The most-awaited SBI PO Exam date 2025 has been announced for 600 vacancies by the State Bank of India on its official website, Sbi.in. Candidates who are preparing to crack the SBI PO exam must stay updated with the whole exam schedule to avoid last-minute confusion.

The SBI PO preliminary exam is scheduled for 8^th and 15^th March 2025, while the mains examination is expected to be held between April and March. 

Candidates can check all details regarding the SBI PO exam in the given below article.

SBI PO Exam Date 2025 overview

The complete overview of SBI PO Examination 2025 is shown in the table below.

SBI PO 2025 Exam Vacancies

Along with the SBI PO notification, the State Bank of India released 600 openings, which includes 586 as regular and 14 backlog vacancies for the Probationary Officer (PO) post on their official website. 

Here candidates can check category-wise vacancy details for the year 2025-26. 

Important dates of SBI PO Exam 2025

It is essential to stay updated with important dates that matter the most for the exam, summarized below, and create your schedule accordingly.

SBI PO Prelims and Mains Exam date 

Applicants who applied for the position of probationary officer (PO) will be able to appear in the exam, which consists of three stages: Prelims, Mains, and followed by an interview. Candidates who qualify the preliminary exam are invited for the mains exam.

Candidates are chosen for the Psychometric Test for personality profiling and then Group Exercises & Interview on the basis of their performance in the mains exam.

SBI PO Admit Card 2025

SBI PO Prelims Admit card 2025 is supposed to be released around the third or fourth week of February. By using their registration number and date of birth, applicants can easily download their admit card from the official website of SBI. 

SBI PO Result Release Date 2025

The State Bank of India announces the results on the official website within a month or two for each stage separately after conducting the written examination. Firstly, SBI PO Prelims result is declared then mains.

After conducting all the stages under SBI PO, the final result was declared by SBI with the roll number of candidates selected for PO posts.

Shift Timings of SBI PO Prelims Exam Date 2025 

The SBI PO Prelims exam is conducted for 2 days in four different shifts. The particular exam timings for each student’s will be mentioned on their SBI PO admit card, which is released almost 10 days prior to the scheduled exam dates. Now applicants can only check the reporting time, exam start and end timings in the table below. 

Shift Timing of SBI PO Mains 2025

There are a limited number of applicants who were shortlisted after prelims and eligible to appear for mains, which is supposed to commence in April/May 2025 in one shift of three hours and 30 minutes. Here, SBI PO Mains 2025 reporting time, exam starting and ending timings are provided.

SBI PO Application Fee 2025

Application fees for candidates vary according to categories. Applicants can pay application fees through debit card,net banking,credit cards etc. Fees structure for SBI PO 2025 for each category is mentioned below.

SBI PO 2025 Application Form Date

The SBI PO recruitment 2025 application form was released on the official website of SBI. A number of applicants have questions regarding how to apply for the SBI PO exam 2025.

The Application form covers various phases as:

• Process of registration 
• Uploading of photographs and signature 
• Submission of documents 
• Payment of fees

Documents required for Application Form of SBI PO 2025

• An active mobile number and valid e-mail Id 
• Scanned photographs and signatures
• A valid Photo ID proof like a Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, Driving License or Passport 
• application fee is paid by debit card/ credit card/ internet banking details
• marksheet of Class 10 and 12 and graduation

Steps To Fill SBI PO 2025 Application Form

Step 1: Visit the official website Sbi.in 

Step 2: Fill the application carefully and submit 

Step 3: Candidates can edit and reopen their saved application form (if required) by using their registration number and password.
Step 4: After the filling of the application, candidates should carefully check the form before
final submission because thereafter no change/ edit will be allowed.

Step 5: Applicants can make a payment by a using debit card/ credit card or internet Banking by providing information as visible on the screen.

Step 6: When the transaction is successfully complete, an e-receipt and application form will be generated that can be printed for record and future use.

Latest Exam Pattern of SBI PO 2025

It is very important for students to know about the updated exam pattern of SBI PO 2025 before going to the exam. Notably, this year SBI has changed the exam pattern which includes changes, adjustments in the number of questions, maximum marks of each section in prelims, mains and descriptive exam pattern.

Salary detail of SBI PO 2025

The reason behind the huge competition for SBI PO is that the SBI Probationary Officers (PO) are paid way better than other nationalized banks’ POs. The initial basic pay of SBI PO is about 41,960/- (with 4 advance increments) on the scale of Rs. 36000-1490/ 7-46430-1740/ 2-49910-1990/ 7-63840/-. They will also receive Perks and Benefits such as, Dearness Allowance, Leased House Accommodation, City Compensatory Allowance (CCA), Medical Insurance, Petrol, loan benefits, etc. 

Conclusion 

Now is the best time to crack the SBI PO exam with strategic preparation of the whole syllabus, practicing mock tests and previous years question papers.

SBI PO Exam 2025 FAQs

Q1. What is the work of SBI PO?

Ans. They must supervise all critical tasks and assist the clerks when needed. Also, working with both new and existing customers to open and process loans. 

Q2. Where can you check the SBI exam details 2025?

Ans. Candidates can check the all detail from the official website Sbi.in 

Q.3 What are the eligibility criteria for SBI PO?

Ans. Applicants must have a graduation degree, be a citizen of India, and be aged between 21 to 30 years as of 01/04/2024.

Q4. What is the Qualification required for SBI PO?

Ans. Students should have a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university to apply for the SBI PO exam. They may also apply if they are in the final year of study or are awaiting their final results. If they are selected for the interview, they must have present documentation that proves they passed the graduation before the deadline.

Q5. What is the application fee for SBI PO?

Ans. The application fee is about ₹750 for general/OBC applicants, and no fees for SC/ST/PWD candidates.

Q6. What stages are in the SBI PO selection process?

Ans. The selection process consists of a Preliminary Exam, Main Exam, and an Interview (Group Exercise & Interview).

Q7. What is negative marking in the SBI PO Exam?

Ans. Yes, in both the Preliminary and Main exams, 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer. 

Q8. Can final-year students apply for SBI PO?

Ans. Yes, but at the time of the interview, they have to show proof of graduation. 

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