SBI Junior Associates Clerk Recruitment 2026: Apply Online for 9124 Posts, Syllabus & Exam Pattern

The State Bank of India (SBI) has released the noti­fi­ca­tion for Junior Asso­ciates (Cus­tomer Sup­port & Sales) Recruit­ment 2026, com­mon­ly known as SBI Clerk Recruit­ment 2026. SBI has announced a total of 9,124 vacan­cies, includ­ing 7,680 reg­u­lar vacan­cies and 1,444 back­log vacan­cies.

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The online appli­ca­tion process for Adver­tise­ment No. CRPD/CR/2026–27/17 start­ed on 11 August 2026 and the last date to sub­mit the appli­ca­tion form is 31 August 2026. Can­di­dates inter­est­ed in the SBI Junior Asso­ciate Clerk Recruit­ment 2026 should check the eli­gi­bil­i­ty cri­te­ria, vacan­cy details, impor­tant dates, selec­tion process, syl­labus and exam pat­tern before applying.

SBI Clerk Recruitment 2026: Overview

SBI’s offi­cial careers por­tal cur­rent­ly lists the Junior Asso­ciates recruit­ment with online appli­ca­tions from 11.08.2026 to 31.08.2026.

SBI Clerk Vacancy 2026

SBI has announced 9,124 vacan­cies for Junior Asso­ciates (Cus­tomer Sup­port & Sales).

The vacan­cies comprise:

• 7,680 Reg­u­lar Vacancies
• 1,444 Back­log Vacancies
• Vacan­cies are dis­trib­uted across dif­fer­ent States and Union Territories.
• Can­di­dates can apply for vacan­cies in one State/UT only.
• Can­di­dates must have pro­fi­cien­cy in the spec­i­fied local lan­guage of the State/UT for which they apply.

The largest reg­u­lar vacan­cy counts include Maharashtra/Mumbai Metro, Tamil Nadu and Odisha, although can­di­dates should check the offi­cial state-wise vacan­cy table before select­ing their State/UT.

SBI Clerk Eligibility Criteria 2026

Educational Qualification

Can­di­dates must have a grad­u­a­tion degree in any dis­ci­pline from a rec­og­nized uni­ver­si­ty or an equiv­a­lent qual­i­fi­ca­tion rec­og­nized by the Cen­tral Government.

Can­di­dates appear­ing in the final year/semester of grad­u­a­tion may also apply pro­vi­sion­al­ly, sub­ject to ful­fill­ing the pre­scribed qual­i­fi­ca­tion require­ments by the date spec­i­fied in the notification.

Age Limit

The pre­scribed age lim­it is gen­er­al­ly 20 to 28 years as on 1 April 2026, with applic­a­ble relax­ation for reserved and oth­er eli­gi­ble cat­e­gories as per SBI rules.

Local Language Requirement

Can­di­dates apply­ing for a par­tic­u­lar State/UT must be able to read, write, speak and under­stand the spec­i­fied local lan­guage of that State/UT.

The Local Lan­guage Pro­fi­cien­cy Test is con­duct­ed after the Main Exam­i­na­tion and before join­ing the Bank.

SBI Clerk Selection Process 2026

The selec­tion process con­sists of:

1. Pre­lim­i­nary Examination
2. Main Exam­i­na­tion
3. Local Lan­guage Pro­fi­cien­cy Test (LPT)

Can­di­dates who qual­i­fy the Pre­lim­i­nary Exam­i­na­tion are short­list­ed for the Main Exam­i­na­tion. Can­di­dates who qual­i­fy the Main Exam­i­na­tion are required to sat­is­fy the local lan­guage require­ment where applicable.

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2026

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

The Pre­lim­i­nary Exam­i­na­tion con­tains 100 ques­tions for 100 marks and has a total dura­tion of 1 hour.

Each sec­tion has a sep­a­rate time lim­it of 20 minutes.

There is neg­a­tive mark­ing of 1/4th of the marks assigned to a ques­tion for each incor­rect answer in the objec­tive tests.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2026

The Main Exam­i­na­tion con­sists of 190 ques­tions for 200 marks with a total dura­tion of 2 hours 40 min­utes. Each sec­tion has a sep­a­rate time limit.

SBI Clerk Syllabus 2026

SBI’s noti­fi­ca­tion spec­i­fies the sec­tions and exam­i­na­tion struc­ture rather than pro­vid­ing a detailed chap­ter-by-chap­ter syl­labus. The fol­low­ing top­ics are there­fore use­ful prepa­ra­tion areas, based on the sub­jects includ­ed in the examination.

1. English Language

Impor­tant top­ics include:

• Read­ing Comprehension
• Cloze Test
• Error Detec­tion
• Sen­tence Improvement
• Fill in the Blanks
• Para Jum­bles
• Sen­tence Rearrangement
• Vocab­u­lary
• Syn­onyms and Antonyms
• Gram­mar
• Phrase Replace­ment
• Word Usage

2. Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude

Can­di­dates should prepare:

• Sim­pli­fi­ca­tion
• Approx­i­ma­tion
• Num­ber Series
• Per­cent­age
• Ratio and Proportion
• Aver­age
• Prof­it and Loss
• Sim­ple Interest
• Com­pound Interest
• Time and Work
• Time, Speed and Distance
• Part­ner­ship
• Mix­ture and Allegation
• Prob­a­bil­i­ty
• Per­mu­ta­tion and Combination
• Data Inter­pre­ta­tion
• Qua­drat­ic Equations
• Data Suf­fi­cien­cy

3. Reasoning Ability

Impor­tant rea­son­ing top­ics include:

• Puz­zles
• Seat­ing Arrangement
• Syl­lo­gism
• Inequal­i­ty
• Cod­ing-Decod­ing
• Blood Rela­tions
• Direc­tion Sense
• Order and Ranking
• Alphanu­mer­ic Series
• Input-Out­put
• Data Suf­fi­cien­cy
• Log­i­cal Reasoning
• State­ment and Conclusion
• State­ment and Assumption

4. General & Financial Awareness

For the Main Exam­i­na­tion, can­di­dates should focus on:

• Cur­rent Affairs
• Bank­ing Awareness
• Finan­cial Awareness
• RBI and its functions
• Bank­ing Terms
• Mon­e­tary Policy
• Finan­cial Institutions
• Gov­ern­ment Schemes
• Bud­get and Eco­nom­ic Survey
• Dig­i­tal Banking
• UPI
• NEFT, RTGS and IMPS
• Bank­ing and Finan­cial Cur­rent Affairs
• Impor­tant Reports and Indices
• Nation­al and Inter­na­tion­al Events
• Awards and Appointments

5. Computer Aptitude

Com­put­er-relat­ed prepa­ra­tion should cover:

• Com­put­er Fundamentals
• Hard­ware and Software
• Oper­at­ing Systems
• Inter­net
• Net­work­ing
• MS Office
• Data­base Basics
• Com­put­er Security
• Cyber Secu­ri­ty
• Input and Out­put Devices
• Mem­o­ry
• Short­cut Keys
• Dig­i­tal Technology

SBI Clerk Negative Marking

There is a neg­a­tive mark­ing of 1/4th mark assigned to the ques­tion for every wrong answer in the objec­tive tests. Can­di­dates should there­fore con­cen­trate on accu­ra­cy as well as speed.

SBI Clerk Salary 2026

The SBI Junior Asso­ciate post offers a com­pet­i­tive salary along with var­i­ous allowances and ben­e­fits applic­a­ble under SBI rules.

The start­ing basic pay is ₹26,730, while the start­ing emol­u­ments are report­ed to be around ₹46,000 per month at met­ro­pol­i­tan loca­tions, depend­ing on applic­a­ble allowances.

SBI Clerk Application Fee 2026

The report­ed appli­ca­tion fee is:

Can­di­dates should ver­i­fy the fee details in the offi­cial adver­tise­ment before mak­ing payment.

How to Apply for SBI Clerk Recruitment 2026

Eli­gi­ble can­di­dates can sub­mit the SBI Junior Asso­ciates appli­ca­tion form online through the SBI careers portal.

Steps to Apply Online

1. Vis­it the offi­cial SBI Careers website.
2. Open the Cur­rent Open­ings section.
3. Find Recruit­ment of Junior Asso­ciates (Cus­tomer Sup­port & Sales).
4. Check Adver­tise­ment No. CRPD/CR/2026–27/17.
5. Read the detailed noti­fi­ca­tion carefully.
6. Click on the online appli­ca­tion link.
7. Com­plete the reg­is­tra­tion process.
8. Fill in the required per­son­al, edu­ca­tion­al and oth­er details.
9. Select the State/UT and exam­i­na­tion cen­tre as applicable.
10. Upload the required doc­u­ments, pho­to­graph and signature.
11. Pay the appli­ca­tion fee, if applicable.
12. Sub­mit the appli­ca­tion form.
13. Down­load and save the final application/confirmation page.

Impor­tant: SBI states that can­di­dates can apply for vacan­cies in one State/UT only, so can­di­dates should care­ful­ly select their State/UT before sub­mit­ting the application.

SBI Clerk Recruitment 2026 Important Dates

The exact exam­i­na­tion dates will be announced sep­a­rate­ly by SBI