Introduction

SBI PO Recruitment 2024-25: Check Exam Dates, Eligibility, Selection Criteria, And Other Details Here

SBI PO 2024-25 recruitment exam will be conducted by State Bank of India (SBI) for selecting candidates for the post of PO (Probationary Officers). SBI PO or Bank PO exam is one of the most sought-after job in Banking industry and a dream job for millions of candidates across India.

Eligible candidates who want to join SBI as a Probationary Officer, can apply after carefully going through the advertisement/notification regarding eligibility criteria, registration processes, payment of online application fee, etc. and must ensure that they fulfil all the required eligibility criteria.

SBI PO 2024-25: Important Dates

Exam Pattern

SBI PO Exam Pattern 2024-25

Candidates must be aware of the exam pattern and marks distribution for Preliminary and Mains exam before appearing for the SBI PO 2024-25 Examination process.

The examination process of SBI PO consists of 3 stages:

a. Phase-I: Prelims Examination,
b. Phase-II:Mains Examination
c. Phase-III: Comprise of (a) PSYCHOMETRIC TEST (b) GROUP EXERCISE (c) PERSONAL INTERVIEW
The structure of exams is as follows:

SBI PO Prelims 2025 Examination:Phase-I

This Prelims exam will be conducted in online mode wherein the candidates are required to attempt 100 questions having 1 mark each, in a composite duration of 60 minutes. It is to be noted that the sectional cut-offs in the Prelims Exam has been removed now and the overall score of all 3 sections shall be considered for selection to the next round of recruitment process.

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 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: Main Examination: The Main Examination will be conducted online and will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. The Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after conclusion of the Objective Test and candidates will have to type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer.

SBI PO Mains Pattern 2024-25:P hase-II

The Mains examination will also be conducted in online mode & will have one objective and a descriptive test.

Objective Test Pattern:

The objective test section in Mains Examination will consist of 170 Objective questions having a total of 200 marks and a separate Descriptive online Test having 2 questions for 50 marks.

Descriptive Test Pattern:

Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing shall be asked in this test and the test will be of 50 marks which needs to be completed in a duration of 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 (a) 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.

TEST STRUCTURE	(b) GROUP EXERCISE	(c) INTERVIEW	TOTAL	Duration
Maximum Marks	20	30	50	--

The minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.

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.

Test	Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive)	Group Exercise & Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	250	50	300
Normalized Marks	75	25	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.

Result Publication: Results of the Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and the Final Result will be made available on the Bank's website.

Exam Date

SBI PO Exam Date 2024-25

State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the SBI PO 2024 Online Registration & Exam Dates along with the release of the SBI PO Notification 2024 on 27.12.2024. SBI PO Apply Online to be conducted from 27.12.2024 to 16.01.2025.The tentative SBI PO date 2024 are mentioned below:

The tentative exam dates for SBI PO Recruitment is mentioned below:

How To Apply

SBI PO Apply Online 2024-25

Pre-Requisites for Applying Online for SBI PO 2024-25:

Before applying for SBI PO 2024-25, applicants must make sure that they should have a valid e-mail ID and an active mobile number which will be needed for receiving all kind of communications related to availability of call letters/ advices from SBI via e-mail/ SMS. It must be kept working till the final declaration of results.

Steps for Applying Online for SBI PO 2024-25:

(1) Candidates need to visit the official website of SBI for applying online for SBI PO 2024-25.

(2) Candidates will have to click on "CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION" to register their application by entering their basic mandatory information in the online application form for SBI PO 2025 like Candidate’s name, Father’s Name, DOB, E-mail Address, etc .

(3) After successful registration, log into your account using the credentials sent to your email ID/mobile no & fill all the mandatory information in the application form like educational details, your previous experience detail(if any) etc.

(4) After that you need to upload your scanned Photograph, Signature, Left thumb impression, etc.

(5) Applicants are advised to carefully fill all the details in the online application as no change in any of the data filled in the online application will be possible/ entertained after clicking on FINAL SUBMIT Button.

Guidelines for Scanning Photograph and Signature

At the time of applying online, applicant must possess a scanned (digital) image of his/ her photograph and signature as per the specifications given in the notification of SBI PO 2024. Online application shall not be entertained unless the applicant uploads his photo and signature as per specification.

Note: If the face of the candidate in the photograph or signature is not clear his candidature might get rejected. In such cases, applicants must edit their application form and again re-upload their photograph or signature for successfully submitting the application.

Syllabus

SBI PO Syllabus 2024-25

SBI PO Pre Exam Syllabus

The syllabus of SBI PO 2024-25 Prelims exam will constitute Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. The detailed syllabus of SBI PO Prelims exam can be further subdivided into various topics based on the previous year questions that have been asked in SBI PO Prelims exams over the past few years. The SBI PO syllabus 2024 for the prelims and the mains exam are quite similar having slight changes in respective topics.

SBI PO Mains Exam Syllabus

Cut Offs:

SBI PO Cut offs:

A minimum score will be required to be obtained by each candidate in each test of Online examination and a minimum total score will be needed to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies, cut-offs will be decided, and candidates will be shortlisted for the interview process.

SBI PO Cut off 2023 (Out)

SBI PO Mains Cut Off 2023

SBI PO Final Cut Off 2023

SBI PO Interview Qualifying Marks 2023 (out of 50)

SBI PO Cut off 2022 (Out)

SBI PO Cut off 2021

SBI PO Prelims 2020 Cut Off

SBI PO Mains 2020 Cut Off

SBI PO Final Cut Off 2020

Vacancies

SBI PO Vacancy 2024-25

State Bank of India has announced 600 Probationary Officers vacancies through SBI PO Notification 2024 for which three-phase selection process (Prelims, Mains, Interview) will be conducted. All important points related to SBI PO Recruitment 2024 exam are highlighted below:

SBI PO Vacancy 2024-25 PWD

Note :

Abbreviations: SC- Scheduled Castes, ST- Scheduled Tribes, OBC- Other Backward Classes, EWS- Economically Weaker Section, GEN- General Category, PwBD-Person with Benchmark Disability, VI- Visually Impaired, HIHearing Impaired, LD- Locomotor Disability.

Vacancies detailed above are provisional and may vary according to Bank’s requirements.

# Vacancies for Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) category candidates are reserved horizontally.

@ PwBD categories under clauses ‘d’ & ‘e’ of Section 34 (i) of RPWD Act 2016 suitable for the post are: (i) "Specific Learning Disability" (SLD); (ii) "Mental Illness" (MI); (iii) autism spectrum disorder (Mild)- ASD (M) (iv) "Multiple Disabilities" (multiple disabilities amongst LD, VI, HI, SLD, MI & ASD-M);

^ Reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in recruitment is governed by Office Memorandum no. 36039/1/2019-Estt (Res) dated 31.01.2019 of Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance & Pensions, Government of India.

Disclaimer:

"EWS vacancies are tentative and subject to further directives of the Government of India and the outcome of any litigation. The appointment is provisional and is subject to the Income & Asset certificate being verified through the proper channels." The benefit of reservation under the EWS category can be availed upon production of an "Income & Asset Certificate" issued by a Competent Authority in the format prescribed by the Government of India for the Financial Year 2024 and valid for the Year 2023-24, based on gross annual income as per DoPT guidelines. The EWS candidates are required to produce for verification the ‘Income & Asset Certificate’ issued based on gross annual income for the Financial Year 2022-23 as per extant DoPT guidelines, on the date of document verification at the time of interview. Hence the ‘Income & Asset Certificate’ issued based on gross annual income for the financial year 2024 must be obtained by the candidate on or before the date of document verification at the time of interview.

Salary & Job Profile:

SBI PO Salary & Job Profile 2024-25

SBI PO Salary 2024-25:

SBI PO Salary 2024-25 includes a basic pay of Rs.41,960/- (with 4 advance increments) in the scale of Rs. 36,000-1490/7-46430-1740/2-49910-1990/7-63840 .as applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I. Along with salary you will also get other benefits like DA, HRA, CCA etc. as per the norms laid down by govt. There will be a probation period of 2 years for a candidate recruited as SBI PO.

SBI PO 2024-25 Job Profile:

The in-hand salary given to SBI PO is approx. around Rs 40000 to 45000.The gross pay/total pay-out earned like house rent allowance etc. lies between Rs 8.00 Lakhs to Rs. 13.00 lakhs per annum. The amount usually varies as per the location of the PO where he is posted.