SBI Clerk Exam 2018

Looking for SBI Exam Schedule for 2018 ? Know when the Bank will announce the Dates for SBI Clerk Exam 2018 

State Bank of India (SBI) is in silent mode from last few months, as far as recruitment is concerned. SBI PO Exam is over and the next exam for which aspirants are waiting from long time, is SBI Clerk Exam 2017. In November, 2017, the news came off that SBI will hire 7000 staff in 2017-18, out of which 5000 will be clerks and since then everyone is waiting for the announcement of  SBI Clerk Notification 2018.

If, Diwali is the India is the most awaited festival of the year, then SBI Clerk Recruitment is one of the most awaited and sought after exams in India. In Government Banking Sector, there are more than 21 Banks in India, but still SBI is the No. 1 choice among aspirants, the reason is 


1) We have SBI Branches, in every nook and corner, even in rural areas too. Who doesn't want a SBI in his/her hometown

2) The Pay-Scale for Clerk in SBI is higher than those of other banks.

3) SBI, is the No. 1 Banking brand in India, and who does not want to associate with this brand.

4) Very high job security and Quick career growth

5) They send you to exotic and new locations for holiday after every 2-3 years.  

BUMPER OFFER for Banking Aspirants: Good news for banking aspirants’ and specially females- State Bank of India is going to announce around 5000 clerk (assistant) posts very shortly. If you are fed up with the IBPS System of Examination for Common Written Exam, then SBI Exam is for you.

Why SBI is Popular ?

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How to crack SBI Clerk Exam 2018 Without Coaching

Don't Have any time Left for Coaching ? These Useful Tips will help your Pass the SBI Clerk Exam 2018 without any Coachiong

SBI's much awaited Clerk Exam Notification 2018 will be announced anytime, so, you should start your preparation, right now as, there will be huge competition in this Exam. Though the posts, are likely to expected as high as 5000, but the No. of applicants, who appear in this exam will be as high as 35 lakhs, that is a whooping competition. Although the SBI Clerk Exam 2016 Dates are yet to be announced officially, but there is expectation, that these will be announced anytime after April, 2016.

To become successful in the SBI Clerk exam, you need exhaustive planning, Either, you can join a good coaching Institute OR Reply on Self study. If you believe in yourself and have basic knowledge of Maths and Reasoning, then SBI Clerk Exam can be prepared with in 2 Months.

In this post, we will discuss the useful tips, Tricks, and Mantras to Crack the SBI Clerk Exam in your first attempt  The most important set of things to keep in mind before preparing for any competitive examination are:

1.Eligibility Criteria
2.Your intrest in particular field
3.Work load of the applied post
4.Difficulty level of the examination
5.Overall Cutoff/Sectional cutoff/State level cutoff
6.Different types & level of competitive exam eg. ssb, ssc,upsc,banking,teaching etc

Here are Useful Tips for Cracking the SBI Clerk Exam without coaching

1.Start from the 'abc': When you passout from any educational organisation whether its school college etc. at that time you are not quite in touch with the basics. So for preparing any competitive examination you need to make sure that your basics are made strong.

2. Syllabus: You need to go through the syllabi of all the subjects of the desired posts.It will help you to judge the difficulty level of the examination. Here is the Detailed Syllabus for SBI Clerk Exam 2016

3. Study Material: Most important aspect of clearing an examination are books and study material. Before buying any book you need to match it with the syllabus & compare it with books of other publication then you buy the book which seems relevant. Few recommendation are- Arihant , Dr. R.S.Aggarwal,Kiran publication,Vishal etc. . Here is the Complete List for Books for SBI Clerk Exam 

4. Timetable: The bad news is time flies, the good news is you are the pilot .From the time you wake up till the time you sleep there should be a managed timetable for everything .I know it sounds monotonous but it will help you in the longer run .So the key is not to prioritise what is on your schedule but to schedule your priorities for the time being its "STUDYING".

5. Equal time to each subject: Most of the aspirants make a mistake by not giving proper time to each subject Eg. If you are good at math or English do not take your knowledge for granted you need to practice math or improvise your English you should read Newspaper , novels ,online articles and so on for other subjects too. Because hard work always pays off.

6.General knowledge & current affairs:This is the most scoring and important section in any competitive exam .So do not make a mistake of preparing this section on the last minute because it will affect your score and dream job.

7.Do not cram: In school days we used to cram questions & answers for them.But when you are preparing for a competitive exam this may lead to your downfall, instead start studying and memorizing and picturing the stuff you are reading .Because the syllabus is huge and cramming may cause confusion.

8.Best time to study: There has been endless discussion on this matter but it has no strong outcome.

9. Changes in exam pattern: In recent times there have been following important changes in the pattern of examination 

• Negative marking: It is a no go zone .All thanks to the negative marking the difficulty level of exam has increased. But fret not you just need to keep a couple of things in mind that are attempt the question about which you are 100% sure do not take risk.
• Reduced time limit
• Computer aided test: now-a-days most of the exam have been upgraded from omr(optical mark recognition) to computer based test.
• Good news no interview for clerical and equivalent posts.

Make sure you check the Revised Exam Pattern for SBI Clerk Exam 2016

10.Mock test & mock interview: When you are done with most of your syllabus start taking mock test and interviews .The more you are accustomed to sitting for a period of time ,answering test questions & pacing yourself the more comfortable you will feel when you actually sit down to take the test

11. POSITIVE ATTITUDE: Well begin is half done, this is what positive attitude does .Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your heart & soul to it and maintains a positive attitude

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