State Bank of India Recruitment 2025 | Apply for 600 Probationary Officers Post!
State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment 2025: SBI invites Online applications for the recruitment of 600 Probationary Officers (PO) Posts. This online facility will be available on the State Bank of India website @ https://sbi.co.in/ from 27.12.2024 to 16.01.2025. Before applying for the recruitment, Applicants must carefully read the SBI Probationary Officers (PO) 2025 notification and ensure their eligibility.
1. Probationary Officers (PO) – Graduation in any discipline
Note: 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 30.04.2025.
Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2025)
Name of the Post
Minimum Age
Maximum Age
1. Probationary Officer (PO)
20 years
30 years
Relaxation of Upper age limit:
For SC/ST Candidates: 5 years
For OBC Candidates (Non-Creamy Layer): 3 years
For PwBD Candidates: Gen/EWS – 10 years; OBC – 13 years; SC/ST – 15 years
For Ex Servicemen Candidates: 5 years
Selection Process:
1. Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
2. Phase-II: Main Examination
3. Phase-III: (a) Psychometric Test (b) Group Exercise (c) Personal Interview
Language of Exam for Tamilnadu: English, Hindi, Tamil
Phase-I: Preliminary 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
Selection Criteria for Mains 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: Mains 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
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.
Phase-III: Comprise of (a) PSYCHOMETRIC TEST (b) GROUP EXERCISE (c) PERSONAL INTERVIEW:
Final Selection:
Application Fee:
For ST/SC/Ex-s/Women Applicants – Nil
For Other Applicants – Rs.750/-
Payment Mode: Online
How to Apply:
Eligible and interested Applicants are required to visit SBI website (https://sbi.co.in/) and submit the application online. Online Registration shall commence at 27.12.2024 @ 00.01 AM and will close at 16.01.2025 @ 11.59 PM.
Important Dates:
Starting Date for Submission of Application: 27.12.2024
Last date for Submission of Application: 16.01.2025
Date of Phase I: Online Preliminary Examination: 8th & 15th March 2025
Date of Phase II: Online Mains Examination: April / May 2025
