Friday, July 30, 2010

SBI Associate Banks PO Interview

SBI Associate Banks PO Interview Experience

Date: 27 July, 2010

Venue:
SBI LHO, Bhopal

I was in the morning batch, in all 24 candidates, divided into 2 panels were called. I was in panel 2. After the document verification at around 9 am, we were offered Tea and snacks. Around 9:30 we were asked to gather at the GD room, one of the guy in our group was absent.

The 4 interview panel members came and congratulated all of us for making it to this next round, wished us luck and declared the format for GD. The topic was "Economic Development and Environmental Protection can not go hand in hand", we were given 5 minutes to gather out thoughts, we were given 3 minutes each to put our points. There was no fish market or chaos in the GD it all ended pretty smoothly.

Interviews started at around 10:15, my turn came at 12:45, here are the questions asked during the interview:

Which amongst Artic and Antartica is ocean and which is continent?
What is twitter? How is it different from Orkut?
How can Blogging help an organisation?
What is soil pollution?
What is organic farming and bio fertilizers?
There were a lot of questions asked on what i said, why i said, how can i justify it from the points i put in GD. The interview lasted about 15 minutes.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd AO Interview

Interview Experience : Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd (AO)

Date : 21-7-2010

Venue : Hotel Broadway, New Delhi

My interview was scheduled at 2 pm, there were 10-12 other candidates
After the document verification, interviews started around 2:30 and lasted till 4:15 pm
My interview lasted 8-10 minutes
There were 4 members (all male in their late 50s and above) in the panel all were very simple and generous.The following questions were asked:

1 You finished your graduation in 2009 what have you been doing since then?
2 What is the difference between corporations, company limited and authority?
3 What is general insurance?
4 What is the difference between Life and health insurance?
5 How will your qualification help us?
6 Showed a picture and was asked to describe about it.
7 What is your goal in life?

So this was it, looking forward to the results after failing to clear Allahabad Bank PO interview.
All the best to all
Thank you

Monday, July 5, 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010 Best 11 (Pre- Quarters and Quarter Finals)

Forward:
David Villa(Spain)
Miroslav Klose(Germany)
Arjen Robben(Netherlands)

Mid Fielder:

Wesley Sneijder(Netherlands)
Thomas Mueller(Germany)
Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER(Germany)
Christian Riveros(Paraguay)

Defender:
Phillip Lahm(Germany)
Sergio Ramos(Spain)
Gerard Pique(Spain)

Goal Keeper:
Iker Casillas(Spain)

Substitutes:
Manuel Neuer(Germany)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
Antolin AlcarazParaguay)
Xabi Alonso(Spain)

Canara Bank PO (General Awareness) 2010

1. Term used in Hockey – Penalty Stroke.
2. Inflation in 2009-10 – ?
3. India Bangladesh hydel power plant where – Khulna.
4. GDP – Gross Domestic Product.
5. 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in – London.
6. Earth Day– April 22nd.
7. NBFC – None(Non banking finance company)
8. India Palestine related – West Asia conflict.
9. Bear and Bulls related to – Stock Market.
10. Special Drawing Rights issued by – IMF.
11. Repo Rate – None(5.25 %)
12. Economic Survey 2010 was done for the year - 2009-10.
13. Which country facing Crisis in Europe – Greece.
14. Women’s Reservation in state assemblies – 33%.
15. Base rate will be implemented from – July 2010.
16. Scheme related to Rural Health Scheme – NHRM.
17. Who is not related to famous author – M F Hussain.
18. South Africa Currency – None(Rand)
19. WADI in West Bengal - Tribal Development programme.
20. Chairman of 13th finance commission – Vijay Kelkar.
21. Player associated with women’s cricket – Mithali Raj.
22. India and Saudi Arabia signed pacts in – Energy Sector.
23. Which country does not play International cricket – China.
24. First woman president of Costa Rica - Laura Chinchilla.
25. Government has granted 12000 crore to – None(1200 crore for Bundelkhand)
26. Victor Yankovych has been elected as – President of Ukraine.
27. Basic banking services to rural people termed as - Financial Inclusion.
28. To which country India has given $1 billion– Bangladesh.
29. Teams played in IPL final – None(Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians)
30. Which of the following is not related to banking and finance – Cell fusion.
31. Which country has reservation in parliament for women like India – France.
32. Who presented the Union budget 2010-11 in parliament – None (Pranab Mukherjee)
33. Recently which country celebrated 149th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore – China.
34. Which of the following award is not given in the field of literature - Arjuna Awards.
35. Which country objected the meeting between Dalai Lama and Barack Obama – China.
36. Which of the following told government must cut its fiscal deficit to 3% - 13th Finance Commission.
37. Ela Bhatt chosen for Niwano Peace Prize, she is associated with – SEWA.
38. Which of the following is a book written by R K Narayan – The World of Nagaraj.
39. Who won the best male actor in 55th Film fare awards – Amitabh Bachchan.
40. The details of the companies financial position in the annual report of a company is known as – balance sheet.
41. Meaning of roll back of Stimulus Package
42. GoI recently passed a bill for providing Fundamental Education to children of age group 6-14 years – Right to Education
43. A question whose answer was SEBI
44. Which of the following cup is not related to Cricket – Scindia Gold Cup.
45. Which of the following is true with respect to Union Budget 2010-11- 25000 from Disinvestment and 37% allocation to Social Sector