SBI PO Recruitment 2026 | Eligibility Criteria | Apply Link | 1500 Probationary Officer Posts
June 19, 2026
State Bank of India (SBI) has invited application for the recruitment of 1500 Probationary Officer (PO) Vacancy. Interested and eligible candidates may check this article for detailed official notification,educational qualification, age limit, salary details, and application procedure to be followed.
SBI PO Recruitment Full Details
Name of Post: Probationary Officer
No of Posts: 1500 Posts
Category-wise vacancy:
- SC: 234
- ST: 144
- OBC: 390
- EWS: 144
- GEN: 588
Advertisement No: CRPD/PO/2026-27/09)
Exam Centres (Assam): Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur.
Eligibility Criteria of SBI PO Recruitment
Educational Qualification: Candidates must be a Graduate in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government.
Final Year Students: Those who are in the Final Year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 30.09.2026.
Other Professional Degree Holder: Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant would also be eligible.
Age Limit: Candidates age should not be below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2026 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2005 and not earlier than 02.04.1996 (both days inclusive).
Age Relaxation: The category-wise age relaxation is as mentioned below.
- SC/ST: 5 years
- OBC: 3 years
- PwBD: 10 years
- PwBD (OBC/NCL): 13 years
- PwBD (SC/ST): 15 years
- Ex Servicemen: 5 years
Application Fee: The application fee is NIL for candidates belonging to the SC/ ST/ OBC/ Ex-servicemen/ PwBD categories, while it is ₹750/- for General/OBC/EWS candidates. The fee can be paid online using a Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking, or UPI through the payment gateway.
How to Apply for SBI PO Recruitment ?
Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the SBI Career website https://bank.sbi/careers or https://www.sbi.co.in/careers starting from 18th June 2026. To apply online they may follow below mentioned steps.
a) Scroll down, go to Important Web-Links section.
b) Click on Online Application Form link.
c) A new webpage will be opened.
d) Enter all your personal and educational details as required.
e) Upload your passport sized photograph and signature and other required documents.
f) Pay the application fee as per your category and at the end click on submit button.
g) Don't forget to take a print of submitted application form.
Important Dates of SBI PO Recruitment
- Starting date of online application submission: 18th June 2026
- Last date of online application submission: 8th July 2026
- Date of release of preliminary exam admit card: 2nd / 3rd week of July 2026 onwards
- Date of preliminary exam: August 2026
- Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination: August / September 2026
- Date of main exam: September 2026
- Declaration of Result of Main Examination: September / October 2026
- Date of Psychometric Test, Group Exercises & Interview: October / November 2026
Important Links of SBI PO Recruitment
Selection Process of SBI PO Recruitment
The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three phase process. All stages are as mentioned below:
Preliminary Examination (Phase I):
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online. The test will have of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
Main Examination (Phase II):
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.
Objective Test: The duration of objective test is 3 hours and it consists of 4 Sections of total 200 marks. There will be separate timing for every section.
Descriptive Test: The duration of Descriptive Test is 30 minutes. It will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) with two questions for total 50 marks.
Interview (Phase III):
The Bank may conduct a Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase III. The finding of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a thorough perspective on the candidates.
The 3rd Phase may comprise of Interview (30 marks) & Group Exercises (20 marks).
Candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks in Phase-III to be considered for final selection. The minimum qualifying marks will be decided by the Bank.