SBI Clerical Recruitment Notification
The State Bank of India (SBI) Clerical notification is out. As anticipated, the exam process has changed to three-tier process from the previous two-tier process. The highlights of the same include:
1. Application Date -5th April 2016 to 25th April 2016
2. Preliminary Examination - May / June 2016
3. Open Posts:
a. Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) in Clerical cadre
b. Junior Agricultural Associate in Clerical Cadre
4. There area total of 13922 vacancies as per:
a. Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) - 10726
b. Junior Agricultural Associate in Clerical Cadre - 3008
c.SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR TURA (MEGHALAYA) AND KASHMIR VALLEY & LADAKH - 188
5. Education qualifications required (as on30th June 2016):
(i)For Junior Associates:Graduation
(ii)For Junior Agricultural Associates :Graduation in Agriculture or Agriculture allied activities
Important Note: Those who are in the final Semester/ year of Graduation may also applyprovisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview/joining, they will have to produce proof of having passed the Graduation Examination on or before30.06.2016.
Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before30.06.2016.
7. Age should not be below 20 years and not above 28 years(as on 1st April 2016)
8.Selection Procedure:The selection process will consist of on-line test (preliminary & main examinations), test of official and/or local language and subject to Government of India approval, interview.
(i)Preliminary Examinationwill be same as that of IBPS Clerk.
(ii)Main Examinationwill see significant changes including:
a. The number of sections have been reduced to 4 instead of 5. Reasoning & Computers have been merged together. It is not clear what will be the weightage of each of these two in the section.
b. There is sectional time limit for the four sections, with different marks.
The new examination pattern is:
Main Test Pattern |
Exam Duration 160 minutes | ||
Subjects |
Questions |
Marks |
Duration |
General/Finanacial Awareness |
50 |
50 |
35 minutes |
General English |
40 |
40 |
35 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
45 minutes |
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude |
50 |
60 |
45 minutes |
Total Questions |
190 |
200 |
2 hours 40 minutes |
Scoring System |
1/4th Negative |
||
c. The total time duration has been increased to 160 minutes and the total number of questions have been reduced to 190 questions.
(iii) Interview(subject to Govt. of India approval)
Test of knowledge of official and/or local language:Those who produce 10th standard mark sheet/certificate evidencing having studied official (local) language will not be subjected to any Language test. In case of others, language test will be conducted at the time of interview (if interview is held) /before final selection (if interview is not held).
Candidates not found to be proficient in official and/or local language would be disqualified.
For more details, you can refer to the attached document or visit http://www.careerlauncher.com/banking/sbi-clerk/
All the best!!
Team CL
