State Bank of India has announced the results of the written examination for recruitment of probationary officers.

According to a notification on its portal, qualified candidates can download interview call letters and bio-data format from June 18 onwards.

The second phase of exam, consisting of group discussion and interview, would commence from July 3.

The result is much-awaited as over 17 lakh candidates had applied for 1,500 vacancies for which the written examination was conducted on April 28, 2012.

This was the highest number of applications the bank had received in recent times.

naga.gunturi@thehindu.co.in