The bank clerk exam is conducted for clerical posts and is a sought after job profile for candidates in India. The exam is conducted annually and the exam pattern for the bank clerk exam is similar to the one for Bank PO exam. The bank clerk syllabus is also quite similar to the one followed in other bank exams.
Clerical post is a very dignified position offered to candidates who clear Bank Clerk Exams. A Bank Clerk is responsible for a lot of customer services provided at various Banks. Banking sector, as we speak of, is the backbone of the country’s economy, and Bank Clerk serves as the building blocks of this reputed organization. Being a front office job, a Bank Clerk pays a vital role in providing the best customer service to all the existing customers of the Bank.
A Bank Clerk directly handles and takes care of the customer responsibilities and deals directly with all the customer services provided by the Bank. The various roles of a Bank Clerk in Bank are:
• Attending to customer's requirements like passing of cheques, withdrawal slips etc. in Bank
• Ensuring compliance to KYC (Know Your Customer) guidelines by RBI at the time of opening of Savings, Current Bank Accounts etc.
• Explaining the salient features of bank's products to customer
• Maintaining and updating accounts of customers
• Follow up of customer by calling them in case of Advances
Interest clerk: He Records interest owed to saving accounts customers and interest owed to the bank from loans and other investments.
Loan clerk: He Records and organizes loan information.
Statement clerk: He prepares the monthly balance sheets of checking account customers.
Exchange clerks: He works on international accounts, translating foreign currency into pounds sterling and vice versa.
Security clerk: He Records, files and looks after stocks, bonds and other investment documents.
Book Keeping Clerk: He takes care of records for each customer's account.
The initial basic pay of a Bank Clerk is Rs. 11736/- Apart from the Basic Pay a Bank Clerk is granted Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), Special Allowance etc. Thus, the Gross Salary of a Bank Clerk becomes Rs. 20,045/- The salary of Bank Clerk might sli
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The table below gives brief details about the bank clerk syllabus and exam pattern:
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Bank Clerk Syllabus | Level of Exam | Subjects |
SBI Clerk Syllabus | Preliminary Exam | Reasoning Ability
Quantitative Aptitude English Language |
Mains Exam | Reasoning Ability & Computer Knowledge
Quantitative Aptitude English Language General Awareness |
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IBPS Clerk Syllabus | Preliminary Exam | Reasoning Ability
Quantitative Aptitude English Language |
Mains Exam | Reasoning Ability & Computer Knowledge
Quantitative Aptitude English Language General Awareness |
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Interview | — | |
IBPS RRB Clerk | Preliminary Exam | Reasoning Ability
Quantitative Aptitude |
Mains Exam | Reasoning Ability
Quantitative Aptitude Financial Awareness Computer Knowledge English/Hindi Language |
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