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India's bank recruitment runs through several separate exams rather than one. IBPS conducts the common PO, Clerk and RRB exams for public-sector banks; SBI runs its own PO and Clerk cycles; RBI, NABARD and SEBI recruit officers directly; and JAIIB and CAIIB are IIBF certifications for people already working in a bank. This hub explains which route fits which candidate and links to the preparation page for each.
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Official pages guide syllabus, papers and notices. KarmSakha practice stays labelled as original unless source-matched.
Choose your exam
These are separate recruitment cycles with their own notifications, patterns and eligibility. Open the exam you are targeting for its syllabus, practice and books.
Probationary officer posts across public-sector banks; prelims, mains and interview.
Open IBPS POClerical cadre in the same public-sector banks; prelims and mains, no interview.
Open IBPS ClerkRegional Rural Banks — officer scale and office assistant, conducted separately from IBPS PO/Clerk.
Open IBPS RRBState Bank of India runs its own officer cycle, with a descriptive paper and interview.
Open SBI POSBI junior associate; prelims and mains on SBI's own calendar.
Open SBI ClerkReserve Bank of India officer grade; phase 1, phase 2 and interview.
Open RBI Grade BRBI's clerical-equivalent cadre, recruited directly by the central bank.
Open RBI AssistantDevelopment banking; assistant manager posts at NABARD.
Open NABARD Grade ASecurities market regulator; officer grade A across streams.
Open SEBI Grade AInsurance rather than banking, but the same quant/reasoning/English core.
Open LIC AAOIIBF certification for serving bank staff — a promotion exam, not a recruitment route.
Open JAIIBCoverage
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