SBI PO Recruitment 2025 | Probationary Officers | 541 Posts | Across India

SBI PO Recruitment 2025 | Apply Online | Probationary Officers | 541 Posts | Any Degree/ BE/ B.Tech | Across India | Last Date: 14th July 2025

Company: State Bank of India (SBI)
SBI PO Recruitment 2025: The State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body. It is a government corporation statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

SBI is ranked as 216th in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations of 2018. It is the largest bank in India with a 23% market share in assets, besides a share of one-fourth of the total loan and deposits market.

Website:  www.onlinesbi.sbi

Positions: Probationary Officers

Total vacancies: 541 Posts

Experience: Freshers

Job Location: Across India

Salary: Rs. 48,480 – 85920/ PM

Eligibility Criteria for SBI PO Recruitment 2025:

Educational Qualification:

• Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final Year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 30.09.2025. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 30.09.2025
• Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant etc. would also be eligible

Age limit: Not below 21 years and not above 30 years i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive) as on 1st April 2025

Salary:  

• Presently, the starting basic pay is Rs. 48,480/- (Plus 4 advance increments) in the scale of 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I.
• The official will be eligible for DA, HRA, CCA, PF, Contributory Pension Fund i.e., NPS, LFC, Medical Facility, Lease rental facility etc. and other allowances & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time.

Selection Process for SBI PO Recruitment 2025:

• Eligible candidates are required to register online for the recruitment process which will be held in three Phases viz. Phase-I, Phase-II & Phase-III.
• Candidates who are shortlisted after Phase-I (i.e. Preliminary Examination) will have to appear for Phase-II (i.e. Main examination).
• Candidates who are shortlisted after the Phase-II will be subsequently called for Phase III (i.e. Psychometric Test, Group exercise & Interview).

Phase – I – Preliminary Examination:

• Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online.
• The test will have of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows

Selection criteria for Main Examination:

• Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Preliminary Examination.
• There will be no sectional cut-off in preliminary examination.
• Candidates numbering 10 times (approx.) of the numbers of vacancies in each category will be short listed for Main Examination from the top of above merit list.

Phase – II: Main Examination:

• Main Examination will be conducted online and will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Tests for 50 marks.
• The Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after the conclusion of the Objective Test and candidates will have to type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer

• • Duration: 3 hours
  • Total Marks: 200
  • Sections: 4
  • Note: Separate timing for each section.Objective Test:
• • Topics: Communication Skills (Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing)
  • Max. Marks: 50
  • Duration: 30 minutesDescriptive Paper

Sectional Cut Off/Minimum Qualifying Marks In Main Examination:

• Each candidate will have to score a minimum score in each test (i.e. Test I, II, III, IV & Descriptive paper individually) in Main Examination.
• Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for Phase III.

Selection Criteria For Phase – III:

• Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Phase-II (Main Exam).
• Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approx.) of the category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for Phase-III from the top of the category wise merit list subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score, as decided by the Bank.

Penalty For Wrong Answers (Applicable To Both – Preliminary & Main Examination):

• There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests.
• For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.
• If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question

Phase-III: Comprise Of (A) Psychometric Test (B) Group Exercise (C) Personal Interview

Psychometric Test: 

• The Bank will conduct Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase-III.
• Findings of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a thorough perspective on the candidates

Final Selection:

• The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately.
• The marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Phase-III for preparing the final merit list.
• The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.

The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below.

• The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Phase-II and Phase III.
• Selection will be made from the top merit-ranked candidates in each category

Application Fee:

• General/EWS/OBC candidates: Rs.750/-
• SC/ST/PWD candidates: No Fees

Application Fees Mode: Debit card/Credit card/Internet Banking/UPI

How to Apply for SBI PO Recruitment 2025?

All interested and eligible candidates apply for the post online at the following link from 24th June to 14th July 2025.

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