Job description:
The State Bank of India invites online applications to recruit for the Junior Associates (Clerk) post. There are 13,735 vacancies to be filled for this post. Candidates with any degree qualifications are eligible to apply for this job. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online for this post on or before 07 January 2025.
Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales):
- Graduation 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 should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.12.2024.
- Those who are in the final year/ semester of their graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if provisionally selected, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 31.12.2024.
Important note:
- The candidates applying for vacancies of a particular State/UT, should be proficient (reading, writing, speaking and understanding) in the specified opted local language of that State/UT (mentioned in the under given vacancy table against each state/UT).
- The test for knowledge of the specified opted local language will be conducted as a part of selection process
Age Limit (As on 01 April 2024):
Not below 20 years and not above 28 years i.e. candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1996 and not later than 01.04.2004
Age relaxation:
- SC/ST: 5 years
- OBC: 3 years
- PwBD (Persons with Benchmark Disabilities):
- General/EWS: 10 years
- SC/ST: 15 years
- OBC: 13 years
- Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen: Actual period of service rendered in defense services + 3 years, (8 years for Disabled Ex- Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a max. age of 50 years
- Widows, Divorced Women, and Women Judicially Separated (not remarried): 7 years (subject to the maximum age limit of 35 years for General/ EWS, 38 years for OBC & 40 years for SC/ST candidates)
- Trained Apprentices of SBI: SC/ST – 6 years, OBC – 4 years, GEN/ EWS – 1 year, PwBD (SC/ST) – 16 years, PwBD (OBC) – 14 years
Salary:
- Rs.24050-1340/3-28070-1650/3-33020-2000/4-41020- 2340/7-57400-4400/1-61800-2680/1-64480.
- The starting Basic Pay is Rs.26730/- (Rs.24050/- plus two advance increments admissible to graduates).
SBI Clerk Recruitment – Vacancies (State Wise): 13,735 Posts
Ahmedabad (Gujarat): 1073 Posts
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): 50 Posts
Bengaluru (Karnataka): 50 Posts
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): 1317 Posts
Chhattisgarh: 483 Posts
Bhubaneswar (Odisha): 362 Posts
Chandigarh/New Delhi (Haryana): 306 Posts
Chandigarh (Jammu & Kashmir UT): 141 Posts
Himachal Pradesh: 170 Posts
Chandigarh UT: 32 Posts
Ladakh UT: 32 Posts
Punjab: 569 Posts
Chennai (Tamil Nadu): 336 Posts
Puducherry: 4 Posts
Hyderabad (Telangana): 342 Posts
Jaipur (Rajasthan): 445 Posts
Kolkata (West Bengal): 1254 Posts
Andaman & Nicobar Islands: 70 Posts
Sikkim: 56 Posts
Lucknow/New Delhi (Uttar Pradesh): 1894 Posts
Maharashtra/Mumbai Metro: 1163 Posts
Maharashtra (Goa): 20 Posts
New Delhi (Delhi): 343 Posts
Uttarakhand: 316 Posts
North Eastern States:
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- Arunachal Pradesh: 66 Posts
- Assam: 311 Posts
- Manipur: 55 Posts
- Meghalaya: 85 Posts
- Mizoram: 40 Posts
- Nagaland: 70 Posts
- Tripura: 65 Posts
- Patna (Bihar): 1111 Posts
- Jharkhand: 676 Posts
- Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): 426 Posts
- Lakshadweep: 2 Posts
Selection process of SBI Bank careers:
The selection process will consist of an online test (Preliminary & Main exam) and a test of the specified opted local language.
Phase 1 – Preliminary examination:
- An online Preliminary Exam consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online.
- This test would be of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 Sections
Name of Test | Medium of Exam | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
English Language | English | 30 | 30 | 20 min. |
Numerical Ability | * | 35 | 35 | 20 min. |
Reasoning Ability | * | 35 | 35 | 20 min. |
100 | 100 | 1 Hour |
- Each test will have a separate timing as mentioned above.
- There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer.
- No minimum qualifying marks are prescribed for individual test OR for aggregate score.
- Section wise marks will not be maintained
- Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Exam from the list of all candidates arranged in descending order of aggregate marks scored.
Phase II – Main Examination:
The structure of the main examination (online objective type) would be as follows.
Name of Test | Medium of Exam | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
General/ Financial Awareness | * | 50 | 50 | 35 min |
General English | English | 40 | 40 | 35 min |
Quantitative Aptitude | * | 50 | 50 | 45 min |
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | * | 50 | 60 | 45 min |
190 | 200 | 2 Hr 40 min |
- Each test will have a separate timing as mentioned above.
- There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests.
- 1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer.
- Candidates are required to score a minimum percentage marks on aggregate (For SC/ST/OBC/PwBD/XS/DXS candidates, 5% relaxation available thereon). Minimum qualifying marks on aggregate will be as decided by the bank.
- No minimum qualifying marks for individual subject are prescribed.
- Section wise marks will not be maintained.
- Merit list will be drawn State wise, category wise.
- Candidates qualified in the test (main examination) will be placed according to their aggregate marks in descending order in respective States and Categories
- The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the aggregate marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) will be considered for preparation of the final merit list.
- Provisional selection will be made on the basis of candidate’s performance in the test (Main Examination).
Application fees:
- For General and OBC – Rs. 750/-
- SC/ST/PWD/XS – No Fee
Important dates:
- Opening date of online application: 17 December 2024
- Last date for online application: 07 January 2025
- Preliminary examination: February 2025
- Main Examination Date: March/April 2025
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