SBI PO Recruitment 2024: The State Bank of India (SBI) has released the notification for recruiting Probationary Officers (PO) for 2024-25. This prestigious opportunity is open to eligible Indian citizens aspiring to join SBI as Probationary Officers. The recruitment process will involve three phases: Preliminary Examination, Main Examination, and Psychometric Test/ Interview/ Group Exercises. Below are the complete details regarding this recruitment. The SBI Bank PO Notification has been released on 26 December 2024 and the online applications are invited from 27 December to 16 January 2025.
SBI PO Recruitment 2024 Overview
| Recruitment Organization | State Bank of India (SBI) |
| Post Name | Probationary Officer (PO) |
| Advertisement No. | CRPD/ PO/ 2024-25/22 |
| Total Vacancies | 600 (including backlog vacancies) |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Starting Date to Apply | 27 December 2024 |
| Last Date to Apply | 16 January 2025 |
| Official Website | SBI Careers |
SBI PO Recruitment 2024 Important Dates
State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the SBI PO Recruitment 2024-2025 Online Registration & tentative Exam Dates along with SBI PO Notification. We have also updated all important dates for the SBI PO 2024-25 Exam here as announced through the SBI PO Notification here-
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Online Registration Start | 27 December 2024 |
| Last Date to Apply | 16 January 2025 |
| Preliminary Exam Call Letters | 3rd/ 4th Week of February 2025 |
| Preliminary Exam Dates | 8th & 15th March 2025 |
| Preliminary Exam Results | April 2025 |
| Main Exam Call Letters | 2nd Week of April 2025 |
| Main Exam Dates | April/May 2025 |
| Main Exam Results | May/June 2025 |
| Psychometric Test & Interview | May/June 2025 |
| Final Result | May/June 2025 |
SBI PO Notification 2024 Application Fee
The category-wise fee structure for the SBI PO 2024 online application is given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can they be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee for SC/ST/PWD category candidates is Nil and Rs. 750/ for General and other categories of candidates. The application fee must be paid online itself. To know more check the complete guide for the SBI PO Application.
| Category | Fee Amount |
|---|---|
| General/OBC/EWS | ₹750 |
| SC/ST/PwBD | Nil |
SBI Bank PO Vacancy 2024 Details, Age Limit, Qualification
Age Limit: 21-30 Years. The cutoff date for the calculation of the age limit is 1.4.2024
| Post Name | Vacancy | Qualification (On 30.4.2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Probationary Officer (PO) | 600 | Graduate |
State Bank of India has announced 600 vacancies along with the SBI PO Notification and it is expected the vacancies may increase. For the year 2025-26, the vacancy details has been released with the SBI PO Notification pdf which are
| CATEGORY WISE VACANCIES | PWBD VACANCIES (HORIZONTAL VACANCIES) | |||||||||
| Category | SC | ST | OBC* | EWS^ | UR | Total | VI# | HI# | LD# | d & e# @ |
| Regular Vacancies | 87 | 43 | 158 | 58 | 240 | 586 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Backlog Vacancies | — | 14 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | 20 | — | 20 |
| Total Vacancies | 87 | 57 | 158 | 58 | 240 | 600 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 26 |
SBI PO Recruitment 2024 Selection Process
The selection process consists of three phases:
- Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
- Objective test for 100 marks with 3 sections (English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability).
- Duration: 1 hour.
- Phase-II: Main Examination
- Objective test (200 marks) and Descriptive test (50 marks).
- Subjects include Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General Awareness/Economy/Banking Knowledge, and English Language.
- Phase-III: Psychometric Test/Group Exercises/Interview
- Psychometric test for personality profiling.
- Group Exercises (20 marks) and Interview (30 marks).
- Final Merit List
- Aggregate marks from Main Examination and Phase-III normalized to 100 marks.
EXAMINATION CENTERS (Tentative List)
| State Code | State/UT | Pre-Examination Training Centre/ Preliminary Examination Centre | Main Examination Centre |
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur/ Vijaywada, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur / Vijayawada, Kurnool, Vishakhapatnam, |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun | Naharlagun |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad (Bihar), Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea | Arrah, Patna, Muzaffarpur |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Mohali | Mohali |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| 18 | Goa | Panaji | Panaji |
| 19 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar, Anand, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar, | Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar |
| 20 | Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram |
| 21 | Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una | Shimla, Solan |
| 22 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 23 | Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| 24 | Karnataka | Belgaum, Bengaluru, Dharwad/ hubli, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi | Bengaluru |
| 25 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi / Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram | Kochi/Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 26 | Ladakh | Leh, Kargil | Leh, Kargil |
| 27 | Lakshwadeep | Kavarrati | Kavarrati |
| 28 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore |
| 29 | Maharashtra | Amaravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad, Maharashtra) , Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/MMR |
| 30 | Manipur | Imphal, Kakching | Imphal |
| 31 | Meghalaya | Shillong, Tura | Shillong, Tura |
| 32 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| 33 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| 34 | Delhi -NCR | Delhi & New Delhi (All NCR cities) | Delhi & New Delhi (All NCR cities) |
| 35 | Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneswar |
| 36 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 37 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur | Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| 38 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur, |
| 39 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Gangtok |
| 40 | Tamilnadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| 41 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| 42 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| 43 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Banda, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Sitapur, Varanasi. | Agra, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Ghaziabad, Noida/ Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| 44 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| 45 | West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri | Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata |
SBI PO Recruitment 2024 Exam Pattern
The SBI PO selection process consists of 3 stages. The written examinations are conducted online, followed by an interview round. The structure of exams is as follows:
Preliminary Exam Pattern
| Section | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hour |
Main Exam Pattern
| Section | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 50 minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| General Awareness/Banking | 60 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| English Language | 40 | 20 | 40 minutes |
| Descriptive Test (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 50 | 30 minutes |
SBI PO Recruitment 2024 Important Links
| Link | URL |
|---|---|
| SBI PO Notification 2024 Official Notification | Download Here |
| SBI PO Notification 2024 Apply Online | Apply Online |
| Various Certificates Formats | Formats |
| SBI Bank Official Website | SBI Bank |
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