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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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.

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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IBPS RRB Admit Card 2014 is available now

IBPS RRBs Examination 2014 Preparation Tips

The common written examination (CWE) is conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) every year for recruitment of RRBs in the associated banks. IBPS RRBs Examination 2014 is scheduled in September 2014. Regional Rural Banks (RRB) exam is conducted for recruitment only in Regional banks in India. Candidates, who applied for IBPS RRB 2014 exam, can now download their admit cards from the official website of IBPS.

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In this article, we will discuss IBPS RRB CWE exam syllabus and preparation tips

IBPS RRB CWE 2014 syllabus

The question paper of RRB exam includes 5 sections as below

• Reasoning
• General Awareness
• Numerical Ability
• English & Hindi paper
• Computer knowledge

IBPS RRB question paper for Officer scale-I includes following sections

• Reasoning
• Quantitative Aptitude
• General Awareness
• English & Hindi paper
• Computer knowledge

IBPS RRB CWE 2014 Exam pattern

IBPS RRB 2014 exam will be conducted online. The exam will be conducted at the same time at various centers across the country. There will be total 5 sections in the exam as mentioned above. Reasoning and Aptitude (Numerical Ability), each section will consist of 40 questions of 50 marks. General awareness and English/Hindi paper will include 40 questions of 40 marks each. The computer knowledge section will consist of 40 questions of 20 marks.

Total no. of questions: 200

Total marks: 200

Total time: 2 hours and 30 mins

Tips

Reasoning tips: Practice many reasoning question-answers and test papers. Focus more on more important topics including Venn-diagrams, etc. take advise from experts about the important topics. Work on your weak areas and practice more.

Numerical ability / Aptitude: this section will include mathematics questions. Allot specific time for this section and solve a question in its time-limit. Leave hard and complex questions and solve easy questions first

General Awareness: Read GK books, newspapers, watch news regularly and stay updated with your local news.

English/Hindi: Work on your written and communication skills. Choose a basic grammar book and learn the concepts of English/Hindi language

Computer knowledge: This section will include questions of basic computing, internet, word processing, Excel, database, etc. A basic computer knowledge book will work for it.

 

SBI Recruitment 2014: General English Tips

The State Bank of India is the leading public sector bank in India. SBI conducts recruitment exams throughout the year for various posts and job positions in their banks. SBI is one of the leading employment resources in India. If you want a job in a bank in India, SBI is the best option for you.

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SBI conducts different recruitment exams for different posts including PO, Clerks and management trainees. In this article, we will discuss some General English tips, which is an important subject for all SBI recruitment exams

Here are some tips to deal with different aspects of the English language paper

Grammar part: A major part of the SBI exam English language paper includes grammatical questions from topics including common errors, synonyms and antonyms, fill in the blanks, idioms and phrases, close tests, comprehension, spelling correction, sentence arrangement, one word substitution, etc. These are usually multiple choice questions. One need to be familiar of all above concepts of grammar in order to clear this section.

Build Vocabulary: In order to get success in the English paper of the bank exams, candidates must have good command over English language. Building good Vocabulary is a nice idea to deal with the questions of synonyms and antonyms and others. Learn new words daily and make notes of these words along with their synonyms and antonyms

Practice speaking: You can easily remember English words if you learn by speaking them. So, when you read an English book or learn new words, try to speak them out loud with their meanings. It will also improve your communication skills.

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Read Newspaper: Read English newspapers, Magazines, novels, speeches regularly