SBI PO Experience (II) - Vineet Paliwal

GD-PI Experience : SBI 2008 : Vineet Paliwal



Topic of GD : " NON VIOLENCE IS REDUNDANT POLICY TODAY"

• Panel of 4 moderators out of which one was initiator , other observer , one psycologist and one excellent in english to hindi translator.
  
• Well each of us was allowed to speak initially at random and then afterwards, they allowed us to go for official discussion. Went well, people spoke really well.
  
• But then came the final word of initiator abt gandhian philosophy leaving all of us chastised as if we were totally misinterpreting gandhi ji so that was it.

PI: 

1) Tell us about yourself
2) Why banking after merchant navy
3) Types of pollutions
4) Hobbies
5) What are NPA's and what could you do to reduce them as an individual
6) Roles of RBI
7) Why SBI
8) Family Background
9) Recent news which interested you and why
10) Lastly given a preference to serve where will you serve in rural or urban area and why.

So they only look for ur confidence level , body language , way of presentation and very very important uour etiquettes and officer like qualities. 



About Vineet: 


Vineet is a BSc Nautical Science graduate from Mumbai University with a work ex of more than 5 years in merchant navy.

SBI PO Experience - Vineet Paliwal

Written Exam Experience : SBI 2008 : Vineet Paliwal



PRELIMS: 

• Went really well, attempted about 55-60 percent in each section , well and if I do remember my maximum attempts were in Quant , GK , English and then reasoning . 
  
• Again I feel deciding factor is Gk and Maths as I scored and attempted most in both of them ( quant almost 80 percent but ga wud be 70%)
  

MAINS: 

• Was totally on strategy by me.
  
• First I attempted about 27 out of 50 in DI , then took reasoning and attempted 30-35+ out of 50 , then in last half and hour or so attempted Marketting 30-35 out of 50 and English in last 15-20 mins with good attempts of 35-40. 
• Accuracy in each case was different : DI 95 %, Reasoning 90%, Marketting Knowledge 75-80%, English 80%
  

Tips for the Aspirants: 

• Here you should develop habit of leaving time consuming questions especially in DI and Reasoning and should try to attempt maximum with decent accuracy.
  
• As I have shown that my DI attempts were minimum but accuracy paid overall. Similarly in Reasoning also some questions of coding decoding like where + means > types shud be cautiously attempted.
  
• However my advice is, time management should be like 40 mins for Quant/Di , 40mins for reasoning, 20mins for GK/marketing knowledge and 20 mins. for English. ( In SBI English is not merely qualifying so if you are good in it, do score and attempt more)

My Sources for Preparation: 

• Maths and Reasoning : R.S. Agarwal
  
• G.K. : BSC, Pratiyogita Darpan/CSR/Manthan and Frontline magazine.
  
• English : Read the Hindu regularly.
  
• Marketing: Summary of Philip Kotler (if you have time) Else BSC's Marketing Knowledge and the internet. 
  

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