SBI Clerk Eligibility Criteria 2025: Check Junior Associate Age Limit, Qualification, Nationality

SBI Clerk eligibility criteria 2025 for the Clerk / JA (Junior Associate) posts: To apply for the SBI Clerk / JA exams, candidates must fulfill certain eligibility criteria. Details about the qualifying requirements, including age restriction, educational background, nationality, and credit history, are presented on this page. To find out the SBI Clerk age limit for JA (Junior Associate) positions, visit this link. The SBI Clerk age limit and relaxation for OBC, SC, EWS, and other categories are thus known to you. Make sure you meet all the requirements for the SBI JA eligibility criteria 2025 in order to apply for the Clerk positions.

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SBI Clerk Eligibility Criteria 2025

View all of the important SBI JA eligibility criteria 2025 here. Only if you fulfil all the conditions, you can apply for this exam. Examine each category's age limit and relaxation statistics first. Next, review your credit history, nationality, and qualifications. Before applying for this position, make sure you understand the SBI Clerk eligibility criteria.

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Nationality / Citizenship

Check the nationality / citizenship criteria to apply for the JA / Clerk post:

• Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens.

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SBI Clerk Age Limit 2025

Here is the SBI Clerk age limit 2025:

• SBI Clerk Minimum Age limit - Not Below 20 years
• SBI Clerk Maximum Age limit - Not Above 28 years

This age limit is for the general category candidates. Age relaxation is applicable for OBC, SC, ST, etc. Check the SBI Clerk age relaxation on this page.

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SBI Clerk Age Relaxation

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SBI Clerk Educational Qualification

Here are the SBI Clerk Educational Qualification details:

• Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by Central Government.

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Local Language Proficiency

• Candidates can apply for vacancies in one State/UT only. Candidates can appear for the test only once under this recruitment project.
• The candidates applying for vacancies of a particular State/UT, should be proficient (reading, writing, speaking and understanding) in the specified opted local language of that State/UT.

The test for knowledge of specified opted local language will be conducted as a part of selection process. It will be conducted after qualifying the online Main examination but before joining the Bank. Candidates who fail to qualify this test will not be offered appointment. Candidates who produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet/ certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language will not be required to undergo the language test

Credit History

Candidates who have defaulted in repayment under any lending arrangement with Banks or NBFCs, including credit card dues and have not regularized / repaid their outstanding thereunder till the date of issuance of letter of offer of appointment by the Bank, shall not be eligible for appointment to the post.

However, candidates who have regularized / repaid such outstanding on or before the date of issuance of offer of appointment but whose CIBIL status has not been updated till then, shall, on or before the date of joining, have to either get the CIBIL status updated or produce the NOCs from the lender to the effect that there is no outstanding with respect to the accounts adversely reflected in the CIBIL, failing which the letter of offer shall be withdrawn/ cancelled.

Other Criteria

• Candidates who are working in SBI in the Clerical cadre are not eligible to apply under this project.
• Candidates who were earlier employed in State Bank of India and resigned from the Bank while in clerical cadre will also be not eligible to apply for the post.
• Candidates against whom there is/ are adverse report regarding character & antecedents, moral turpitude etc. are not eligible to apply for the post.

FAQs

Here are some important FAQs regarding the SBI Clerk eligibility criteria 2025.

Q: What is the SBI Clerk age limit for OBC category?

For the SBI JA / Clerk post, OBC category candidates' maximum age limit is not above 31 years.

Q: What is the educational qualification under the SBI JA eligibility criteria?

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by Central Government.