Recruitment of Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales)

About SBI :

We are the largest Indian Public Sector Banking & Financial Services Company. Headquartered in Mumbai, our national presence across the country with over 22,000 branches and globally across all time-zones at 227 locations in 30 countries, makes us the leader in the sector.

Our legacy ranges back to the British era through the Imperial Bank of India, founded in 1806. Today, we are a conglomerate employing skilled professionals who are successfully taking the legacy forward through our specialized and customized financial services designed to cater the needs of Corporates, SMEs, NRIs & Retail customers.

Job Overview :

To fill the position of Junior Associates (Clerk), the State Bank of India is accepting applications online. This position has 13,735 openings that need to be filled. Applications for this position are open to candidates with any degree. Candidates who meet the requirements can apply online for SBI Bank Careers by January 7, 2025, at the latest. For the convenience of the user, we have attached the application link and explained eligibility here.

SBI Clerk Recruitment 2025 – Details:

Eligibility Criteria :

• 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.

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

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

Application Fees:

• For General and OBC – Rs. 750/-
• SC/ST/PWD/XS – No Fee

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).

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

• 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.

• • 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).