WWW.CAREERPOWER.IN & WWW.BANKERSADDA.COM xercise & Personal Interview SBI PO Is the most sought-after recruitment process by banking aspirants. Group Exercise and Personal Interview is the final round (Phase-ll) in SBI PO 2017 Recruitment. Last year SBI introduced ' priorisation based group exercise which Is also being conducted this year in the Group Discussion Round. Interview experiences can help you get an insight af the difficulty eval, anvironment and! types fof questions being asked in SBI PO 2017 Group Exercise and Interview Round. Keep on reading to understand the experience of Sidhartha Vichwambhar Kemble. After reaching the venue they conducted document verfestion which was followed by the stat of Group Discussion Ingroup discussion, there were 2 panelists and us 10 aspirants ‘They initially told us that this is not the knowledge test. We are just ‘examining how you behave in a group. So, we were not tensed. GD Tople- “Should India give top priority to growth and development or ta equal distribution of nations! wealth.” We talked about 10 mins but we haven't resch at consensus, though I tried to conclude. Each candidate spoke on the above- mentioned topic for few minutes after which the group came to conclusion. Group Discussion can be a tensed situation fer som but with confidence and clarity of thought, one can easily score this phase. It Important to maintain the decorum of the session ‘and avoid being too loud. Put forth your views and opinions firmly best backed by figures or facts and also let your fellow group members voice their opinions. Group Exercise: As a manager which of the following attributes he should have. We were asked to arrange a set of tealts/ qualities In sequence and have a discussion on it later. -Time management Delegation “Leadership = Communication - Maintaining discipline and ersis management “Motivation - Selecting right peoples and improving ther Again, we had a healthy discussion, and | again trled toreach at consensus but we falled to reach. til ve had already told by panelists that there Is no necessity ta reach st consensus and fs not affect your marks. Personal Interview 5 panelists at the interview, chairmen (a confident cordial, and experienced man), 2 female, 2 male, Cchsirman: So, Siddharth, you are from Jalne, tell something about Jalna. ‘Me: talked about eparstion of lalna from Aurangabad, then about drought hit region, about irrigation and crops. Chairman: Industries in Jalna? Me: Sir | don't know exactly but | know that steel industry is famous. (was not happy at my answer) Ccheieman: Introduce yourself ‘Me: talked about me, my family, my education Chairman: you are a computer engineer, how will you help our bank? xperience 2017 ked about digital India, e-commerce, internet, Information technology ete. Member 1 (female): your hobby Is enjoying life, so how do you enjoy ie? (Me: talked about everything | ike Member 2 (male): da you think man ki beats important and have any effect on people Me: answered affirmative, and gave importance of ruling- ruled contact and answerability of rulers to ruled, Some cross questions. From both member 1 and 2. | politely but firmly gave ts mpertance and again supported my answer with ‘some examples as well ‘Member 3 (male): how banks help rural development? Me: talked about moneylenders, then banks, then agriculture credit, PSL, savings, investment, proper channelization of money ete: (allincuding me were satisfied) Member 4 (female): you talked about financial Inclusion, what Is the tagline oft. Me: first | said I dida't understand the question (really) and later | sid sorry maml don't know. Member 1: Google, WhatsApp, Facebook Twitter. Which one came In last century Me: mam, Its google. She then asked year, but | said sorry mam I don't know. She said it's 1988, | thanked her. Member 4: What do you know about SEI? ‘Me: talked about Imperial bank, then PSB, then merger, and then about Sl among top 50 global banks Member 4: Which banks merged with SBI? ‘Me: 1 Mahila bank and 5 associate banks and names ae Bur she sald t's ok fine. Member 3: Whats special today? Me: Talked about Teacher's day. Member 1: Full name of Modi? Me: | said Narendra Modi She said it’s Narendra Damodar Das Modi. Now, chairman again. Chairman: What is headline in today's newspaper? when | said | haven't read as Iwas in a journey from morning 5 fand said sorry he asked about yesterday, | talked about Modi, China BRICS and ministry reshuffing I also told ther about Piyush Goyal and Nirmala Sitharaman. He asked about Suresh Prabhu. | si, sir, | don't know to which ministry he placed. Chairman: monetary policy recent. ir don't know the exact figure but there Is a decrease in repo rate. Sa investment wall ncreace. | told the definition of repo rate, He wos satisfied. ‘Then he sald, ok Siddharth i's done. | thanked everybody and left It was around 12 mins. And this was my first interview, | was excited and now I'm happy with it. Allthe best to others! We should try to Stay Confident in every situation. ana Penns