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Hello Dear Ahmad,
A warm welcome to Career Guide.com
Thanks for visiting us and writing us your career query.
There have been a great career opportunities in both the Private as well as Public Banking Sector.
The Candidates who aspires to make a career in SBI bank they need to give an SBI PO exam.; whereas the candidate who wish to make a career as PO in any of the Government Banks they need to give an IBPS Bank PO exam. IBPS BANK PO exam is conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection for the remaining 21 Government Banks in the Country.
The SBI Bank PO exam is conducted in 3 levels which is as follows-
1. Preliminary Exam
2. Main Examination.
3. Group Discussion
The IBPS PO exam is conducted in 2 levels
1. Common Written Exam (CWE)
2. Interview.
The candidates who successfully clear the CWE exams are called for the Interview. Its very much necessary to crack the Interview to become a PO in the Bank. Here are some of the tips to crack the Interview
1. Present your self very well, be confident.
2. Do a deep study about the Bank and its related various terminologies and concepts.
3. Have a good knowledge about the recent financial updates and bank updates and various new policies in Finance and Banking.
4. Have a good study of the Banking system.
5. Prepare well on the questions like-
'Introduce Your self' ; ' why we should hire you' ; ' why you want to join our bank' etc.
For Group Disucssion you can prepare for the following topics-
1. How to deal with High Oil prices
2.Should Government start Privatesiation?
3. Should we change our defence policy with Pakistan?
4.Technological implementation increasing Jobless percentage
5.Private Universities are better than Government Universities
6. Should India be a Democratic Country
Fro GD work on your Communication Skills,Listening Skills, Leadership Qualities, Cooperation Skills, Attitude, exchange of thoughts etc.
I hope you find this information useful and helpful.
Feel free to get in touch again.
Wish you Good Luck
Thank You
Warm Regards,
Prathamesh Kapote
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