SBI PO 2024-25 Exam date, Results, Cut-Off(Latest)

SBI PO 2024-25 Recruitment

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.

The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts in the Participating Banks is tentatively scheduled in October 2025 / November 2025.

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:Phase-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.

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.

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: