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SBI PO mains carries a live descriptive paper: typing-speed drafting decides bands.
Phase pattern
- Prelims like IBPS shape; mains: data analysis-interpretation, reasoning-computer, English, GA-banking plus descriptive.
- Descriptive: two letters or essay-letter in 30 minutes, typed at the centre.
- Phase 3: psychometric plus group exercise plus interview — 50 marks combined weight in finals.
The descriptive edge
- Format bank: complaint letter, application, official reply; essay frames on digital banking, financial inclusion.
- Practice typing drafts in 12-13 minutes each; structure beats vocabulary.
Cut-off reality
- Prelims 55-65 band varies yearly; mains aggregate shortlists to roughly 1:3 for phase 3.
Revise in 30 seconds
- Mains descriptive: 30 min typed.
- Letters plus essay formats.
- Phase 3: GD + interview 50 marks.
- Draft in 12-13 minutes each.
Quick revision
- Prelims like IBPS shape; mains: data analysis-interpretation, reasoning-computer, English, GA-banking plus descriptive.
- Descriptive: two letters or essay-letter in 30 minutes, typed at the centre.
- Phase 3: psychometric plus group exercise plus interview — 50 marks combined weight in finals.
- Format bank: complaint letter, application, official reply; essay frames on digital banking, financial inclusion.
- Practice typing drafts in 12-13 minutes each; structure beats vocabulary.
- Prelims 55-65 band varies yearly; mains aggregate shortlists to roughly 1:3 for phase 3.