State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment for Various Clerical Cadre 2016

State Bank of India (SBI) has published a Advertisement for (i) Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) (ii) Junior Agricultural Associates in clerical cadre Posts. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, application fee and how to apply are given below.



Posts :

• Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales) : 10726 Posts
• Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. 
• Junior Agricultural Associates : 3008 Posts
• Graduation in Agriculture or Agriculture allied activities from a Government recognised university/Institute.
• Junior Associate (Special Recruitment Drive) : 3218 Posts
• Junior Associate (Special Recruitment Drive for Tura (Meghalaya) and Kashmir Valley & Ladakh) : 188 Posts

Total No. of Posts : 17140 Posts

Note : Those who are in the final Semester/ year of Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview/joining, they will have to produce proof of having passed the Graduation Examination on or before 30.06.2016.

Age Limit : Not below 20 years and not above 28 years as on 01.04.2016 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1988 and not later than 01.04.1996 (both days inclusive)

Sr. No.	Category	Age Relaxation
1.	SC / ST	5 years
2.	Other Backward Classes (OBC)	3 years
3.	PWD (Gen)	10 years
4.	PWD (SC /ST)	15 years
5.	PWD (OBC)	13 years
6.	Persons domiciled in  Jammu & Kashmir State during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989	5 years
7.	Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen	Actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3 years, (8 years for Disabled Ex- Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to max. age of 50 years
8.	Widows, Divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands & who are not remarried	9 years (subject to maximum age limit of 35 years for General, 38 years for OBC & 40 years for SC/ST candidates)

Pay Scale : 11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230-1310/1-31540

Application Fees (Non Refundable) :

Sr. No.	Category	Total
1.	SC/ST/PWD/XS	Rs. 100/- (Intimation Charges only)
2.	General and OBC	Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection

Exam Centers : Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana,
Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara

Selection Process :
Phase-I : Preliminary Examination : Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	Composite Time of 1 hour
2.	Numerical Ability	35	35
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Examination.

Phase – II: Main Examination

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

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	General/Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
2.	General English	40	40	35 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
4.	Reasoning Ability &  Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
	Total	190	200	2 Hours 40 minutes

• Each test will have separate timing as mentioned above.
• The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi. The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
• There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.
• The passing marks in each of the tests will be decided by the Bank on the basis of the performance of all the competing candidates taken together in each test to a minimum required level. Candidates are also required to score a minimum percentage marks on aggregate (For SC/ST/OBC/PWD/XS candidates, 5% relaxation available thereon). Minimum percentage marks on aggregate will be decided by the bank.

Note: Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in the 'Acquaint Yourself' booklet, which will be made available to the eligible candidates along with the call letter for the test.

Phase – III: 

Interview (subject to Govt. of India approval): Candidates qualified in the test (main examination) will be placed according to their marks in descending order in respective categories. Depending upon the number of vacancies only certain number of candidates from amongst those who qualify by ranking high enough in the merit will be called for interview in the ratio of maximum 3 candidates for each vacancy. Candidates are required to score a minimum percentage marks (to be decided by the bank) in interview to be considered for final selection. 5% relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/PWD/XS category will be available thereon

How to Apply : Interested Candidates may Apply Online Through official Website.

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(Link will be activated on 05-04-2016)

Important Dates :

• Starting Date of Online Application and Payment of Fees : 05-04-2016
• Last Date to Apply Online and Payment of Fees : 25-04-2016
• Tentative Preliminary Exam : 11-05-2016
• Tentative Mains Exam Date: 17-06-2016