SBI CBO Exam Date 2025 Out, Online Exam on 20 July for 2964 Vacancies

The most popular in India, the State Bank of India (SBI) has come up with a total of 2964 vacancies for Circle Based Officers (CBO) posts in different offices of SBI across India. The selection process for CBO posts is based on an Online Test and Interview. As per the notification, the SBI Circle Based Officer (CRPD/ CBO/2025-26/03) will be conducted on 20th July 2025. Check complete details regarding the SBI CBO Exam Date 2025 from the article.

SBI CBO Notification 2025

The official SBI CBO Notification 2025 PDF for 2964 Circle Based Officers posts has been released at the official website of SBI, www.sbi.co.in, by the State Bank of India. All the candidates who are interested in Circle-Based Officer (CBO) vacancies can download the SBI CBO 2025 Notification pdf by clicking on the link given below and check the details about SBI CBO Recruitment 2025 from here.

SBI CBO Notification 2025 PDF- Click to Download

SBI CBO Recruitment 2025 Summary

State Bank of India has recently announced the exam date for 2964 Circle Based Officer posts to be recruited for FY 2025-26. Have a look at a glimpse of the SBI CBO 2025 Exam from the table provided below.

SBI Circle Based Officer Exam 2025 Summary
Conducting Body	State Bank of India (SBI)
Post Name	Circle-Based Officer (CBO)
Vacancies	2964
Exam Level	National
Mode of Exam	Online
Exam Date	20th July 2025
Experience	2 years
Exam Rounds	Online Test- Interview
Basic Pay	Rs. 48,480/-
Official Website	www.sbi.co.in

SBI CBO Exam Date 2025 Out

The SBI CBT Online Exam for the Recruitment of Circle Based Officers under the advertisement No. CRPD/CBO/2025-26/03 is scheduled for 20th July 2025. The exam will be held in online mode at various exam centres throughout the country. Details information regarding the exam, such as exam date, exam venue, timing, etc will be notified to the candidates through their respective admit cards.

SBI CBO Recruitment 2025 Important Dates

All online registration dates and tentative exam months for the SBI CBO recruitment 2025 exam have been released along with the official notification PDF. The important dates for the SBI CBO 2025 exam are as follows:

SBI CBO 2025- Important Dates
Activity	Date
SBI CBO Notification 2025 PDF	9th May 2025
SBI CBO Apply Online 2025 (Reopens)	21st June 2025
Online Registration Ends on	30th June 2025
Online Fee Payment	30th June 2025
Last Date for Editing the Application	30th June 2025
SBI CBO PET Call Letter 2025	7th July 2025
SBI CBO PET Date 2025	7th to 11th July 2025
SBI CBO Admit Card 2025	10th July 2025
SBI CBO Exam Date 2025	20th July 2025

SBI CBO 2025 Call Letter Out

The SBI CBO online exam is scheduled for 20th July 2025, for which the call letter has been released on 10th July 2025, at the official website www.sbi.co.in. Candidates who have registered for 2964 CBO Vacancies can know details regarding the call letter by clicking on the link below.

SBI CBO Admit Card 2025 Out- Click to Download

SBI CBO Vacancy 2025

State Bank of India has announced 2964 Circle Based Officer vacancies through the SBI CBO Notification 2025, out of which 2600 are regular vacancies and the remaining 364 are backlog vacancies. Check the complete vacancy distribution for the SBI CBO recruitment 2025 exam from the table given below:

SBI CBO Vacancy 2025 (Regular)
Circle	State/UT	Language	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	GEN	Total
Ahmedabad	Gujarat Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu	Gujarati	36	18	64	24	98	240
Amaravati	Andhra Pradesh	Telugu/Urdu	27	13	48	18	74	180
Bengaluru	Karnataka	Kannada	37	18	67	25	103	250
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh	Hindi	30	15	54	20	81	200
Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Odia	15	07	27	10	41	100
Chandigarh	Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Punjab	Urdu Hindi Punjabi	12	06	21	08	33	80
Chennai	Tamil Nadu Pondicherry	Tamil	18	09	32	12	49	120
North Eastern	Assam Arunachal Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura	Assamese Bengali Bodo Manipuri Garo Khasi Mizo Kokborok	15	07	27	10	41	100
Hyderabad	Telangana	Telugu	34	17	62	23	94	230
Jaipur	Rajasthan	Hindi	30	15	54	20	81	200
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	Hindi / Urdu	42	21	75	28	114	280
Kolkata	West Bengal A&N Islands Sikkim	Bengali Nepali Hindi	22	11	40	15	62	150
Maharashtra	Maharashtra	Marathi	37	18	67	25	103	250
Mumbai Metro	Maharashtra Goa	Marathi Konkani	15	07	27	10	41	100
New Delhi	Delhi Uttarakhand Haryana Uttar Pradesh	Hindi	04	02	08	03	13	30
Thiruvananthapuram	Kerals Lakshadweep	Malayalam	13	06	24	09	38	90
Total			387	190	697	260	1066	2600

SBI CBO Vacancy 2025 (Backlog)
Circle	SC	ST	OBC	Total
Ahmedabad	11	33	10	54
Amaravati	06	--	--	06
Bengaluru	20	09	10	39
Bhopal	10	10	12	32
Bhubaneswar	02	08	--	10
Chandigarh	01	--	13	14
Chennai	--	31	--	31
North Eastern	05	--	25	30
Hyderabad	03	--	--	03
Jaipur	13	--	05	18
Kolkata	08	10	25	43
Lucknow	06	11	--	17
Maharashtra	04	13	--	17
Mumbai Metro	02	01	02	05
New Delhi	--	10	09	19
Thiruvananthapuram	16	10	--	26
Total	107	146	111	364

SBI CBO Application Form 2025

The online application process for SBI CBO 2025 has been reopened at the official website www.sbi.co.in. The candidates who were eligible and interested can apply for the Circle Based Officer 2025 exam through the official site of SBI till 30th June 2025. Candidates are advised to submit their application form well before the last date to avoid last-minute technical glitches.

SBI CBO Application Form 2025 Link (Active) - Click to Apply

SBI CBO Recruitment 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for any bank exam depend on Educational Qualification, Age Limit, Experience, Local Language etc. A detailed analysis of these factors is given below:

SBI CBO Educational Qualification

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University in India or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government.

SBI CBO Age Limit (as on 30.04.2025)

Not below 21 years and Not above 30 years as on 30th April 2025. The candidates must have been born not later than 30.04.2004 and not earlier than 01.05.1995 (both days inclusive).

SBI CBO Age Relaxation

SBI is giving relaxation in the upper age limit for several categories which have been discussed below:

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe	5 years
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
General (PWD)	10 years
OBC/ OBC(PWD)	13 years
SC/SC(PWD)/ST/ST(PWD)	15 years
Eligible - Ex Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within 6 months from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment.	5 years

SBI CBO Experience (as on 30.04.2025)

Bad news for all fresh graduates because SBI is demanding a minimum of 2 years’ experience (as on 30.04.2025) as an officer in any Scheduled Commercial Bank / any Regional Rural Bank.

SBI CBO Local Language

Candidates applying for vacancies of a State have to produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet/ certificate evidencing having studied the specific local language of the applied State as one of the subjects.

SBI CBO 2025 Application Fee

The online application fee for SBI CBO 2025 exam fee has already been released. A total of Rs. 750/- is to be paid by candidates belonging to General Category as the application fee for SBI Circle Based Officer 2025 exam. The same amount is narrowed down to Rs. 0/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category.

Category	Fee
SC/ST/PWBD	No Fee
Other Category	Rs. 750

Points to know before applying online

• The candidate have to apply for a vacancy in one State only. A candidate applying for a vacancy in one State are not be eligible to apply for a vacancy of any other State.

• Candidature of the applicant are to be considered only against the vacancies in the State for which he/ she has applied/ opted. Merit list will be drawn State wise, category-wise.

• Selected candidates will be posted in the Circle of that State against whose vacancy they are selected.

• The selected candidates will not be entitled to inner-circle transfer up to his/ her promotion to SMGS-IV Grade OR 12 years of service, whichever is later.

SBI CBO 2025 Selection Process

The selection process of SBI CBO will be based on online computer based test, screening, Interview, and Local Language Proficiency Test. However, the Bank reserves the right to conduct a written examination. The Shortlisting Committee constituted by the Bank will decide the shortlisting parameters and thereafter, an adequate number of candidates, as decided by the Bank will be shortlisted and called for interview. The decision of the bank to call the candidates for the interview shall be final. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

Merit List: The merit list for selection of SBI Circle Based Officer 2025 exam will be prepared in descending order on the basis of scores obtained in the interview only.

Merit list will be drawn State-wise, category-wise. In case more than one candidate scores the cut-off marks (common marks at the cut-off point), such candidates will be ranked according to their age in descending order, in merit.

SBI CBO 2025 Exam Pattern

The total time duration for SBI CBO Online test is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Check the section-wise exam pattern for the online examination below. Check the updated SBI CBO Exam Pattern 2025 described here.

SBI CBO Test A: Objective Test (Online)

Name of Test	No of Questions	Max Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	30 mins
Banking Knowledge	40	40	40 mins
General Awareness/Economy	30	30	30 mins
Computer Aptitude	20	20	20 mins
Total	120	120	2 hours

SBI CBO Test B: Descriptive Test (Online)- 30 minutes

B. Name of Test (Descriptive Test)	No of Questions	Max Marks	Duration
Letter Writing	1	25	30 mins
Essay-250 words on banking related	1	25	30 mins
Total	2	50	30 mins

Penalty for Wrong Answers:

There will be no penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question too.

SBI CBO 2025 Syllabus

The subject-wise syllabus for SBI Circle-Based Officer has been tabulated below for your reference. If you are planning to begin with the preparation for SBI CBO 2025 Exam, then do not skip any topic from the below table-

Reasoning Ability	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude	General Awareness and Computer Knowledge
Seating Arrangements Puzzles Inequalities Syllogism Input-Output Data Sufficiency Blood Relations Order and Ranking Alphanumeric Series Distance and Direction Verbal Reasoning	Cloze Test Reading Comprehension Spotting Errors Sentence Improvement Sentence Correction Para Jumbles Fill in the Blanks Para/Sentence Completion	Number Series Data Interpretation Simplification/ Approximation Quadratic Equation Data Sufficiency Mensuration Average Profit and Loss Ratio and Proportion Work, Time, and Energy Time and Distance Probability Relations Simple and Compound Interest Permutation and Combination	Current Affairs Banking Awareness GK Updates Currencies Important Places Books and Authors Awards Headquarters Prime Minister Schemes Important Days Basic Computer Knowledge

SBI CBO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2025- Click to Check

SBI CBO Previous Year Question Papers- Download PDF

SBI CBO Salary 2025

As per the official SBI CBO Notification 2025, the initial salary of a “Circle Based Officers” (CBOs) will be in the scale of JMGS-I (Rs. 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2- 67160-2680/7-85920), at the start of the scale i.e. Rs. 36,000/- plus one increment for each completed year of service rendered in officer cadre in the Scheduled Commercial Bank and Regional Rural Bank.

The official will also be eligible for D.A, H.R.A/ Lease rental, C.C.A, Medical and other allowances & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time.

SBI CBO Salary Structure- Click to Check

SBI CBO Career Path

After joining, the selected candidates will be designated as “Circle Based Officers” (CBOs) and will be on probation for a period of 6 months.

The CBOs will be subjected to continuous assessment during the probation period to judge their suitability for confirmation. The candidates who qualify in their assessment as per standards determined by the Bank from time to time will be confirmed in the service of the Bank in Junior Management Grade Scale-I (JMGS-I). If any candidate fails to achieve the minimum standards stipulated, his/ her services may be terminated as per the policy of the Bank in force at the material time.

The selected officers will be in the general cadre and will be governed by the promotion policy applicable to the Bank’s general cadre officers. The selected candidates will not be entitled to inner-circle transfer up to his/ her promotion to SMGS-IV Grade OR 12 years of service, whichever is later.

SBI CBO 2025 Admit Card

State Bank of India has announced that the online test will be held in July 2025 and the call letter for the same has been issued 10-12 days before the exam date. The candidates have to carry a hard copy of their SBI CBO Admit Card to the exam hall, which can be downloaded only from the official website of SBI @sbi.co.in.

SBI CBO 2025 Result

After the SBI CBO 2025 Exam is over, the State Bank of India will announce the roll numbers of the candidates who are qualified for the next phase of the selection process within a month. The SBI CBO Result will be published on the official website & candidates can check their results from there only. No SMS or mail will be sent to the candidates in regard to their qualifying status.

SBI CBO 2025 Cut Off

The cut-off marks for the SBI CBO Recruitment 2025 Exam will be released separately for all states and categories. The cut-off marks are the minimum marks scored by the last selected candidate for the vacancies. The previous cut-off marks for Online & Descriptive Exam can be checked from the table below.

SBI CBO Cut Off 2022 For Online & Descriptive Exam (Out Of 170)
States	General	OBC	EWS	SC	ST
Bhopal	67	66	60	51	52
Hyderabad	60	60	60	60	60
Jaipur	68	65	60	55.5	58
Mumbai	60	60	60	60	53.5
Kolkata	60	51	60	60	53.5

SBI CBO Cut Off [Previous Year]- Click to Check

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FAQs

Yes, the State Bank of India has published the official notification of SBI Circle Based Officer 2025 exam.

Ans. The Online examination for SBI Circle Based Officer (CBO) will be conducted on 20th July 2025.

Ans. A candidate having graduation degree from any recognized university or its equivalent and have minimum 2 years’ experience as an officer in any Scheduled Commercial Bank or any Regional Rural Bank.

Ans. The full form of SBI CBO is SBI Circle Based Officer.

Ans. Yes, Minimum 2 years' experience required for SBI Circle Based Officers (CBO) 2025 exam.

Ans. The age limit to apply for SBI Circle Based Officer (CBO) post is minimum of 21 years and maximum of 30 years.