Probationary Officers in Banks is the
mostly chosen as well as prestigious and blossoming career option now
a days. No need to mention that State Bank of India is the largest
commercial Bank of India. Working under this bank will give you
immense career growth. That's why lacs of aspirants sit for SBI PO
exam every year. State Bank of India recruits thousands of
probationary officers each year. It's becoming tough to crack the
exam as the competition getting high. But proper and enthusiastic
preparation can lead you to success easily. At this juncture,
question might popping in mind, how to prepare for SBI PO exam? Here
we have brought out for you some useful study tips and preparation
strategies for SBI PO Examination.
For your concern, SBI PO examination
has been divided into three phases for the first time from this
year-
- Phase I – Preliminary Examination
- Phase II – Main Examination
- Phase III – Group Discussion & Interview
Preliminary Examination contains three
section-
- English carrying 30 Marks
- Quantitative Aptitude carrying 35 Marks
- Reasoning Ability carrying 35 Marks
Main Examination will have two parts –
Objective parts of 200 Marks and Descriptive parts of 50 Marks.
Objective type questions includes from English, General Awareness,
Marketing & Computers, Data Analysis & Interpretation and
Reasoning (High Level).
Preparation Technique for English Parts
English section mainly measures your
understanding level of the language, knowledge of English Grammar and
the stock of vocabulary. To test your judgment and expertise you will
be asked comprehensive type questions , allow you to re-arrange , to
make meaningful sentence out of given phrases etc. For preparing the
English section, first get a book of English Grammar &
Composition . Go through the book to learn all the basic rules of
Grammar. Increase your stocks of vocabulary. Strong vocabulary helps
a lot in solving various types of questions. See the previous year
question papers and practice as much as possible.
Preparation Technique for Quantitative Aptitude
Quantitative Aptitude section is for
testing the knowledge of basic Mathematics. For this you need to have
thorough knowledge of Mathematics of Class V to Class X. You can
follow NCERT books of Mathematics and learn all the basic rules
applied in each chapter. Understand them, apply them and solve
problem by yourself. Remember the formulas and learn the way of
applying it. At very first, do not go for shortcuts, try to solve
conceptually. After understanding, learn the shortcuts. In the
upcoming articles, we will be posting some best shortcuts and tricks,
so keep an eye on our blog. The more you learn the shortcuts, the
better for you because it act as a time saver.
Preparation Technique for Data Interpretation and Data Analysis
For solving Data Interpretation &
Data Analysis problems, learn fully the concept of calculating the
average, percentage, ratio and proportion. Spend some more time in
this section practicing various problems. Because this section is
time consuming. So sufficiently practicing will make you familiar
with the types of problems and you will able to do it fast. Soon we
will recommend some of the best books for preparing for SBI PO in the
upcoming post from where you can get a clear idea of problems of this
section.
Preparation Technique for Reasoning Ability
Reasoning is the capability of our mind
to think logically a situation. It determines our best judgment
ability, thinking ability and problem solving ability. You are asked
to concentrate more on this section, because this section is
comparatively easy and will help you in obtaining maximum marks. The
more you try to solve this section, your brain's efficiency will
increase. Further you will be able to catch things instantly.
Preparation Technique for General Awareness
General Awareness section measures how much you are aware about the everyday happening around you. The best source to know about our daily happening are the Newspapers. So you may read a daily newspaper and keep an eye on the latest happening. You may get a note book and take notes all the latest happening in the banking, economy and corporate section. You are advised to follow an English daily newspaper only. It will help in many ways. For this section, you may also read a year book or competitive magazines to keep you updated.
Conclusion
In such competitive examination, time
management is the most crucial part. Continuous practice will help
you in all aspect. Do try to solve previous year question papers. You
may create a examination hall like environment so that you can boost
your time management skill. Create a study table and start your
preparation. If you have anything to say about this post, type it in
the comment section, we will be glad to hear you. How are you
preparing for the SBI PO? Anything you want to add beyond our
coverage?
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