SBI Recruitment 2021- Career in SBI as PO, SO and Clerk
Updated On -
Mar 19, 2021
State Bank of India (SBI) is one of the largest public sector banks in terms of banking operations and asset size, which recruits lacs of aspirants for several posts. Every year, the exam conducting authority recruits candidates for the various post of SBI bank branches across India such as:
- Clerk (Junior Associates)
- Specialist Officer (SO)
- Probationary Officer (PO)
SBI starts the recruitment process once the respective SBI exams notification is released. To know more about the current openings of SBI, click here.
SBI Clerk Recruitment
SBI Clerk exam is one of the renowned entry-level banking exams commenced by the State Bank of India once in a year to recruit Junior Associates for multiple customer interaction related jobs. For 2020, SBI released notification for recruiting 8000+ clerks.
The aspirants, who have qualified their graduation, can apply for the SBI Clerk exam. The SBI Clerk selection process is completed in two stages- Prelims and Mains. To know more about the SBI Clerk Exam pattern, click here.
Once the SBI Clerk notification for 2021 will be released, the desired candidates need to fill the application form online within the mentioned timeline. The SBI Clerk Application process is completed with the application fee payment process.
SBI Clerk 2021: Exam Highlights
| Exam name | SBI Clerk |
| Conducted by | State Bank of India |
| Post | Junior Associates (Customer Support and Sales) |
| Exam level | National |
| Exam category | Graduation |
| Frequency of exam | Once a year |
| Exam stages | Preliminary exam, Mains exam, and Local Language Test (LLT) |
| Exam mode | Online |
| Exam duration | Preliminary exam: One hour Mains: 2 Hours 40 minutes |
| Exam pattern | Prelims: 100 Mains: 190 |
| Language | English and Hindi |
| Exam purpose | For the selection of Junior Associates (Customer Support and Sales) |
| Exam helpdesk | 022-22820427 |
| Official website | sbi.co.in/careers |
SBI PO Recruitment
The State Bank of India organises the Probationary Officer (PO) exam to complete the recruitment for the managerial cadre position. For the 2020-21 session, the SBI is going to recruit approximately 2000 posts for several branches across the country.
SBI PO exam comprises three stages of exam to complete the recruitment process- SBI PO Prelims, SBI PO Mains and Group Discussion/Interview round. To know more about the SBI PO 2021 dates and selection process in a detailed manner, click here.
To apply for the SBI PO exam 2021, the aspirants should apply online. The application fee payment process should be done online.
SBI PO 2021: Highlights
| Exam name | SBI PO |
| Exam Full form | State Bank Of India Probationary Officer |
| Conducted by | State Bank of India |
| Post | Junior Management Grade Scale-I |
| Exam level | National |
| Exam category | Graduation |
| Frequency of exam | Once a year |
| Exam stages | Phase I - Preliminary exam Phase II - Mains exam Phase III - Interview |
| Exam mode | Online |
| Application Fees | Rs. 750 (for General/OBC/EWS) Nil (SC/ST/PWD aspirants) |
| Exam duration | Preliminary exam: 1 hour (20 minutes for each section) Mains: 3 hours (With sectional timings) |
| Exam pattern | Prelims: 100 questions Mains: 155 questions + 2 Descriptive questions Interview and GD round |
| Language | English and Hindi |
| Pay Scale | Rs. 27620 |
| Exam helpdesk | 022-22820427 |
| Official website | sbi.co.in/careers |
SBI SO (Specialist Officer) Recruitment
State Bank of India recruits eligible candidates for the Specialist Officers (SO) or Specialist Cadre Officer (SCO) through the SBI SO exam. SBI is going to recruit approximately 452 special officers for 2021. The exam conducting authority targets to fill the vacancy of the below mentioned posts:
- Engineer (Fire)
- Deputy Manager (Internal Audit)
- Network Specialist
- Security Analyst
- Manager Credit Procedure
- Marketing Manager
In 2020, SBI released the notification of SBI SO both for the regular and contractual roles. Similar to SBI PO and SBI Clerk, the aspirants have to fill the SBI SO application form online. To pay the application fee, the aspirants can use several payment modes such as Debit Card, Internet Banking or Credit card.
SBI SO 2021: Highlights
| Name of the exam | SBI SO 2021 |
| Mode of the exam | Computer-based (online) exam |
| Number of Papers | 1 |
| Number of Sections | 4 (3 for Deputy Manager Post) |
| Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (objective type) |
| Number of Questions | 170 |
| Duration of the exam | 135 Minutes |
| Language of the exam | English |
| Number of vacancies | 452 |
Important Information Related to SBI Vacancy
- The aspirants are eligible to apply for one state.
- The candidates, who have planned to apply for the respective posts, should be proficient in reading, writing, speaking and in understanding the local languages.
- SBI vacancies are provisional, which is actually depending on the actual requirement of the bank.Candidate can check exam dates of upcoming other banking exams .
- In case of the recruitment of Junior Associates, there is no provision of Inter Circle Transfer/ Inter State Transfer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ques. Do the vacancies of each post vary every year?
Ans. Yes, the number of vacancies of the SBI exams very every year and it is completely depending on the requirement of the bank for that particular post.
Ques. How many vacancies are announced for SBI PO, SO and Clerk?
- SBI PO: 2000
- SBI SO: 452
- SBI Clerk: 8000
Ques. How many times the SBI exams are conducted?
Ans. The SBI conducts the exams once in a year.
Ques. Where can I check the SBI vacancies?
Ans. To check the SBI Vacancies, the aspirants should visit the official website of SBI.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.