SBI CBO Recruitment 2026

State Bank of India has invited applications for Circle Based Officers. Today we are providing a syllabus and exam pattern for the exam.

Important Dates

Particulars	Date
Commencement date of on-line application	29.01.2026
Last Date of the online application	18.02.2026
Download of call letter for online test	In March 2026 (Tentative)
Online Test	March 2026 (Tentative)

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Number of Vacancies

Post / s	Minimum Age	Maximum Age as on 31.12.2025)	Total Vacancies
Circle Based Officers	21 Years	30 Years	2050+233 Backlog

Note : Not below 21 years and Not above 30 years as on31.12.2025 i.e. candidates must have 

been born not later than 31.12.2004 and not earlier than 01.01.1996 (both days inclusive).

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Relaxation in Age Limit

Sr.	Category		Age relaxation (in years)
1	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe		5 years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)		3 years
3	Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)	PwBD (SC/ST)	15 years
		PwBD (OBC)	13 years
		PwBD (GEN/EWS)	10 years
4	Eligible - Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year 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

Note: Cumulative age relaxation will not be available either under the above items or in combination with any other items.

Qualification (As on  31.12.2025)

Posts	Qualifications
Circle Based Officers	Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government including an Integrated Dual Degree (IDD). Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, and Cost Accountant 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.

Experience (As on  31.12.2025)

Posts	Experience
Circle Based Officers	Minimum 2 years’ experience (Post Essential Academic Qualification Experience) as on 30.04.2025 as an officer in any Scheduled Commercial Bank or any Regional Rural Bank as listed in Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India.

Note: 

• Candidates must submit a certified job profile from their current/previous employer. If it does not substantially match the Scale-I Generalist Officer profile of SBI, the application will be rejected without appeal.
• For those from Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding PSBs/RRBs)
• Must earn a minimum annual gross salary of ₹9.50 lakhs each year.
• Must provide proof (Form-16, AIS, last 24 months’ pay slips, or employer certificate).

Local Language

Candidates must be proficient (read, write, understand) in one specified local language of the Circle they apply for.

• A language test will be conducted for provisionally selected candidates before joining.
• Exemption: Those who studied the specified language in Class 10 or 12 (with mark sheet/certificate proof) will not need to take the test.
• Failure in the test = no appointment.

Probation Period & Pay Scale 

Post	Probation Period	Pay Scale
Circle Based Officers	6 months	Rs.48,480/- p.m

Emoluments: Presently, the starting basic pay is 48,480/- in the scale of 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160- 2680/7-85920 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I plus 2 advance increments. The official will also be eligible for D.A, H.R.A/ Lease rental, C.C.A, PF, Contributory Pension Fund i.e., NPS, LFC, Medical Facility etc. and other allowances & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time.

Selection Procedure

The selection process consists of Online Test, Screening and Interview. 

(a). Online Test: Online test will consist of Objective Tests for 120 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. 

• Objective Test: The duration of objective test is 2 hours and it consists of 4 Sections of total 120 marks. There will be separate timing for every section.
• Descriptive Test: The duration of Descriptive Test is 30 minutes. It will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) with two questions for total 50 marks.

There will be no sectional qualifying marks. 

There is minimum qualifying marks on aggregate and the minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.

Penalty for Wrong Answers: There will be no penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. 

Sectional Marks will not be maintained for Online Examination.

(b). Screening: Online application and documents of candidates, who qualified in online examination, will be placed before the Screening Committee. The Screening Committee constituted by the Bank will examine whether the candidates fulfil the required eligibility criteria of experience.

(c). Interview: Interview will consist of 50 marks. Candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks in interview to be considered for final selection. The minimum qualifying marks will be decided by the Bank.

(d).Final Selection: The candidates will have to qualify both in Online Test and Interview separately. Final Merit list is prepared for candidates who qualify both in Online Test and Interview. The marks obtained in Online Test, both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Interview for preparing the final merit list. Final merit list would be prepared based on normalization of marks scored in Online Test and Interview with 75:25 weightage respectively.

Marks secured by the candidates in the Online Test (out of 170 marks) are converted to out of 75 marks and Interview scores of candidates (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25 marks. The final merit list (Circle wise and category wise) is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Online Test and Interview.

Online Examination (Exam pattern)

Test	Name of section	No. of questions	Max. Marks	Duration
I	English Language	30	30	30 Mins.
II	Banking Knowledge	40	40	40 Mins.
III	General Awareness/ Economy	30	30	30 Mins.
IV	Computer Aptitude	20	20	20 Mins.
	Total	120	120	2 Hours

Part II

Name of section	No. of questions	Max. Marks	Duration
English Language (Descriptive)	2	50	30 Mins

SBI Circle Based Officers Course by Team BankExamsToday

Team BankExamsToday is offering is a full-fledged, comprehensive and systematic course for the preparation of State Bank of India exams.

Course features

• Daily video classes
• Study Material
• Live sessions
• Unit tests
• Special attention to General Awareness / Economy & Banking Knowledge section from Day 1
• 5 full-length mock tests 
• Interview preparation guide

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