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29/12/2013
Prologue
Total five articles on how to prepare for IBPS Bank Interviews
Graduation related
Bank Interviews are conducted by senior officials in their 50s. They’ve some
misconceptions and stereotypes in their mind. For example:
So, it is better if you prepare a few lines on those topics, rather than enter into argument
with the panel that “it was not part of our syllabus.” and run into the danger of stress
interview.
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4. @Those from minority fields such as architect, aviation engg., physiotherapy etc. As
such you willnot get a big list of graduation specific question for “PO” interviews.
But if you dig pagalguy.com forums’ previous IIM GDPI threads, you’ll find good
number of questions.
Now let’s check some graduation specific questions asked in previous interviews.
IT / Computer background
1. Why MT? why not Specialist IT officer?
2. You are from an IT background and doing exceptionally well there. Then why do you
want to be a PO?
3. How does information systems help businesses? (need to give real examples)
4. Can you name any special software that is used in Banking Sector? (hint: Finacle
by Infosys.)
5. IT principle behind Credit Card, Debit Card, ATM Machine, Electronic Fund
transfer, Phone Banking, CBS.
6. Suppose there is severe data loss in bank server, how will you fix it?
7. How can social networking sites be used for promoting banking business?
8. How much volts of power supply is there in a computer?
9. Banking correspondence agents (BCA) use special type of computer- is it online or is
it offline?
10. Why not a career in IT?
11. What is computer,expert systems and their applications ,electromagnetic
waves,radio waves,microwaves,alpha ,beta,gamma waves?
12. What is Cloud Computing? What is Hardware? what is GUI?
13. Most preferred computer language in business parlance.
14. Name 4 operating systems, name three 4th gen computer languages.
15. Different types of ports in a computer?
16. Optical fiber, 2G, 3G, Wifi, Bluetooth etc. and their principles. What is broadband
and narrowband and difference between them?
17. What is video conferencing? why is skype?
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BE/B.Tech related
1. When and how did you get the feeling that you are not interested in engineering
line?
2. What was your final year project in BE and what role did you play in the team?
3. Now a days in banking interview the ratio of engineer vs simple graduate is 60:40,
can you tell me why?
4. M.E./M.Tech is considered evergreen line. Why don’t you pursue it?
5. If you join banking sector, don’t you think your 4 yrs of engineering knowledge will
go to waste?
6. What is the difference between AC and DC current? Which current in transformer?
7. You had Professional Communication as a subject in your B-tech? What all u
studied in that? how was it helpful?
8. Isotopes and Isomers
9. Explain archenemies principle.
10. Why does the temperature increase after snowfall?
11. Engine related: RPM and CC.
Biotech B.Pharm
B.Com / Finance
1. What is balance sheet? What is financial report? What is double entry book
keeping? are they same things?
2. Define Accountancy. What are its benefits?
3. What is the difference between Credit and investments?
4. What are the assets and liabilities of a bank?
5. What are the risks of a bank?
6. What is manufacturing accounts?
7. Debt equity ratio analysis.Net profit to turnover ratio. Diversified portfolio
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BBA/MBA/ HR/Marketing related
1. You can easily get job in foreign banks and private banks in India. Why do you want
to settle in the low paying public sector banks?
2. Difference between marketing and selling?
3. Motivation theory: What is self-actualization needs
4. What is communication, its barriers. Difference between communication nad
effective communication? What are communication gaps?
5. Who is more important speaker or listener?
6. What is marketing? What do you know about consumer behavior?
7. What is brand equity?
Arts / Literature
1. What have you read in literature? Name of your favorite author/poet and his famous
works and why do you like them?
2. What is a Sonnet? What are its types?
3. What else did Shakespeare write besides Sonnets? Have you read any comedies by
Shakespeare, did you like them?
4. Have you read any novel by **xyz famous author**?
5. This year, who won the booker prize, noble literature prize? their famous books.
in the next article, we’ll see about the stress interviews in IBPS BankPO recruitment.
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