SBI PO 2026 – Notification, Vacancy, Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Salary

The SBI PO 2026 notification (Advt No. CRPD/PO/2026-27/09) was released by the State Bank of India on 18 June 2026 at sbi.bank.in for the recruitment of 1,500 Probationary Officer (PO) posts.

The notification covers the vacancy break-up, eligibility, exam schedule, syllabus and the online application procedure. Applications were accepted online from 18 June to 8 July 2026; the window is now over. This year the bank has moved its official website from sbi.co.in to sbi.bank.in, and Aadhaar verification is mandatory for all applicants.

Candidates can download the official notification PDF from the careers section of sbi.bank.in. Stage-wise updates such as call letters, result links and cut-offs are published on the same site.

The SBI PO 2026 vacancy is 1,500 posts — 1,446 regular vacancies and 54 backlog vacancies.

Roughly 1,214,076 applications were received. For reference, SBI PO vacancies in recent years stood at 541 (2025), 600 (2024), 2,000 (2023) and 1,673 (2022).

The SBI PO 2026 eligibility criteria cover educational qualification, age limit, attempts and nationality. All conditions must be satisfied at the cut-off dates notified by the bank.

Educational Qualification

• A graduation in any discipline from a recognised university, reckoned as on 30.09.2026.
• Candidates in the final year or final semester may apply, but must provide proof of completed graduation on the day of the interview.
• Holders of an Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) must ensure the date of passing is on or before 30.09.2026.
• Candidates with qualifications such as medical or engineering degrees, or Chartered/Cost Accountant certification, may also apply subject to the minimum qualification.

Age Limit

As on 01.04.2026, candidates must be between 21 and 30 years. Category-wise relaxation and maximum-attempt limits are given in the Age Limit section above.

Biometric Verification

SBI may digitally capture the candidate’s thumb impression for verification. Candidates are advised not to apply ink, mehendi or chemicals on their hands; any inconsistency in biometric verification can lead to rejection and legal action.

The SBI PO 2026 exam pattern has three phases: Prelims, Mains, and Group Discussion + Personal Interview. Prelims is qualifying in nature; the final merit list is prepared from the combined main examination and interview scores.

Phase-1: Preliminary Examination (Objective, Online)

The prelims is an online computer-based test of 100 questions for 100 marks to be attempted in 1 hour, with a negative marking of 1/4 mark per wrong answer. Sectional cut-offs in the prelims have been removed — the overall score across all sections decides qualifying.

Phase-2: Main Examination (Objective + Descriptive, Online)

The mains is held online and includes objective tests followed by a descriptive test. The descriptive part follows the revised pattern notified in SBI PO 2026 — the full section-wise break-up of the objective paper and the descriptive paper is given in the official notification/call letter annexure on sbi.bank.in.

Phase-3: Group Discussion (GD) + Personal Interview

Candidates shortlisted from the mains appear for a group discussion and a personal interview.

The SBI PO 2026 syllabus spans four skills — English, numerical ability, reasoning and general/banking awareness. The prelims and the mains test broadly similar topics, with the mains going deeper per section.

The SBI PO 2026 selection process is a three-stage pipeline. The prelims is qualifying; only the combined mains and interview scores build the final merit list.

Selected candidates are posted anywhere in India and serve a probation period of 2 years.

The SBI PO 2026 recruits Probationary Officers — entry-level officers of the bank destined for branch management and business roles. SBI is India’s largest bank with 23,270+ branches across the country.

A PO’s typical responsibilities include:

• Managing branch counter operations and customer service
• Processing loans, deposits and other banking products
• Monitoring cash and regulatory compliances
• Supporting marketing and business development
• Preparing for future roles in operations, credit, risk and treasury

Career progression from a PO can reach the highest leadership levels in the bank, and the role offers permanent government service with pension, medical and housing benefits.

The SBI PO salary is paid in the Junior Management Grade Scale-I. The starting basic pay is Rs. 48,480 (with 4 advance increments) in the scale 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920.

Service bond: selected candidates must execute a bond of Rs. 2 lakh to serve SBI for a minimum of 3 years from the date of joining.

The SBI PO 2026 mains admit card was released on 2 September 2026 at sbi.bank.in. Call letters for the prelims were issued before the August exam; both are downloadable by entering registration number and password/date of birth.

Call letters for the GD / Interview stage will be issued separately to candidates shortlisted after the mains result (due in October 2026).

SBI does not publish an official SBI PO answer key before the results. Candidates may check the previous-format question papers to estimate performance; the result, cut-off and scorecard are released on sbi.bank.in (the prelims scorecard was issued on 1 September 2026).

The SBI PO 2026 prelims result was declared on 28 August 2026, with the prelims cut-off and scorecard following on 1 September 2026.

The mains result is expected in October 2026, after which shortlisted candidates appear for GD/Interview (October–November 2026). The final result and provisional allotment are expected in November/December 2026.

The SBI PO 2026 prelims cut-off was released on 1 September 2026 along with the prelims scorecard. The mains cut-off and final-join cut-off will be published with the respective results.

Note: the numeric prelims cut-off values are published on the official website as part of the scorecard download; they have not been reproduced in this article.

SBI allotS exam centres from the candidate’s preferences while applying (one preference each for prelims and mains). The bank may assign a different centre if no seat is available at the chosen venue. 4 new exam centres have been added this year.

Prelims exam centres (state-wise): Port Blair; Andhra Pradesh (Eluru, Guntur/Vijayawada, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram); Arunachal Pradesh (Naharlagun); Assam (Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur); Bihar (Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea); Chandigarh (Mohali); Chhattisgarh (Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur); Goa (Panaji); Gujarat (Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Anand/Vadodara, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat/Bardoli); Haryana (Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Kurukshetra); Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Una); J&K (Jammu, Samba, Srinagar); Jharkhand (Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi); Karnataka (Belagavi, Bengaluru, Dharwad/Hubballi, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udupi); Kerala (Alappuzha, Kannur, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram); Ladakh (Leh, Kargil); Lakshadweep (Kavaratti); Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain); Maharashtra (Amaravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai/MMR); Manipur (Imphal, Churachandpur); Meghalaya (Shillong, Tura); Mizoram (Aizawl); Nagaland (Kohima); Delhi-NCR (Delhi & New Delhi / all NCR cities); Odisha (Balasore, Berhampur-Ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur); Puducherry; Punjab (Amritsar, Bhatinda, Mohali, Patiala, Phagwara); Rajasthan (Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur); Sikkim (Gangtok); Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Kanyakumari/Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar, Villupuram); Telangana (Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal); Tripura (Agartala); Uttar Pradesh (Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Ayodhya, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/Greater Noida, Varanasi); Uttarakhand (Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee); West Bengal (Asansol, Burdwan, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri).

Mains exam centres (state-wise): Port Blair; Andhra Pradesh (Guntur, Kurnool, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam); Arunachal Pradesh (Naharlagun); Assam (Guwahati); Bihar (Arrah, Patna, Muzaffarpur); Chandigarh (Mohali); Chhattisgarh (Raipur); Goa (Panaji); Gujarat (Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Surat/Bardoli, Anand/Vadodara); Haryana (Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram); Himachal Pradesh (Shimla, Bilaspur, Hamirpur); J&K (Jammu, Srinagar); Jharkhand (Jamshedpur, Ranchi); Karnataka (Bengaluru, Dharwad/Hubballi, Mysuru); Kerala (Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur); Ladakh (Leh, Kargil); Lakshadweep (Kavaratti); Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain); Maharashtra (Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Nagpur, Pune, Nashik, Kolhapur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai/MMR); Manipur (Imphal, Churachandpur); Meghalaya (Shillong, Tura); Mizoram (Aizawl); Nagaland (Kohima); Delhi-NCR (Delhi & New Delhi); Odisha (Bhubaneswar, Cuttack); Puducherry; Punjab (Bhatinda, Mohali, Patiala); Rajasthan (Jaipur, Udaipur); Sikkim (Gangtok); Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli); Telangana (Hyderabad, Khammam); Tripura (Agartala); Uttar Pradesh (Agra, Prayagraj, Ghaziabad, Noida/Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi); Uttarakhand (Dehradun); West Bengal (Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata).