Posting
Clerk (Junior Associates)
Vacancy
The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced a total of 14191 vacancies for Clerk / Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) posts in the clerical cadre in the State Bank of India across the country.
Eligibility
The eligibility criteria of the SBI Clerk exam are mainly about two pre-requisites:
Educational Qualification
He/she must hold a valid graduation degree (UG) in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificates
Note: Candidates who are in the final year/ semester of their graduation may also apply for SBI Clerk, if provisionally selected, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination
Age Limit
Not below 20 years and not above 28 years, i.e. the candidates must have been born
| S No. | Category | Upper Age Limit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC / ST | 33 years |
| 2 | OBC | 31 years |
| 3 | Person with disabilities (General) | 38 years |
| 4 | Person with disabilities(SC /ST) | 43 years |
| 5 | Person with disabilities(OBC) | 41 years |
| 7 | Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen | Actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3 years, (8 years for Disabled Ex-servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to max. age of 50 years |
| 8 | Widows, Divorced women( No remarried) | 7 years (subject to the The actualmaximum age limit of 35 years for General/ EWS, 38 years for OBC & 40 years for SC/ST candidates) |
Selection Process
For the selection to the post of Clerical Cadre through the SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) exam, candidates are selected through two phases of exams- SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam. All candidates must clear both phases to secure the appointment letter from SBI. There is no provision for Inter Circle Transfer / Inter State Transfer for Junior Associates to be recruited.
Note- Trained apprentices of SBI may be given weightage in the Main Examination by awarding 2.5% of the maximum marks (i.e. 5 marks out of 200 marks) as bonus marks.
Exam Pattern
To crack the SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) exam it is very important to know the exam pattern in and out. Here is the exam pattern for the SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam:
As per the official notification released by SBI, "No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed". Thus, there will not be any sectional cut-off for this year's SBI Junior Associates Recruitment Online Examination. However, the criteria solely lie within the hands of the organisation.
| S No. | Section | No. of Question | Total Marks | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes | |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | |
| 3 | Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes | ||
Syllabus
| Reasoning | Quantitative Ability | English Language |
| Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit and Loss | Cloze Test |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Mixtures and Alligations | Para jumbles |
| Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Miscellaneous |
| Coded Inequalities | Work and Time | Fill in the blanks |
| Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
| Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
| Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
| Blood Relations | Number Systems | |
| Input Output | Sequence & Series | |
| Coding Decoding | Permutation, Combination & Probability |
SBI Clerk Syllabus (PDF)