The State Bank of India (SBI) is preparing to release the results of the Probationary Officer (PO) Preliminary Examination 2025, an announcement awaited by lakhs of banking aspirants across the country. The results will be made available on the bank’s official website, sbi.co.in, in the coming weeks. While an exact release date has not been confirmed, the recruitment notification suggests the outcome will be published in August or September 2025.
The preliminary test, conducted on August 4, 2025, marks the first step in SBI’s three-tier recruitment process for probationary officers. This year, the hiring drive aims to fill 541 vacancies, making it one of the most competitive banking examinations in India.
Recruitment Stages
- Preliminary Examination
- Mains Examination
- Interview and Group Exercises
Candidates who achieve the minimum qualifying marks in the prelims will move on to the mains exam. To ensure fairness across all exam sessions, SBI will declare results only after normalising scores.
How to Check SBI PO Prelims Result 2025
Once declared, candidates can access their results by following these steps:
- Visit the official SBI website: sbi.co.in
- Open the ‘Careers’ section from the homepage
- Click on the link for “SBI PO Prelims Result 2025 / Scorecard”
- Enter your Registration Number/Roll Number and Date of Birth/Password
- Submit the details to view the scorecard
- Verify personal information, sectional marks, overall score, and qualifying status
- Download and print the scorecard for future use
Cut-off and Scorecard Information
SBI has announced that the cut-off marks for the preliminary stage will be released separately, a few days after the result declaration. Only candidates meeting or surpassing this benchmark will be shortlisted for the mains exam.
The prelims scorecard will feature details such as the candidate’s roll number, section-wise performance, overall score, and qualifying status. Aspirants are advised to carefully review the information and keep a copy of the result for subsequent stages of the recruitment process.
