Interview Experience 1:

GD Topic: How is corruption destroying India?
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 1.5 minutes approximately
Open house discussion Time: 50 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Are you working presently with TCS?
2. Why do you want to change your job from TCS to that in a bank? You are drawing quite a good package, aren't you?
3. What is a Non-Performing Asset? How can you reduce NPAs?
4. What are your hobbies?
5. Who has won the OSCAR awards recently?
6. What do you browse on the internet?
7. You spent the entire day going through flipkart deals, prior to your SBI interview. Was it a greater priority for you than your SBI interview?
8. Did you prepare for the interview? What did you prepare?
9. Amazon.com has recently been in news? Why?
10. Name the CEO of Amazon.com?
11. Can you tell me the statement made by this CEO?
12. Name a few Indian e-commerce sites other than flipkart.
13. Why is Infosys in the second position?

Interview Experience 2:

GD Topic: Swachccha Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India Campaign)
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 1.5 minutes approximately
Open house discussion Time: 40 minutes

Interview:
Time: 12 - 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Which place are you from - A.P./ Telangana? (Ans: U.P)
2. Which district of U.P are you from? (Ans : Baghbat)
3. What is it famous for?
4. Which places have you visited in Baghbat?
5. What is the difference between e-commerce and e-banking?
6. What is the difference between retail shops and e-commerce? Which is better, and why?
7. Can you cite three important news items from today's newspaper?
8. A completely computerized (without any need of manpower) new shopping mall is coming up in Mumbai. Name that mall.
9. What are the advantages of a shopping mall in rural and urban areas?
10. SBI was the first bank to get computerised. Which was the 2nd bank?
11. What is BCSBI?
12. Do you know Vijayalaxmi Iyyar?
13. How many medals did India get in the ASIAN games?
14. IFSC code.
15. Can we locate the actual physical position of a bank IFSC code?
16. What is consumer surplus?

Interview Experience 3:

GD Topic: Swachchha Bharat Abhiyaan
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Discussion time per student: 1.5 minutes approximately
Open house discussion Time: 40 minutes

Interview:
Time: 10 minutes
Panel : 5

1. What is your name, its meaning and significance?
2. What is your father's job? (Designation and role)
3. What is core banking?
4. What is RTGS?
5. What is NEFT?
6. What is IBA? (Indian Banking Association)
7. Swachchha Bharat Abhiyaan - Being an HR person, what do you think are the reasons behind us Indians being so irresponsible when it comes to maintaining a cleaner society?
8. What are inflation and supply and what is the relation between them?

Interview Experience 4:

GD Topic: Major Global Agenda
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation Time: 2 minutes
Discussion time per student - 2 minutes
Open House discussion time - 15 minutes

Interview: Time: 16 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Why did you choose the banking sector?
2. Which is your favourite subject and why?

Interview Experience 5:

GD Topic: The job of government is to govern and not to conduct commercial activity (business) / Education should be more industry oriented / Education should be more industry-oriented
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 15 minutes


Interview: Time: 10 - 25 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. What is your educational background?
2. What is your work experience?
3. Questions on Current affairs.
4. What are your hobbies and interests?
5. What is Just in Time(JIT)?
6. Why did you leave your job?
7. Students of telecom background were asked about 2G, 3G, GSM etc.
8. Candidates who had listed playing instruments as hobbies were questioned on information related to instruments like guitar etc.
9. What is Oligopoly?
10. What are the reasons for China's success in the manufacturing sector?

Interview Experience 6:

GD Topic: Should the government come out of Commercial Enterprises
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 10 minutes

Interview: Time: 8 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Questions pertaining to Mechanical Engineering and Physics were asked because student is an Engineer.
2. Questions on Indian and World History.
3. Questions on the state of Bihar since the candidate hailed from there.

Interview Experience 7:

GD Topic: Judicial Activism encroaches upon the powers of the Executive and the Legislature
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 45 minutes

Interview: Time: 8 - 10 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Is Judicial Activism good or bad?
2. More independent regulators like the TRAI, IRDA, SEBI and so on should be established or is there a need for better government fuctioning?
3. Compare Accounting Standards and IFRS.
4. How is depreciation tackled under the Companies Act and the Income Tax Act?
5. Why is writing your interest? And what you have done as a writer?
6. What is the Doctrine of Basic Structure?
7. Some personal questions.

Interview Experience 8:

GD Topic: Online Shopping Vs retail Shopping
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Interview: Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Tell me something about yourself.
2. You are interested in travelling. Which place have you visited recently?
Ans - McLeod Ganj Dharamshala (H.P)
3. Why it McLeod Ganj famous?
4. Questions related to the Dalai LAMA and Tibet.
5. Elementary questions on Electronics and Communication.
6. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics and for what?

Interview Experience 9:

GD Topic: e-learning
Preparation Time: 2 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: Unlimited

Interview:
Time: 20 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. What is terrorism? 2. WHy have you opted for the govrenment sector?
3. What is your opinion of the soft stance of India on terrorism?
4. What do you mean by ancient India?

Interview Experience 10:

GD Topic: Subsidies are not good for our country
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1) What are Modi's three Ds?
2) Tell something about BPL.
3) Differentiate between FDI and FII.
4) What is Financial Inclusion?
5) What are the positives and negatives of Privatization?

Interview Experience 11:

GD Topic: Commercialization of education. Is it good or bad?
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 40 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Why did you not come through the internal channel of promotion?
2. Discussion on point raised in the GD.
3. What is the significance of the Indian flag?
4. Who wrote the national anthem?
5. Tell us something about the Make in India campaign.
6. WHat is the SARFAESI Act?
7. What is NI Act?
8. What brought about popularity of cheques among people?
9. Tell us your experience at SBI.
10. WHat was your daily work routine at your branch?
11. Questions on some terms related to law.
12. How do you think can credit risk be mitigated by banks?

Interview Experience 12:

GD Topic: Rise and growth of regional parties are hurting the unity of India
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 15 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

All the questions asked were related to economics as I hail from an economics background.

Interview Experience 13:

GD Topic: Should Govt disinvest Public Sector banks?
Preparation Time: 3 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 1/2minutes
Open house discussion Time: 15 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 6 members

1. What is CASA ratio? What are its limits?
2. Name the types of deposits.
3. Differenentiate between Current account and Savings account.
4. What is the current SB interest rate?
5. What is Base rate?
6. What is the SB account limit for a company?
7. What is NPA ? What are net NPA and gross NPA?
8. How is an NPA accounted?
9. What is the volume of business at your branch - deposits, advances? What is the profit?
10. What is the net income of Canara Bank? How many branches does it have?
11. Where is Chechiniya? What is the problem there?
12. Which state has the maximum iron ore output?
13. Why did you take 7 years to complete B.Tech?

Interview Experience 14:

GD Topic: Should Govt disinvest in Public Sector banks?
Preparation Time: 3 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 1/2minutes
Open house discussion Time: 15 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 6 members

1. What are your interests in life?
2. Why did you resign from IRCTC ?
3. In this job too, you will have to travel. What do you say?
4. What is the number of railway houses?
5. ABout the new railway line in J&K.
6. Which train covers the longest distance in India?
7. While in IRCTC, which places did you travel to?
8. What did you see in Delhi?
9. Who built the Qutab Minar?
10. What was the Mumbai High court judgement against Videocon?
11. What is ERP?
12. What are the problems in the Indian economy? Which is it not getting a boost?
13. Do environmental factors affect the economy? Which districts has HudHud affected in AP ?

Interview Experience 15:

GD Topic: India doesn't fight against corruption adequately
No. of candidates in GD: 17 members
Preparation Time: 2 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 15 minutes

Interview:
Time: 25 - 30 minutes
Panel: 6 members

1. What is a GD?
2. Whose name was sent for the Man booker prize nomination from India?
3. Personal questions like domicile. Tell us about ASR.
4. Do you have a bank account? Is it in SBI?
5. List 3 weaknesses of SBI.
6. What are NPAs?
7. What are the components of GDP.
8. What is the contribution of the Service sector to the GDP?
9. What did you do for the past 1 year?
10. How many teams participated in the Asian games?

Interview Experience 16:

GD Topic: Ethics have no place in business
No. of candidates in GD: 15 members
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 - 3 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 30 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Have you completed B. Pharma?
2. Where did you do your post graduation from?
3. Have you tried for jobs in your field?
4. How did you prepare for the written exam?
5. Tell us about RBI.
6. Tell about Open Market Operations?
7. How does the RBI control monetary policies in India?
8. What is LAF ( Liquid Adjustment Facility)?
9. What are the functions of the SEBI?
10. What is a bank and its functions?
11. What are stocks and debentures? What is the differnce between them? Why do companies issues stocks?
12. Do pharma companies maintain ethics?
13. For marketing their products, pharma companies are offering tour packages and gifts for doctors. Is it ethical?
14. What is the "ELNINO" effect? What are its reasons?
15. What do you understand by the term Green house effect?

Interview Experience 17:

GD Topic: Small states lead to development
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 30 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Why do you want to join the banking sector?
2. Why did you choose SBI?
3. What is the difference Retail banking and Corporate Banking?
4. Why is there an emphasis on Retail banking?
5. What is a local area banks?
6. Who is the regulator of corporate banks?
7. What are your hobbies?
8. What is the ore of Aluminium? Where is it available in India?
9. You are a mathematical genius and have won prizes in mathematics and awards in science fairs. Can you tell us who is John Field?
10. Who won the recent prize in his name?

Interview Experience 18:

GD Topic: Ethics have no place in business
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 30 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Tell us about yourself.
2. Why did leave your job?
3. What is today's exchange rate of Rupee and Dollar?
4. What do you understand by Merchant banking?
5. What is NPA?
6. Which company was in news recently for being a willful defaulter?
7. What are the sectors in priority sector lending?
8. Why has 'Sharada Chit Fund' company been in news?
9. What precautionary measurements did the Odisha government take before the cyclone Hudhud?
10. Recently, PM (Mr.Narendra Modi) has made a statement 'Cyber Domination'. What is it?

Interviews Experience 19:

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 30 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What do you know about SBI?
3. Name the types of deposit schemes.
4. Name the different types of cheques.
5. What is the diference between a cheque and a banker's cheque?
6. What is tab banking?
7. What are the rights under a Garnishee Order?
8. What is the basis for the dispute between Arunachal Pradesh and China?
9. What is the name of the official line between India and China?
10. What is priority sector lending? Why is it so important?
11. Why did you leave your previous job?
12. What do you mean by Balance of Payments?
13. How does a chit fund work?
14. What are the causes of food inflation?
15. What can you tell us about your native place?

Interview Experience 20:

GD Topic: Oppulent display of wealth in marriages is a necessary social evil
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 + 1 = 3 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 60 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. You are currently working at accenture. Do you know that the revenue of accenture equals the revenue of TCS, Infosys, Wipro? Do you know what the turnover of your company?
2. Why do you want to leave such a big compny for SBI whose revenue is not even a quarter of it?
3. The actual growth in banking starts after 8 years. Will you be okay with it?
4. Your hobby is cooking. Could you tell me what blanching means?
5. What is marinating?
6. Do you think you will get completely marinated into SBI?
7. What is caramelising?
8. Tell us something about banking to impress us.
9. What do you know about SBI?
10. If SBI is such a big bank according to you, is the RBI issuing new bank licenses?
11. Tell us how you will be useful to us.
12. You know that you won't be working on the bancs@24 tool that you have just mentioned. THen how will your skills help us?

Interview Experience 21:

GD Topic: Should the government come out of Commercial Enterprises?
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation Time: 3 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 10 minutes

Interview:
Time: 8 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Indian history.
2. World history.
3. Questions related to the state of BIhar from where the candidate hailed.

Interview Experience 22:

GD Topic: Press and Media Freedom
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 20 - 25 minutes

Interview:
Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Where are you from ( as my name sounded different to them ) How come you are in the south?
2. Tell us something about your educational background and career details.
3. Why do you want to join the banking sector?
4. How is technology used in banking?
5. What are the various areas where you can be helpful, if you join a bank?
6. What are the PM's ew reforms? What is the name given, what are the clauses in that shceme?
7. How does inclusion help the deprived sections of society?
8. What are your hobbies? Why did you choose that as a hobby?

Interview Experience 23:

GD Topic: India in 2025
No. of candidates in GD: 4 students
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 15 minutes

Interview: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. How can you foresee that India is developing?
2. Are there any signs or indications that India is developing?
3. How long will development continue?
4. What is SBI capital fund?
5. What does the term SBI fund manager mean?
6. What are open and closed funds in mutual funds?
7. What is a mutual fund call option?
8. CNN & IBN have started a channel in Gujarati? Can you name it?
9. ING VYSYA life insurance has changed its name. Can you name it?
10. What are you doing ? (Profession and name of the company)
11. Was your town effected by the cyclone "Hud Hud"?
12. What is your father?
13. Did you prepare any topic related to bank as you belongs to a technical field?

Interview Experience 24:

GD Topic: Make in India
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 30 minutes

Interview: 10 - 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. Why do you want a bank job after B. Tech (IIT)?
2. What is upstream and downstream in chemical engineering?
3. What are your hobbies (Basket Ball)?
4. Tell the names of National Basket Ball Association team members?
5. What is Financial Inclusion?
6. What is a self-help group?
7. Do you know about Switzerland's recent experiment?
8. Tell us about 'APPLE 6' phone?
9. What is the capital of Telangana state?
10. What is the capital of Andhra Pradesh?
11. What are the names of schemes, which SBI has launched for rural banking?

Interview Experience 25:

GD Topic: Effect of TV advertisements on children
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 15 minutes

Interview:
Time: 10 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. What is GDP and GNP? What are the differnces?
2. What is nationalisation of banks?
3. What is the reason for nationalisation of banks?
4. How many nationalised banks?
5. What is core banking? What are NEFT and RTGS?
6. What are your hobbies (cricket)?
7. Who is the recent Nobel prize receipient?
8. What is the role of banks in the Indian economy?
9. What are the differences in customer service between public sector banks and private banks?

Interview Experience 26:

GD Topic: Should mobile phones be prohibited from students
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 5 minutes

Interview:
Time: 10 - 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. From which place are you?
2. From where did you complete your graduation?
3. What is Narayanapet famous for?
4. Do you know everything about banking?
5. What are the subsidiaries of SBI?
6. Whohas recently received the Nobel prize in chemistry? Which country does he belong to, and how many members have won it?
7. What is Mendeleef equation?
8. Tell us about your family.
9. You finished graduation in 2008. What you have been doing for the past 6 years?

Interview Experience 27:

GD Topic: Effect of reality and game shows on the present generation
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion Time: 20 minutes

Interview:
Time: 8 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. What do you know about banking (NPA, Types of deposits)?
2. What is NPA?
3. What are the various types of deposits?
4. What are developmental banks?
5. What is IBA, NEFT?
6. What are your hobbies?
7. What is the corridor of uncertainity?

1.Name: R.Vamsi
Date: 8.10.2014
Place: Hyderabad
GD Topic: How is corruption destroying India?
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 1.5 minutes approximately
Open House discussion time: 50 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1.Are you working presently with TCS?
2.Why do you want to change your job from TCS to that in a bank? You are drawing quite a good package, aren't you?
3.What is a Non-Performing Asset? How can you reduce NPAs?
4.What are your hobbies?
5.Who has won the OSCAR awards recently?
6.What do you browse on the internet?
7.You spent the entire day going through flipkart deals, prior to your SBI interview. Was it a greater priority for you than your SBI interview?
8.Did you prepare for the interview? What did you prepare?
9.Amazon.com has recently been in news? Why?
10.Name the CEO of Amazon.com?
11.Can you tell me the statement made by this CEO?
12.Name a few Indian e-commerce sites other than flipkart.
13.Why is Infosys in the second position?

2.Name: Saurabh Kumar
Date:16.10. 2014
Place:Hyderabad
GD Topic: Swachccha Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India Campaign)
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 1.5 minutes approximately
Open House discussion time: 40 minutes

Interview:

Time:12 – 15 minutes
Panel:5 members

1.Which place are you from - A.P./ Telangana? (Ans: U.P)
2.Which district of U.P are you from? (Ans : Baghbat)
3.What is it famous for?
4.Which places have you visited in Baghbat?
5.What is the difference between e-commerce and e-banking?
6.What is the difference between retail shops and e-commerce? Which is better, and why?
7.Can you cite three important news items from today's newspaper?
8.A completely computerized (without any need of manpower) new shopping mall is coming up in Mumbai. Name that mall.
9.What are the advantages of a shopping mall in rural and urban areas?
10.SBI was the first bank to get computerised. Which was the 2nd bank?
11.What is BCSBI?
12.Do you know Vijayalaxmi Iyyar?
13.How many medals did India get in the ASIAN games?
14.IFSC code.
15.Can we locate the actual physical position of a bank IFSC code?
16.What is consumer surplus?

3.Name: Deena Priscilla
Date:16. 10. 14
Place:
Topic: Swachchha Bharat Abhiyaan
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members - 3 absent
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Discussion time per student: 1.5 minutes approximately
Open House discussion time: 40 minutes

Interview:

Time: 10 minutes
Panel: 5

1.What is your name, its meaning and significance?
2.What is your father's job? (Designation and role)
3.What is core banking?
4.What is RTGS?
5.What is NEFT?
6.What is IBA? (Indian Banking Association)
7.Swachchha Bharat Abhiyaan - Being an HR person, what do you think are the reasons behind us Indians being so irresponsible when it comes to maintaining a cleaner society?
8.What are inflation and supply and what is the relation between them?

4. Name:
Date: Delhi
Place:
GD Topic: Major Global Agenda
No. of candidates in GD:
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Discussion time per student - 2 minutes
Open House discussion time - 15 minutes

Interview:
Time: 16 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1.Why did you choose the banking sector?
2.Which is your favourite subject and why?

5. Name:
Date:
Place:
GD Topic: The job of government is to govern and not to conduct commercial activity (business) / Education should be more industry oriented / Education should be more industry-oriented
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open House discussion time: 15 minutes

Interview:

Time:10 – 25 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1.What is your educational background?
2.What is your work experience?
3.Questions on Current affairs.
4.What are your hobbies and interests?
5.What is Just in Time(JIT)?
6.Why did you leave your job?
7.Students of telecom background were asked about 2G, 3G, GSM etc.
8.Candidates who had listed playing instruments as hobbies were questioned on information related to instruments like guitar etc.
9. What is Oligopoly?
10. What are the reasons for China’s success in the manufacturing sector?

6. Name: Aditya Prakash

Date: 15.10.2014

Place: Delhi

GD Topic: Should the government come out of Commercial Enterprises

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time:

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 10 minutes

Interview:

Time: 8 minutes
Panel:5 members

1.Questions pertaining to Mechanical Engineering and Physics were asked because student is an Engineer.
2.Questions on Indian and World History.
3.Questions on the state of Bihar since the candidate hailed from there.

7.Name: Deepak Sharma

Date: 15. 10. 2014

Place: Delhi

GD Topic: Judicial Activism encroaches upon the powers of the Executive and the Legislature

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 45 minutes

Interview:

Time: 8 – 10 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1.Is Judicial Activism good or bad?

2. More independent regulators like the TRAI, IRDA, SEBI and so on should be established or is there a need for better government fuctioning?

3.Compare Accounting Standards and IFRS.

4.How is depreciation tackled under the Companies Act and the Income Tax Act?

5.Why is writing your interest? And what you have done as a writer?

6.What is the Doctrine of Basic Structure?

7.Some personal questions.

8. Name: Nitin Sonkusre

Date:10.10.2014

Place:Delhi

GD Topic: Online Shopping Vs retail Shopping 

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time:

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1.Tell me something about yourself.

2.You are interested in travelling. Which place have you visited recently?

Ans - McLeod Ganj Dharamshala (H.P)

3. Why it McLeod Ganj famous?

4. Questions related to the Dalai LAMA and Tibet.

5. Elementary questions on Electronics and Communication.

6. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics and for what?

9. Name: Neeraj Kumar Meena

Date: 9. 10.2014

Place: Delhi

GD Topic: e-learning

No.of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 2 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: Unlimited

Interview:

Time: 20 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1. What is terrorism?

2. WHy have you opted for the govrenment sector?

3. What is your opinion of the soft stance of India on terrorism?

4. What do you mean by ancient India?

10. Name: Ankit

Date: 10. 10. 2014

Place: Delhi

GD Topic: Subsidies are not good for our country

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time:

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time:

Interview:

Time: minutes

Panel: 5 members

1) What are Modi's three Ds?

2) Tell something about BPL.

3) Differentiate between FDI and FII.

4) What is Financial Inclusion?

5) What are the positives and negatives of Privatization?

11. Name: R.G. Bhavika

Date: 10. 10. 2014

Place: Delhi

GD Topic: Commercialization of education. Is it good or bad?

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time:

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 40 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1.Why did you not come through the internal channel of promotion?
2.Discussion on point raised in the GD.
3. What is the significance of the Indian flag?
4.Who wrote the national anthem?
5. Tell us something about the Make in India campaign.
6. WHat is the SARFAESI Act?
7. What is NI Act?
8. What brought about popularity of cheques among people?
9. Tell us your experience at SBI.
10. WHat was your daily work routine at your branch?
11. Questions on some terms related to law.
12. How do you think can credit risk be mitigated by banks?

12. Name: R.G. Palash

Date: 10. 10. 2014

Place: Delhi

GD Topic: Rise and growth of regional parties are hurting the unity of India

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time:

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 15 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

All the questions asked were related to economics as I hail from an economics background.

13. Name:

Date: 10. 10. 2014

Place:

GD Topic: Should Govt disinvest Public Sector banks? 

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 3 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 1/2minutes

Open House discussion time: 15 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 6 members

Student had completed B.Tech in 2012, 3 years after he was supposed to graduate.  Has been working in Canara Bank as a clerk for the past 2 months

1. What is CASA ratio? What are its limits?

2. Name the types of deposits.

3. Differenentiate between Current account and Savings account.

4. What is the current SB interest rate?

5. WHat is Base rate?

6. What is the SB account limit for a company?

7. What is NPA ? What are net NPA and gross NPA?

8. How is an NPA accounted?

9. What is the volume of business at your branch - deposits, advances? What is the profit?

10. What is the net income of Canara Bank? How many branches does it have?

11. Where is Chechiniya? What is the problem there?

12. Which state has the maximum iron ore output?

13. Why did you take 7 years to complete B.Tech?

14. Name:

Date: 10. 10. 2014

Place:

GD Topic: Should Govt disinvest in Public Sector banks?

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 3 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 1/2minutes

Open House discussion time: 15 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 6 members

The student was a B.Sc Maths. He worked for a few months in IRCTC and resigned due to dislike for too much travel and ill-health.

1. What are your interests in life?

2. Why did you resign from IRCTC ?

3. In this job too, you will have to travel. What do you say?

4. What is the number of railway houses?

5. About the new railway line in J&K.

6. Which train covers the longest distance in India?

7. While in IRCTC, which places did you travel to?

8. What did you see in Delhi?

9. Who built the Qutab Minar?

10. What was the Mumbai High court judgement against Videocon?

11. What is ERP?

12. What are the problems in the Indian economy? Which is it not getting a boost?

13. Do environmental factors affect the economy? Which districts has HudHud affected in AP ?

15. Name: Himanshu

Date: 18. 10. 2014

Place: Amritsar

GD Topic: India doesn't fight against corruption adequately

No. of candidates in GD: 17 members

Preparation time: 2 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 15 minutes

Interview:

Time: 25 – 30 minutes

Panel: 6 members

1. What is a GD?

2. Whose name was sent for the Man booker prize nomination from India?

3. Personal questions like domicile. Tell us about ASR.

4. Do you have a bank account? Is it in SBI?

5. List 3 weaknesses of SBI.

6. What are NPAs?

7. What are the components of GDP.

8. What is the contribution of the Service sector to the GDP?

9. What did you do for the past 1 year? 

10. How many teams participated in the Asian games?

16. Name: Deepthi

Date: 18. 10. 2014

Place: Hyderabad

GD Topic: Ethics have no place in business

No. of candidates in GD: 15 members

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 - 3 minutes

Open House discussion time: 30 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1.Have you completed B. Pharma?

2.Where did you do your post graduation from?

3.Have you tried for jobs in your field?

4.How did you prepare for the written exam?

5.Tell us about RBI.

6.Tell about Open Market Operations?

7.How does the RBI control monetary policies in India?

8.What is LAF ( Liquid Adjustment Facility)?

9.What are the functions of the SEBI?

10.What is a bank and its functions?

11.What are stocks and debentures? What is the differnce between them? Why do companies issues stocks?

12. Do pharma companies maintain ethics?

13. For marketing their products, pharma companies are offering tour packages and gifts for doctors. Is it ethical?

14. What is the “ELNINO” effect? What are its reasons?

15. What do you understand by the term Green house effect?

17. Name: Pavan Kumar

Date: 11. 10. 2014

Place:

GD Topic: Small states lead to development

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 30 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1.Why do you want to join the banking sector?

2.Why did you choose SBI?

3.What is the difference Retail banking and Corporate Banking?

4.Why is there an emphasis on Retail banking?

5.What is a local area banks?

6.Who is the regulator of corporate banks?

7.What are your hobbies?

8.What is the ore of Aluminium? Where is it available in India?

9.You are a mathematical genius and have won prizes in mathematics and awards in science fairs. Can you tell us who is John Field?

10.Who won the recent prize in his name?

18. Name: Kirti Asthana

Date:18. 10. 2014

Place:

GD Topic: Ethics have no place in business

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 30 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1.Tell us about yourself.

2.Why did leave your job?

3.What is today's exchange rate of Rupee and Dollar?

4.What do you understand by Merchant banking?

5.What is NPA?

6.Which company was in news recently for being a willful defaulter?

7.What are the sectors in priority sector lending?

8.Why has 'Sharada Chit Fund' company been in news?

9.What precautionary measurements did the Odisha government take before the cyclone Hudhud?

10. Recently, PM (Mr.Narendra Modi) has made a statement 'Cyber Domination'. What is it?

19. Name: Ronitraj Mishra

Date: 11. 10. 2014

Place: Mumbai

GD Topic:

No. of candidates in GD:

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 30 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1. Tell me about yourself.

2. What do you know about SBI?

3. Name the types of deposit schemes.

4. Name the different types of cheques.

5. What is the diference between a cheque and a banker's cheque?

6. What is tab banking?

7. What are the rights under a Garnishee Order?

8. What is the basis for the dispute between Arunachal Pradesh and China?

9. What is the name of the official line between India and China?

10. What is priority sector lending? Why is it so important?

11. Why did you leave your previous job?

12. What do you mean by Balance of Payments?

13. How does a chit fund work?

14. What are the causes of food inflation?

15. WHat can you tell us about your native place?

20. Name: Ekata Mishra

Date: 17. 10. 2014

Place: Mumbai

GD Topic: Oppulent display of wealth in marriages is a necessary social evil

No. of candidates in GD: 14 members

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 + 1 = 3 minutes

Open House discussion time: 60 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1. You are currently working at accenture. Do you know that the revenue of accenture equals the revenue of TCS, Infosys, Wipro? Do you know what the turnover of your company?

2. Why do you want to leave such a big compny for SBI whose revenue is not even a quarter of it?

3. The actual growth in banking starts after 8 years. Will you be okay with it?

4. Your hobby is cooking. Could you tell me what blanching means?

5. What is marinating?

6. Do you think you will get completely marinated into SBI?

7. What is caramelising?

8. Tell us something about banking to impress us.

9. What do you know about SBI?

10. If SBI is such a big bank according to you, is the RBI issuing new bank licenses?

11. Tell us how you will be useful to us.

12. You know that you won't be working on the bancs@24 tool that you have just mentioned. Then how will your skills help us?

21. Name: Aditya Prakash

Date: 15. 10. 2014

Place: Mumbai

GD Topic: Should the government come out of Commercial Enterprises?

No. of candidates in GD: 14 members

Preparation time: 3 minutes

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open House discussion time: 10 minutes

Interview:

Time: 8 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1.Indian history.

2.World history.

3.Questions related to the state of BIhar from where the candidate hailed.

22. Name: Preeti Kataria

Place: Hyderabad

Date: 10. 11. 2014

GD Topic: Press and Media Freedom

No. of candidates in GD: 14 members

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open house discussion time: 20 – 25 minutes

Interview:

Time: 15 to 20 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1. Where are you from ( as my name sounded different to them ) How come you are in the south?

2. Tell us something about your educational background and career details.

3. Why do you want to join the banking sector?

4. How is technology used in banking?

5. What are the various areas where you can be helpful, if you join a bank?

6. What are the PM's ew reforms? What is the name given, what are the clauses in that shceme?

7. How does inclusion help the deprived sections of society?

8. What are your hobbies? Why did you choose that as a hobby?

23. Name: Sri Harsha Sunkara

Place: Hyderabad

Date: 10. 11. 2014

GD Topic: India in 2025

No. of candidates in GD: 4 students

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open house discussion time: 15 minutes

Interview: 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1. How can you foresee that India is developing?

2. Are there any signs or indications that India is developing?

3. How long will development continue?

4. What is SBI capital fund?

5. What does the term SBI fund manager mean?

6. What are open and closed funds in mutual funds?

7. What is a mutual fund call option?

8. CNN & IBN have started a channel in Gujarati? Can you name it?

9. ING VYSYA life insurance has changed its name. Can you name it?

10. What are you doing ? (Profession and name of the company)

11. Was your town effected by the cyclone “Hud Hud”?

12. What is your father?

13. Did you prepare any topic related to bank as you belongs to a technical field?

24. Name: Pallam Uday Bhanu

Place: Hyderabad

Date: 10. 11. 2014

GD Topic: Make in India

No. of candidates in GD: 14 members

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open house discussion time: 30 minutes

Interview: 10 – 15 minutes

Panel: 5 members

1. Why do you want a bank job after B. Tech (IIT)?

2. What is upstream and downstream in chemical engineering?

3. What are your hobbies (Basket Ball)?

4. Tell the names of National Basket Ball Association team members?

5. What is Financial Inclusion?

6. What is a self-help group?

7. Do you know about Switzerland's recent experiment?

8. Tell us about 'APPLE 6' phone?

9. What is the capital of Telangana state?

10. What is the capital of Andhra Pradesh?

11. What are the names of schemes, which SBI has launched for rural banking?

25. Name: D. Naresh

Place: Hyderabad

Date: 10. 11. 2014

GD Topic: Effect of TV advertisements on children

No. of candidates in GD: 14 members

Discussion time per student: 2 minutes

Open house discussion time: 15 minutes

Interview:

Time: 10 minutes

Panel:5 members

1. What is GDP and GNP? What are the differnces?

2. What is nationalisation of banks?

3. What is the reason for nationalisation of banks?

4. How many nationalised banks?

5. What is core banking? What are NEFT and RTGS?

6. What are your hobbies (cricket)?

7. Who is the recent Nobel prize receipient?

8. What is the role of banks in the Indian economy?

9. What are the differences in customer service between public sector banks and private banks?

26. Name: P. Ravi Kumar
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 10. 11. 2014
GD Topic: Should mobile phones be prohibited from students
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion time: 5 minutes

Interview:
Time: 10 – 15 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. From which place are you?
2. From where did you complete your graduation?
3. What is Narayanapet famous for?
4. Do you know everything about banking?
5. What are the subsidiaries of SBI?
6. Whohas recently received the Nobel prize in chemistry? Which country does he belong to, and how many members have won it?
7. What is Mendeleef equation?
8. Tell us about your family.
9. You finished graduation in 2008. What you have been doing for the past 6 years?

27. Name: Jai Kishan
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 10. 11. 2014
GD Topic: Effect of reality and game shows on the present generation
No. of candidates in GD: 14 members
Discussion time per student: 2 minutes
Open house discussion time: 20 minutes

Interview:

Time: 8 minutes
Panel: 5 members

1. What do you know about banking (NPA, Types of deposits)?
2. What is NPA?
3. What are the various types of deposits?
4. What are developmental banks?
5. What is IBA, NEFT?
6. What are your hobbies?
7. What is the corridor of uncertainity?