The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has released the notification for the recruitment of Grade A posts on March 1, 2022. Eligible candidates can apply for the exam from March 4 to 24, 2022 on the official website of SIDBI at sidbi.in. The recruitment process consists of two stages, an online test, and an interview. Further details regarding the recruitment will be available on the official website on March 04, 2022, according to the official notification. The recruitment drive is conducted to select eligible candidates for the post of Assistant Manager (General Stream) with as many as 100 vacancies to be filled. Ahead of the registration, experts have predicted the pattern of the examination.
SIDBI Grade A – Expected Exam Pattern
As per several educators and exam experts, the SIDBI Grade A examination will be an online, CBT or computer-based test for a total of 250 marks. There will be a negative marking of ¼ for each wrong answer attempted. The detailed pattern is given in the table below:
Subject | Type | Questions | Marks |
Computer Knowledge | Objective | 20 | 20 |
English | Objective | 40 | 40 |
General Awareness | Objective | 40 | 40 |
Reasoning | Objective | 50 | 50 |
Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 50 | 50 |
200 | 200 – for, 120 minutes |
The test also involves an online descriptive test to be typed on the computer. It will be an English language and drafting ability test consisting of one essay writing question which carries 35 marks and a business letter writing which carries 15 marks. An additional 45 minutes will be given to answer these two questions. This takes the total marks of the exam to 250.
Experts have shared the predicted pattern of the SIDBI Grade A recruitment exam on their respective Youtube channels. Candidates can access the exam pattern by clicking on the links compiled in the table below.
Released By | Expected Exam Pattern |
Success Tree | Click Here |
Smartie Zone for Smart Answers | Click Here |
Testbook Banking | Click Here |
SIDBI Grade A Recruitment 2022 Vacancies
The recruitment is conducted to fill in a total of 100 vacancies of assistant managers. The category-wise vacancies are available in the official notification released by SIDBI. As can be also noted that the registration for this exam will start on March 04 and conclude on March 24, 2022.

SIDBI Grade A Notification 2022 – Check all details here