SBI PO mains descriptive paper - often underestimated

[Shobha]

The SBI PO mains includes a descriptive paper: 30 minutes, 50 marks. There's one letter (10 marks) and one essay (40 marks), and you have to type it.

I've seen candidates score 128+ in the objective part and still miss selection because they only got 19-20 out of 50 in descriptive.

Essays usually cover finance or economic policy topics like NPA crisis, digital banking, financial inclusion, green finance. You need to structure it well, give examples, and write about 250-300 words.

I use Oliveboard's SBI PO mock test series which has mains mocks with the descriptive component. It's one of the few places where you can actually practice the descriptive paper in a timed setting. Writing under pressure is a different skill from writing freely.

Start practising descriptive at least 2 months before the exam. One essay a day isn't too much.

[Ravi]

Oliveboard folks spend all the money on marketing and then hike mock prices to recover it.

[Arvind]

"One letter (10 marks) and one essay (40 marks)." - the format changed a year ago, bro. Time to wake up from hibernation.

[Manisha]

Really? 128 marks? That's already 41 marks even before the descriptive part.

[Lavanya]

I practiced so hard I didn't even notice the pattern changed a year back.

[Sagar]

Bro is typing the script from Oliveboard like a Pakistani prime minister.

[Shivendra]

Just 300 words?