SBI recruitment of Circle Based Officers – 2273 Posts – 2026

State Bank of India
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department Corporate Centre, Mumbai
Phone: 022-22820427; e-mail: crpd@sbi.co.in

Recruitment of Circle Based Officers
ADVERTISEMENT NO: CRPD/CBO/2025-26/18

1. ONLINE REGISTRATION OF APPLICATION & PAYMENT OF FEES: FROM 29.01.2026 TO 18.02.2026
2. DOWNLOAD OF CALL LETTER FOR ONLINE TEST: IN MARCH 2026 (TENTATIVE)
3. ONLINE TEST: MARCH 2026 (TENTATIVE)

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Circle Based Officer in State Bank of India. The selected candidates shall be posted in the applied Circle only.

Eligible candidates, who aspire to join State Bank of India as an Officer, are required to register on-line after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the selection process, eligibility criteria, online registration processes, payment of prescribed application fee, issuance of call letters, process & pattern of examination/ interview etc. and ensure that they fulfil the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.

Abbreviations: SC – Scheduled Castes; ST – Scheduled Tribes; OBC – Other Backward Classes; EWS – Economically Weaker Section; GEN – General; PwBD – Persons with Benchmark Disabilities; VI – Visually Impaired; HI – Hearing Impaired; LD – Locomotor Disability.

$ Applicable only for candidates who have studied and passed English as one of the subjects from any school located in the States of Nagaland and /or Arunachal Pradesh.

Eligible candidates are required to register on-line for the recruitment process which will be held in 4 phases viz. (1) Online Examination (ii) Screening (iii) Interview (iv) Local Language Proficiency Test

 ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA:
(A) Essential Academic Qualifications: Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government including Integrated Dual Degree (IDD). Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, 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.

(B) Age Limit: (As on 31.12.2025): Not below 21 years and Not above 30 years as on 31.12.2025 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 31.12.2004 and not earlier than 01.01.1996 (both days inclusive). For relaxation in Upper Age Limit, check the attached official notification.

(C) Experience (Post Essential Academic Qualification) as on 31.12.2025: Minimum 2 years’ experience (Post Essential Academic Qualification Experience) as on 31.12.2025 as an officer in any Scheduled Commercial Bank or any Regional Rural Bank as listed in Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India.

Candidates shall have to submit job profile certified by their existing/ previous employer(s) with whom they are/were employed. In case their job profile does not match substantially or is different than the job profile of a Scale-I Generalist officer of State Bank of India then the application of such candidates will be summarily rejected at any stage of the recruitment process. Decision of the Bank in this regard would be final and binding on all candidates. No representation or correspondence will be entertained by the Bank in this regard.

Candidates having experience in Scheduled Commercial Banks other than Public Sector Banks / Regional Rural Banks shall be drawing minimum annual gross salary of Rs.9.50 lacs for each year and shall provide documentary evidence for their annual gross salary such as Form-16 / Annual Income Statement (AIS) / pay slips for last 24 months or certificate from employer.

(D) Local Language: The candidates applying for vacancies of a particular Circle, should be proficient (reading, writing and understanding) in any one of the specified opted local language of that Circle (mentioned against each Circle). The test of knowledge of specified opted local language of the applied circle will be conducted as a part of selection process. It will be conducted for provisionally selected candidates (based on performance in online test, Screening and interview) before joining the Bank. Candidate who fails to qualify this test will not be offered appointment. Candidates who produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet / certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language of the applied circle as one of the subjects will not be required to undergo the language test.

(E) Other: i. Candidates who have defaulted in repayment under any lending arrangement with Banks or NBFCs including credit card dues and have not regularised / repaid their outstanding thereunder till the date of issuance of letter of offer of appointment by the Bank, shall not be eligible for appointment to the post. However, candidates who have regularised / repaid such outstanding on or before the date of issuance of offer of appointment, but whose CIBIL status has not been updated till then, shall, on or before the date of joining, have to either get the CIBIL status updated or produce the NOCs from lender to the effect that there is no outstanding with respect to the accounts adversely reflected in the CIBIL, failing which the letter of offer shall be withdrawn / cancelled. Thus, the candidates with record of default in repayment of loans/ credit card dues and/ or against whose name adverse report of CIBIL or other external agencies are available are not eligible for appointment.

ii. Candidates against whom there is/ are adverse report regarding character & antecedents, moral turpitude are not eligible to apply for the post.

APPLICATION FEE (Non-Refundable):

Fee/ charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.

HOW TO APPLY: Candidates can apply online only from 29.01.2026 to 18.02.2026. No other mode of application will be accepted.

Pre-requisites for Applying Online: Candidates should have valid email ID and mobile no. which should be kept active till the declaration of final results. It will be essentially required for receiving any communication/ call letters/ advices from the bank by email/ SMS.

Candidates will be required to register themselves online through Bank’s website https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers/current%20openings. After registration candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode by using debit card/ credit card/ Internet Banking.

Helpdesk: In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of fee/ intimation charges or receipt of Admission/ call letter, queries may be made at telephone no. 022-22820427 (between 11:00 AM to 05:00 PM on working days) or lodge their query on http://cgrs.ibps.in. Candidates should mention ‘RECRUITMENT OF CIRCLE BASED OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA-2026’ in the subject of the email.

For full details, refer to the attached official notification.