SBI Clerk Interview Experience II - 2010

1.      Why you choose bank rather that S/w as you are a B-tech student?

H:  I am interested in a bank that’s why I have chosen and moreover B-tech is just a graduation, to be strong in Computer Knowledge I have chosen it.

2.      What is the reason for Recession?

H:  Though there are many reasons for the recession, sub-prime crisis contributes the major.(Go for Interview Experience –I).

3.      What is Sub-prime crisis?

H:  Giving home loans to the people who don’t have good credit rating.

4.      Which sectors are affected due to recession in India?

H:  Almost all sectors are affected, mostly Real estate and IT sector.

5.      Was Indian Banking got affected due to recession?

H: Affected but it is negligible.

6.      Name some of the financial institutions in India?

H: SBI, NABARD, LIC.

7.      Who and what is important for bank?

H: Customers and Money.

8.      How you will be useful to the bank if you were selected?

H: I am a hard worker as i can complete the work accurately within the time and I have very good knowledge on computers and its applications.

9.      Do you think private banks are a threat to public banks?

H: No I don’t think so, Still India need more banking service to reach out different types of people. We have different types of banks in India, like Rural banks for Rural people , private banks for high net worth individuals and public sector banks for general public.

10. You are over qualified for clerical job? Why do u prefer clerk job? Why not Officer?

H: I have appeared for the Officers, but did not get through. So I decided to join as a clerk and then try for the officer post.

11. What is the meaning of Sbi logo? And what do you know about SBI?

H: Told whatever I known.

About SBI:

State Bank of India(SBI) is the largest bank in India.

The origin of the State Bank of India goes back to the first decade of the nineteenth century with the establishment of the Bank of Calcutta in Calcutta on 2 June 1806. The Bank of Bombay (15 April 1840) and the Bank of Madras (1 July 1843) followed the Bank of Bengal. These three banks remained at the apex of modern banking in India till their amalgamation as the Imperial Bank of India on 27 January 1921. The Government of India nationalized the Imperial Bank of India in 1955.

The State Bank Group having more than 17000 branches. SBI alone holds 12,448 branches. SBI has over 21,000 ATMs.

The bank has 141 overseas offices spread over 32 countries.

Symbol and Logo:

Symbol is the Key Hole, whose meaning is "Welcome to SBI".

Slogans are:

1) The Nation banks on us

2) Pure banking nothing else

3) The Banker to every Indian

4) With you all the way.

State Bank of India has the following six Associate Banks (ABs):

1.      State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ)

2.      State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH)

3.      State Bank of Indore (SBIr)

4.      State Bank of Mysore (SBM)

5.      State Bank of Patiala (SBP)

6.      State Bank of Travancore (SBT)

The six ABs have a combined network of 4502 branches in India which are fully computerized and 2410 ATMs.

12. How can you find the fake currency note?

H: Don’t know.

Ways to detect a fake note

Optical Variable Ink: The colour of the numeral 1000 appears green when the banknote is held flat but would change to blue when the banknote is held at an angle. The font size is also reduced.

Latent Image: When the note is head horizontally, the vertical band on the right shows an image of the number 1000.

Security Thread: The note also has a three millimeter wide security thread with the inscriptions: one thousand, the word 'Bharat' in Hindi and RBI.

Micro lettering: The 'RBI' and the numeral, "1000" - which can be viewed with the help of a magnifying glass - are between the Mahatma Gandhi portrait and the vertical band.

Watermark: When the note is held against the light, the picture of Gandhi and an electrolyte mark showing the number 1000 appear in the white space.

Note: I Presented the Sbi Clerk Interview experience of Hari Jadhav who appeared on 29-03-10.