SBI PO Recruitment 2025 – 600 Vacancies !!!

SBI PO Recruitment 2025: The State Bank of India has released a notification for recruiting Probationary Officers. There are 600 SBI PO vacancies available for the posts mentioned above. Candidates having Any degree qualification can apply for this post. Eligible candidates can apply online on or before 16 January 2025. The detailed eligibility and selection process for SBI careers are explained below. Candidates can apply for SBI Clerk Recruitment.

SBI PO 2025 Recruitment – Details:

Job Role	Probationary Officers – PO
Job Category	Bank Jobs
Qualification	Any Degree
Experience	Freshers
Total Vacancies	600 Posts
Salary	Rs. 48,480 – 85920/-
Job Location	Across India
Last Date	16 January 2025

SBI PO 2025 – Detailed Eligibility:

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 30.04.2025.
• Candidates having an Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 30.04.2025.
• Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant etc. would also be eligible

Age limit (As on 01 April 2024): Not below 21 years and not above 30 years. i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2003 and not earlier than 02.04.1994 (both days inclusive).

Age Relaxation:

• 5 years for SC/ST Candidates
• 3 years for OBC (NCL) candidates
• 10 years for PWD candidates (13 years for OBC, 15 years for SC/ST)
• Ex Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment – 5 Years

Salary:  

• Presently, the starting basic pay is 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.

SBI PO Vacancies: 600 Posts

Category	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Total
Regular	87	43	158	58	240	586
Backlog	—	14	—	—	—	14
Total	87	57	158	58	240	600

Selection Process of SBI Careers:

• 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. Candidates numbering 10 times (approx.) 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

Test	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Duration
I	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40	60	50 minutes
II	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30	60	45 minutes
III	General Awareness / Economy / Banking Knowledge	60	60	45 minutes
IV	English Language	40	20	40 minutes
Total		170	200	3 hours

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

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.

Component	Maximum Marks	Normalized Marks
Main Examination (Objective & Descriptive)	250	75
Group Exercise & Interview	50	25
Total	300	100

• 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 2025 Recruitment?

All interested and eligible candidates can apply online from 27 December 2024 to 16 January 2025.

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Important Dates:

• Online Registration (including Editing/Modification of Application): 27th December 2024 to 16th January 2025
• Payment of Application Fee: 27th December 2024 to 16th January 2025
• Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters: 3rd or 4th week of February 2025 onwards
• Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination: 8th & 15th March 2025
• Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination: April 2025
• Download of Main Examination Call Letter: 2nd Week of April 2025 onwards
• Phase-II: Online Main Examination: April / May 2025
• Declaration of Result of Main Examination: May / June 2025
• Download of Phase-III Call Letter: May / June 2025
• Phase-III: Psychometric Test: May / June 2025
• Interview & Group Exercises: May / June 2025
• Declaration of Final Result: May / June 2025
• Pre-Examination Training for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD Candidates:
  • Download of Call Letters: January / February 2025
  • Conduct of Training: February 2025