SBI PO Interview is the final stage of the selection process. Candidates who have successfully cleared the mains exam can appear for the group exercise and interview rounds. Knowing the SBI PO Interview experience will help candidates understand the latest question trends and topics asked. To help the candidates prepare with confidence, here we have shared the interview experiences along with the questions asked by the panel members. The SBI PO Interview 2026 is scheduled to begin on 18th November 2026. Here, we have shared the interview experiences of the candidates who have appeared for the interview in previous years.

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SBI PO Interview Experience

Here we have shared some of the previous year SBI PO Interview experiences given by the candidates. Candidates appearing for the interview this year can check the questions asked and experiences shared by candidates to get real-time interview ideas.

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SBI PO Interview Experience 2023-24

Date: 01-02-2024

Student Name: Diksha

Panel: 3 Male + 1 Female

• CGM: You are from kk####...it is the place where tri seas meet.....??
• Me: yes sir.... explained tri oceans Indian...bay of Bengal...Arabian sea ... Vivekananda statue ...triuvalluvar statue...temples ...GI tag for Matti banana.
• CGM: what is Matti banana??
• Me: explained.
• CGM: where did Vivekananda go?
• Me: Chicago.
• CGM: what did he preach there?
• Me: I don't know sir.
• CGM: where is Chicago??
• Me: USA.
• CGM: what is the difference between Christian and some other term? (I didn't get).
• Me: Sir Christian okay I knew it other terms I don't know.
• Mam: He is asking the difference between the Roman Catholic and the church of South India. (then panel members discussed themselves)
• Me: explained...idols worship differs and so on.
• CGM: explain last supper
• Me: Explained
• CGM: who draw it
• Me: said
• CGM: asked for some other pictures too
• Me: Said Don't know sir
• Mam: define insurance.
• Me: struck to define...then I said I don't know mam
• Mam: define mutual fund..
• Me: Explained
• Mam: why do banks sell mutual funds..?
• Me: I said the aim of getting profit
• Mam: how does it yield profit?
• Me: said I don't know mam (She looked not satisfied)
• CGM: you were graduated in 2020 ???now four years gap ??
• Me: as I was first graduate in my family without proper guidance I joined civil engineering....and worked for two years in a private firm and bounced back to chase my aim...as my mom is a grocery shopkeeper I often visited SBI and the work environment in banks cherished my will to work within bank atmosphere..I was admired by that and I said something..
• CGM: how SBI employees work in banks???
• Me: said something like humble, and in a flow I said they will work like honeybees...
• Male1:why so honey bees??
• Me: sir they will work restlessly...(he looked satisfied)and I said even today all the officers greeted as sir and mam which gives energy to join in this sector (all members laughed again).
• CGM: what did you learn in civil engineering??
• Me: Explained
• CGM: specialty materials used in Ram mandir??
• Me: explained well (he seems satisfied)
• Male2: recently who got Bharat Ratna..??
• Me: said
• CGM: very good
• CGM::what is origami??(my hobby)
• Me: Explained
• CGM: the latest thing you did using origami??
• Me: said...and at last I said I did SBI baldge which encourages motivation in me ...(All panel members laughed)
• Male 1: explain SBI logo
• Me: explained and said I was taken from Ahmedabad kankaria lake.
• Male2:said till now we don't know itz new for us...CGm said I too don't know..male2 said I am going to Google it.
• Me:Sir I too looked from Google.
• CGM: unknown things are there in Google ....can see it later.
• CGM: do you use yono??
• Me: sir ....I know all the facilities of YONO ..but my number is in my father's basic mobile set ..sir I was unable to login.
• CGM: tell me which application is used for button mobile for money transactions.
• Me:*99#
• CGM: it's upi123
• Male1: What is ISO
• Me: I said don't know...but it's International standards organization.
• CGM: tell one famous temple in kk#####
• Me: said Bhavathi Amman but he said Kumari Amman (But both are the same ...and at the moment I don't know whether both are the same))
• Male 2: explain PSL.
• Me: Explained
• Male2: what is meaning of kk####??(my district)
• Me: explained (he looked satisfied)
• CGM: said thank you and all the best.
• The whole interview they were with smiling faces....but now I am worried...will I score good marks.
• GD: what will you select leadership or follower??? why ??
• GE: Distribution of hectic work??if you are allotted with multi-tasking??
• I'm sure I did well in GD and GE.
• But I can't conclude with my interview experience.

Date: 29-01-2024

Student Name: Tanushree Sarkar

City: LHO LUCKNOW 

They asked me

1. you are from such a reputed college why you didn’t you get placed.
   I answered that i didnt appear for it because i had to commit to the organisation for 2 years but my first priority was being a banker.
2. 3 panel members ne baar baar pucha “have you appeared for any other exam” - I denied.
3. “you are so young why dont you try RBI”. I replied “sir as of now my prime focus is on sbi”.
4. you are a dog feeder, when and why you started it.
5. what is the difference between ukulele and guitar.
6. what is the difference between GNPA AND NNPA.
7. ROI of SBI in the stock market (ye nahi aata tha mujhe).
8. Women workforce in SBI.

THAT'S IT

GD topic- india’s population boon or ban.

Date: 28-01-2024

Student Name: Ravi Sharma

City: State Bank Academy, Gurugram

GD: - is india ready for 100 percent digital transaction or cashless economy.

GE :- You are a leader of a sales team. And you have to increase sales by 25 percent. Then some suggestions were given which we had to rate according to our priority.

INTERVIEW:-

The questions asked were :

1. Tell three famous personalities with the name Ravi and what you did after graduation.
2. What is PSL and how much is for agriculture.
3. What is ANBC and NDTL
4. Asked about my hobby and  Famous indian players related to that sport.
5. CRR, SLR, CD ratio
6. Famous personalities and things from my hometown.
7. Target of government for agricultural sector (schemes).
8. Digital banking, what does a bank see before giving loan, credit score. These were the questions asked.
9. I could not answer the schemes of govt for agri sector.

Thank you.

Questions Asked In SBI PO Interview 2023

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Date: 03-04-2023

Student Name: TRIDIP SAHA

Place of Interview:- Kolkata LHO

Interview Experience Of SBI PO 2023

Biodata-based Questions Asked:

• How as a Civil engineer will you help in SBI?
• What were you doing in the gap after your graduation?
• What do mean by FAR?
• What is the type of foundation below Taj Mahal?
• What are the different types of Rass festival? (From my hobby dramatics - couldn't answer it)

Basic banking awareness questions Asked:

• Do you know about NPCI ? ( Got tensed due to the previous question and said him i can't recall at the moment)
• What do you mean by Neft and Rtgs?
• Difference between credit card and debit card?
• What is SLR? And what's the present rate ?
• What's is Google pay? Give similar examples of it ... (Gave 3 example and they asked if any similar app SBI has and i said yono)

Current affairs questions Asked:

• Why is UPI charging 1.1% ?
• Chairman of sbi?

Situational questions Asked:

• What will you do if you are a po in sbi to increase bank profits?
• What will you do if you are FM of India?
• What will you do as a bank manager, if you find a customer and a staff are quarreling and a huge crowd has gathered?

Student Name: Bhavna

Date: 03-04-2023

Interview Experience Asked In SBI PO 2023

• Why did you choose home science subject in your graduation?
• How will your subject help you in the bank?
• Why is banking a profession?
• You passed in 2018, why took you so long?
• Nukkad natak in digital, how can it be affected?
• Women who inspire you?
• Who is the chairman of the bank?
• What rates are introduced by the RBI and tell me about the CRR?
• UPI, For UPI, what is needed?
• What qualities does a PO have?
• Savings Account / Current Account Difference

GD Topic

• Topic mila tha roles of a bank in entrepreneurship and startups..
• 10 logo ka group thaa bss discuss krna tha.. bilingual me..
• GE bhi tha. Usme kuch statements ko arrange krna tha pehle khud then group me consent krke unki arrange krna tha..

FAQs

Q. Where can I get the real interview experiences of the candidates who have appeared for the SBI PO interview?

Candidates can check the previous year interview experiences shared by the candidates who have appeared for the interview here.

Q. How long does an SBI PO interview last?

The SBI PO Interview typically lasts for 15 to 30 minutes.