The official SBI PO notification has been released on 26 December 2024. Here are the details of the latest SBI probationary officer notification. I know you were eagerly waiting for this to know the:
- Exam Dates
- Eligibility Criteria
- Number of Vacancies
- Exam Centers
- Application Fee
- How to Apply
This crucial knowledge allows you to apply for the SBI PO 2025 exam on time and tailor your preparation strategy accordingly. However, in the absence of this information might cause you:
- Missing the registration window
- Applying without meeting eligibility criteria
- Misjudging the level of competition
- Submitting your application with incomplete or incorrect information
All this leads to wasting your efforts, resources, and a precious year. Now, let’s discuss the details of the latest SBI PO 2025 notification.
SBI PO Notification 2025: Important Dates
Here are the important dates of the SBI PO 2025 exam.
| SBI PO 2025 Important Dates | |
| Event | Dates |
| SBI PO Notification Release | 26 December 2024 |
| Online Application Start Date | 27 December 2024 |
| Online Application Last Date | 16 January 2025 |
| Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters | 3 or 4 Week of February 2025 Onwards |
| Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination | 8 & 15 March 2025 |
| Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination | April 2025 |
| Download of Main Examination Call letter | 2 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 |
After knowing the important dates, let’s take a look at the number of SBI PO 2025 vacancies.
SBI PO Vacancies 2025
SBI declared a total of 600 vacancies in the SBI PO official 2025 notification, out of which 586 are regular vacancies and 14 are backlog vacancies.
| SBI PO 2025 Vacancies | ||||||||||
| Category | Total | General/UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | PwBD Category | |||
| VI | HI | LD | D&E | |||||||
| Regular Vacancies | 586 | 240 | 87 | 43 | 158 | 58 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Backlog Vacancies | 14 | – | – | 14 | – | – | 4 | 20 | – | 20 |
| Total Vacancies | 600 | 240 | 87 | 57 | 158 | 58 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 26 |
Important Note: Based on the previous years’ trends, the number of SBI PO 2025 vacancies is comparatively less. As a result, the competition is expected to be more intense than in previous years.
Below, I have mentioned the previous year’s SBI PO cut offs:
| SBI PO Vacancies Trends | |
| Year | Vacancies |
| 2019 | 2000 |
| 2020 | 2000 |
| 2021 | 2056 |
| 2022 | 1673 |
| 2023 | 2000 |
| 2025 | 600 |
After getting familiar with the vacancies, it’s time to look at the SBI PO 2025 eligibility.
SBI PO Eligibility 2025
SBI PO eligibility includes age limit and educational qualification.
Age Limit & Relaxation for SBI PO 2025
Age for the SBI PO 2025 exam is calculated as of 1 April 2024. The minimum and maximum age limits for the unreserved or general category are 21 years and 30 years, respectively.
Educational Qualification for SBI PO 2025
To apply for the SBI PO 2025 exam, you need to be a graduate in any discipline.
Click on the SBI PO Eligibility for more information, such as age relaxation, nationality, and number of attempts.
SBI PO Pattern 2025
According to the official notification of SBI PO 2025, the selection procedure of the SBI PO General exam is:
- Phase 1 (Pre)
- Phase 2 (Mains)
- Phase 3 (Group Discussion and Interview)
SBI PO Prelims Pattern 2025
Here is the SBI PO 2025 pre pattern:
| SBI PO 2025 Pre Pattern | |||
| Subject | Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| English | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
- The SBI PO Phase 1 is an online paper that is qualifying in nature.
- You can choose either Hindi or English language (except for the English language test).
- There is also 1/4th negative marking, and 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer, so answer wisely.
- There will be no sectional cut-off in the preliminary examination.
Important Note: 10 times (approx.) the number of vacancies in each category will be shortlisted for the Main Examination based on their position at the top of the merit list.
SBI PO Mains Pattern 2025
Here is the SBI PO Phase 2 exam pattern:
| SBI PO 2025 Mains Pattern | ||||
| Test | Name | Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Objective | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 50 Minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 60 | 45 Minutes | |
| General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 60 | 60 | 45 Minutes | |
| English Language | 40 | 20 | 40 Minutes | |
| Total | 170 | 200 | 3 Hours | |
| Descriptive | Communication Skills (Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing) | 2 | 50 | 30 Minutes |
| Total | 250 | |||
- The SBI PO Phase 2 exam consists of online objective and descriptive papers.
- You can choose either Hindi or English language (except for the English language test and descriptive paper).
- There is a 1/4th negative marking for every wrong answer in the objective paper, so answer wisely.
- There is no penalty for descriptive answers.
SBI PO Interview Pattern 2025
Candidates who qualify in Phase 2 are then shortlisted for group discussion and interview. Here is the SBI PO Phase 3 pattern.
- Candidates need to undergo a psychometric test before appearing for the interview.
- No marks are allotted for the psychometric test.
- After the psychometric test, there is a group discussion and interview of 20 and 30 marks, respectively.
- Candidates may opt for the group discussion and interview either in Hindi or English.
For more details, click on the link: SBI PO Pattern.
SBI PO Syllabus 2025
We have analyzed the previous years’ questions (PYQs) to list down the topic-wise syllabus of each subject of SBI PO pre and mains.
For a decoded syllabus, click on the link: SBI PO Detailed Syllabus.
SBI PO Exam Centers 2025
Here are the centers for the SBI PO exam:
SBI PO Pre Exam Centres 2025
Here are the centres for the SBI PO 2025 Phase 1 (Pre) exam:
| SBI PO 2025 Prelims Exam Centres | |
| State /UT | Centre |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
| Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad (Bihar), Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
| Chandigarh | Mohali |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur, Bhilai, Bilaspur |
| Goa | Panaji |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar, Anand, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar |
| Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribaug, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Ladakh | Leh |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | Amaravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad, Maharashtra), Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur |
| Manipur | Imphal, Kakching |
| Meghalaya | Shillong, Tura |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| New Delhi | Delhi & New Delhi (All NCR cities) |
| Orissa | Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar |
| Telangana | Hyderabad- Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Warangal |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Banda, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Sitapur, Varanasi. |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri |
SBI PO Mains Exam Centres 2025
Here are the centres for the SBI PO Phase 2 (Mains) exam:
| SBI PO 2025 Phase 2 Exam Centres | |
| State /UT | Centre |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun |
| Assam | Guwahati |
| Bihar | Arrah, Muzaffarpur, Patna |
| Chandigarh | Mohali |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
| Goa | Panaji |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar |
| Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla, Solan |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| Kerala | Kochi/Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Ladakh | Leh, Kargil |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Indore |
| Maharashtra | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/Thane/ Navi Mumbai/MMR |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong, Tura |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| New Delhi | Delhi & New Delhi (All NCR cities) |
| Orissa | Bhubaneswar |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| Telangana | Hyderabad |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Ghaziabad, Noida/ Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| West Bengal | Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata |
Important Note: Group discussions and interviews will be conducted at some of the Phase 2 centres, details of which will be mentioned in your call letters.
SBI PO Application Fee 2025
Here is the application fee to apply for the SBI PO exam:
| SBI PO 2025 Application Fee | |
| Category | Amount |
| SC/ST/PwBD | Nil |
| GEN/OBC/EWSs | ₹ 750/- |
How to Pay Fee for the SBI PO 2025 Exam
- You can only pay online for the SBI PO 2025 application fee by using a debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking.
- Upon successful payment, you’ll receive an e-receipt from the website for your records.
- Be sure to save this e-receipt along with your application form.
Conclusion
I have covered everything you need to know about the SBI PO notification 2025, including the important exam dates, number of vacancies, eligibility criteria, the latest exam pattern, syllabus, and more. If you still have any queries, please check out the FAQs section.
