SBI Clerk Exam Date 2025 for Prelims and Mains, Expected Dates

For the year 2025-26, the State Bank of India has announced 14191 vacancies for which the online registration process is now over and lakhs of banking aspirants have applied. Now the candidates have to appear for the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam which is expected in February 2025 as mentioned in the official notification pdf. Till now, only the tentative exam month has been notified and the exact exam date and schedule will be released along with the release of admit cards at www.sbi.co.in. To get updated on SBI Clerk Exam Dates, bookmark this page as we will update the dates as soon as the officials announce it.

SBI Clerk Exam Date 2025

Every year, lakhs of banking aspirants appear in the SBI Clerk prelims and mains exam to get shortlisted for Clerk/Junior Associate vacancies released in that particular year. The online applications for SBI Clerk 2025 Exam is now over and candidates are now waiting for the release of SBI Clerk Exam Date 2025 which will be announced separately for prelims and mains exams. The candidates who apply for the exam will first have to appear for the prelims exam which is tentatively scheduled for February 2025. After qualifying in the prelims exam, candidates will have to appear for the Mains exam which will be conducted in March or April 2025.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Date 2025

The first stage of the selection process for SBI Clerk Recruitment is the Prelims exam which is conducted for lakhs of candidates who have applied for the said vacancies this year. As per the official schedule, the prelims exam will be held in February 2025 and the SBI Clerk Admit Card 2025 will be released 7 to 10 days before the scheduled date. The prelims exam can be conducted in more than 2 days and each day, the exam will be conducted in 4 shifts (depending on the number of candidates applied). This stage will be qualifying in nature as prelims are conducted only to shortlist the candidates for the mains exam and the marks scored will not be counted in the final merit list.

SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Shift Timings

The duration of the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam is 1 hour (60 minutes). As per the previous year’s exams held, the shift timings for all 4 shifts are as follows.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Date 2025

For the candidates who made it to qualify for the prelims exam, the SBI Clerk Mains exam will be organised tentatively in March- April 2025. The exam will be conducted either on a single day or two days (depending on the number of candidates qualified in prelims) and each day there will be only 2 shifts. This stage will be the final stage of the selection process however, after that local regional language test will be conducted which will be qualifying in nature. The final merit list will be prepared basis of marks scored in the Mains exam.

SBI Clerk 2025 Mains Shift Timings

There shall be 2 shifts for SBI Clerk Mains Exam for which the reporting time is 8 am and 1:30 pm respectively. Check the shift timings for mains exam as mentioned below.

SBI Junior Associate Exam Pattern 2025

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam- The prelims exam will consist of 100 questions divided across Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language sections. Each correct answer will earn 1 mark, while 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect response. The total duration of the exam is 60 minutes (1 hour), with each section allocated a time limit of 20 minutes.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam- In SBI Clerk Mains, the questions will be of objective type and except for the test of General English, all sections will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi. There will be a negative marking of 1/4th mark for wrong answers in the Objective tests. The duration of the exam is 2 hours 40 minutes and there will also be sectional timing for each section.