SBI PO 2015 Preparation & Discussion

I was confident that my interview was good.. but after seeing all the comments.. even i have started speculating nw.. so here is my experience...

GD: FDI in retail.. how will it affect the farmers...

I was the only 1 speaking in hindi

most of the candidates spoke abt fdi in agriculture... anyway..i talked abt retail.. nd tht thr r many agri based products in retail.. nd FDI will increase the competition.. nd thus the demand for the agri products will increase.. which will help the farmers.. moreover... with flipkart nd amazon.. farmers can nw sell thr products online.. and in turn reach out to different parts of the country... which will really help them widen thr customer base.. and if a minimum support price is kept.. thr will b no loss to thm.. 

open discussion was completely based on proving a guy tht FDI is actually good for the country.. he was firm with his stand tht FDI is bad.. so we tried to convince him...  but he didnt change his view nd was saying irrelevant things.. to which the panel members started laughing nd stopped the discussion after 8-10 minutes.. pen discussion i had to speak in english as all of thm were english speaking..

PI:

me: may i come in sir

M1(frndly cordial nd smart): aao suman baitho..

me: went inside wished thm.. thn said thnkew nd sat on the chair

M1: tumhara college kahan tha suman?

me: sir, jalandhar

M1: jalandhar me kya famous hai?

me: told..

all started laughing.. then they saw he name of my college... nd asked wat is the relevance of tht famous thing nd ur college..

Me: told... confidently.. nw they took it seriously..

M1: how big is ur college..

me: told

M1: Suman tumko toh english v ata hai...tum GD me english me v bol rhe the

me; yes sir, mujhko hindi english dono hi ache se ata hai.. but main hindi me jyada comfortable hu .. so option tha toh woh choose kiya..

M1: toh hum aapse kisme question kare english ya hindi?

me: sir, aapki marzi.. main dono me hi samjh aa jaega... 

m1: tell me something about digital india?

me; told

M1: so investors ka profit kaise hoga digital india se?

me; sir log internet use krenge.. usse telecom companies apna profit kama legi... 

F1:  suman.. LBA k baare me batao mujhe..

me: told

F!; one cross q..

me : told

M2: aapka hobby kya kya hai suman?

me: sir, mujhe cricket khelna nd dekhna acha lagta hai..  and travelling bhi bahot pasand hai mujhe

M2: (i was expecting questions from cricket.. as i had national level quiz cerificates.. i guess thts y he didnt ask... becoz it was my strong point) so batao.. tourism kaise improve krenge hum india me?

me: visa liberalisation... promostion by modi on foreign tour.. tie ups between indian states nd other countries. like kerala nd china ka hua abhi..

M2: Aur jo hotels gande hote hai india me.. toh foreigner kyu aenge?

me: sir, uske liye swatch bharat abhiyan hai.. jisse ki hum india ko saaf rakhe.. nd bahar se log aye.. and wapas jake appreciate kare.. jisse aur log encourage ho India ko visit krne me

M3: suman.. qualities batao jiske liye hum tumhe hire kare?

me: honesty loyalty.. intelligent. quick decision maker..bla bla.. 8-10 bata diye..

M3: Btech ka kya dvantage hai.. baki courses se?

me: told

M4: SBI k kitne associate banks hai?

me: sir, 5

m4: aur kaun kaun se merge ho gye hai?

me: sir, state bank of saurashtra.. state bank of indore..

m4: state bank of travancore ka chairman kaun hai?

me: arundhati roy. oops. 😛  he said.. roy... 

me: sorry sir, its arundhati bhattacharya..

All ok suman.. interview is over... i said thankew...

F1: suman agar koi bhi puche age kabhi ki btech ka advantage kya hai.. toh bolna.. btech me summer training hoti hai.. jo baki courses me nhi hoti.. i said.. ok mam . dhyan rakhunga..

m3: aur reasoning ability nhi analytical ability hota hai suman.. i said ok sir.. maine socha ki reasoning to analytical ka part hai.. isliye bola tha.. he said. koi baat nahi.. u can go now...

said thankew to all personally... nd came back. 

the best part of it was.. i was really confident with my answers... no nervousness at all.. normally i am scared like hell.. 😛 nd the panel was cordial.. that really boosted my confidence..

LHO lucknow,16th afternoon(panel 2),GD started at 3.00 pm,my PI was at 6.00 pm, GD topic: Death penalty should be abolished or not.

Gd went very well.....expecting good score

PI was late so panel members seemed to rush through the interview,10-12 mins,so didnt go very well....

questions: why left previous company.why sbi.

what are banks..

what is CAR,what CAPITAL,where do banks get it from.

who are stakeholders.types of stakeholders.stakeholders 

what is money laundering,money laundering act provisions,HAVALA transaction.

Datz all.

panel members were cordial.The only thing if you have your interview at the begining then ull benefit...as the interview panel seem to rush thru at end..,.

Gd/PI for majority of people is over now ....in my opinion GD is the decider , coz GD is happening for 45-50 min & interview only for 5-6 min , so GD will decide the gd/pi marks out of 50

PS : almost every other guy's interview went good 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/government-to-compulsorily-retire-offic...

Anyone from Bangalore? (near Marathahalli)

kisi ka delhi lho panel 4 se interview hua ho? anyone? come on guys koi to hoga?

what will be the cut off for obc category??(sbi po)...overall cut off....out of 100....

Is OICL Assistant being conducted for first time or what ? Coz I couldn't find any previous papers or previous cut offs of this exam on the internet after extensive searches, if anyone knows,please could you tell ? And any idea when the results would be out ? Thanks ! 

my gd went good but dissapointed with interview . i heard that sbi gives min 32+ to all , if u performs well in both gdpi u may get 40-46 ..... is that true?

Interview experience Lko 

GD topic was " should the subsidies be stopped ". It went really well.

Interview

Asked about the gap after 12th. He seemed satisfied with the explanation. I had written reading ( mythology ) in the biodata form. Mam asked me about it and i told her the different versions of mahabharat i have read. she was very happy and smiling all the time. Next male member asked me the the various ranks in the Army ( i come from defence background ). And 1-2 more general questions.

Next male member asked me about G7 summit. I said i dont know sir. He then asked me about the US electons. I told him about all the candidates.

Last member asked me my strength and weakness.

Then the chairman asked me about the 1965 war and the whitepaper the GOI is presenting.i told him in detail.

thats it. no questions regarding the banking sector.

This is for those who got selected for GDPI, how many questions did you guys attempt out of 200 and what do you think your score could be again out of 200? Rough Guesses if you don't remember exactly?

Everyone guessing about the final cut off..

I heard minimum 97 attmpted  for gen. Category who called for gd/pi.

So if he/she got 85 for 97 attmpted  means

85 +30 (desc)=115 for general 

In this way

110 for obc

104 for sc

Last year final cut off was

Gen 55.2

Obc 50.2

Sc    49.4

So who score near border line in obj + desc.. have to score  38-40..

NoW we will have to consult shrelok homes for our gd/pi marks..😛

Avg marks will be around 25-27 in gd/pi.. 

Delhi LHO panel 5

GD: Is media overplaying its role

Discussion was good

PI:

Abruptly started, seemed in a hurry.

M1: Notable events from India's medieval history? ( completely out of the blues, did not mention anything related to history in biodata or gd)

M1: India is not equipped well enough to handle military pressure from neighbours. Why?

Can FDI in defence help in this regard

M2: Complete disinvestment of public sector enterprises. Your views. Why is it that some major PSU are still in loss even after more than adequate compensation provided by goverment from time to time.

M3: Why public sector when private players are providing better opportunities in every regard?

M4: In my experience I have noticed that the candidates who cannot handle fast paced growth and are inefficient only want to enter PSBs now. You should try for private banks.

Rating of brics countries as per international rating agencies?

Could not answer any of these to a satisfactory level.

Left wondering though what is the logic behind checking depth of knowledge in matters that are of no concern for entry level position in banks?

Final cutoff for General

(Janta ki rai)

  • 57-57.9
  • 59+
  • 58-58.9
  • 56-56.9
  • 55-55.9

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Chalo bhaiya! Lagta hai maximum logo ka interview over ho gaya. Ab cutoff prediction hoga integration aur partial differentiation laga ke 😛

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I am Pakistan and SBI is Kashmir....

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puys, which is the most profitable deposit for banks? I answered term 😞

Bas, kal bhar ka din aur. Uske baad sabke fufa ji, chacha ji, mausa ji aur ae ji oo ji loji sunoji.. logo ki khabarein aaengi ki cutoff ye, result wo, selection 1:3 nahi 2:3 hoga.

Brace yourselves, rumors and relatives are coming!

" Hum kis gali ja rahe hain

  Hum kis gali ja rahe hain

  Apna koi thikana nahi

  Apna koi thikana nahi "

Till the results come out, true right  :)   ?