What SBI PO requires
State Bank of India specifies an exact size for each file you upload. A photo straight from a phone camera is typically 2 to 6 MB, which every one of these limits will reject, so each file has to be resized and recompressed first.
| Document | Dimensions | File size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhotographRecent passport-style colour photograph. Keep about eight printed copies of this same photograph for later stages. | 4.5 × 3.5 cm (200 × 230 px) | 20–50 KB | JPEG |
| SignatureSigned on white paper with a black ink pen, clearly legible. | 140 × 60 px | 10–20 KB | JPEG |
| Left thumb impressionLeft thumb impression in black or blue ink on white paper, at 200 DPI or better, clear and not smudged. | 3.0 × 3.0 cm (240 × 240 px) | 20–50 KB | JPEG |
| Handwritten declarationWritten in your own hand in black ink on white paper, at 200 DPI or better, and clearly legible. | 10.0 × 5.0 cm (800 × 400 px) | 50–100 KB | JPEG |
What trips people up on SBI PO
The numbers match IBPS, but the application does not
SBI sets the same four documents at the same sizes as IBPS: photograph 200 by 230 px at 20 to 50 KB, signature 140 by 60 px at 10 to 20 KB, left thumb impression 240 by 240 px at 20 to 50 KB, and handwritten declaration 800 by 400 px at 50 to 100 KB. That is convenient if you are applying for both, because one set of files serves both. It is also the only thing they share: SBI runs its own recruitment through its own portal, with its own advertisement number, dates and selection process, so you apply separately and track them separately.
Keep about 8 printed copies of the same photograph
The advertisement asks candidates to keep roughly eight copies of the very same photograph used in the application, because it is needed at later stages. This is a printing job rather than a file job, and the important word is 'same': a different sitting, a different shirt or a different crop causes problems at verification. Decide on one photograph, upload it, and get the prints made from that same image.
Scan at 200 DPI or better, and check what landed where
SBI asks for a scanner resolution of at least 200 DPI, and warns specifically about a mistake that is easy to make and hard to undo: uploading the photograph where the signature belongs, or the thumb impression in the declaration slot. Because the four files look similar in a file picker, name them clearly before you start and check each preview after upload.
All four have to be legible, not merely the right size
The advertisement states that the face, signature, left thumb impression and handwritten declaration must each be clearly visible. Hitting the kilobyte range is necessary but not sufficient: a thumb impression compressed until it smudges, or a declaration too soft to read, fails on legibility even at a perfect file size. That is why the tool takes the largest size inside each range rather than the smallest.
How to use this tool
- Add your file. Drag in your photo, choose a file, paste it, or use your phone’s camera.
- Check the crop. The tool crops to the required shape automatically. Adjust it if you want a different framing.
- Let it hit the target. The size meter shows the file converging into the required 20–50 KB range.
- Download. The file is saved with a sensible name, ready to upload to the application portal.