The role of SBI Clerk is primarily looking after the day-to-day activities of the bank. They are responsible for client-related operations and interactions. Check here what is the role of SBI Clerk.
Head Cashier (HC)
- Verification of endorsements/ vernacular signatures
- Countersigning cheques/ drafts (on correspondence or selves), deposit reaccepts, payment orders, etc.
- Attend the Government Treasury work
- In cleaning and transferring the cheques
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Special Assistants (SA)
- Checking the savings and current accounts
- Signing the vouchers, drafts, mail transfers, cheques, pay orders, advices such as inter-branch fate calling advices, demand notices, bill schedules, statement certificates, etc.
- Explaining the features of the bank, products and services to the customers
- Reply to the queries raised by the customers
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Universal Teller (UT)
- Receives cheques/ demand drafts/ withdrawal forms/ banker’s cheques, process and then verify the instrument, whether it is correctly drawn or not. Apart from that, they verify the customers’ account details
- Verify the signature of the consumers, post transactions in the branch computer system, and authenticate/independently pass the payment of cheques/ demand drafts/ withdrawal forms/ banker’s cheques
- Receive cash and issue counter slips/acknowledgments
- Update the passbooks
- Print and issue the remittance instruments
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Agricultural Assistants
- To assist the banking operations related to agricultural development for financial assistant to the small scale firms
- To provide the application forms to the small farmers/ borrowers and assist them in filling the application form
- Scrutinize the farm plans and application forms
- To verify the farms’ machinery, tractors, pump sets, equipment, live stocks at stipulated intervals
- To assist in the deposit mobilization efforts by encouraging the small borrowers/ farmers
- For maintaining liaison with land record and registration offices and other developmental agencies for the handling of the banking works
What SBI Clerk Do? Career Growth & Promotion
SBI Clerks have immense growth opportunities for promotions compared to other banks. Candidates joining as Junior Associates will have an opportunity to reach the position of General Manager. Promotion in SBI Clerk is done in two ways-In cadre promotion and promotion to officer cadre.
What is SBI Clerk In Cadre Promotion?
- This is a time-bound promotion and it is based on the home postings
- After 10 years of their service, the assistant is promoted to the position of Senior Assistant
- After 20 years of service, the assistant will be a Special Assistant
- After 30 years of service, the assistant will become Senior Special Assistant
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What is SBI Clerk Promotion to Officer?
- Once SBI Clerks complete three years, they are promoted to Trainee Officer
- The trainee officer will be put on two years probation period
- After the probation period, the candidates will go through a personal interview
- After successfully passing the interview round, the candidates will be promoted to the Middle Management Grade (Scale II)
- After completing six years or 12 years of service, they can become Scale I Officer, even in the Junior Management Grade
- For faster promotion, candidates can crack CAIIB or JAIIB
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Answered 2 weeks ago
SBI Clerk prelims result 2025 was announced on October 4. The result can be downloaded by logging with the required credentials. Shortlisted candidates will appear for the Mains exam.
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Answered 2 months ago
The prelims exam was conducted on September 20, 21, 27, 2025. The Mains exam will be conducted on November 15 and 16, 2025.
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