SBI PO Interview 2016: Incredible Tips and Questions to Crack

When you go and ask a number of PO aspirants a questions “Name a bank in which you want to work as a PO”, the answer would definitely be “SBI”. When most of my friends used to prepare for the banking examinations, listening the name of ‘SBI’ from them was not a new thing for us. It was probably the most common answer among all PO aspirants.

The SBI PO exam has turned up the heat by its interview round. All the aspirants have pulled up their socks and started preparing for it. Most of the aspirants have an approach full of hesitation towards interviews. People often start stammering when they answer the questions asked in an interview. Nervousness makes this happen. Even I have experienced the same in many of my interviews. The utmost thing which is required to ace an interview is ‘confidence’.

Worried about how to give your best in the interview? Well, we have the right solution for you! In this article, we bring you some incredible tips and probable questions to make you emerge as a “rising star” in the SBI PO interview. So, keep calm and do well.

Before going to the tips, let us go through some probable questions which could be asked in SBI PO interview:

Questions based on the candidate’s profile:

• Tell me about yourself.
• Why did you choose this career?
• Tell us about your education?
• When did you decide on Banking career?
• Aren’t you over qualified for this position?
• How will your professional knowledge be helpful in the Banking career?
• Do you have any plans for further education?
• Do you have any actual work experience?
• What have you been doing after graduation?
• Why are you leaving your current position? ( for working professionals)
• What other career options do you have?
• What goals do you have in your career?
• How do you plan to achieve these goals?
• What do you know about banking?
• What is a Bank?
• Why do you want to work in the Banking industry?
• What do you know about our company? (Should have an idea about important products from various banks, tag lines etc…)
• Why are you interested in our company?
• Why don’t you join some private company?
• How is your professional knowledge useful for our organization?
• Why should I hire you?
• What will you do if you get a better offer?
• Who is your role model?
• What are your short-term goals?
• What is your long-term objective?
• Where do you see yourself, five years from now?
• What is your greatest strength?
• What is your weakness?
• What are your hobbies?
• Tell us about your extracurricular activities.
• Q’s related to your achievements?
• Are you a team player?
• Do you handle pressure well?
• Do you have any location preferences?
• Will you relocate?

Questions based on the Current affairs:

• Who is the Governor of RBI/chairman of SBI?
• Who are the deputy governors of RBI?
• What are the basics of ‘Monetary policy’?
• What are the functions of RBI?
• What are the important products or schemes launched by various banks recently?
• How is your professional knowledge going to be useful for the bank?
• What is CBS?
• CORE stands for?
• What is ‘Green Channel’?
• NEFT/RTGS
• IMPS
• Any Ideas to improve Banking services…?
• What is PO’s?
• What is Plastic currency?
• What is an ATM?
• What is a Debit card & a Credit card..?
• Different types of A/Cs and their features?
• What is a fixed deposit? (min and max periods for the same.)
• TDR/STDR?
• What is a gift card?
• What is Dubai Crisis?
• What is subprime crisis?
• What is repo rate?
• What is Reverse repo?
• What is Bank rate?
• What is SLR?
• What is CRR?
• What is Call money rate?
• What is prime lending rate?
• What is e-commerce?
• What is m-commerce?
• What is marketing?
• What is an NPA?
• SAFRAESI Act
• What are NBFCs?
• Online Banking?
• Mobile Banking?

Questions based on contemporary general knowledge:

• Fiscal Cliff.
• Anti-Rape law.
• Gujarat Elections.
• FDI in retail/ aviation and broadcasting.
• NPAs of Banks.
• Banking law amendment bill.
• BASEL III Norms.
• CRR issue.
• India/ Pakistan series.
• COP summit.
• Anti-Corruption movement.

Now, it’s time for some tips which will enable you to succeed in the interview:

• Please make sure you go through the questions given above and other questions relevant to the interview. Prepare well and give your cent percent.
• Carry all the required documents with you. Do not miss any of the documents and check before leaving to make sure you have all of them.
• Prepare answering questions in front of a mirror or a friend. This method will boost your confidence.
• Improve your knowledge in all the concerned areas asked by reading newspapers, magazines, watching news etc.
• Practice standard mock interview sessions and improve where you feel you are lagging in. In fact, practice as much as you can. Remember, there is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory.
• Try to eradicate all nervousness related to speaking in front of an audience. This can only be done when your confidence level raises up.

We hope that this article will help you with your preparation and we hope to see your name in the list of “successful candidates”. Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!