SBI PO 2014 Preparation & Discussion Thread

Bhailog, can somebody pease explain, in simple language, what is an NBFC and how is it different from a bank? Give some examples of NBFCs as well.. Thanks a lot

Interview date- 13/10/14 Time- 11 am venue- patna

First of all documentation started exqactly at 11 AM. we were taken to a room where there were 5 SBI people having manager post who were verifying the document of 5 people simultaneously. this whole process was over by 1:30 PM. by 2 we were called for GD.

thode tharky b the wo as there was a girl candidate (not very beautiful according to me) but still they all were fighting to do her verification process.

13 people were present and 1 was absent.

GD Topic: Corruption has entered into the vitals of our country.

every 1 got 2 minutes each and then it was open session for 15 minutes.

Interview:

Q: where did u did ur engineering from  and the name of my university was RAjeev Gandhi
. so asked about rajeev gandhi. his profession before coming to politics

Q: name of the cyclone which recently hit indian coast., no. of casualties and the areas affected and even they asked for district affected.

what was the name of the cyclone which hit the coast last year and no of casualties in that cyclone

Answered- cyclone Phailin last year, casualty- 12 approx, cyclone hudhud this year with 5 lives lost till now and areas affected are orissa and andhra pradesh districts- shreeka kulam and vizag

Q: what is difference between marketing and selling, which one is better and why.

Q 4 P of marketing and which one should be first and how?

Q. name some blogs u read and some bloggers name (as i told that my hobby is reading blogs)

answered harish bijoor and in follow up question they asked the name of a ceo with the resonating name- jeff bezos, CEO of amazon

Q: one speciality of Supaul (my hometown)

Q: full form of AN college and BN college, patna

Q. as i had given ahmedabad as my preferred circle question on that was why ahmedabad

Q. few questions on my work experience

Q. a very recent scam took place in bihar. they asked about that.

Q. they aked how legalizing corruption will help reduce it or will be beneficial to country? ( as i had told in GD that one way to reduce corruption is to legalize it to some extent.)

Are the panel members same at a particular center? If yes, are the sansad lho, Delhi, onesones grumpy?

in Biodata form, do we have to write Nationality of Father, Mother Husband/wife in column number 5a?

I checked the attendance sheet. People are not called on roll number or surname basis they are called randomly... or mostly depending upon their score

 
U can also check it during ur interview while signing on attendance sheet...

Is the character certificate supposed to be on the official letter head or just a signature on the format available online by a gazetted officer would do?

Anyone who had interview with Panel 1 .. 11 am ??? in DELHI ??

Please share the experience.

nyone having sbi gdpi and ibps po on same day? Wat to do yrr?? Stucked out...can sbi guys change the date bcoz ibps wont do so..?? Plz plz tell

Is  character certificate in hindi accepted?? I have been issued the certificate in hindi by gazetted officer.... :/ Interview in 2 days plzz help!

Gdpi- 14th oct- mumbai- panel 1 8am . Gd topic : are the graduate courses in india imparting the needed technical skills.  Only 11 from 14 were present. Rest 3 had rescheduled. The panel had 5 retired folks. They allowed to speak in hindi, english or even mix. Anybody could talk for 2mins only. No sequence. After evryone was done again they gave 1 minute to each of us to sum up. Interview questions: all banking questions , graduation questions ( mine was abt BBA) and y dou u want to leave ur current company that pays u such a good package. My gd was good and PI was ok ok. :) 

Interview venue HYD

Who should be the referees ? Can I give a friend's name who is working as a Software Engineer ?

IS THERE ANYONE WITH MBA FINANCE WHO IS DONE WITH GD/PI??? please someone reply...

11th oct, 8 am, panel 2 Mumbai:

During verification they asked for attested documents but accepted self attested. So attest your documents from someone and self attestation is also required.

GD topic: Decreasing inflation or increasing GDP what is imp for country??

Interview panel and GD panel was same

My interview:

M1:  tell me about yourself

M1:  How many Indian has won Nobel price including recent? Their names (I said I dont remember all, he asked to name 5)

M2: who visited India recently (I said FB CEO), what is his agenda?

M3: What is IIP?

What is other IIP (integrated Power something), CPP

[i dindt know these he said u r electrical engg right i said no sir electronics]

M3: what is electric security, food security bill

M4: What is IIP as per recent result (0.4% increased)

CEO of microsoft, his country

M5: who was first person to win nobel price from Pak (I said I know second dont remember firsts name), how IIP related to GD topic

Thats it.

 at lucknow centre are they starting gd in any specific order or anyone can start randomly? plz reply.

my gd topic today at bbsr was "all exams should be open book"

GD Topic - How can we make India a manufacturing hub of world ?

Chandigarh center ( LHO , sector 17 A) on 11th Oct 

Interview Questions:-

1) Tell me about NRI

2)What you have done after your last job?

3) Tell me your strength and weakness?

4) Why should we hire you ?

5) About stock market 

6) Difference between share and bonds

7) What are private banks , name some private banks 

8) what are nationalised banks

9) when in india banks got nationalised ?

10) About history of SBI 

11) Is SBI is nationalised bank or not

12) What are foriegn banks

13) About PIO ( persons of Indian origin)

14) what is your mount everest?

15) How a software engineer can be fitted for this job ?

16) Do analysis of 1st cricket match between india and west indies at Kochi

17) who is your favourite player in cricket and why ?

Thats it ....overall was good experiences. Good Luck for other candidates .


Btw who cleared Civil Services prelims ?? (who are already selected for gdpi)

Are they okay with Character Certificate issued by School? Those who have any experience with this , kindly suggest.

Puys, Please help!!!

in point no. 15 of the bio-data where we have to fill "application for your employment for the last 3 years,including the current year" and in these times I have filled many forms including rbi asst. ,rbi grade B, SIDBI ,IBPS RRB,IBPS PO.....So do I need to mention all of them??