An SBI PO plan built for sectional timing.

Most competitive exams let you rescue a weak section with a strong one. SBI PO does not. Sectional timing in Prelims means your weakest section sets your ceiling, no matter how good the others are.

That single fact should shape your whole preparation, and for most candidates it does not — because it is more comfortable to practise what you are already good at.

Lighthouse Prep plans against that instinct.

How it structures SBI PO prep

You configure once:

• Stage you're targeting (Prelims, Mains, or the full cycle)
• Target exam date
• Daily study hours you genuinely have
• Your weakest section
• Whether you're also preparing for IBPS PO or another bank exam

The AI plan builds a daily schedule across Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Analysis, English, Banking and Economy Awareness, and descriptive writing.

A typical SBI PO study day

• Weakest section first — scheduled at your sharpest hour, not squeezed in at the end.
• Data Analysis block — one DI set type in depth: caselet, tabular, mixed, missing data.
• Reasoning block — puzzles, seating arrangement, syllogism, input-output.
• English — reading comprehension, error spotting, or para jumbles.
• Banking and Economy Awareness — 20–30 minutes, static plus current affairs.
• Timed sectional set — against the clock, replicating sectional limits.

Sectional timing has to be practised, not just known

Knowing there is a 20-minute limit is not the same as having sat twenty of them. Candidates lose marks in Prelims not because they cannot solve the questions, but because they spend nine minutes on a puzzle set that was never going to break.

The planner keeps timed sectional practice as its own session type, separate from learning, so you build the instinct for when to abandon a question. Across weeks you can see whether that instinct is actually developing.

Mains is a Data Analysis exam

The step up from Prelims to SBI Mains is mostly a step up in DI. The sets are longer, involve more layers, and reward calculation speed and comfort with approximation.

Because DI gets its own scheduled track rather than sitting inside general Quant, it accumulates hours over months instead of being crowded out by easier arithmetic practice.

The descriptive paper and the interview

Essay and letter writing are scheduled as recurring sessions with weekly targets, and the planner counts what you have actually written. For most candidates that number is a surprise.

Interview preparation can be added as its own track once you clear Mains, so the short gap before the interview is planned rather than improvised.

Features for SBI PO prep

• Weak-section weighting — because sectional timing makes it your ceiling.
• Data Analysis as its own track — not a subtopic of Quant.
• Timed sectional practice — separate from learning, replicating exam limits.
• Descriptive writing tracking — essays and letters counted over months.
• Spaced revision — automatic, most valuable for Banking Awareness.
• Focus timer — measures real study time, not desk time.
• Wastage analytics — shows which sessions break your concentration.
• Lumi AI mentor — explains a DI approach or banking concept in plain language.

Who this is for

• First-attempt candidates who need structure across a full cycle
• Repeat candidates who clear Prelims but stall in Mains
• Working candidates fitting bank prep around a job
• Anyone preparing for SBI PO and IBPS PO in parallel

Build your SBI PO plan today

Open the app, set your stage and target date, and start with today's first session.