SBI PO 2014 Preparation & Discussion Thread

Hello Puys,

This was my first ever real interivew (so don't expect me to be smart in my conduct ;D)


17th oct LHO Bangalore panel 1

GD: Is Presidential Form of goverment good or bad for india?


Reached Bangalore at 7:00am but had difficulty finding the address and finally reached bangalore LHO at 8:20 am (20 mins late!).

A guy asked why am i late? and i told him the truth that iam new to bangalore and had difficulty finding the address, he belived me and allowed me inside (not the kind of first impression that i was thinking i would make).

The guy directed me to the second floor where verification process has already started, one of the employee asked me to wait in a room and i went inside,... 6 guys were already waiting in the room, i didn't knew they were candidates since they were far too older than me and mistakenly asked for the permission to enter! (another bummer) one of the candidates smiled, and said, "ya come we are also interview candidates here" (at this point i felt like sh!t).

After 15 mins of waiting, I was called for verification and it went quickly and smoothly without any trouble. I was the only one who completed the verification process that quickly in my panel (finally hurrray!, atleast one positive thing), it took just 5 mins and i was done!.

After that another 30 mins of waiting followed, then we were called for GD in the 4th floor and I went quickly as possible to the GD room only to find that i have been put in the most far away corner for the HR seats (3rd bummer) and to add to that,. my number was 13! (i do belive in luck, so 4th bummer),.. and thats not all, to my right 2 candidates were absent and to my left one was absent, so i was sitting far away from any candidates and looked kinda isolated (not the kind of impression i wanted to give to HR's, 5th bummer). 5 HR's finally came (4 men and a lady), GD started and Topic was,

"Is presidential form of goverment good for india?"

In my panel, 2min was given to each candidate according to the seating arrangement (ah that sucks, 6th bummer). when my turn finally came (last one to speak) all the points that i have jolted down were already spoken so no over the top points to tell (jezz, 7th bummer).

Then 15 min open talk, didn't opened my mouth, (this was my first real job interview and gd after graduation, but this is not an excuse its just some gyaan about me!) at the end HR not impressed about me (8th bummer).

Then 2 min was given to each candidate for conclusions and in this i performed well putting forward some strong points (which i thought were strong anyways). and with that My first GD done!.

A sigh of relief,.... (my worst fear GD is finally over Hurray! 😁 )

Then we were escorted to another a/c room, gave us meal tokens, coffee and water. (ah, it really helped in relaxing and focusing about interview)

Interviews started, and 3 hrs later came my turn! (I was exhausted as sh!t at this point).

HR's were also tired,..they started asking questions:

Questios:

HR 1:

1. why banking after B.E?

(as you have guessed it, my grad is B.E)

2. full form of M.K.Gandhi?

(simple one, answered it)

3. who called gandhi " mahatma"?

(simple one but did't knew, said don't know)

4. when was Congress Party Started and by whom?

(simple one but didn't knew, said don't know)

5. Full form of WTO?

6. Pro's and con's of WTO?

HR 2: (the lady)

1. Goal or Ambition in life?

(I prepared for this question very well and made my sales pitch, i said i want to be in a position to help people get on their feet particularly rural villagers. (i think they bought it))

2. Do you have a rural background?

(I said No)

3. are you willing to serve in rural areas, if we give you the job?

(i said, i prefer rural than urban. (went a little over the top there))

HR 3 & 4:

No questions

HR 5:

Ok kiran you can leave you have done the interview well! ( I think he told that just to unnerve me and to never really meant it 😞 (final bummer))

2:30 PM

Left the LHO complex,.. and headed home.

For some strange reason I felt I achieved something (though i did terrible in my interview). Came Home jolted down all my mistakes and areas that i need to improve.

Overall, the experience was awesome, I dont think I would get the Job. But, the positive things that i got out from this whole experiece is truly priceless.

That's all puys, thank you reading this.

(sorry if it is to lengthy,... kinda got carried away ;D)




My interview is on 21st. I have started filling up my Bio Data form today..... all those who are done with your interviews kindly let me know, how many photocopies of bio data form are required? 3 or 4? Also regarding the photocopies of the testimonials self attestation is reqd or I need to get them attested from a gazetted officer?

Hello everybody.... My GDPI was in Bangalore on 17th october...11am ...panel 1

Part One:

Documents: Fill the bio data, take 3 or four copies of it...take one set of photocopies of all the required documents and attach them to the original bio data... no need of photocopies of certificates for other copies of bio datas.... Carry all the originals and be sure not to forget any documents...in case if you miss any document or they find an issue with it they might ask you to give an undertaking stating that you will be providing the documents on so and so date or at the time of joining if you clear the exam....

Document verification completed by 12:00hrs...they gave us food coupons to have our lunch...

everyone of our group had built good rapport by now because of chatting we had all done during initial one hour of document verification and lunch together...this did help us all later...

GD: We were taken to conference room and made to sit in the order in which our documents were verified...We sat there for half an hour...this half hour was spent talking non sense and cracking jokes...it lightened the mood...one member by the name Manmohan( yess manmohan but not singh though) was sitting quite and when one of the group member asked why was he was not speaking at all -- waiting for Sonia Gandhi came the reply... it had everybody in splits...ahh those were happy moments before Lord Voldemorts entered the room and the mayhem Started at 2 pm...Topic was "Can Indian Currency be made fully convertible" ...the mood of the room which was light till now turned dark..everybody was expecting a general topic and instead had got a shocker in the form of an economic topic about which many of our panel did not have much idea...

one of the team member after few seconds gathered courage and asked the interview panel to give a brief explanation on the topic.. ...One Mr Muthayain( top echelons of SBI hierarchy) explained briefly about it and said  that presently Indian Economy is Partially convertible...

After 2 minutes, the black friday ( it was friday) of our lives started... all the members spoke for the topic...n when my turn came, I spoke how 21st century can be Indian century and why we need full convertibility  to become a true global economic power..how Indian companies like Tata and Mahindra are making foreign acquisition which are capital account expenditures.,,also made a point of needing to monitor the market closely in case the full convertibility is implemented because we become susceptible to global economy's volatility...

After everybody spoke for their respective 2 minutes, the discussion was thrown open for everybody but because of the topic many spoke very little...

Finally the panel chairman took pity and ended the GD a little early and trolled us saying that we had spoken well...

To be continued....

Hi puys..!!

I had my gd pi.. @ SBI LHO, Bhopal on 17th oct at 11 am.

Gd topic was : "Public sector job guarantee is a myth". 

I was in favour of the topic n ended by saying points like "honest , hardwork skill knowledge guarantees a job irrespective of a public or a private job.." 

Interview was around 5-7 mins.

M1: If i want to know u other than the deatils given in the biodata form how will i know.. i answered adding attributes to my personality. then he asked what are the inventions made in the 21st century? I told abt e-commerce.. then he asked abot  "GOD PARTICLE" of which i had no clue other than that ki it was the smallest particle. So i told them sry i dnt have the complete details.

M2: a lady asked about hobby n all..

M3: A Sir asked me about SBI and how is it different from other banks.

M4 : A sir asked me ques regarding personalities. frst he asked about T.N.R Rao.. i told i dnt knw then he asked who is Sonia Gandhi, then who is Rahul Gandhi..(At that moment i felt like r they grilling me..!! but i answered with a smile..)

M5 : A lady (i guess DGM) asked to name the women CM in India.. thts all.. 

hi..

i m done with my interview on 18th oct morning BHOPAL

GD TOPIC-CORRUPTION IS THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY

same pattern as it is going on during gd

INTERVIEW(evil time):5-6 MINS

5 MEMBER PANEL(same panel in gd too)

M1- QUESTION related to DRUG PATENT(pharmacy bckground)

M1-what do u mean by ARCTIC CIRCLE(from here don't knw what he think and started core questions of GEOGRAPHY)

M1-what is MAGNETOSPHERE 

M1-what is HELIOSPHERE

M1-what is SOLAR FLARE(during all these questions my only and confident voice ans is SORRY SIR NO IDEA)

M1- what is GLOBAL WARMING....av thoda normal hua wo PRANI i answered

M1-which gas/gses affect OZONE LAYER DEPLETION

M1-what is OZONE LAYER

M1-affects of OZONE LAYER DEPLETION(i answered all these)

now he forgive me and pass to mam

M2-what happens in KEDARNATH LAST YEAR u think global warming is the major cause..i said no but one of them

she asked major...i said SORRY CAN'T RECOLLECT RIGHT NOW

she passes to a gentleman

M3-why nowadays diabetes and heart problems common in young people also...i answered

he passes to a gentleman

M4-what is GOBAR GAS..i answered

he passes to maam

M5 asks nothing says its kk

they said thank you u may go now

i felt that don't knw why they asked these things TOTALLY UNEXPECTED questions thn dheere dheere normal hue

DON'T know what will happen

Parameters for PI marking :

1) value predisposition(5 marks)

2) psycho. stability(5 marks)

3) GA(10 marks)

4) Personal goals(10 marks)

Hi all,

Last year cut off for general category was 63. What do you expect this year?

interview experience 

Bhopal - 20th oct'14, panel 1, 11 AM

GD topic was "Electronic media and our society"

My GD was average, spoke twice (stammered 1st time).

Interview lasted just for 8-10 mins (That was the case with all, no body was interviewed for more than 10 mins)

Q- What is disaster recovery?

Started to answer w.r.t to hudhud cyclone, he interrupted to say that he was asking about computers. Answered that

asked 1-2 more questions on technology didn't answered, he said being computer engineer you should know these.

Q. What is blue tooth?

Answered 

Q. What is money laundering? Answered, told about black money in foreign banks, he asked how it is deposited? No idea

Q. Can it be tracked, I said no, asked what is hawala money, said I don't know.

Q. What is bill of exchange and promissory notes? Knew but could not answer.

Q. What is currency? Answered

Q. What is 1 euro =? said 82, it was 78.8 yesterday.

Q. What is contract? Answered

Q. Difference between contract and guarantee? no idea

passed on to 2nd member

She asked what are types of banking?

started with personal, private banking, corporate banking (interrupted in between). Why do corporate need money?

Answered

Q. How will you judge that company, how will give loan.

Answered

Q. Continued that what will you need to pass that loan.

Answered few things, she was not satisfied, passed to 3rd member.

Q. Why did you left your job?

Answered.

Q. It has been  8 months that you left your job, why you didn't got any government job.

Answered

Q. Where all places you applied, I had attached list of 10-11 places where I applied in last 3 years.

Answered

Passed on to another one, he didn't asked any question, he passed to next lady.

Q. What were the last games that took place?

Asian games.

Q. Where was it played?

Incheon, south korea

Q. How many medals for India and how many gold?

57, 11 gold

Q. Who topped with how many gold medals

China with 151 or 152 gold medal, said I am sure it crossed 150 but not sure about 151-152.

All people were done, suddenly 3rd member asked, why we should select you, what are your strengths?

Answered and told 3 strengths.

That was the end of my GD PI round.

Didn't know what happened in just 10 mins, knew almost all answers but could answer due to nervousness and pressure. Members were very nice and were trying to motivate.

Not sure about chances of getting through, I stammered once in GD and once in PI (on the 2nd question), otherwise it was above average GDPI.

Attempts - 115, GENRAL

Best of luck to all of you for results..... 

hello guys, when can we expect the results? any rough idea based upon last year timetable or any insider info...

ii guys !!  I don't know is this the right forum to ask this?                       If anyone suggest me a good book for past year solved papers of NDA/CDS ENGLISH section..

Wt is the ratio of ppl being called in accordance with the number of posts in each category?

1:2 for general and 1:3 for reserved? 

please confirm me whether today is last day for interviews or not? so wen can we expect results

Hi puys !! What are the chances of General Category: 120 attempts in objective + average descriptive + average gdpi ? Kindly help ! 😃 Thanks in advance !

Last year OBC cutoff was 54.20/100. Any guesses for this year?

  • less than 40
  • 50-55
  • 45-49
  • 40-44

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Happy diwali everyone 😃

http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/sbi-po_2013-batch_post-selection-discussion-thread-gd-n-pi-discussion-25101655/17289947

my gd was avg. and my pi was above avg but during whole process i was evidently very nervous ....do i have a chance(attempt 125 with avg descrptive)

till when can we get final results ...??

any idea..???