State Bank of India is one of the leading banking institutions in India and Getting a job in SBI Banking department is always special, So Just apply and get ready for the exams.The bank has 2000 regular vacancies and 118 vacancies for differently-abled people.The bank will have an online preliminary examination followed by a main examination, group exercises and interview. The prelims will be held on July 1, 7 and 8.The final results will be announced on November 1, 2025. The total compensation per annum will be a minimum of Rs 8.20 lakh and maximum of Rs 13.08 lakh depending on place of posting and other factors.
The educational qualifications, age limit, and nationality of the candidates are considered in the eligibility criteria of SBI PO Recruitment 2025 for the post of probationary officers. The candidates who applied for the SBI probationary officers post should be a citizen of India. Check out more details about the eligibility criteria below.
| Sr. No. | Category | Age Relaxation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC/ST | 5 Years |
| 2. | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 3 Years |
| 3. | PWD(GEN) | 10 Years |
| 4. | PWD (SC/ST) | 15 Years |
| 5 | PWD(OBC) | 13 Years |
| 6 | Persons Domiciled in Jammu & | 5 Years |
| Category | Max. Permissible Number of Chances |
|---|---|
General |
4 |
General (PWD) |
7 |
OBC |
7 |
OBC(PWD) |
7 |
SC/SC(PWD)/ ST/ ST (PWD) |
No Restriction |
| Sr.No. | Category | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC/ST/PWD/XS |
|
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| 2. | General and OBC | 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
The State Bank Of India has released the notification for the recruitment of SBI PO 2025 for the post of probationary officers. There is a total 2000+ vacancies.The Details of SBI PO vacancies are given below
| VACANCIES | VACANCIES (PWD) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | ST | OBC* | GEN | TOTAL | LD | VI | HI | Total |
| 300 | 150 | 540 | 1010 | 2000 | 27 | 26 | 65 | 118 |
Backlog vacancies detailed as under have been included in the above mentioned total
| SC | ST | OBC* | TOTAL | LD | VI | HI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 |
SBI selection process for the Probationary officers exam 2025 consists of 3 stages, which are:
1.Phase I - Prelims Exam
2.Phase II - Mains Exam
3.Phase III -Group Exercises (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)
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:
| Serial No. | Section | No. of Question | Total Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
English Language |
30 |
35 |
20 minutes |
2 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
3 |
Reasoning |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
Total |
100 |
100 |
60 minutes |
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after completion of the Objective Test.
| S. No. | Name of Tests(Objective | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| 2 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 3 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 4 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | |
The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with two questions for 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).
*Note:Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination)
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth of the 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 the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Candidates qualifying for GE & Interview under 'OBC' category would be required to submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause. Candidates not submitting the OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause and requesting to be interviewed under General category will not be entertained.
The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection. Only the marks obtained in Mains Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective Test and Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in GE & Interview (Phase-III) for preparing the final merit list. The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately.
Marks secured by the candidates in the Mains Examination (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Exercises & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Mains Examination and Group Exercises & Interview out of 100. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category
Given below is a list of all topics and subjects of prelims, from which the questions will be asked. You can prepare and plan for the exams by knowing the topics you have to cover.
| Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning ability | English language |
|---|---|---|
| Simplification | Alphabetical Series | Reading Comprehension |
| Number Series | Blood Relation | Fill in the Blanks |
| Percentage | Coding- Decoding | Para Jumbles |
| Profit & Loss | Order & Ranking | Cloze Test |
| Average | Direction | Error Spotting |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest | Inequalities | Phrase Replacement |
| Ratio and Proportion | Syllogisms | Sentence Corrections |
| Problem Based On Age | Input Output | Vocabulary |
| Time and Work | Data Sufficiency | Para Completion |
| Pipe and Cistern | Seating Arrangement | |
| Partnership | Puzzles | |
| Allegation and Mixture | Logical Reasoning | |
| Speed Time and Distance | ||
| Train | ||
| Boat and Stream | ||
| Mensuration |
SBI PO preliminary examination is scheduled to be held tentatively in the month of July 2025.According to the notification examination call letter can be downloaded tentatively from June 18, 2025.Similarly, the date for download of call letter for SBI PO mains examination is tentatively from 20th July 2025. The SBI PO mains exam will be tentatively held on 04-August-2025.
This exam will be conducted in the month of July. SBI officially releases separate sectional and overall Cut off marks for each phase of Probationary Officer selection process. Candidates need to score marks equal to or greater than those cut off marks in each phase to get selected for the subsequent stages of the SBI PO recruitment process. SBI releases Cut off marks along with the SBI PO Result of each stage of PO selection process viz, prelims, Mains, Interview.
SBI PO Prelims and Mains objective Cut off Marks are different for each section (ie., Cutoff marks for English, Reasoning, Quantitative Ability, General Awareness). These cutoff marks may vary according to categories like General, OBC, SC, ST, PWD. Here we are providing you the Previous Year Cut-Offs. This list will help you in having the rough idea about cut off of the upcoming exam.
| S. No. | Subject | Max. Marks | Cut Off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC/ST/OBC | General | |||
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 6.00 | 8.75 |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 4.25 | 7.25 |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 4.25 | 7.00 |
| Category | Overall Cut Off Marks(Out Of 100) |
|---|---|
| General | 51.50 |
| OBC | 48.25 |
| SC | 43.25 |
| ST | 31.25 |
| OH | 38.75 |
| VI | 42.50 |
| HI | 18.50 |
| Sections / Exam | Total Marks | Minimum Qualifying Marks ( Cut Off Sore) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | ST | OBC | General | OH | VI | HI | ||
| 200 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| 50 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 20 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | |
|
Minimum Marks to Be Secured, to be shortlisted for GE+PI round (Objective + Descriptive) |
250 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 79.5 | 89.25 | 62.5 | 88.09 | 62.5 |
| Group Exercise + Interview | 50 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Cut Off Marks after normalization | 100 | 38.95 | 28.88 | 40.83 | 46.59 | 37.24 | 46.11 | 32.92 |
| S. No. | Subject | Max. Marks | Cut Off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC/ST/OBC | General | |||
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 6.00 | 8.75 |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 4.25 | 7.25 |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 4.25 | 7.00 |
| Category | Overall Cut Off Marks(Out Of 100) |
|---|---|
| General | 47.50 |
| OBC | 44.50 |
| SC | 38.75 |
| ST | 29.25 |
| OH | 36.00 |
| VI | 37.00 |
| HI | 15.75 |
| Sections / Exam | Total Marks | Minimum Qualifying Marks ( Cut Off Sore) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | ST | OBC | General | OH | VI | HI | ||
| Reasoning | 60 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Data Analysis and Interpretation | 60 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| General Awareness/ Marketing/ Computer Knowledge | 40 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| English Language | 40 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Objective Test | 200 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Descriptive Type Test (English Language)(Evaluated only for those candidates who have qualified in each level of the Objective Test) | 50 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 20 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 |
|
Minimum marks to be secured to be shortlisted for GE-cum Interview (Objective + Descriptive Test) |
250 | 78 | 78.75 | 87.25 | 90.00 | 82.75 | 79.50 | 79.25 |
| Group Discussion | 20 | |||||||
| Interview | 30 | |||||||
| Total : GE + Interview | 50 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Total : GE + Interview | Normalized to 100 | |||||||
State Bank of India is one of the leading banking institutions in India and Getting a job in SBI Banking department is always special, So Just apply and get ready for the exams.The bank has 2000 regular vacancies and 118 vacancies for differently-abled people.The bank will have an online preliminary examination followed by a main examination, group exercises and interview. The prelims will be held on July 1, 7 and 8.The final results will be announced on November 1, 2025. The total compensation per annum will be a minimum of Rs 8.20 lakh and maximum of Rs 13.08 lakh depending on place of posting and other factors.
The educational qualifications, age limit, and nationality of the candidates are considered in the eligibility criteria of SBI PO Recruitment 2025 for the post of probationary officers. The candidates who applied for the SBI probationary officers post should be a citizen of India. Check out more details about the eligibility criteria below.
| Sr. No. | Category | Age Relaxation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC/ST | 5 Years |
| 2. | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 3 Years |
| 3. | PWD(GEN) | 10 Years |
| 4. | PWD (SC/ST) | 15 Years |
| 5 | PWD(OBC) | 13 Years |
| 6 | Persons Domiciled in Jammu & | 5 Years |
| Category | Max. Permissible Number of Chances |
|---|---|
General |
4 |
General (PWD) |
7 |
OBC |
7 |
OBC(PWD) |
7 |
SC/SC(PWD)/ ST/ ST (PWD) |
No Restriction |
| Sr.No. | Category | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC/ST/PWD/XS |
|
||
| 2. | General and OBC | 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
SBI selection process for the Probationary officers exam 2025 consists of 3 stages, which are:
1.Phase I - Prelims Exam
2. Phase II - Mains Exam
3.Phase III - Group Exercises (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)
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:
| Serial No. | Section | No. of Question | Total Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 minutes |
2 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
3 |
Reasoning |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
Total |
100 |
100 |
60 minutes |
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after completion of the Objective Test.
| S. No. | Name of Tests(Objective | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| 2 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 3 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 4 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | |
The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with two questions for 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).
*Note:Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination)
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth of the 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 the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Candidates qualifying for GE & Interview under 'OBC' category would be required to submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause. Candidates not submitting the OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause and requesting to be interviewed under General category will not be entertained.
The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection. Only the marks obtained in Mains Examination (Phase-II), both in Objective Test and Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in GE & Interview (Phase-III) for preparing the final merit list. The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately.
Marks secured by the candidates in the Mains Examination (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Exercises & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Mains Examination and Group Exercises & Interview out of 100. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category
Given below is a list of all topics and subjects, from which the questions will be asked. You can prepare and plan for the exams by knowing the topics you have to cover.
| Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning ability | English language |
|---|---|---|
| Simplification | Alphabetical Series | Reading Comprehension |
| Number Series | Blood Relation | Fill in the Blanks |
| Percentage | Coding- Decoding | Para Jumbles |
| Profit & Loss | Order & Ranking | Cloze Test |
| Average | Direction | Error Spotting |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest | Inequalities | Phrase Replacement |
| Ratio and Proportion | Syllogisms | Sentence Corrections |
| Problem Based On Age | Input Output | Vocabulary |
| Time and Work | Data Sufficiency | Para Completion |
| Pipe and Cistern | Seating Arrangement | |
| Partnership | Puzzles | |
| Allegation and Mixture | Logical Reasoning | |
| Speed Time and Distance | ||
| Train | ||
| Boat and Stream | ||
| Mensuration |
SBI PO preliminary examination is scheduled to be held tentatively in the month of July 2025.According to the notification examination call letter can be downloaded tentatively from June 18, 2025.Similarly, the date for download of call letter for SBI PO mains examination is tentatively from 20th July 2025. The SBI PO mains exam will be tentatively held on 04-August-2025.