SBI Clerk exam is conducted for the recruitment of Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales) in State Bank of India. The selection process involves a preliminary and mains exam. In addition, a local language test is conducted for candidates who qualify the mains exam, before they join the bank.
SBI Clerk 2020 Vacancies: The official notification for SBI Clerk 2020 indicated more than 8000 vacancies. Out of these, 3447 vacancies are for General category, 790 for EWS, 1214 for SC, 746 for ST and 1803 for OBC. The state and category wise vacancies and reservation rules can be referred in the official notification.
Candidates can apply for SBI Clerk vacancies in one state only and candidates should be proficient in reading, writing, speaking and understanding the local language of the state they have selected.
SBI Clerk 2020 Pay Scale: The salary for SBI Junior Associates varies from state to state and candidates posted in metropolitan cities usually draw a higher salary compared to those posted in other places. The payscale of SBI Clerk as mentioned in the official notification is Rs 11765-655/ 3-13730-815/ 3-16175-980/ 4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/ 1-30230-1310/1-31450.
As mentioned in the official notification, the total starting emoluments of clerical cadre post in a metro city like Mumbai will be around Rs 26,000 per month inclusive of DA and other allowances as per the current rate along with two additional increments which are given to newly recruited graduate Junior Associates. Allowances vary depending upon the place of posting. Selected junior associates will be eligible for reimbursement of various perquisites, provident fund, Pension under New Pension scheme (Defined Contribution Benefit), Medical, Leave-Fare and other facilities as per the instructions issued by the bank.
Probation period: Selected candidates will be on probation for a minimum period of 6 months. Newly recruited candidates are required to complete e-lessons as prescribed by the bank to be confirmed and the probation will be extended if they fail to do so. Before the completion of probation, the performance of candidates will be reviewed for getting confirmed in the bank.
The State Bank of India prescribes the pattern for the SBI Clerk exam. There is no change in the exam pattern this year, it is the same as previous year's.
SBI Clerk recruitment is conducted by evaluating candidates in an online examination held in two phases - preliminary and mains. The exams can be taken in can be attempted in either English or Hindi languages. Candidates need to qualify the Prelims exam to be eligible for appearing in the Mains exam. The final selection of candidates is performed based on their performance in the mains exam only hence, the Prelims exam is a qualifying exam.
All candidates who get provisionally selected after clearing Preliminary and Main exams need to appear for a local language test. The local language opted by the candidate will be tested with this exam. Any candidate who fails to clear the test will be disqualified from the recruitment. Candidates who get provisionally selected and produce marksheets of classes X and XII or any certificate which shows that they have studied the opted local language will be exempted from giving the test.
The SBI Clerk 2019 Mains examination was held on 10th August 2019 in two shifts. The overall analysis of the Mains exam is given below:
The exam had an overall easy to moderate difficulty level. At a section level, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude was said to be the most difficult section while the General English section was the easiest. The section-wise difficulty level has been tabulated below:
The section-wise analysis for SBI Clerk 2019 Mains exam is given below to help candidates understand the relative importance of topics for their preparation.
General English: According to candidates, this was the easiest section of the exam. The distribution of questions belonging to various topics has been provided below:
General/Financial Awareness: The distribution of questions belonging to various topics has been provided below:
Quantitaive Aptitude: Topics from where questions were asked are:
Reasoning and Computer Awareness: This was the most difficult section of the exam. The distribution of questions across different topics has been provided below:
The SBI Clerk 2020 Prelims examination was held on 22nd Feb, 29th Feb, 1st Mar and 8th Mar 2020 in four shifts on each day- 9 AM to 10 AM, 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, 2 PM to 3 PM and 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. The overall analysis of the Prelims exam is given below:
The Prelims exam had an easy to moderate difficulty level and 75 to 80 questions can be considered a good attempt. The difficulty level and good attempt for each section has been tabulated below:
The three sections had varied levels of difficulty and the important topics in each section are provided below.
SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 Exam Analysis for the English Language-The English language section had an easy to moderate difficulty level. The ditribution of questions across different topics, considered for all shifts are given below:
There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 8-10 questions, out of which 3-4 questions were on Vocabulary. The passage was based on an article related to Mosquito Gene Modification.
SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 Exam Analysis for Reasoning Ability- The Reasoning section was easy. The ditribution of questions across different topics is given below:
The types of puzzles asked were:
SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 Exam Analysis for Numerical Ability- This section was easy and candidates who had practiced well could easily solve most of the questions. The number of questions asked from each topic is given below:
Candidates should have graduated as on January 1, 2020. Candidates who are in the final year of graduation can apply provisionally. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificates should ensure that they have passed the examination on or before January 1, 2020.
Candidates between 20-28 years ( as on January 1, 2020) can apply for SBI Clerk. Relaxation in the upper age limit provided to candidates belonging to reserved categories as detailed is as follows: SC/ST- 5 years, Backward Classes- 3 years; PwD (Gen/EWS)- 10 years; PwD (SC/ST)- 15 years; PwD (OBC)- 13 years; Ex-Servicemen/Disabled ExServicemen- Actual period of service rendered in defense services + 3 years, (8 years for Disabled Ex- Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subjected to max age of 50 years;Widows, Divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands & who are not remarried- 7 years (subjected to maximum age limit of 35 years for General/ EWS, 38 years for OBC & 40 years for SC/ST candidates)
The SBI Clerk Prelims result will soon be announced online on the official website. The scorecard is released a few days after the declaration of result.
The result of SBI Clerk is declared in two stages:
If two or more candidates obtain the same score in the SBI Clerk exam, the below tie-breaking policy is put in action:
The cutoff for SBI Clerk exam specifies the minimum qualifying marks that candidates need to score in order to qualify the exam and become eligible for the next round of the selection process. The cut off is determined based on the several factors like number of vacancies, difficulty level of exam and number of candidates.
To check the official cutoff which is available category-wise and state-wise, candidates need to login with their registration number/roll number and date of birth. There is no sectional cut off in the SBI Clerk exam. However, candidates need to qualify each section by securing the minimum cut off marks.
The cutoff for SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 has not been announced yet due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The prelims cut off is expected to be high this year since the exam was easy to moderate. In 2019, the highest cut off for unreserved category was recorded for J & K with 81.75 marks, while the second highest cut off was recorded for Kerala at 78 marks, followed by Chandigarh with 77.25 marks.
The expected cutoff for SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 and the cutoff for 2019 and 2018 are provided below.
SBI Clerk Prelims Expected Cutoff 2020
SBI Clerk Prelims Cutoff 2019: State-Wise
SBI Clerk Prelims Cutoff 2018: State-Wise
The state-wise cutoff for SBI PO Mains 2019 and 2018 is provided below.
SBI Clerk Mains Cutoff 2019 and 2019: State-wise
Ques: Are SBI Clerk and SBI Associates the same?
Ans: Yes, the terms are used interchangeably.
Ques: What is the job profile of an SBI clerk?
Ans: SBI Clerk job profile includes documentation and back-office work such as balance tallying, data entry and more. The job also entails marketing financial products such as loans, schemes, deposits, funds to potential customers.