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.

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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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IBPS RRB Admit Card 2014 is available now

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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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.

SBI Recruitment 2014

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

7 Top Questions asked in a Bank Interview

Interview is usually the final step of the recruitment process and it decides the fate of the candidate. One must, must take their interview seriously if they want a good future in terms of career. Banking interviews are usually followed by the written exams and/or Group Discussion. Candidates are called for interview on the basis of their performance in the previous rounds.

Here is the list of the latest Bank Jobs 2014

In this article, we will be talking about 7 common bank interview questions and how to answer them

1. Personal Details (About you): This is usually the first question of an interview where you are asked “Tell us about yourself.” The only way to be your best is to be true and natural. Your answer may include short introduction of your family background, your education, hobbies, achievements and career goals.

2. Questions from your Resume: The only thing an interview knows about you is what you tell in your resume so include only things that you actually want to tell them. Try to be as much honest as possible. Most of the interview questions arise from your resume and you must be ready to answer them.

3. Banking Questions: If you want to join the banking sector, you should have the knowledge of the sector. Your knowledge of the banking sector will show interviewers your interest in the job and in their bank. Learn and remember the common and some complex banking terms and definitions.

4. Current News: Along with the banking sector, you must also be aware of other things going around you. Almost everything happening in a country, affects its financial sector and to its banks. You must be well aware of the thing going on in the economics, politics, technology and business sectors.

5. Know your area: A bank employee is usually posted in the city or state where it belongs to so that he/she can easily get familiar with the people and understand them. This is must that you know about your city, district and your state. many banks even demand proficiency in the local language

6. About the bank: There is a chance that the interviewers ask you about their bank or a question like “Why do you want to join our bank?” You must be smart in your answer. Collect some recent data and statics about the bank and all the current updates of the particular bank. Make them feel that they are the best bank in the country, but be honest in your attempts.

7. Why bank job?: A bank job is a nice option for a candidate from economy, finance or commerce background, but it gets complicated when you want to join a bank after engineering. If you do, then you must be ready to face this question and to answer it in the best possible way. Show them how your current knowledge and degree can help them in achieving their goals and in the growth of the bank.

This is it. It covers almost every question asked in a bank interview. If you have anything else in mind, feel free to ask in the comment section.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern and Useful information

IBPS CWE exams have become very popular in past years for banking recruitment. The reason is that most of the Indian banks now recruit their candidates through this common IBPS exam and candidates can now focus on a single exam rather than on different exams for different banks.

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IBPS conducts two or three exams in a year for different banking posts. In this article, we will discuss IBPS CWE Clerical Exam 2014, which is going to be conducted in December 2014 and the online registration process started from August 12, 2014

IBPS Clerical CWE exam is conducted every year and the paper pattern remains the same every year. IBPS CWE Clerk exam follows this pattern

Total marks = 200
Total time = 2 hours (120 minutes)
No. of sections in the paper = 5

Sections

• English Language – 40 marks
• Numerical Ability – 40 marks
• General Awareness – 40 marks
• Reasoning – 40 marks
• Computer Awareness – 40 marks

Candidates, who have already appeared in IBPS Clerk exam before, have a good chance this year as they are familiar with the paper and exam pattern. Those, who are going to attempt the exam first time, can use previous year IBPS CWE Clerk exam papers to grab an idea of the exam pattern and questions.

IBPS CWE Clerk 2014 Notification

IBPS issued the notification for IBPS CWE clerk 2014 examination. The online registration process has already started from August 12 and the last date of registration is September 01, 2014

You can find the detailed notification here

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Latest Bank jobs in India

Banking sector is being one of the most popular sector for jobs in India. Every year, Indian banks recruits thousands of Indian candidates for various posts in their branches. Some of the leading Indian banks are

• Reserve Bank of India
• State Bank of India
• Bank of Baroda
• Punjab National Bank
• HDFC bank

All above and many other banks recruits their staff through some common and individual recruit exams. You can find the information of latest bank recruitment and jobs at various online job portals and in daily newspapers.

Here is the list of current Bank Jobs 2014

Millions of Indian candidates prepare for various bank exams every year. These candidates must be aware of the current bank jobs so that they can apply for the right one. At present, following banks are recruiting

The State bank of India is recruiting candidates for 300 positions of Special Management Executives in their banks. The last date of application is August 11, 2014

IBPS inviting applications for CWE Clerk IV exam 2014. The last date of application is September 01, 2014

IBPS PO/MT (Probationary Officers / Management Trainees) Exam 2014 application process is also on and will end on August 11, 2014

Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank (LDRB) recruitment for Officer, Office Assistant 24 posts. Last date of application is August 26, 2014

Canara Bank recruiting candidates for 22 posts of Clerk, Officer for Sportspersons and the last date of application is September 08, 2014

Canara bank for 01 post of Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) with last date August 16

Andhra Bank inviting applications for 01 post of Law Consultant for which last date is August 16, 2014

Lakshmi Vilas Bank inviting applications for the posts of Managers, Engineer, Officer for which last date is August 16, 2014

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank hiring Clerks and the last date of application is August 16, 2014

Repco Home Finance Ltd recruitment for 02 posts of  Clerk, Branch Manager, the last date of application is August 16, 2014

Reserve Bank of India recruiting for 01 post of Specialist Adviser with the last date August 14, 2014

Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank inviting applications for 311 posts of Officer, Office Assistants and the last date of application is August 19, 2014

Kerala Gramin Bank recruiting for 683 posts of Officer, Assistants with last date August 11, 2014

Karnataka Bank hiring for 15 posts of Chartered Accountants with the last application date of August 08, 2014

UCO Bank to recruit candidates for around 4000 posts of Officers, Clerks through IBPS 2014. Notification will be released soon

Syndicate Bank to recruit candidates for 5000 posts of Clerks, Specialist Officers through IBPS 2014. Notification will be released soon

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Which Bank Exam is better, IBPS or SBI?

I was recently approached by one of my students asking this question. I found the topic very interesting and so, I am going to write a complete article on it to help students preparing for the bank exams. The question as asked by my student,

Q: I am preparing for banking exams, but I want to focus on a single one so that I can put more efforts for it. Which one I choose between SBI and IBPS exams?

A: Though the question looks very simple, the answer is not. You cannot declare a banking exam better just because you think it is unless you have some effective factors to prove your statement. Where the State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest public sector bank in India, IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) involves some of the most reputed private sector banks including Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank. It is not an easy competition

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Here, we will try to compare these two exams based on two factors: Selection process and Banking values

Selection process

Starting from the basic, let’s talk about the selection process of IBPS PO and SBI PO. Both these exams include a written examination for PO (Probationary Officer) selection.

IBPS PO CWE exam syllabus includes following topics: Reasoning, English, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness (special reference to Banking Industry) and Computer knowledge

The written exam is followed by a Personal Interview

While SBI PO exam syllabus has following subjects: Reasoning (High Level), English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.), Data Analysis & Interpretation, and General Awareness, Marketing & Computers

SBI PO exam also involves an English language Description test followed by Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds

Other important points

• IBPS Quantitative Aptitude test includes only Arithmetic questions while IBPS QA test Data Analysis & Interpretation
• IBPS General awareness test focus more on banking sector while SBI doesn’t
• SBI written exam is followed by a written descriptive test, GD and Personal interview
• SBI selection process is based on the practical approach and requires thorough knowledge of the subjects

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The above points signify that SBI bank’s selection procedure is tougher than that of IBPS, but this is worth it. Here is how

Banking values

SBI recruits candidates for a long term. Most of their leaders and managers are selected from these entry level POs and other officers. This is why they want the best people to work with them. Their selection procedure may be a little harder, but it is based on the real-time values. So, if you are looking for a long-term and secure career, you must go with the SBI bank.

But, that doesn’t mean that Private sector banks are not good; they are actually very good. PNB, BOB and HDFC are some of the top private banks in India.

Here are some other points to put a light on SBI vs IBPS (private) banks

• SBI bank provides more and better growth opportunities than any private sector bank
• The starting basic pay of an SBI employee is higher than that of any private sector bank
• Private banks have a decent working environment with better infrastructure facilities
• Both SBI and private banks give their employees many benefits other than the monetary ones

Well, I have included all the details I had, in order to differentiate between SBI and IBPS banks based on the selection process and the working. Honestly, you cannot put one of them as the best as it is certainly not. I would rather suggest everyone to attempt for all bank exams including SBI, IBPS and others. Just put in your best efforts and see how that works.

Recruitment of Special Management Executive in State Bank of India (2014-15)

SBI Recruitment 2014

State Bank of India is inviting applications from Indian citizens, who are interested in joining the SBI bank as Special Management Executives. Interested candidates can read here the complete notification for eligibility criteria and other details and can apply online through the official website of SBI before August 11, 2014.

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1. A candidate can apply for only one post.
2. The online registration process is incomplete until the fees is deposited online or offline.
3. Candidates must read the complete notification to ensure that they fulfill the eligibility criteria for the post

Eligibility Criteria

Post	Vacancy	Age on 24/07/14	Educational criteria	Experience
MSME	165	25 to 40 years	CA/ ICWA/ ACS/ MBA/ MMS/ PGDBA/ PGPM/ PGDM with min 60% marks	Minimum 5 years post qualification experience as on 31.08.2014
DSME	135	25 to 35 years	CA/ ICWA/ ACS/ MBA/ MMS/ PGDBA/ PGPM/ PGDM with min 60% marks	Minimum 2 years post qualification experience as on 31.08.2014

Selection procedure

Selection of candidates for the posts of Special Management Executive, will be based on examination, Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds.

1) Online Examination: This will consist an objective test of 200 marks and a subjective paper of 50 marks.

Objective test paper will be based on following subjects

• BANKING KNOWLEDGE
• DATA INTERPRETATION & ANALYSIS
• REASONING
• GENERAL AWARENESS

Descriptive test will be an English language test of Letter or Essay writing

** Candidates need to secure min. qualifying marks in each section of the objective test as well as in the descriptive test

2) Candidates, who successfully qualify in the online examination, will be called for Group Discussion that will be of 20 marks. All qualifying candidates will be arranged in descending order of their merit and only candidates three times the number of vacancies will be called for GD and PI rounds.

3) Personal Interview will be conducted for 30 marks

Date of Examination: 19 September 2014

Application Fee

SC/ST/PWD – 100/-
General and Others- 500/-

Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the post through the SBI website http://www.statebankofindia.com or http://www.sbi.co.in on/before 11 August 2014. The last date for online fee payment is 11 August and the last date for offline fee submission is 13 August 2014.

ONLINE REGISTRATION OF APPLICATION – 24-07-2014 TO 11-08-2014

PAYMENT OF FEE ONLINE – 24-07-2014 TO 11-08-2014

PAYMENT OF FEE OFFLINE – 26-07-2014 TO 13-08-2014

Read the complete notification and details here