We know that you are eagerly waiting for the SBI PO 2024 notification to know the vacancies and exam dates of the SBI PO 2024 exam.
You might also be on the lookout for any changes in SBI PO 2024 eligibility criteria, pattern, and syllabus that SBI might do this year.
SBI PO 2024 Notification
There is a strong possibility that the SBI will announce vacancies for the PO in the final week of October 2024 or the first week of November 2024.
SBI PO 2024 Notification: Important Dates
Here are the expected dates of the SBI PO 2024 exam.
| SBI PO 2024 Important Dates | |
| Event | Tentative Date |
| SBI PO Notification 2024 | Last week of October 2024 or first week of November 2024 |
| Pre Exam | To be announced |
| Mains Exam | To be announced |
Expected Vacancies in SBI PO 2024 Notification
In the previous years, SBI PO vacancies have varied from 1673 to 2056 as seen below:
| SBI PO Vacancies | |
| Year | Vacancies |
| 2019 | 2000 |
| 2020 | 2000 |
| 2021 | 2056 |
| 2022 | 1673 |
| 2023 | 2000 |
| 2024 | 1500 to 2000 (Expected) |
Based on this trend, we can expect 1500 to 2000 vacancies in the SBI PO 2024 notification.
SBI PO 2024 Eligibility
SBI PO eligibility includes age limit and educational qualification.
Age Limit & Relaxation for SBI PO 2024
Age for the SBI PO 2024 exam is calculated as of 1 April of the notification year. The minimum and maximum age limits for the unreserved or general category are 21 years and 30 years, respectively.
Educational Qualification for SBI PO 2024
To apply for the SBI PO 2024 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 2024 Pattern
According to the official notification of SBI PO 2024, the selection procedure of the SBI PO General exam is:
- Phase 1 (Pre)
- Phase 2 (Mains)
- Phase 3 (Group Discussion and Interview)
SBI PO 2024 Prelims Pattern
Here is the SBI PO 2024 pre pattern:
| SBI PO 2024 Pre Pattern | |||
| Subject | Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| English | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 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.
SBI PO 2024 Mains Pattern
Here is the SBI PO Phase 2 exam pattern:
| SBI PO 2024 Mains Pattern | ||||
| Test | Name | Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Objective | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 50 | 50 Minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 50 | 45 Minutes | |
| General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 50 | 60 | 45 Minutes | |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 Minutes | |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 Hours | |
| Descriptive | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 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, so answer wisely.
SBI PO 2024 Interview Pattern
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 2024 Syllabus
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 decoded syllabus, click on the link: SBI PO Detailed Syllabus.
SBI PO 2024 Exam Centers
Here are the centers for the SBI PO exam:
SBI PO 2024 Pre Exam Centres
Here are the centres for the SBI PO 2024 Phase 1 (Pre) exam:
| SBI PO 2024 Phase 1 Exam Centres | |
| State /UT | Centre |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, 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 | Chandigarh- Mohali |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur, Bhilai, Bilaspur (CG) |
| Goa | Panaji |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar, Anand, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
| 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 |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 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, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok-Bardang City |
| 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 2024 Mains Exam Centres
Here are the centres for the SBI PO Phase 2 (Mains) exam:
| SBI PO 2024 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 | 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, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Ladakh | Leh |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Indore |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| New Delhi | Delhi & New Delhi |
| Orissa | Bhubaneswar |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok-Bardang City |
| 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 2024 Application Fee
Here is the application fee to apply for the SBI PO exam:
| SBI PO 2024 Application Fee | |
| Category | Amount |
| SC/ST/PwBD | Nil |
| GEN/OBC/EWSs | ₹ 750/- |
How to Pay Fee for the SBI PO 2024 Exam
The SBI PO 2024 application fee can only be paid online by using 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
On this page, we have covered everything you need to know about the SBI PO notification, including tentative exam dates, expected vacancies, eligibility criteria, the latest exam format and syllabus, and more. We’ll update you once the official SBI PO notification is released. If you still have any queries, please check out the FAQs section.
