)

Candidates would be selected based on their overall performance in online written test and interview/group discussion. The expected exam centres are  Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bangalore, Bhopal, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar, Chennai, Madurai, Guwahati, Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Kolkata/Greater Kolkata, Lucknow, Varanasi, Mumbai/ Greater Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Dehradun, Jaipur, New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Patna, Ranchi, Ernakulam & Trivandrum centres

Tests	No. of Questions	Marks	Exam Duration
Reasoning	50	50	90min
English Language	35	35
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
Professional Knowledge	50	100	45 min

Call Letters/Admit Card

Candidates are instructed to download their respective admit card by entering their registration number and password/date of birth from the official website of the Bank. The authority won’t send any call letters to candidates through post or any other physical mode.

SBI SO Result

There is a possibility that result of SBI SO exam will be available in the month of March (tentative). Result will be only published at official portal of the respective authority. The article would be updated with the actual date of releasing SBI SO result once we collect official notification regarding the same.