The Test : As per recruitment notice for officer jobs in State bank of India & their associate banks, the exam pattern given was –
1) Test of English Language
2) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
3) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
4) Test of Reasoning (High Level)
Test of Reasoning : The recent SBI recruitment for 4500 Probationary officers saw the inclusion of Test of Reasoning paper in place of Quantitative aptitude/ Numerical ability, which is a standard part of many competitive exams in India, including bank exams.This could be due to the change in the test pattern made by SBI, says an article published in Business line.
Decision Making : Now, with this change the bank looks to extract & test the reasoning and decision making skills.This seems to be a welcome move by SBI as bank officers will have to choose & decide between various available options for which their analysis, logical reasoning & decision making skills are taken into account in written exams.
No Maths.Easy? Although, the removal of maths papers from SBI officer recruitment exams would enable more eligible candidates with no exceptional maths knowledge to apply, it is also mentioned – Test of Reasoning would be of high level !
Hence, bank job aspirants will now have to prepare extensively for reasoning & data analysis tests, as the competition for bank jobs is increasing & SBI remains the first choice for many, even after the introduction of IBPS common exam
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I don't find any value added service done by SBI after removing the maths paper. They should reduce the number of questions asked in the paper. 200 questions in 2 hrs is quite difficult. That too when pie diagrams, graphs and reasoning diagram related questions are asked.... Rathish
this is absolutely wrong the maths section was quite easy. Instead of that the g.k. section should have been eliminated.
I think it's not a great matter that math has absorbed form the exam of SBI PO.If a student wants this job he should fight against all the terms and conditions of exam.That is i think excellency.
hi friends,iam preparing for SBI PO exam,is it necessary to join coaching????? suggest me
no this is not good
as statistics part removed more scaling up of marks & competition will be there.so be prepare for high entry mark criteria.
The PO exam on Sunday will follow the same pattern given above.Refer to the information booklet sent to you by SBI
It is a welcome approach from SBI and would be good approach...all the best....
thanks for removing maths cause its more benifit for non maths students
I agree with u Pankaj, it should be the english that should be exempted... as done in Bank of India Exams........ ,
maths paper should not be removed. instead of it they could remove the english paper because it is easy to speak in english as compare to english written paper. so there is no need of english paper but maths is important for PO's job.