SBI Clerk 2024 Exam

SBI Clerk 2024

Do you want to join the ranks of thousands of SBI clerks who serve millions of customers every day? If yes, then you should not miss the opportunity to apply for the SBI Clerk 2024 exam. This exam is a wonderful chance for you to showcase your skills and knowledge and secure a fruitful career in the banking sector. The SBI Clerk 2024 exam is held online every year at the national level. You need to clear the preliminary exam first, then the mains exam, and finally a local language proficiency test. The State Bank of India has released the notification on its official website to recruit candidates for Clerk Posts. This was a humongous opportunity for many aspirants who wanted to work in SBI. The SBI Clerk 2024 Notification has been released soon on the official website of SBI. You should keep an eye on it and apply as soon as possible. On this page, you'll get everything you need to know about the SBI Clerk 2024 exam and how to prepare for it.

SBI Clerk Exam 2024

The SBI Clerk exam is one of the hottest competitive exams in India. It is carried out by SBI (State Bank of India) every year to recruit candidates for clerical cadre posts in its various branches across the country. The SBI clerks are responsible for managing multifarious customer services and operations in the bank. They are also eligible for promotions and career growth within the bank. To become an SBI clerk, you have to clear two stages of online exams: prelims and mains. The prelims exam is a screening test that filters out the candidates for the mains exam. The mains exam is the final stage that decides your selection. The final merit list is based on your performance in the mains exam only.

SBI Clerk Notification 2024

SBI Clerk 2024 Notification has been released. In this article, we will be collating all the important details for you. SBI (State Bank of India) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai. SBI is the 43rd largest bank in the world and ranked 221st in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2020. It is the largest in India with a 23% market share by assets and a 25% share of the total loan and deposits market. SBI conducts clerical recruitment on an annual basis. Let's have a look at all the important details of the SBI Clerk 2024 Notification. As per the SBI Clerk 2024 Notification, the selection procedure for SBI Clerk recruitment is Online Prelims Exam followed by Online Mains Exam. The whole recruitment process is wrapped up in around 8 months.

SBI Clerk 2024 Important Dates

Official SBI Clerk 2024 Notification has been released. You can check the SBI Clerk Exam Date and start your preparation as all SBI Clerk Exam Dates are mentioned below. Candidates should see all the important things for SBI Clerk 2024 exam so that the candidates can be updated about their exam dates and clear their exam well.

SBI Clerk 2024 Exam Overview

We have given all the important information about the exam to all the candidates. In the exam overview, we have told you how many marks are there in the exam for all clerks, who conducts it, what is the selection process, and how much time is available to do the exam. We have given all this information below.

SBI Clerk 2024 Apply Online 

SBI Clerk Apply Online 2024 dates are announced along with a notification PDF. SBI Clerk Notification 2024 has been released and the last date for SBI Clerk online application is 7th January 2025. The link for SBI Clerk Online Application has been activated on the official website of SBI. Candidates are requested to apply online for the SBI Clerk Exam 2024.

Steps to Apply for SBI Clerk 2024

Here we will tell you the step-by-step process on how to apply for SBI Clerk 2024 which will be helpful to candidates who want to apply.

Step 1: Click on the link given above.  

Click on the NEW REGISTRATION button provided on the top right corner of the home page of the link provided above to start your registration process for the SBI Clerk 2024 Exam.

Step 2: Fill in Your Basic Details.

Start your application process for SBI Clerk 2024 by providing your basic details such as name, mobile number, email address, permanent address, etc., and click on the save and next button.

Step 3: Upload Signature & Passport size Photograph

Upload your photograph and signature in the required format. The permissible size of the photograph must be 4.5 cm * 3.5 cm and the photograph must be of passport size with white background. Both the photograph and the signature must be clear and legible.  

The permissible file size of the photograph must be of a minimum of 20 KB and of a maximum of 50 KB and that of the signature must be of a minimum of 10 KB and of a maximum of 20 KB.

Step 4: Fill out the Academic & Professional Qualification

Fill in your Academic Details and Professional Qualifications in this step of your online application process for the SBI Clerk 2024 Exam. Click on the save and next button after filling in the details.

Step 5: Preview

Preview your application form and carefully check all the details that you have put in as you won't be allowed to make any changes further in the application form. Click on the save and next button after previewing your Application Form.

Step 6: Make Online Payment

Pay your Application Fee through the Online Payment Option, i.e. through Credit Card/Debit Card/Net Banking for the SBI Clerk 2024 Exam.

Step 7: Submit your Online Application

Click on the Submit Button. Your application form will be submitted successfully. You will be sent an email with your registration ID and password by SBI for further login into the official website.

SBI Clerk 2024 Application Fee

The category-wise fee structure for SBI Clerk online application is given below. The fee once paid will NOT be refunded. The application fee must be paid online.

SBI Clerk 2024 Eligibility Criteria

SBI Clerk Eligibility Criteria 2024 is set through SBI and is mentioned in the official notification. It is a graduate-level exam and anyone who fulfills the age limit, qualification, and nationality criteria of SBI Clerk can apply for SBI Clerk exam. Any candidate between the age of 20 to 28 years can apply for SBI Clerk 2024 exam. For candidates' better information, we have provided below SBI Clerk eligibility criteria, age limit, qualification, and other related information.

SBI Clerk Age Limit 2024

Not below 20 years and not above 28 years

Relaxation of Upper Age Limit

Note- Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of joining, if qualified. No change in the category of any candidate is permitted after registration of the online application.

SBI Clerk Educational Qualification 2024

All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies. Those who are in the Final Year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for an interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before a specified date.

SBI Clerk 2024 Vacancies

Vacancies are an important part of SBI Clerk notification. More vacancies mean that the competition will be less. SBI Clerk 2024 notification has been released and the total number of vacancies announced is 14241. We are providing you the details of, 2023 and 2022 vacancies so that you get an idea. The total number of vacancies announced in 2023 and 2022 is 8540 and 5,008 respectively. Below are the Circle-wise Details:

SBI Clerk 2023 Vacancies

SBI Clerk 2022 Vacancies

SBI Clerk 2021 Vacancies

SBI Clerk Salary 2024

The salary of an SBI Clerk will depend upon a number of factors.The pay scale is 17900- 1000/3- 20900- 1230/3- 24590- 1490/4- 30550- 1730/7- 42600- 3270/1- 45930- 1990/1- 47920. This simply means that you will have a starting salary is Rs.19900/- (Rs 17,900 with an annual increment of Rs 1,000 which will continue until the next 3 years). After 3 years your basic salary would have become Rs 19,900 and this calculation goes on until your basic salary becomes Rs 47,920 which is the maximum salary an SBI Clerk can get. Below are the allowances/ perks an SBI Clerk gets:

• Dearness Allowance- This component is revised on a quarterly basis and is based on the CPI (Consumer Price Index).
• House Rent Allowance
• Special Allowance
• Furniture Allowance
• Reimbursement of Telephone bills
• Pension (NPS)
• Leave Fare
• Medical Facilities

SBI Clerk- Job Profile 2024

Here are all the details you wanted to know about SBI Clerk's salary & his/ her job responsibilities.

Job Profile of SBI Clerk

• To work as a Single Window Operator (SWO) looking after the day-to-day activities of the bank such as
  • Opening bank accounts for new customers
  • Issuing demand drafts
  • Processing cheques
  • Handling RTGS/ NEFT
  • Cheque books requests etc.
• To face customers, address their issues/ concerns, and provide them with the right guidance
• To work as a cashier as per the requirement
• To verify documents, countersign, and clear cheques/ drafts
• To work on documentation and do routine tasks like ledger maintenance, balance tallying, data entry, etc.
• To market financial products of the bank such as loans, schemes, deposits, etc.
• To scrutinize applications to ensure that they are complete
• To call customers to sell/ cross-sell banking services and advisory services

SBI Clerk Career Growth 2024

Thanks to the fast-track promotion process at SBI, the career growth of an SBI Clerk is relatively better than that of clerks of other banks. A clerk can reach up to the profile of the General Manager. Promotions either happen in the cadre (in the clerical cadre itself) or in the officer cadre.

In-Cadre Promotion of an SBI Clerk

• An employee who has completed 10 years of service will be promoted to ‘Senior Assistant' which carries a special allowance of Rs 1,800.
• Similarly, those employees who have completed 20 & 30 years of service and gets promoted to ‘Senior Assistant' get a special allowance of Rs 2,500 & 3,500 respectively.

Officer Cadre Promotion of an SBI Clerk

• An SBI Clerk can become a trainee officer if s/he has completed 3 years of service and cleared the written test & interview. There is a probation period of 2 years.
• After the probation period ends, depending upon his performance, the trainee officer will be either recruited into MMGS-II (Middle Management Grade Scale) cadre or will be sent back to the clerical cadre.
• After completing 6 years of service under the fast-track promotion channel or after completing 12 years of service under the normal promotion channel, a clerk can become a JMGS-I (Junior Manager Grade Scale). This promotion is subject to an upper age limit and s/he needs to clear a written test & interview.

SBI Clerk Selection Process

SBI Clerk 2024 selection process is the Prelims exam followed by the Mains exam. There isn't any change in the SBI Clerk exam pattern when compared to the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern of the Previous Year.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2024

SBI Clerk last year's paper pattern was nothing different than the previous ones. More or less the pattern remains the same.

Note:

• A negative Marking of 0.25 per incorrect answer is applicable.
• Aspirants need to clear the Overall cut-offs only to qualify for the Mains exam. There are no Sectional cut-offs.
• Marks of Prelims will be considered only for the Mains Exam and not in the final selection.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2024

Candidates who clear the Prelims have to take the Mains exam. Below is the exam pattern of SBI Clerk Mains exam.

Note:

• A negative Marking of 0.25 per incorrect answer is applicable.
• Aspirants need to clear the Overall cut-offs to qualify for the Mains exam. There are no Sectional cut-offs.

SBI Clerk Syllabus 2024

For your convenience, we have listed the topics which need to be compulsorily prepared for this exam. Solve SBI Clerk Previous year question paper to get a hang of the questions which were asked in the previous years. Also, Take a Free Mock Test of SBI Clerk to get to know your preparation level. Buy SBI Clerk Online Test Series for a complete practice which has 20 SBI Clerk Prelims Mock Tests & 15 Prelims Sectional Tests and 10 SBI Clerk Mains Mock Tests & 15 Mains Sectional Tests. The syllabus is similar to the SBI Syllabus of 2022 and there isn't much change. Have a look:

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SBI Clerk 2024 Cut-offs

The cut-off is something that is very important to aspirants. While it's extremely difficult to predict the cut-offs of the upcoming exam, we have given you the previous year's cut-offs to help you get an idea.

SBI Clerk 2023 Previous Year Cut-offs

Let's have a look at the category-wise and state-wise cut-offs for SBI Clerk 2023 Prelims and Mains Exam.

SBI Clerk 2023 Mains Cut-offs

SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 State-wise Cut-offs

Let's have a look at the category-wise and state-wise cut-offs for SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims exam.

SBI Clerk 2021 Mains Cut-offs

State Bank of India released the SBI Clerk Cut-offs for the Mains exam (final) along with its result on 17th November 2021.  As SBI Clerk Prelims Exam has concluded on the 1st and 17th of October  2021 and lakhs of banking aspirants who have appeared in the SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam are anxious to know the mains and final cut-off to get qualified for in SBI PO 2021 exam. The difficulty level of the exam and the overall good attempts are two major factors for deciding the cut-off marks. The state-wise cut-off marks for SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam are given below.

SBI Clerk 2021 Mains State-wise Cut-offs 

Let's have a look at the SBI Clerk Mains Cut-off 2021 for all states. 

SBI Clerk Mains Cut-off  2021 (Out of 200)States/UTGeneralOBC

SBI Clerk 2020- Prelims Overall Cut-offs

SBI Clerk 2020- Mains Overall Cut-offs

SBI Clerk 2019- Prelims Overall Cut-offs

SBI Clerk 2019- Mains Overall Cut-offs

SBI Clerk 2018- Prelims Overall Cut-offs

SBI Clerk 2018- Mains Overall Cut-offs

SBI Clerk 2024 Admit Card

The admit card for SBI Clerk 2024 will be released before the conduct of the exam on its official website from which all the candidates can download their admit card.

How to Download SBI Clerk Admit Card 2024?

Below we have provided a step-by-step guidance to download the SBI Clerk Admit Card 2024.

• Candidates are required to download the SBI Clerk Admit Card Online (Pre-exam Training/ Preliminary Exam/ Main Exam/ GE & Interview)
• Click on the link provided on the official website.
• Fill in your Registration Number or Roll Number and Password or Date of Birth. [Note: Registration Number and Password are provided at the time of Registration. Candidates must check their email or SMS in case they have lost it]
• Enter Captcha
• Click on the "Login" button
• Download the SBI Clerk Admit Card 2024.

SBI Clerk 2024 Result 

The result of SBI Clerk 2024 will be released after the exam, the SBI Clerk result of all candidates who appeared in the exam will be released on the official website, you can download your result using your registration number and password.

How to Check SBI Clerk Result 2024?

Discussed below are the steps to check and download your result. Follow the steps below –

• Click on the link provided above.
• Find your roll number in the PDF (Use Ctrl+F)
• The result will be displayed on the screen.

What After SBI Junior Associate Mains Result?

All candidates who make it through the cut-off marks will be called for a language proficiency test. The date of the language proficiency exam for the SBI Clerk will be notified to the successful candidates in due course.

SBI Clerk Local Language Test – Important Points

• Conducted for candidates who qualify in the SBI Clerk mains exam.
• Candidates who studied the opted local language in Class 10th  or 12th are exempted from the test.
• A local language test is conducted before joining.
• It is also mandatory for candidates to qualify for the local language test.
• Candidates will be disqualified if they are not proficient in the particular local language.

SBI Clerk Final Selection 2024

• No interview is conducted, and the final selection is based on the main score.
• It is mandatory for candidates to qualify for the local language test for final selection.
• Document verification takes before the final selection
• State-wise and category-wise lists of the selected categories will be released.

SBI Clerk 2024 Preparation Strategy 

To clear any exam, you have to prepare very well for that exam for which we are giving you the SBI Clerk 2024 Preparation Strategy which helps to clear all your doubts. The cumulative effect of dedicated efforts and accurate preparation strategy will lead the candidates toward success. We have put together SBI Clerk Preparation Tips by experts to ease the preparation journey of the candidates. It will guide them on the right path of preparation for the desired results.

SBI Clerk preparation strategy will help the candidates to plan and prepare the right layout for the preparation, and if followed with the right study plan, they can easily achieve success. It will help the candidates to crack all the sections in a given time duration. Proper preparation will not only help them perform better but will also help in reducing apprehension during the exam. Know the SBI Clerk preparation strategy to start your preparation smoothly.

Syllabus for SBI Clerk Prelims & Mains 2024

Preparation Strategy for SBI Clerk English Language

The English section of the SBI Clerk exam judges the applicants on the basis of their understanding of the subject and their grammatical proficiency. Applicants need to understand the vocabulary and grammar section well to crack the exam smoothly.

• Applicants should practice the English Language section for at least 2 hours daily so that all the candidates who are preparing for SBI Clerk should not face any problems with the English language.
• All the candidates should make a habit of reading the daily newspaper and make notes by reading whatever topics are there in the English language so that only revision is required during the exam time.
• Do not take this section lightly because its level is increasing day by day so read it daily and make notes and solve the previous year's questions
• Read English articles daily. You can also read all the articles which are written in English so that you will have a lot of knowledge of English words and spellings and you can make notes along with those words so that you can revise later.

Below we have provided a table, in which we have told you about the syllabus and weightage of the English language so that by reading all those topics, you can get good marks in the English language.

Preparation Strategy for SBI Clerk Numerical Ability

• Candidates must practice numerical ability questions continuously to score well. This section evaluates the applicants on their basic knowledge of numerical ability and requires the candidates to maintain accuracy along with speed to achieve the desired result.
• We should practice Numerical Ability on a daily basis so that by the time of the exam, we will have complete knowledge about all the concepts.
• Along with preparing for Numerical Ability in SBI Clerk, we should also make notes for it so that we remember for a long time what to do on this topic.
• Now in the below table, you have been told about the syllabus and weightage of Numerical Ability, which will help you a lot in clearing the SBI Clerk exam.

Preparation Strategy for SBI Clerk Reasoning Ability

• The Reasoning Ability section is quite tough, and the applicant needs to acquire effective skills to crack this section because there is no shortcut or formula that can be applied in these sections.
• Aspirants should practice daily so that they are well prepared for Reasoning Ability because there is no formula to practice it, underline the importance so that they can revise it a day before giving the exam on Reasoning Ability.

Solve Previous Year's Question

To prepare well for SBI Clerk 2024 you should solve the previous question because the previous year's question paper gives an overview of the upcoming question paper every year the exam pattern is the same just the questions are different.

Attempt Free Mock Test 2024

To prepare better for SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains exam, all the aspirants can apply Mock test along with the Mock test, you can also apply For the mock test which is free of cost. You can make the preparation better so that you can crack the SBI Clerk exam in one attempt.