State Bank of India
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department
Corporate Centre, Mumbai
Email: crpd@sbi.co.in
(ADVERTISEMENT NO: CRPD/PO/2025-26/04)

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visiit: https://sbi.co.in/documents/77530/52947104/1_Detailed_Adv.2025_23.06.202...
Last Date for Apply Online :14..07.2025

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.

Post: Probationary Officers
No. of posts: 541, out of which 05 for Visually Impaired

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2025):: 21-30 years
Candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive)

Age relaxation: 10 years 

Essential Academic Qualifications (as on 30.09.2025):

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 30.09.2025. Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 30.09.2025. 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.

4% horizontal reservation has been provided to 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: 

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.

Note: 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).
(i) 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.
(ii) 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 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 tose 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. 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.
Candidate will have to arrange his/ her own scribe at his/ her own cost.
v. Any candidate using scribe in violation of the scribe guidelines shall stand disqualified and can be removed from services without notice, if already joined.
vi. Any candidate who is using scribe should ensure that he/ she is eligible to use scribe in the examination as per the guidelines. 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, Bank may take any other action against the candidate and the scribe, if required . Any candidate using scribe in violation of the above guidelines can be removed from the service without notice, if already joined Bank. vii. During the examination, at any stage, if it is found that scribe is independently answering / solving the questions himself, the examination session for such candidate will be terminated, and candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates using the services of a scribe will also be cancelled if it is reported after the examination by the test administrator personnel that the scribe independently answered the questions.
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.
(B.) Further, in terms of Office Memorandum F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022 of GOI Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), the facility of scribe and/or compensatory time shall be granted solely to the PwBD candidates 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). 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 OM. In case, the candidate opts to bring his own scribe, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking the examination. The person opting for own scribe should submit details of the own scribe as per Proforma at Appendix-II of the said OM.

SELECTION PROCEDURE: The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase 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. 

Application fee: NIL

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.

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.

Candidates will be required to register themselves online through Bank's ‘Career’ website https://bank.sbi/web/careers/current-openings. 
Visit Bank's website https://bank.sbi/web/careers/current-openings and open the Online Application Form, available under 'Current Openings

DOWNLOAD OF CALL LETTERS:
The candidates should download their call letter (Pre-exam Training/ Preliminary Exam/ Main Exam/ Psychometric Test / GE & Interview) and an “acquaint yourself booklet”, by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from the Bank's website. NO HARD COPY OF THE CALL LETTER/ ACQUAINT YOURSELF BOOKLET WILL BE SENT BY POST.