SBI PO 2025 LIVE: Registration begins for 541 Probationary Officer vacancies; age limit, application process

Candidates can check the previous year's SBI PO cut-off 2025 from the table below.

According to the official notification, the starting basic pay for a Probationary Officer (PO) at SBI is Rs 48,480, which includes four advance increments. This falls under the pay scale of 48,480–2,000/7–62,480–2,340/2–67,160–2,680/7–85,920, applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I. In addition to the basic pay, the officer will be entitled to various allowances and benefits such as dearness allowance (DA), house rent allowance (HRA) or lease rental, city compensatory allowance (CCA), medical benefits and other perquisites, as per the rules in force from time to time.

The recruitment process for SBI Probationary Officers (PO) is conducted in three stages. It begins with a preliminary examination, followed by the main examination. Candidates who clear both these stages are then called for the final round, which includes a group discussion and personal interview.

Candidates can check the SBI Clerk syllabus 2025 for English given below:

• Reading comprehension, including Synonyms and Antonyms
• Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles
• Sentence Correction/ Error Finding
• Spell Checks
• Fillers
• Cloze Test

To be eligible for SBI Clerk 2025, a candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised university or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Central Government. Those in the final year or semester of their graduation can also apply on a provisional basis, provided they are able to produce proof of passing the graduation exam at the time of the interview, if shortlisted.

To be eligible for the SBI PO 2025 recruitment, candidates should be at least 21 years old and not more than 30 years as on the specified cut-off date. This means that only those born between April 2, 1995, and April 1, 2004 (including both dates), are eligible to apply for the SBI PO 2025 exam.

The SBI PO 2025 preliminary exam will be held online and will include three sections. Each section is timed separately, and the total marks for the exam are 100. The section-wise breakup of marks is given below.

The number of vacancies for SBI PO has seen a significant decline over the past three years. In 2023, there were 2,000 vacancies, which dropped sharply to 600 in 2024. The downward trend continued in 2025, with only 541 vacancies announced.

Candidates will be able to fill out the SBI PO 2025 application fee till July 14 through the official website at sbi.co.in.

The total number of vacancies for the unreserved (UR) category in the SBI PO 2024 recruitment is 203. These are all regular vacancies, as there are no backlog vacancies listed under the UR category.

Candidates belonging to unreserved, EWS, and OBC will have to pay an application fee of Rs 750. Whereas, SC, ST, PwBD candidates are exempted from paying fees. 

"Application Fee once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection," the bank clarified. 

The tentative schedule for SBI PO recruitment 2025 is given below. 

State Bank of India has announced to conduct the SBI PO prelims exam in July-August 2025. and the results will be declared by August-September. The SBI PO prelims admit card 2025 will be issued in the third or fourth week of July. 

The upper age limit has been relaxed by 5 years for 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.

As per the age criteria, candidates should not be below 21 years and not above 30 years as on April 1, 2025. “Candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive),” the notification read. 

Category-wise SBI PO vacancies 2025-26 for probationary officer recruitment is given below. 

Candidates will have to submit their SBI PO application form online through the official websites -bank.sbi/web/careers/current-openings or sbi.co.in. 

State Bank of India has announced a total of 541 vacancies. Out of these, 203 are reserved for unreserved category.  

• SC - 80
• ST- 73
• OBC- 135
• EWS- 50
• Unreserved - 203

State Bank of India (SBI) invites online application from eligible candidates for appointment as probationary officers. The SBI PO registration process begins today on the official website, sbi.co.in.