SBI PO 2025 -26 recruitment exam will be conducted by State Bank of India (SBI) for selecting candidates for the post of PO (Probationary Officers). SBI PO or Bank PO exam is one of the most sought-after job in Banking industry and a dream job for millions of candidates across India.
Eligible candidates who want to join SBI as a Probationary Officer, can apply after carefully going through the advertisement/notification regarding eligibility criteria, registration processes, payment of online application fee, etc. and must ensure that they fulfil all the required eligibility criteria.
Activity Name | Important Dates |
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On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates | 24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025 |
Payment of Application Fee | 24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025 |
Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters | 3rd / 4th week of July 2025 onwards |
Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination | July / August 2025 |
Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination | August / September 2025 |
Download of Main Examination Call letter | August / September 2025 |
Phase-II: Online Main Examination | September 2025 |
Declaration of Result of Main Examination | September / October 2025 |
Download of Phase-III Call Letter | October / November 2025 |
Phase-III: Psychometric Test | October / November 2025 |
Interview & Group Exercises | October / November 2025 |
Declaration of Final Result | November / December 2025 |
Pre-Examination Training for SC/ ST/ OBC / PwBD candidates | |
Download of call letters for Pre-Examination Training | July / August 2025 |
Conduct of Pre- Examination Training | July / August 2025 |
Candidates must be aware of the exam pattern and marks distribution for Preliminary and Mains exam before appearing for the SBI PO Examination process.
The examination process of SBI PO consists of 3 Phase:
This Prelims exam will be conducted in an online mode wherein the candidates are required to attempt 100 questions having 1 mark each, in a composite duration of 60 minutes. It is to be noted that the sectional cut-offs in the Prelims Exam have been removed now and the overall score of all 3 sections shall be considered for selection to the next round of the recruitment process.
S.No. | Name of the Section | Total Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | English Language | 40 | 20 Minutes | |
2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 20 Minutes | |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 30 | 20 Minutes | |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 Minutes |
S. No. | Name of Test (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 50 minutes |
2 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 60 | 45 minutes |
3 | General/Economy/Banking Awareness | 60 | 60 | 45 minutes |
4 | English Language | 40 | 20 | 40 minutes |
Total | 170 | 200 | 3 Hours |
Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing) shall be asked in this test and the test will be of 50 marks which needs to be completed in a duration of 30 minutes.
S.No | Name of the Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing) | 3** | 50 | 30 Minutes |
TEST STRUCTURE | (b) GROUP EXERCISE | (c) INTERVIEW | TOTAL | Duration |
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Maximum Marks | 20 | 30 | 50 | -- |
Test | Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive) | Group Exercise & Interview | Total | |
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Maximum Marks | 250 | 50 | 300 | |
Normalized Marks | 75 | 25 | 100 |
SBI PO Vacancy 2025
Category | Vacancy | Backlog | Total |
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SC | 75 | 5 | 80 |
ST | 37 | 36 | 73 |
OBC* | 135 | - | 135 |
EWS^ | 50 | - | 50 |
GEN | 203 | - | 203 |
G. Total | 500 | 41 | 541 |
Category | Vacancy | Backlog | Total |
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VI# | 5 | - | 5 |
HI# | 5 | - | 5 |
LD# | 5 | - | 5 |
d &e#@ | 5 | - | 5 |
- * Reservation for OBC in recruitment is governed by office Memorandum No. 36012/22/93-Estt.(SCT) dated 08.09.1993 as amended from time to time of department of personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India. Vacancies reserved for OBC category are available to only those OBC candidates belonging to the 'non-creamy layer' OBC candidates. 'Creamy layer' OBC candidates should indicate their category as 'General'. OBC category candidates should submit the OBC certificate on format prescribed by Govt. of India containing the 'non-creamy layer' clause, issued during the period 01.04.2025 to the date of interview, should be submitted by such candidates, if called for interview. The candidate should be in possession of requisite OBC certificate in the prescribed format in support of his / her claim for availing reservation on / or before the date of Interview.
- # Vacancies for Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) category candidates are reserved horizontally.
- @ PwBD categories under clauses ‘d’ & ‘e’ of Section 34 (i) of RPWD Act 2016 suitable for the post are: (i) “Specific Learning Disability” (SLD); (ii) “Mental Illness” (MI); (iii) autism spectrum disorder (Mild)- ASD (M) (iv) “Multiple Disabilities” (multiple disabilities amongst LD, VI, HI, SLD, MI & ASD-M);
- ^ Reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in recruitment is governed by Office Memorandum no. 36039/1/2019-Estt (Res) dated 31.01.2019 of Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance & Pensions, Government of India.
Before applying for SBI PO 2025, applicants must make sure that they have a valid e-mail ID and an active mobile number which will be needed for receiving all kinds of communications related to the availability of call letters/advice from SBI via e-mail/ SMS. It must be kept working till the final declaration of results.
Candidates will be required to register themselves online through Bank's ‘Career’ website https://bank.sbi/web/careers/current-openings. After registration candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking/UPI etc.
Helpdesk: In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of fee/ intimation charges or receipt of Admission/ call letter, queries may be made at telephone no. 022-22820427 (between 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM on working days) or lodge their query on http://cgrs.ibps.in. Candidates should mention ‘RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA - 2025’ in the subject of the email.
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT OF FEES [Online Mode Only]:
Before applying online, a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image of his/ her photograph, signature, left-hand thumb impression and hand-written declaration as per the specifications given in Annexure-II. Online application will not be registered unless candidates upload photo, signature, left-hand thumb impression and hand-written declaration as specified.
Note: In case, the face in the photograph, signature, left-hand thumb impression & hand-written declaration is unclear, the applicant’s candidature may be rejected. Therefore, it is advised that in case the photograph, signature, left-hand thumb impression & hand written declaration is unclear, the candidate may edit his/ her application and re-upload his/ her photograph, signature, left-hand thumb impression & hand-written declaration, prior to submitting the form.
The syllabus of SBI PO 2025 Prelims exam will constitute Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. The detailed syllabus of SBI PO Prelims exam can be further subdivided into various topics based on the previous year questions that have been asked in SBI PO Prelims exams over the past few years. The SBI PO syllabus 2025 for the prelims and the mains exam are quite similar having slight changes in respective topics.
Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language |
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Series-Alphanumeric | Simplification | Cloze Test |
Inequalities | Profit & Loss | Reading Comprehension |
Ranking/Direction | Mixtures &Alligations | Para jumbles |
Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds& Indices | Paragraph Completion |
Coding-Decoding | Work & Time | Fill in the blanks |
Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Miscellaneous |
Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
Blood Relations | Number Systems | |
Input Output | Sequence & Series | |
Coding Decoding | Permutation, Combination &Probability |
Data Interpretation & Analysis | Reasoning | English Language | General/Economy/ Banking Awareness | Computer Aptitude |
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Data Sufficiency | Blood Relations | Reading Comprehension | Financial Awareness | Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies |
Line Graph | Syllogism | Grammar | Current Affairs | Memory |
Pie Chart | Circular Seating Arrangement | Vocabulary | General Knowledge | Keyboard Shortcuts |
Bar Graph | Linear Seating Arrangement | Verbal Ability | Static Awareness | Computer Abbreviation |
Radar Graph Case let | Double Line-up | Word Association | Banking and Financial Awareness | Microsoft Office |
Missing Case DI | Scheduling | Sentence Improvement | Computer Hardware | |
Let it Case DI | Input Output | Para Jumbles | Computer Software | |
Tabular Graph | Verbal Reasoning | Cloze Test | Internet | |
Probability | Directions and Distances | Error Spotting | Networking | |
Permutation and Combination | Ordering and Ranking | Fill in the blanks | Number System | |
Data Sufficiency | Operating System | |||
Coding and Decoding | Basic of Logic Gates | |||
Code Inequalities | ||||
Course of Action | ||||
Critical Reasoning | ||||
Analytical and Decision Making |
Eligibility Criteria:
Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2025 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive). Relaxation in Upper age limit shall be as below: .
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