State Bank of India
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department
Corporate Centre, Mumbai
Email: crpd@sbi.co.in
(ADVERTISEMENT NO: CRPD/PO/2026-27/09)

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The last date to apply online is: 08.07.2026

RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS
State Bank of India invites online application from eligible Indian citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers

The selected candidates may be posted anywhere in India. Candidates are requested to apply online through the link given on Bank’s official website https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers/current-openings

Post: Probationary Officers
No. of posts: 1500, out of which 15 for Visually Impaired (Regular)

Reservation for Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) category candidates is horizontal and will be guided by various guidelines of Government of India. Candidates who want to avail benefits of reservation under PwBD category have to submit a disability certificate issued
by a Competent Authority as per Govt. of India guidelines. The certificate should be dated on or before last date of registration of application

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2026): Not 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). Relaxation in Upper age limit shall be as below:

Age Relaxatin: 10 years 

Essential Academic Qualifications (as on 30.09.2026):
Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. 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. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 30.09.2026. Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant etc. would also be eligible.

Note: The date of passing eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark sheet or provisional certificate issued by the University/ Institute.
In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University/ Institute, a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University/ Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) as per section 34 of “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD), 2016”. The post is identified suitable for the Persons with undernoted categories of disabilities as defined in the Schedule of RPWD Act 2016 and notified by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) from time to time: 

A. Visual Impairment (VI): Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction,
are eligible to apply.
a. Blindness:
i. Total absence of sight; OR
ii. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; OR
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree.
b. Low Vision:
i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; OR
ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degrees.

Only Persons with Benchmark disabilities (PwBD) would be eligible for reservation. “Benchmark disability” means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability (where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with disability
where specified disability has been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority).
A person who wants to avail benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines. Such certificate will be subject to verification/ re-verification as may be decided by the competent authority. The certificate should be dated on or before last date of registration of application. Backlog vacancies reserved for PwBD would be filled by a person with benchmark disability in the respective sub-category. If no suitable person from that sub-category is available, such backlog would be filled up by interchange among the four sub-categories of disabilities viz. VI, HI, LD and d&e, at one percent to each category. 

GUIDELINES IN RESPECT OF PWBD CANDIDATES WITH TEMPORARY DISABILITY: In terms of Office Memorandum No. 18-25/2024-Policy dated 17.12.2025 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India,
a. PwBD candidates possessing a disability certificate having the disability condition prescribed as “likely to improve” under temporary disability category, are not eligible for reservation.
b. Whereas the PwBD candidates with disability Conditions i.e. “Progressive, non-progressive or not likely to improve” are treated eligible for reservation

Guidelines for using a Scribe & Compensatory Time:
(A) The facility of scribe would be allowed to a person who has disability of 40% or more if so desired by the person and is meant for only those persons with disability who have physical limitation to write including that of speed. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:
i. Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favorably entertained.
ii. Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format with passport size photograph of the  scribe and candidate at the time of examination.
iii. The candidates who opt for the services of a scribe in the online application form will be required to fill in the details of the scribe at the time of downloading examination call letter. The scribe declaration form containing the filled in details has to be downloaded (separately)
along with the call letter. The candidate will be required to bring the call letter as well as the filled in scribe declaration form at the time of examination along with other requisite documents.
iv. Such candidates who are eligible to use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination whether availing the facility of scribe or not.
v. Candidate will have to arrange his/ her own scribe at his/ her own cost.
vi. Any candidate who is not eligible to use scribe as per guidelines, as referred above, uses scribe in the online examination shall be disqualified to participate further in the process of recruitment, in addition to any other action that Bank may deem fit against the candidate and the scribe.
Any candidate using scribe in violation of the above guidelines can be removed from the service without notice, if already joined the Bank.
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vii. During the examination, if at any stage it is observed that a scribe is independently answering or solving questions on behalf of the candidate, or is providing hints, cues, prompts, or assistance in any direct or indirect manner, the examination of the candidate shall be terminated immediately, and the candidature of the candidate shall be cancelled. Further, if it is subsequently reported by the test administrator or examination personnel that the scribe independently answered questions or assisted the candidate by providing prompts, hints, cues, or any other form of support, directly or indirectly, the candidature of the candidate shall also be
cancelled, even after the examination has concluded.
viii. The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same online examination process. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled.
ix The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F. No.16-110/2003-DD III dated 26.02.2013 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by GOI,
Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services vide letter F. No. 3/2/2013-Welfare dated 26.04.2013.

Use of Scribe & Compensatory time (persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of section 2(s) of the RPwD Act 2016 but not covered under the definition of section 2(r) of the said act, i.e persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing):
In terms of Office Memorandum F. No .29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10/08/2022 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of persons with Disabilities(Divyangjan)), In addition to the instructions applicable to PwBD candidates ( who have disability 40% or more) the facility of scribe and /or compensatory time shall be granted solely to the persons with disabilities covered under section 2(s) of the RPwD Act 2016 but not covered under the definition of section 2(r ) of the said act ( i.e persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing ), to those having difficulty in writing, subject to production of a certificate to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/ her behalf from the competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per prescribed Proforma at Appendix-I of the said O.M. In case the candidate opts to bring his / her own scribe, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking the examination. Candidate opting for own scribe should submit details of the own scribe as per Proforma at Appendix-II of the said O.M. 

APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGE (Non-Refundable): Application Fee will be 750/- for Unreserved / EWS/ OBC candidates and ‘Nil’ for SC/ ST/ PwBD candidates. Application Fee once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection

PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING:
Bank will arrange pre-examination training (PET) in online mode for SC/ ST/ OBC / PwBD candidates in consonance with the guidelines issued by Government of India. All eligible candidates who opt for and wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training (PET) should fill in the relevant column in the ON-LINE APPLICATION. Candidates opting for Pre-Examination Training should login for training from Bank’s website by entering their registration number and date of birth. Intimation regarding schedule of Pre-Examination Training will be shared with the candidates through their registered email and SMS. No hard copies will be sent.

The examinations will be conducted online at venues across many centres in India. A tentative list of centres for Online Examination is attached as Annexure I

Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/ her/ their own risk and expenses and SBI will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.

Call letter of Preliminary Exam will not be collected at the examination venue. However, it will be duly Checked/ Authenticated/ Stamped by the exam centre staff. Candidate will need to retain the call letter (along with authenticated/ stamped copy of ID proof) safely. Those candidates who are called for Main Exam will be required to bring duly authenticated “Original Preliminary Exam Call Letter (with Authenticated Copy of ID Proof)” as well as “Main Exam Call Letter” and “Other Requisite Documents” as per information provided in the “Acquaint Yourself Booklet” and “Call Letter”

Candidates need to bring two additional photographs (same as pasted by the candidate on call letter) along with the call letter and other requisite documents as per information provided in the “Acquaint Yourself Booklet” and “Call Letter”. Candidates reporting without photograph pasted on the call letter and without two additional photographs (same as pasted on call letter) will NOT be allowed to appear in the Preliminary Examination. It is advisable that candidate retains 8 copies (approx.) of the same photograph which is uploaded at the time of online registration of Application as these would be needed for further stages of this selection process.

Pay scale : Rs.   48480--85920/-

GUIDELINES FOR FILLING ONLINE APPLICATION:

Candidates will be required to register themselves online through Bank's ‘Career’ website https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers/current-openings.
After registration candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking/UPI etc.

. Outstation candidates called for interview will be reimbursed Railway AC-III fare for the shortest route in India or actual expenses incurred (whichever is lower) from place of residence/ posting to Interview venue. Local transportation expenses will not be reimbursed. A candidate found ineligible for the post will not be permitted to appear in interview and will not be reimbursed any fare.

GUIDELINES IN RESPECT OF PWBD CANDIDATES WITH TEMPORARY DISABILITY: In terms of Office Memorandum No. 18-25/2024-Policy dated 17.12.2025 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India,
a. PwBD candidates possessing a disability certificate having the disability condition prescribed as “likely to improve” under temporary disability category, are not eligible for reservation