The Syndicate Bank PO Recruitment 2018 held on February 25, 2018. The Bank has released a notification inviting applications for admissions to the One year Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance (PGDDF) course in Manipal Global Education Services Pvt Ltd. (MaGE), Bangalore and Nitte Education International Pvt Ltd. (NEIPL) Greater Noida / Mangalore. The application form for Syndicate Bank PO 2018 released online. Interested aspirants applied online from January 02 to 17, 2018. Those who registered successfully for the exam were issued admit card. The Bank has selected the candidates on the basis of their performance in the online test, Group Discussion, and Personal Interview. On successful completion of the course within the given time period, the candidates would be offered appointment in the bank as Probationary Officer in Junior Management Grade / Scale-I. Candidates can check complete information regarding the Syndicate Bank PO 2018 in the article below.
Syndicate Bank PO Recruitment 2018
Check the complete schedule for Syndicate Bank PO 2018 in the table below.
Events | Date |
Online Registration for Syndicate Bank PO 2018 begins from | 02 Jan 2018 |
Online fee payment can be done by | 02 to 17 Jan 2018 |
Last date to make corrections in the online application form | 17 Jan 2018 |
Last date to submit the application | 17 Jan 2018 |
The applications can be printed until | 01 Feb 2018 |
Issuance of Admit Card | 09 Feb 2018 |
Syndicate Bank PO 2018 exam date | |
Syndicate Bank PO 2018 Result | 27 Mar 2018 |
Syndicate Bank PO 2018 Interview Dates | 23 to 28 Apr 2018 |
Syndicate Bank PO 2018 Final Result | 15 May 2018 |
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Eligibility Criteria for Syndicate Bank PO Recruitment 2018
The candidates before proceeding to apply online must ensure that they the eligibility criteria as explained below:
- Nationality: The applicant must be either a Citizen of India, a subject of Nepal, a subject of Bhutan or a Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the sole intention of permanently settling in India or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from the following countries with the intention of permanently settling in India:
- Pakistan
- Burma
- Sri Lanka
- East African countries of Kenya
- Uganda
- The United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire,
- Ethiopia
- Vietnam
2. Educational Qualification: The candidate should possess a Graduation degree with minimum 60% (55% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in any discipline from a recognized University OR any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Gov
3. Age Limit: The applicant must have been born not earlier than 02.10.1989 and not later than 01.10.1997.
- Minimum- 20 years
- Maximum- 28 years
Age Relaxation
The candidate belonging to the following categories will be given relaxation as follows:
Categories | Age Relaxation |
SC/ ST | 05 years |
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) | 03 years |
PWD (Gen) | 10 years |
PWD (SC-ST) | 15 years |
PWD (OBC) | 13 years |
Ex-servicemen | 05 years |
All persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in the state of J & K during 01.01.1980 and 31.12.1989 | 05 years |
Persons affected by 1984 riots | 05 years |
Syndicate Bank PO Application Form 2018
The application form for Syndicate Bank PO Recruitment 2018 was available online. The Syndicate Bank PO 2018 Application Form had to be filled and submitted by online mode only. Firstly, the aspirants needed to register online by entering basic personal details of the candidate. Then, the candidate needed to upload their scanned photograph and signature as per the specifications only. Also, aspirants needed to provide their Educational Qualification Details. Finally, the payment of the application fee had to be paid via online mode and then submit the application form.
Application Fee
The application fee was to be paid by online mode only via the following means:
- Debit Card
- Credit Card
- Net Banking
The applicants need to pay the following amount of the application fee:
Categories | Application Fee |
General & Others | Rs. 600 |
SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 100 |
Syndicate Bank PO Admit Card 2018
The Syndicate Bank PO Hall Ticket/ Admit Card 2018 was available for download by online mode. Only those applicants who successfully registered for the exam were issued the admit card. To download the Hall Ticket of Syndicate Bank PO, the applicants have to enter details such as Registration Number and Password. The admit card consisted of the basic information about the exam like exam date, timings and its venue.
Syndicate Bank PO Exam Pattern
The Syndicate Bank will conduct two rounds of test for selection. The first will Objective Test and the second will be Descriptive Test. The Descriptive Test is only qualifying in nature. However, both will be held in online mode. The exam pattern for Objective and Descriptive Test is as follows:
Type of Test | Name of the Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
Objective Test | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 02 hours |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 | 50 | ||
English Language | 50 | 50 | ||
English Language | 50 | 50 | ||
General Awareness |
50 | 50 | ||
Descriptive Test (Online) |
English Language | 02 | 50 | 30 minutes |
Negative Marking: There will be negative marking for every incorrect answer.
Selection Process
The selection of candidates will be on the basis of the online test followed by Group Discussion/ Personal Interview. The candidates who will qualify the Online Test will be called for GD/ Interview in the order of merit.
Syndicate Bank PGDBF cut off marks 2017
The candidate has to obtain the following minimum percentage in the Descriptive Test in order to qualify and to be considered for Interview/ GD round.
Category | Cut off Percentage |
General | 50% |
SC/ST/OBC/PWD | 45% |
Syndicate Bank PO 2018 Seat Details
The total number of students intake and reserved Student intake are given below:
Categories | Seat Intake |
Unreserved | 252 |
OBC | 135 |
SC | 75 |
ST | 38 |
Total | 600 |
Program Fee and Incentives for PO 2018
The fees for this Course will be Rs. 3.50 lakhs (all inclusive of boarding, Lodging and course
fees, other fees, etc) plus taxes, as applicable to be paid by the student. Apart from the above course fees, the exam fees for undergoing various Certification exams via NISM (Mutual Funds) and NISM (Depository services) as mandated under the course will have to be borne by the candidates. Currently, the fee for NISM (Mutual Funds) and NISM (Depository services) certification exams comes to Rs. 3000/- per candidate.
Incentives: During nine months classroom training the students shall be paid a sum of Rs 3000/- pm as stipend and during the next three months of internship a stipend of Rs 15000/- pm shall be paid.
For more information about Syndicate Bank PGDBF 2018 for Probationary Offer (PO), candidates can download advertisement.