
SBI PO Notification 2025: The State Bank of India (SBI) closed the window to fill the SBI PO registration form on July 14, 2025. SBI PO official notification 2025 PDF was released on June 24, 2025 for a total of 541 vacancies. SBI PO apply online link was activated along with the notification. Any graduate candidate can apply for SBI PO exam.
SBI PO exam date 2025 was announced along with SBI PO notification 2025 PDF. SBI PO notification was released in PDF form and comprises details such as SBI PO exam dates, eligibility, exam pattern, selection process and many more information. Candidates selected to the post of PO will receive a salary of INR 48,480 (with 4 advance increments). Read below for more details on SBI PO notification 2025.
Important Links:
SBI PO Official Notification 2025 PDF | Download Here |
- How to Apply for SBI PO?
- SBI PO 2025 Dates
- SBI PO Exam Centres 2025
- SBI PO Notification 2025 Admit Card
- SBI PO Salary
- SBI PO Exam Pattern 2025
- SBI PO Syllabus 2025
- SBI PO Preparation Tips 2025
- SBI PO Notification 2025 Result
- SBI PO Cut off
- SBI PO Notification 2025 FAQs
How to Apply for SBI PO?
Candidates are required to fill SBI PO application form online only. The application fee is INR 750 for General/ EWS/ OBC. While SC/ ST/PWD candidates are required to pay the application fees. Candidates can pay the application fee online. The steps to fill SBI PO application form are explained below:
- Visit the official website of SBI
- Click the ‘New Registration’ link on the home page of SBI
- Enter name, mobile number, email ID, and security code to register
- Upon successful registration, the registration number and password will be generated
- Upload the scanned images of photograph and signature as per the given dimension
- Fill the basic details, personal details, educational qualification and work experience
- Preview the application form of SBI
- Pay the application fees
- Submit SBI PO application form
The structure of SBI PO application fees is given below.
Category |
Application Fee (In INR) |
---|---|
SC/ST/PWD |
Nil |
General/ OBC |
750 (application fee including intimation charges) |
Commonly asked questions
In the event of candidates not being able to fill the SBI PO application form data in one go, they can save the data already entered by using the 'Save' button. Candidates need to login with their required credentials to complete the application process. After registration candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking. In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of fee/ intimation charges or receipt of Admission/call letter, queries can be made on the phone number-022-22820427 (between 11:00 AM to 06:00 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’ in the subject of the mail.
SBI PO 2025 Dates
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of SBI PO 2025 exam
Dates | Past Exam Dates |
---|---|
13 Sep ' 25 | SBI PO Mains Exam 2025 |
04 Aug ' 25 | SBI PO Prelims Exam Date 2025 |
25 Jul ' 25 - 05 Aug ' 25 | SBI PO Prelims Admit Card |
SBI PO Exam Centres 2025
SBI PO exam centres are the test cities where the prelims and mains exams are conducted. Candidates are required to select the exam cities while filling the application form. The exam centres are allotted as per the preferences given by candidates. The list of test cities is given below.
Prelims Exam Centre
State Code | State/UT | Pre-Examination Training Centre/SBI PO Prelims Exam Centre |
---|---|---|
11 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
Port Blair |
12 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
13 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Naharlagun |
14 |
Assam |
Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
15 |
Bihar |
Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
16 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh/ Mohali |
17 |
Chhattisgarh |
Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur |
18 |
Goa |
Panaji |
19 |
Gujarat |
Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar, Anand, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
20 |
Haryana |
Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, |
21 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una |
22 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
23 |
Jharkhand |
Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
24 |
Karnataka |
Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi |
25 |
Kerala |
Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram |
26 |
Ladakh |
Leh |
27 |
Lakshwadeep |
Kavarrati |
28 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain |
29 |
Maharashtra |
Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur |
30 |
Manipur |
Imphal |
31 |
Meghalaya |
Shillong |
32 |
Mizoram |
Aizawl |
33 |
Nagaland |
Kohima |
34 |
Delhi -NCR |
Delhi & New Delhi |
35 |
Odisha |
Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
36 |
Puducherry |
Puducherry |
37 |
Punjab |
Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur |
38 |
Rajasthan |
Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
39 |
Sikkim |
Bardang - Gangtok |
40 |
Tamilnadu |
Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar |
41 |
Telangana |
Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal |
42 |
Tripura |
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. |
44 |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
45 |
West Bengal |
Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri |
Mains Exam Centre
Sr. No. |
State |
Single/Main Exam Center |
---|---|---|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada |
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Naharlagun |
3 |
Assam |
Guwahati, Silchar |
4 |
Bihar |
Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur |
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
Raipur |
6 |
Gujarat |
Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar |
7 |
Haryana |
Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra |
8 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Baddi, Hamirpur, Shimla, Solan |
9 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Jammu, Srinagar |
10 |
Jharkhand |
Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
11 |
Karnataka |
Bangalore, Belgaum, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi |
12 |
Kerala |
Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthpuram |
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur |
14 |
Maharashtra |
Aurangabad Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai Nagpur, Pune |
15 |
Manipur |
Imphal |
16 |
Meghalaya |
Shillong |
17 |
Mizoram |
Aizawl |
18 |
Nagaland |
Kohima |
19 |
Odisha |
Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
20 |
Puducherry |
Puducherry |
21 |
Punjab |
Jalandhar, Mohali, Patiala |
22 |
Rajasthan |
Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur |
23 |
Tamil Nadu |
Chennai, Madurai, Thiruchirapalli, Coimbatore, Tirunelvelli |
24 |
Telangana |
Hyderabad, Karimnagar |
25 |
Tripura |
Agartala |
26 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Prayagraj (Allahabad), Kanpur, Lucknow |
27 |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun |
28 |
West Bengal |
Greater Kolkata, Siliguri |
Commonly asked questions
The Mains exam of SBI PO is conducted in around 70 cities. The Mains exam comprises objective-type and descriptive-type questions. Total marks allotted to the test are 250.
SBI PO prelims exam is conducted in around 200 cities. The prelims exam is conducted for all the registered candidates. The prelims exam comprises three sections. The total marks allotted to the test are 100. The list of exam cities where SBI PO prelims exam is conducted are Port Blair, Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Naharlagun, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur, Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Chandigarh/ Mohali, Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur, Panaji, Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar, Anand, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una, Jammu, Samba, Srinagar, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram, Leh, Kavarrati, Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain, Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur, Imphal, Shillong, Aizawl, Kohima, Delhi & New Delhi, Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Puducherry, Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur, Bardang - Gangtok, Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal, Agartala, Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Banda, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Sitapur, Varanasi, Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee, Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri.
SBI PO Notification 2025 Admit Card
SBI PO admit card is released online separately for different stages of the recruitment process. Candidates can access SBI PO admit card by logging with the registration number or roll number and date of birth or password. The admit card will have details related to the exam time, exam date, reporting time, exam centre, etc. The steps to download SBI PO admit card are given below:
- Visit the career page of SBI
- Go to the ‘current opening’ section from the ‘join SBI’ tab
- Click the link ‘Recruitment of Probationary Officers in SBI’
- From the drop-down click, the admit card link of SBI PO
- Enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password
- SBI PO admit card appears on the screen
- Download the admit card and take its printout
Commonly asked questions
Once the SBI PO admit card is released, candidates face problem in downloading their hall tickets due to heavy load at the server. In such case, candidates are not required to panic rather they should keep calm and try to download the SBI PO admit card after a gap of five minutes. It is always good to download the admit at night. SBI PO admit card is released online on the official website. To download the admit card, candidates are required to enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password. The hard copy of the admit card is not sent to candidates by post.
SBI PO admit cards for different stages of exams are made available online on the official website. Candidates need to enter the required login credentials to download their admit cards. The hard copy of the admit card is not sent to candidates by post. The steps to download the admit card is given below: Visit the career page of SBI Go to the current opening section from the join SBI tab Click the link Recruitment of Probationary Officers in SBI From the drop-down click, the admit card link of SBI PO Enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password SBI PO admit card appears on the screen Download the admit card and take its printout.
SBI PO Salary
The starting basic pay of PO is INR 41,960 (with four advance increments). According to SBI PO salary, the pay scale of Junior Management Grade Scale-I is INR 36000-1490/7-46430-1740/2-49910-1990/7-63840. The officials are also eligible for DA, HRA/Lease rental, CCA, Medical, and other allowances. The job profile of SBI PO is given below:
- Managing and supervising a team of bank employees
- Assisting customers with their banking needs and resolving issues
- Approving loans and other financial products
- Developing and implementing branch-level strategies to meet business targets
- Representing the bank in various forums and events
- SBI PO candidates typically have a graduate degree in any discipline and must pass a written examination and interview process to be selected for the role.
Commonly asked questions
SBI PO Exam Pattern 2025
The exam pattern of SBI PO is divided into the preliminary exam, mains exam, and Interview (Or Interview & Group Exercises). According to SBI PO exam pattern, the prelims exam paper is divided into three sections. The prelims exam carries a total of 100 objective-type questions of 100 marks. The mains exam comprises both descriptive-type and objective-type questions. The total marks for the mains exam are 250. Phase III of the SBI PO mains exam may comprise Interview only (50 marks) or Interview (30 marks) and Group Exercises (20 marks).
Structure of SBI PO Prelims and Mains Exams
SBI PO Prelims Exam Pattern
Subject | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
English Language |
30 |
100 |
20 Minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
20 Minutes |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
20 Minutes |
|
Total |
100 |
1 Hour |
SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern
Subject | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
Objective Test |
|||
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude |
45 |
60 |
60 Minutes |
Data Analysis & Interpretation |
35 |
60 |
45 Minutes |
General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness |
40 |
40 |
35 Minutes |
English Language |
35 |
40 |
40 Minutes |
Subjective/ Descriptive Test |
|||
English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) |
2 |
50 |
30 Minutes |
Total |
157 |
250 |
3.5 Hours |
SBI PO Marking Scheme
The marking scheme of SBI PO is given below.
- One-fourth of marks assigned to a particular question in the objective test are deducted as a penalty to arrive at the corrected scores
- For correct answers, candidates score one mark
- The total marks are calculated based on the correct and incorrect responses
Commonly asked questions
The preliminary exam of SBI PO comprises the English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. Total marks allotted to the test are 100. The duration of the test is 60 minutes. The prelims exam is only conducted to screen candidates for the Mains exam. The marks obtained in this stage are not counted for the final merit list. Candidates qualifying the prelims exam are called for the mains exam. The structure of SBI PO prelims exam pattern is given below.
Subject | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
English Language | 40 |
100 | 20 Minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 20 Minutes | |
Reasoning Ability | 30 | 20 Minutes | |
Total | 100 | 1 Hour |
SBI PO Syllabus 2025
SBI PO syllabus outlines the topics and sub-topics that candidates need to cover for the exam. SBI PO prelims syllabus comprises the topics from Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. SBI PO mains syllabus comprises the topics from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, English Language, Data Interpretation & Analysis and General/Economy/Banking Awareness. SBI PO syllabus is given below:
- Reasoning Ability: Logical Reasoning, Data Sufficiency, Seating Arrangement, Puzzles, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Input-Output and many more.
- English Language: Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Para Jumbles, Fill in the blanks, Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting, etc.
- Quantitative Aptitude: Simplification, Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices, Time & Distance, Work & Time, Ratio & Proportion, Percentage, Data Interpretation, Number Systems, etc.
- General Awareness: Financial Awareness, Static Awareness, Banking Terminologies Knowledge, Current Affairs, etc.
Commonly asked questions
The important topics for SBI PO English Language are Reading Comprehension, Cloze test, fill in the blanks, spotting the error, etc. To prepare for this section, candidates should clear their concepts of grammar and vocabulary.
SBI PO Preparation Tips 2025
The tips and tricks to prepare for SBI PO exam are given below:
- Understand the exam pattern to know the overall structure of the exam as per SBI PO preparation tips
- Go through SBI PO syllabus to know the types of topics asked in the exam
- Candidates must choose the right study materials for the exam
- Practice the SBI PO previous years' question papers
- Revise the topics given in the syllabus
- Attempt mock tests to improve speed and accuracy
Commonly asked questions
SBI PO Notification 2025 Result
Commonly asked questions
SBI PO final merit list is prepared based on the marks obtained in the Mains exam and Group Exercises. The marks obtained in the prelims exam are not counted for the final merit list. The weightage given to the various phases of the exam at the time of preparing the final merit list is as follows:
Phase | Exam | Weightage (In per cent) |
I | Preliminary | 0 |
II | Main | 75 |
III | Interview and Group Exercises | 25 |
Total | 100 |
Yes, SBI PO result is declared separately for different stages. Based on the prelims exam, candidates are selected for the Mains exam. On the basis of the performance in the Mains exam, candidates are selected for the interview. The final result is prepared based on the Mains exam and interview. Candidates are required to qualify all the stages of selection inorder to appointed to the post of Probationary Officers in the various branches of SBI. The result for the prelims exam can be accessed through login. However, the results for the mains and final selection are made available in PDF form. The result PDF displays the roll numbers of qualified candidates.
SBI PO Cut off
Commonly asked questions
Yes, SBI PO cut off marks are released separately for prelims and Mains exams. Candidates must secure the cut off marks to get shortlisted for the next selection round. However, SBI PO prelims cut off marks are qualifying in nature, and no marks are added to the final merit list. Besides, the marks obtained in the group discussion and interview are given preference.
The cut off of SBI PO is made available online on the official website. Candidates can check the cut off marks by logging with the required credentials. The steps to check the cut off marks are given below: Visit the official website of SBI Click the link 'Details of marks secured by the candidates in SBI PO exam' Enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password SBI PO cut off appears on the screen.
SBI PO Notification 2025 FAQs
Commonly asked questions
SBI PO Exam
Student Forum
Answered a week ago
You can prepare for SBI PO exam through self-study. However, to understand the techniques of solving questions it is always advised to take coaching.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
SBI PO prelims result 2025 was announced on September 1, 2025. The result was announced on the official website of SBI. The direct link to check the result is provided on this page. Candidates can check their results by logging with the required credentials.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
The distribution of questions in the Quant section of SBI PO 2025 prelims exam is given below.
Topic | No. of Questions |
Pie chart DI (based on variable) | 6 |
Bar graph DI + Table DI (related graduate, post-graduate students in college) | 6 |
Caselet DI | 5 |
Quadratic equation | 3 |
Arithmetic problems | 10 |
Total | 30 |
J
Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
The distribution of questions in the prelims exam is given below.
Topic | No. of Questions |
Parallel row seating (single variable, 14 persons) | 5 |
Circular seating (7 persons, double variable, inside facing) | 5 |
Age puzzle (single variable) | 5 |
Box puzzle (single variable) | 5 |
Month-based puzzle | 5 |
Syllogism | 3 |
Misc. Meaningful word - 1 Forward, backward -1 | 2 |
Total | 30 |
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
SBI PO 2025 prelims good attempts refer to the number of questions attempted successfully by candidates. The number of good attempts is given below.
Sections | Total Questions | Good Attempts |
Reasoning Ability | 30 | 19-25 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 16-22 |
English Language | 40 | 24-30 |
Overall | 100 | 59-77 |
S
Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
The authority released the tentative dates for the SBI PO 2025 exam. The SBI PO prelims exam was conducted on August 4, 2025. The prelims exam of SBI PO comprises three sections-English, Quant and Reasoning. The total marks allotted to the test are 100.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
SBI PO Mains cut off 2024 is given below.
Category | Cutoff |
---|---|
General | 87.5 |
OBC | 75 |
EWS | 87.5 |
SC | 75 |
ST | 75 |
LD | 75 |
VI | 75 |
HI | - |
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
SBI PO prelims cut off 2024 is given below.
Category | Cut Off Marks |
---|---|
UR | 61.75 |
SC | 55 |
ST | 49 |
OBC | 60.50 |
EWS | 60.25 |
VI | 47.50 |
HI | 19.75 |
LD | 49.75 |
D&E | 9.50 |
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
SBI PO exam dates 2025 were announced. SBI PO prelims exam was conducted on August 4, 2025. SBI PO Mains exam will be conducted on September 13, 2025. The Phase 3 exam will be conducted in October/November 2025.
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Contributor-Level 10
Can I prepare for SBI PO exam through self-study?