SBI Clerk 2018 Recruitment Notification Out: 8301 Vacancies

SBI Clerk Recruitment is one of the most sought-after recruitments in the banking sector. As one is provided with an excellent job in India's largest Public Sector Bank with a handsome salary, she would like to have the privilege of working with it for sure. Before going for a competitive examination, one must always have an adequate knowledge of the eligibility criteria, application process, syllabus, examination pattern, the changes introduced in the pattern of examination, so that, she knows how she should plan her preparations in a way to do with the syllabus and the revision before the examination takes place. 

SBI Clerk 2018 Notification

State Bank of India(SBI) has released  SBI Clerk Junior Associate 2018 Official Notification on 29th January 2018. All Aspirants can check the SBI Clerk official notification by clicking on the link mentioned below. The online registration for SBI Clerk 2018 exam will commence from 20th January 2018 & will end on 10th February 2018.

SBI Clerk Junior Associate 2018 Official Notification

Apply Online for SBI Junior Associates 2018 Recruitment

SBI Clerk Salary 2018: Job Profile & Career Growth

SBI Clerk 2018 Exam Dates:

Events  Dates

SBI Clerk 2018 Notification           19th January 2018

Start of SBI Clerk 2018 Online Application              20th Jan

SBI Clerk 2017 Application Form Closes   10th February

SBI Clerk 2017 Preliminary Exam                March-April 2018

SBI Clerk 2017 Mains Exam           12 May 2018

SBI Clerk 2018 Vacancies

SBI has introduced 8301 vacancies for SBI Clerk Junior Associates 2018 Exam.

SBI Clerk Selection Procedure

As per the official notification released by SBI for recruitment of Junior Associates, the recruitment will take place with the help of online examination.

1. Online Preliminary Examination (Objective Test).

2. Online Mains Examination (Objective Test).

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) are not added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) are added for the preparation of the final merit list. Final selection will be made on the basis of candidate's performance in the main examination.

SBI Clerk Eligibility Criteria, 2018

The Eligibility Criteria for the SBI Clerk 2018 Recruitment Process is as follows:

1. Essential Academic Qualifications: (As on 01.01.2018)

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Those who were in the final Semester/ year of Graduation could also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview/joining, they had to produce proof of having passed the Graduation Examination on or before 01.01.2018. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate had to ensure that the date of passing the IDD was on or before 01.01.2018.

2. Age Limit: (As on 01.01.2018)

Not below 20 years and not above 28 years.

SBI Clerk 2018 Examination Pattern

Here is the Exam pattern of SBI Clerk (junior associates) 2018 Exam. SBI Clerk 2018 exam will be conducted online in two parts: Tier 1 or SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam and Tier 2 or SBI Clerk Mains Exam.

For the first time, SBI has introduced  Sectional Timing in Prelims Exam. This can be a new trendsetter statement for upcoming recruitments in banking and insurance sector as well.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks is conducted online. This test is of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 Sections with each section having sectional timing of 20 minutes each.

Serial 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

Phase – II: Main Examination

The structure of main examination (online objective type) would be as follows:

Serial Number   Section No. of Question                Total Marks        Duration

1.            General English 40           40           35 minutes

2.            Quantitative Aptitude    50           50           45 minutes

3.            Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude            50           60           45 minutes

4.            General/Financial Awareness     50           50           35 minutes

Total      190         200         2 hours 40 minutes

 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's Online Examinations. However, the criteria solely lies within the hands of the organisation. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests.

A Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination): There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

SBI Clerk Syllabus, 2018

S. No.    Subject Syllabus

1.            English Language             

Reading comprehension, Cloze test, Double fillers/ sentence/ multiple sentence fillers , Sentence correction/ improvement, Vocabulary based questions, Odd one out cum para jumbles, Paragraph Based Questions (Paragraph 1, 2, 3..., Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement).

2.            Reasoning and Computer Aptitude         

Puzzles & Seating Arrangements, Direction Sense, Blood, Relation, Syllogism, Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Machine Input-Output, Inequalities, Alpha-Numeric-Symbol, Series, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument), History and Generation of Computers, Introduction to Computer Organisation, Computer Memory, Computer Hardware and I/O Devices, Computer Software, Computer Languages, Operating System, Computer Network, Internet, MS Office Suit and Short cut keys, Basics of DBMS, Number System and Conversions, Computer and Network Security.

3.            Quantitative Aptitude   

Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart), Inequalities (Quadratic Equations, Quantity 1, Quantity 2), Number Series, Approximation and Simplification, Data Sufficiency, Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns).

4.            General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry)              Banking and Insurance Awareness, Financial Awareness, Govt. Schemes and Policies, Current Affairs, Static Awareness.

SBI Clerk Application Fees

1. Rs. 100 for SC/ ST/ PWD Candidates.

2. Rs. 600 for all others.

SBI Clerk Admit Card/ Call letter

The Admit Cards for Prelims and Mains Exam will be released 15 days before the date of conduction of examination.

SBI Clerk Result, 2018

The results of SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains Exam will be released 15-20 days post the conduction of examination.

SBI Clerk Cut Off Scores

The cut-off scores released by SBI depends on the number of vacancies announced in that particular year, number of candidates who appear for the examination as well as the level of the examination that is conducted in order to carry out the recruitment process. So, one cannot predict the cut-off score of future SBI Clerk Examination by simply relying on the previous year cut-off scores. To get you acquainted with the previous year cut off scores of SBI Clerk Examination, here is the analysis of previous years' SBI Clerk 2016 Cut-off:

The Cut off for Mains exam of SBI Clerk for the state Uttar Pradesh in 2016 was:

SL.          Test       Total Marks        SC/ST/OBC          General

1              General/Financial Awareness     50           9.50        13.50

2              General English 40           10.25     14.25

3              Quantitative Aptitude    50           11.25     14.50

4              Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude                60           19.00     24.00

Total/Overall      For General - 132.25

Overall State-wise Cut off - SBI Clerk 2016 (out of 100)

SL.          State     GEN       OBC       SC           ST

1              Rajasthan            64.5        64.5        53.5        23.25

2              Gujrat   42           42           42           28

3              West Bengal       51.25     35.25     37           20.75

4              Madhya Pradesh              54.75     54.75     36.5        9

5              Jharkhand           38.5        38.5        31.25     29.25

6              Bihar      51.5        51.5        33.5        27.25

7              Chhatisgarh        22.5        22.5        9.5          9.25

8              Tamil Nadu         21.25     21.25     21.25     21

9              Andhra Pradesh               39.25     39.25     39.25     10

10           Maharashtra      51.5        51.5        51.5        24.5

11           Himachal Pradesh            57.5        57           42.75     48.25

12           Punjab  67.5        56.5        45           45

13           Haryana               60.75     55           44.25     44.25

14           Delhi/Haryana   66.25     50.75     56           10

15           Kerela   61.5        61.5        48           28

16           Uttar Pradesh    59           56.25     42.75     31.5

17           Orissa    52           52           37.75     17

18           Telangana           27           27           27           27

19           Meghalya            37.25     30.75     30.75     31.5

20           Assam   42.25     43.25     48           48

21           Andaman & Nicobar       51.75     48.25     13.25     13.25