How should I prepare for an interview for bank PO through IBPS?

In all banking oriented recruitment drives, Personal Interview round is the most significant as well as decisive part, which finally decides the fate of the candidates. The questions are predictable to large extent but sometime there can be big surprises, as it is difficult to understand the mindset of interviewers. To deliver good impression, it is important to be articulate, expressive and spontaneous in answering while answers has to be logical, concise and communicative.

In this blog, we will discuss probable questions which can be asked in the interview round and these questions are: -

1. Questions related to personal life, family, hobbies, experience etc.

The first basic question which can be asked is – “Do tell us about yourself?”

You are supposed to begin with your name followed by your home town. If asked, do tell about your parental background and their occupation in brief manner. You should be well-versed with your educational qualifications, school and college life and about your student’s experiences. If you have been brilliant in any of co-curricular activities or sports, do mention it specifically with your achievements. The interviewer might be asking question related to your hobbies, achievements, interests etc. Do glorify your strengths and intellect and try to highlight yourself in good light. If you are applying for managerial jobs (IBPS PO or SBIPO exam) then interviewers can ask you about your leadership experience, whether it’s it in any private corporate sector, School Science project, Boot Camping Trip, Class Monitor role, College Festivals, NGO volunteering or Social Events etc. Your spontaneity, expressiveness and articulation in answering these questions will be playing a vital role in your selection. If your answers are satisfying then you might be asked questions about your comfort levels and future plans to work in office culture.

2. Questions related to Educational Background

The questions will primarily revolve around “What” and “Why” of your educational background. 

 The interviewer will be interested in subjects related to your Graduation/Post Graduation degree. In last few years, graduates from engineering background have been in large number for Bank PO exams. If you are engineer, you can expect questions from your subject and your knowledge can be tested. The interviewers will also be interested in asking about your interest in banking world, as you have studied engineering subjects in your graduation. You should sound enthusiastic as well as spontaneous in your answers. Your learning from educational background should connect with the requisites of job.  The interviewer will be checking your common sense, knowledge about banking and attitude towards the proposed banking job.   

3. Questions related to Banking Industry

Every interviewer will be checking your knowledge, aptitude and awareness about happenings in banking world in India and World. Indian banking industry has been revamped in last few years and so questions related to innovation in banking can be asked. The Commerce Graduates should find this section easier as they are well-versed with financial terminologies which are related to banking world. If you have prepared the section of General Awareness section well then you must be having thorough knowledge of latest news about recent happenings and news related to banking and financial world. This knowledge will be prove blessing for you but do answer confidently.

The other important question can be – Why to choose Banking as a career? You should be able to portray yourself as competent candidate for the job. You should glorify your positive traits in most expressive to convince interviewers. Secondly, you should have sufficient knowledge about sporadic growth in Indian banking sectors and latest innovations. The questions related to online transactions, plastic money (Debit/Credit Cards), RTGS, NEFT etc can also be asked. 

To conclude, you should always be prepared to answer about yourself confidently, especially for question like – “Why should we hire you?” This question can be asked in the beginning or end of the interview. You’re confident answering along with your presence of mind, good common sense and communicative skills will make you winner. In this article, we have comprehensibly covered all the aspects of interview questions that can be asked for the Bank PO job. We hope you will be enlightened by this article.

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All the Best!!!