SBI PO 2015 Preparation & Discussion

For those who wanted to know if India has non-scheduled banks or not?

Yes, India has 4 non-scheduled banks and are regulated by RBI.

1. Coastal Local Area Bank, Andhra Pradesh.

2. Capital Local Area Bank, Punjab

3. Krishna Bhima Samruddhi Local Area Bank. It is in 6 districts in three states - Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. I believe it is named after the two rivers, Krishna and Bhima which drain that area.

4. Subhadra Local Area Bank, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 

My roll no. is in list but didn't get the email or sms. Please send me the mail if you've got any to [email protected]

Thanks guys 😃


As requested by some Group members, My last year(2014) GD/PI Experience @fivestar @rupamec13 & anybody else 😛

‪#‎InterviewExperience‬
‪#‎Date‬:17/10/14
Venue: Samriddhi Bhavan, Kolkata
Time:8:00 AM

We were taken to the conference room, and asked to sit down at our respective places as marked by the serial No.s alloted to us and our Name. Served chini chara chaa(sugarfree) 😛

Document verification was very strict. They tallied every inch of the original marksheets with the photocopy. They sent back some Candidates as they had not brought their marksheets of Graduation. If someone had one document missing, they made him sign an undertaking after showering you with curses. "PO r chakri korte esecho...ar etto ta careless!!"; "Disgusting"; "Hopeless" etcetera.  

One more thing, in the biodata form, do not leave any column blank, just write NA.

From my personal experience I would say, if you can get the identity certificate and Character certificate done by two different Gazetted officers, that would be better. In the SBI PO interview, I did not face any such hassles as the person checking my documents was a good person. But just on the opposite side of my desk, there was an old grumpy fellow who was constantly bickering with the poor candidate for not bringing a proper character certificate format and what not. My luck, 😞 I had to face the same person during document verification during the SBI Clerk interview. And Chibiye khelo matha. 😛

 After this the panel members arrived and took their seats. 4 Panel members 3 Gentlemen and 1 lady. Announced the topic and gave us two minutes to think about the topic. You can jot down your points on the notepad given to you. Unfortunately, I was really fortunate to see that the microphones were not working and we had to speak without it. 😃 I was the last speaker 😞 Bolne ka mauka hi nahi diya kisi ne 😐 Everybody is given two minutes to speak, theres a warning bell at 2 mins, and if u still do not stop by the 2nd warning bell at 3 mins, you are asked to stop abruptly. Not a traditional GD format though, whoever wishes to speak next, has to raise his hand and then mutual understanding. 😃 In some places they have a last conclusion round, where you can speak for another 1 minute if you want to add some points and then reach to a common conclusion. But our panel did not have that time and patience to hear our bakwaas, so they said there would be no Conclusion. 😃

GD over, you are asked asked to be seated at your places and do some chit chat. Some people had brought Mota mota notes and were revising continuously, even outside the interview room. Then, they call in candidates in groups of two or three and are made to sit in a chamber beside the interview room. Shaky 😐 Partly, coz of the AC and the other reason u obviously know. 😃

Now questions asked to me:

Q1. About my college and the Industries around it. their CMD. Production capacity of the plant.

Q2. Why didn't I apply for private sector....I could have sat for the campus selections atleast.

Q3. Comparisions between private and the public sector.

Q4. Gk questions(Be prepared for this part, everything and anything under the Sun :-)): All the nobel prize winners, Man Booker prize winners, 4 Governors of RBI excluding Rajan Sir, Newly elected CM of Bihar, State Finance Minister, Education Minister, etc etc.

Q5. What is LED Tv? technology used. Why should one prefer it?

Q6. What is farmers Club.

Q7. Some minerals found in Jharkhand.

Q8. Why I had kept my prefernce in this order: 1. new Delhi...2. mumbai...he said Why don't you want to live here. 

Q9. If you are selected( then 😃 after final result 😞 ), you would be posted in rural areas, will you be able to live there? How?

Q10. The last old man began to tell me a story: You are the Youngest candidate of today's batch, so, do you know that you can be posted in the naxalite and maoist infested areas. they snatch half of your monthly salary, and you would also have to pay them other chanda. How will you be able to cope up with all this at such a young age? Another mam said, Non-veg o khete parbe na...what will you do?(sudhu sudhu chatlo 😞 )

Then, Ok Thank You. And Good Luck 😃

P.S. The Board is very cordial. 

Bas, bahut detail me likh diya....Ab iska achaar dalo. 😃

I had quit my job in March 2015. I have all the documents from my previous employer except Character Certificate.Can I get Character certificate 1 frm Gazetted officer and the other  from my previous college???

character certificate respective authority ke letter head pe chiye??? Ya fir normal page pe printout marke authority ka sign and seal chal jayega???

HI evryone..I am in a spot of bother and in dire need of ur guidance plzz..!Problem is that I dnt have resignation letter and exp letter from my previous employer ?I worked there for 1.5 yrs ..so is it a problem??and is producing NOC  must? or getting experience letter from my present employer is enough.Plzz guide puys!

Do we have to give the left thumb impression ourselves before we get the biodata copied? 

my interview is on 17th Sep 11.00 AM... would it be safe to book return ticket of train departing at 8 pm the same day.. hope gd pi gets completed before that.. Please give some suggestions.. 

Guys, my character certificate from college is provided within the provisional degree certificate. Will it suffice or do I need to get a separate one made?

For character certificate by gazetted officer,how to get it??

We have to make a document and give the officer to sign it or they have a character certificate with them which they will give us??

Guys do we have to submit NOC from present employer if we r working for a private company?

For Post Graduation details in Bio Data form - 4 semesters are mention.. But we had trimester system with total 6 trimesters. How to fill up that?

Any idea guys or anyone else facing similar issue?

Yeh jo 2 Referee manga hai  boi date form mei yeh bhi Gazetted officer hone chahiye kya ?

Is bandhan bank a private bank..? 

If anybody could provide me with the various sectors where FDI is permissible with the limit %.... 😃

Only important ones like defence, private banks...etc

One more thing, I saw on the RBI site, that FDI is not allowed in agricultural activities, but when I searched Google for 100% FDI permissible sectors, it shows Agriculture 😕 

What is islamic banking? And is it practised here?

Puys nd pals, plz help me here. My laptop crashed nd i was careless not to have saved my sbi application form which we filled during applying for the po posts.  Will it be required during interview?  

Ok people, need to do a quick age profiling of people who are appearing for GD-PI. Do answer.

For people who are appearing for SBI GD-PI 2015, your age is:

my OBC certificate is issued on January 2015 will it be valid for interview???? 

I have got character certificate from college in the form of bonafide certificate in which it's written my character and behaviour was satisfactory during the tenure of course.

Will they accept it!!???