The South Indian Bank is going to held this year’s Probationary Officers recruitment event. There will be an online test to be held in the month of June 2018. Interested and eligible candidates are recommended to apply online via Bank’s website. Before applying online, candidates are requested to know few important things about this upcoming recruitment event like date of release of official notification, application form, process, fee & mode of payment, selection process, examination scheme & syllabus etc.
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Official Notification
On May 16th 2018, the South Indian Bank has released an official notification to recruit Indian citizens for filling up the vacancies of probationary officers- scale I. According to notification, online application process has started. Interested candidates should submit online application before the last date i.e. May 25th, 2018. Before applying online, candidates should read official notification carefully. For official notification, click here.
South Indian Bank PO 2018 No. of Vacancies
As per official notification, there are total 150 vacancies of Probationary Officers- Scale I to be filled through this recruitment event. However, number of vacancies is provisional and can be changed as per the requirements of the Bank.
Overview
| Recruitment name | South Indian Bank PO 2018 |
|---|---|
| Conducted by | South Indian Bank Ltd. |
| Official notification was released on | May 16th, 2018 |
| Post name | Probationary Officers- Scale I |
| Online Application - Start Date | May 16th, 2018 |
| Online Application – End Date | May 25th, 2018 |
| Online Fee Payment | May 16th to 25th, 2018 |
| Last date for printing your application | June 9th, 2018 |
| Admit card will be available from | - |
| Online Test | June 2018 |
| Group Discussion | Yet to be announced |
| Personal Interview | Yet to be announced |
| Final result announcement | Yet to be announced |
| Apply online @ | www.southindianbank.com |
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Eligibility criteria
Interested candidates should check mandatory eligibility conditions before applying online. Below we have explained South Indian Bank PO 2018 eligibility criteria:
Age limit and relaxation
Candidate should be less than 25 years as on 31st December 2017. 5 years of relaxation will be given to the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
Requisite Educational Qualification
Candidates should have passed 10th, 12th and graduation examinations under regular course (full time course) with at least 60% marks from a recognised University/ Institute recognised by the Govt. of India.
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Application fee & mode of payment
Candidates belonging to general category should have to pay a fee of Rs. 800/- as their application fee. On the other hand, candidates belonging to SC/ST categories should have to pay a fee of Rs. 200/- only as their application fee. All the candidates should know that application fee once remitted will not be refunded in any case.
Payment should be made online by using a debit or credit card or internet banking facility. IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets can also be used for payment of fees. After paying application fees online successfully, candidates should take a print out of the e-Receipt.
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Application form and process
Candidates who want to apply should have to pay a visit to Bank’s official website. Applications forms are available on bank’s website. Candidates can apply online only from May 16th to 25th, 2018 and no other mode of application will be accepted. Before applying online, candidates should keep scanned copies of their latest photograph and signature along with a valid personal email ID and mobile no. The process to apply online is explained below:
- Open bank’s official website
- You will see a homepage
- Find and click on ‘Careers’ tab
- You will see a new page having links to apply online of ongoing recruitment events
- Find and click on ‘Recruitment of Probationary Officers’ link
- You will see a new page having ‘Apply Online’ and ‘Notification’ links
- Click on ‘Notification’ link and read official notification carefully
- Now, click on the ‘Apply Online’ link
- You will see a new page having important dates and other information
- On the same page, you will have to find and click on the ‘Click here for New Registration’ tab
- You will an online registration form
- Fill up all the details like your first name, middle name, last name, mobile no., email id etc
- Click on the ‘Save & Next’ tab
- Instantly, you will receive an auto-generated provisional registration number and password
- Note down the provisional registration number and password
- Upload scanned documents (photo and signature)
- Now, proceed further to fill rest details of the application form
- Verify the details by clicking on the ‘Preview’ tab
- Do corrections if needed
- Otherwise, click on the ‘Final Submit’ tab
- Click on ‘Payment’ button to proceed for payment
- Select any payment option
- Make payment
- Print e-receipt
- Click on ‘Submit’ tab
- Print the entire application form
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Exam Pattern & Syllabus
There will be an online test for short listing of candidates. Online test is likely to be held in the month of June 2018. However, exact date of online test is yet to be disclosed by the Bank. It will be available in only English language. Online test consists of 4 different tests to be solved in total 140 minutes. Name of four tests will be as follows- Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, Data Analysis & Interpretation and English Language. Each test will have 40 numbers of MCQs of 50 marks. So, total number of MCQs in online test will be 160 of total 200 marks. There will be ¼ marks penalty for wrong answers. Syllabus for each test is given below:
| Name of Tests | Topics asked |
|---|---|
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | linear & circular seating arrangement, coded inequalities, coding/decoding, input & output, ranking, direction/alphabet, problems on blood relations, syllogism, data sufficiency, logical & verbal reasoning, alphanumeric series, Computer hardware & software, fundamentals, important terminologies, Microsoft Office & Excel, internet, networking, operating system etc |
| General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | In this test, MCQs will be asked from the following topics- financial awareness, static awareness, current affairs, banking awareness etc |
| English Language | word association, error spotting/correction, grammar, vocabulary, paragraph jumbles/completion, sentence formation/correction, fill in the blanks, one word substitution, miscellaneous etc. |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | In this test, MCQs shall be asked on combination, permutation and graphs (line & tabular), probability, data sufficiency etc |
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Call letter
After uploading call letters on its website ‘www.southindianbank.com’, the bank will inform candidates for downloading call letter by sending them email/SMS. For downloading the call letter, candidates should have to their registration number/roll number and password/date of birth. After downloading, candidates are required to print their call letters and paste recent recognizable photograph.
At the time of online test, candidates will need to bring their call letter and valid photo ID. They should also have a photocopy of each document i.e. call letter & valid photo ID.
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Examination Date and Centres
Online test date is still not disclosed by bank. But as per official notification, it is confirmed that online test will be held in the month of June 2018 at several examination centres across the nation. Names of few examination centres are follows- Guntur, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Raipur, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Bhilai, Bilaspur, Vadodara, Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Thiruvananthpuram, Thrissur, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Kottayam, Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Agra, Allahabad, Palakkad, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Thoothukodi, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Kanpur, Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Greater Kolkata, Howrah, Lucknow, Meerut, Durgapur, Kolkata, Siliguri, Agartala etc.
South Indian Bank PO 2018 Results
Few weeks later from the date of online test Bank will announce result of PO 2018 recruitment event. To check results, candidates are required to use their registration ID and password.
We wish you Best of Luck for South Indian Bank PO 2018.
