How to get a Job in a Bank in India?

Banking is one of the most popular sectors for jobs in India. If you are looking for a job in the government sector in India, there is a probability that you will also target banking sector. Millions of candidates every year prepare for and attend various bank recruitment exams in this country. But all of them, everyone is facing this question, how to get a job in the bank. Here, I will try to give some suggestions and tips for banking jobs in India. No, I am not giving out bank jobs.

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A bank job can be assured in following steps

1. Education: Though there are available banking jobs for candidates from almost every education background, so this factor doesn’t matter that much. Banks have jobs for engineers, consultants, commerce graduates, management candidates, HR, and even for 12th pass. You just need to find the right bank job for you

2. Find the Right Profile: What job you get in the bank, depends on your education profile. If you are graduate in BA, B.Com or any similar degree, you can go for the clerk post. If you are an Engineering graduate in CS/IT, you can apply for technical posts. MBA graduates can apply for management posts. Find out the right banking profile for you and move to next step.

3. Banking Exams: Most of public sector banks and even some private banks recruit their candidates through banking recruitment exams. SBI and IBPS are two of the most popular bank recruitment exams in India. Various other banking exams are conducted throughout the year. Stay updated with such exam notifications and apply for the right opportunity at the right time.

4. Prepare Yourself: No milestone is achievable unless you plan and prepare for it. Most of bank recruitment involve a written or online examination that witness way too much competition and you are not going to make through it without proper preparation. Join a coaching institute, join online test series, practice, study and prepare yourself for your exams.

There is no shortcut to success and the same is true for a banking job. If you want to get it, you will have to do the hard work. I have shown you the path, you are the one who is going to walk on it. Good luck.

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SBI Result 2014

State Bank of India is the largest public sector bank in India. SBI is also one of the largest recruiting organizations in India. SBI and IBPS are two of the most popular bank recruitment exams. While IBPS conducts a common recruitment exam for various participating banks, SBI conducts its own personal recruitment exam. Thousands of candidates appear every year in the recruitment exams conducted by the SBI bank.

SBI Result 2014 to be declared soon

SBI has recently conducted clerk recruitment exam 2014 in August month. The result for SBI clerk exam 2014 will be declared in November of December. Candidates are advised to stay in touch with the SBI website for more updates.

SBI Clerk Exam 2014

SBI clerk 2014 exam was conducted for recruitment of 5199 clerks in various SBI banks branches in India. SBI clerk is one of the most popular recruitment exams in India and is attended by thousands of candidates. The probability of getting selected in the SBI Clerk exam is generally 1/5 the total number of students. SBI Clerk written test is followed by a personal interview for which only around 1/3rd of total candidates will be called based on their written/online exam score.

SBI Clerk 2014 result will be declared soon and we will update here as soon as the result is declared. You can also visit our website to check the latest bank recruitment or can subscribe for email alerts to receive govt job updates in your Email.

Online Practice Tests for Bank Exams

Practice is very important in banking and other competitive exams and what can be a better source than online practice tests. Online practice tests are good because they are available in unlimited numbers of many online education websites. You can also practice with the practice tests and questions given at the end of each chapter in your text-books but these tests are limited. If you want more, you should go online.

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Banking sector is one of the most popular job sectors in India. Thousands of candidates fight every year for various banking exams to get a job in a bank in India. SBI and IBPS are two of the most popular banking recruitment exams in India. SBI conducts PO, Clerk and many other recruitment exams for recruitment of candidates in its associated banks in India. IBPS is a banking personnel recruitment agency that conducts exams and hires candidates on behalf of some participating banking organizations in the country.

Bank exam online practice tests can be used for following purposes

• Online study of a banking exam topic/subject
• Online practice with practice tests
• Get an idea of the actual exam with sample papers
• Understand a topic better with Question-answers
• Practice the question-answers of topic or subject to gain perfection in it
• Practice your time management skills to increase speed

Online tests are also better because most of banking exams are conducted online these days and students can get better experience of the exam with sample online practice tests.

There are many online websites that offer free sample tests and mock tests for banking and other competitive exams in India. WifiStudy.com is one such website that I have personally used and appreciated.

IBPS PO Admit Card 2014

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is all set to conduct the IBPS PO CWE 2014 exam in the month of October and November this year. Candidates, who have applied for the IBPS PO exam 2014, will be able to download their admit cards starting from October 1, 2014.

Find more details at IBPS Admit Card 2014

IBPS PO 2014 exam is scheduled in the month of October and the online application process has already finished. IBPS Clerk 2014 exam is scheduled in February 2015 and online application process for the same has finished on September 01, 2014. Candidates, who have applied for IBPS PO exam, will be able to download their admit cards soon and candidates, who have applied for IBPS Clerk 2014 exam, will be able to download their admit cards 15 days before the exam.

IBPS PO and clerk 2014 exams will be conducted online and admit cards= is mandatory for candidates to appear in the examination hall. In order to download the admit card, candidates can follow this procedure

• Go to the IBPS website ibps.co.in
• Find your relevant exam from the left sidebar and click on it
• Check if the Admit card link is available for your concerned exam
• If yes, click on the link and go to the Admit Card page
• Enter your Registration number, DOB/Password in the given fields and hit the Submit button.
• Once you get the admit card, download it or print it out

** Keep multiple copy of the admit card with you

IBPS PO Pre-Examination training Admit card

Candidates, who had applied for IBPS PO 2014 exam pre-training, will be able to download their admit cards from the official website of the IBPS from September 11 to September 22, 2014. IBPS PO 2014 pre-exam training will be held from September 22 to September 27, 2014.

IBPS Clerk 2014 Exam

The online application process for IBPS Clerk 2014 exam finished on September 01, 2014 and the admit cards for the same will be available in January 2015 and the exam will be conducted in February 2015.

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How to Prepare For SBI PO Exam?

Since the SBI is the largest public sector bank in India, it is also the most demanding one. After IBPS, SBI is the most demanding bank recruitment jobs. SBI PO is considered a very reputed job in the banking sector. If you want a career in the banking sector in India, you must consider SBI PO as a solid option.

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SBI is currently recruiting POs for its associated banks. In this article, we will discuss some tips for better preparation of SBI PO exam.

SBI PO exam pattern

SBI PO recruitment process involves following rounds

1. Online Objective Tests of 200 marks and time 2 hrs: The objective test will consist of 50 questions from each of below sections. It is based on following subjects
   • Reasoning
   • Data Interpretation
   • English Language
   • General Awareness | Computer | Marketing
2. Offline Descriptive Test of 50 marks and time 1 hr: It is an English language test that may consist questions of
   • Essays
   • Letter/Application writing
   • Email writing
3. Group Discussion: Candidates who successfully clear both objective and descriptive tests, are called for Group Discussion, which is conducted to check your knowledge and communications skills
4. Personal Interview: The final round of the SBI PO recruitment process is the interview round

SBI PO Objective Paper Study Tips

1. Reasoning: The reasoning section of the SBI PO objective test may include questions from following topics

Syllogism, Data Sufficiency, Inequality or Decision Making, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle Test, Input Output, Logical Reasoning and Miscellaneous

Start with the easiest questions and move to difficult ones. Do not waste more time on a single questions. Make strategy and time planning to solve the section and try to solve all questions in the assigned time limit. Practice as much as you can. Find practice tests, mock tests and previous years’ question papers and practice

2. Data Analysis & Interpretation: The data analysis section includes questions about Pie Charts, Tables, Bar Diagrams, Graphs, Probability & Data Analysis. This section is good to score high as if you understand the concept of a question, you can solve all 4-5 questions related to it.

Think creatively and spend less time. Make diagrams and charts for every question and try to analyze the situation correct in the first time. Do not waste more time than it deserves. Do not mark an answer if you are not sure about it.

3. English Language: The English paper includes questions from topics such as Fill in the Blanks, Cloze Test, Common Error in Sentence, Para Jumbled and Passage Based questions. This require deep knowledge of English and words. Practice is what it takes to improve your English knowledge

You must be able to find out the right answer by just reading the sentence. This requires a lot of practice. Instead of spending much time in reading the complete para, underline important points and words.  Even if you do not understand the meaning of a word or sentence, try to get as close as possible and try to make a meaning.

4. General Awareness | Computer | Marketing: This section of the paper will include questions from GK, General awareness, banking awareness, computer knowledge and marketing. Your performance in this section completely depends on your knowledge. Try to spend less time in this section

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SBI PO Recruitment 2014 for associated banks

The State Bank of India has recently published a notification for recruitment of Probationary Officers (PO) in its associated banks in India. SBI is the largest bank in India and hires the most number of candidates in a year. The last date of online application for SBI PO recruitment 2014 is September 18, 2014. Interested candidates can read more details here

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Total no. of posts: 2986

Post details

Name of Post: Probationary Officer

SSBJ – 350 posts
SBH – 900 posts
SBM – 500 posts
SBP – 100 posts
SBT – 1136 posts

Eligibility Criteria

Education: Interested candidates in the post of PO in SBI must have a Bachelor’s Degree in any specialization from any reputed University/college in India.
Age: 21 to 30 years as on September 01, 2014

Selection will be based on an online examination, Group Discussion and personal interview. The selection process of SBI PO exam includes following rounds

1) Online Objective Test
2) Online Descriptive Test
3) Group Discussion
4) Personal Interview

Candidates, who successfully clear all above rounds, will be appointed as Probationary officers in one of the SBI associated banks.
Application fee: Rs.500/- for Gen/OBC and Rs.100/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates

Important dates

Opening date for online registration and online fee payment: September 01, 2014
Opening date for offline payment: September 03, 2014
Closing date for online registration and online fee payment: September 18, 2014
Closing date for offline payment: September 20, 2014

Interested candidates can apply online on or before the last date of application as mentioned above. No other mode of application is allowed. Candidates can make the payment of fee by either online or offline mode as per their convenience

The official notification is available here

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