• The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

 Phase-I: Preliminary Examination

• Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online. The test will have of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:

  Sr. No.	Name of Test	Total Ques.	Marks	Duration
  01	English Language	30	Total Maximum Marks 100	20 minutes
  02	Quantitative Aptitude	35		20 minutes
  03	Reasoning Ability	35		20 minutes
  	Total	100		1 hour

  Penalty for Wrong Answers:  1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

 Phase-II: Main Examination

• Main Examination will be conducted online and will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. The Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after conclusion of the Objective Test and candidates will have to type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer.

• (i) Objective Test: The duration of objective test is 3 hours, and it consists of 4 Sections of total 200 marks. There will be separate timing for every section.

  Sr. No.	Name of Test	Total Ques.	Marks	Duration
  01	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40	50	50 minutes
  02	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30	50	45 minutes
  03	General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness	50	60	45 minutes
  03	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
  	Total	155	200	3 hour

  (i) Descriptive Test:

  Sr. No.	Name of Test	Total Ques.	Marks	Duration
  01	English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)	2	50	30 minutes
  	Grand Total		250

  Penalty for Wrong Answers:  There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

 Phase-III: Psychometric Test Comprise of  (i) GROUP EXERCISE & (ii) INTERVIEW

• Psychometric Test: The Bank will conduct Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase-III. Finding of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a thorough perspective on the candidates.

  Test Structure	Group Exercise	Interview	Toal
  Maximum Marks	20	30	50

 Final Selection:

• The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalised to 100 marks as detailed below:
  

  	Main Exam	Group Exercise & Interview	Toal
  Maximum Marks	250	50	300
  Normalized Marks	75	25	100

  The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Phase-II and Phase-III. Selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.