Bank PO Interview

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Bank PO Interview
Banking sector in India has been one of the preferred destinations for employment. A career in banking assures well paid, secure and satisfying career prospects. Unlike the banks in USA and some other developed countries, Indian banks have proved to be rock-solid and have remained virtually unaffected by the global meltdown in banking industry.

Banks have now diversified their activities and are getting into new products and services including credit cards, consumer finance, wealth management, insurance, investment banking, mutual funds, pension fund regulation, stock-broking services etc

. The selection process for PO varies from bank-to-bank. It is a two-stage process for most of the banks. The first stage is the written test, normally conducted in two parts - an objective-type followed by a descriptive test.

Candidates shortlisted in the written test are required to appear in group discussions and personal interview. Some banks do not have group discussion and use only Personal Interview for the final selection. Typically, the number of shortlisted students after the written test stage is about 5-7 times that of the number of vacancies.

he candidate should be well versed in maths up to X class and a good grounding using NCERT books will be useful. As speed is important in answering more questions in a limited time, candidates should build speed through mental calculations and option elimination.

Most candidates find reasoning section to be tough since they had never studied it in school/colleges. It will be important for them to practice these questions much more. Otherwise they may not clear the sectional cut-off even if they score well in other sections. In English section, strong vocabulary and good grammar fundamentals are vital to do well.

The level of difficulty in this section is normally not very high and it can therefore be a scoring section. The questions in general awareness section are more likely to be from current developments rather than static GK. Candidates should cultivate a habit of daily reading newspaper diligently. That is the best way to update yourself. Remember you could answer in Hindi as well most of the sections.

Once the written test is cleared the second and the most important round would be the interview round. This round becomes more crucial as the interviewer would be scrutinizing your communication skills, personality and problem solving skills. Now that you have cleared the written test, the recruiters already know of your knowledge, so it is necessary that you put your best foot forward and crack the interview like a professional. To help you do just that we have listed down couple of very useful and handy tips on how to prepare for a bank interview. Read on and get into the groove.