SUCCESS STORY:How I managed 128.75 In IBPS PO MAINS

Dear Ba'ians,

We bring to you the success story of Abhishek Sharma, an ardent reader of Bankers Adda and a shining star of Career Power. He really did nail the IBPS PO exam where most felt lost and helpless because of the out of the blue exam pattern taking all by surprise.This is one of the perfect examples of practice, right strategy and keeping your nerves when it is needed the most. Come lets here it from Abhishek himself about his recipe to success, how he made it possible.

Hello, my name is Abhishek Sharma. I completed my B.Tech in 2014. After my B.Tech I spent 3-4 months for IAS coaching. Felt that it would take a lot of time for IAS preparation also did not come with any guarantee. Thought it was better to have a job in hand. Actually whenever I used to go out for family functions, all used to ask me about what I as doing after B Tech, about where I was working. With no job in  hand, I really used to feel very bad, and that pushed me to prepare for Bank exams. In  the very first go itself I cleared the PO-IV and clerk-IV. Despite having cleared the cutoff with 94 and 138 marks respectively, still did not make it to the final list. And why? Because did not score well in the interviews. That is when I decided to not depend on the interview score, I decided to score so well in the written that no one could stop me in from getting a job.

Well became totally focused, almost like a man on a mission, now nothing seemed important to me, not my phone, not TV, no family function, no friends. All I did was to lock myself in my room( which I was sharing with my roomie who was also preparing for the bank exams). Started putting in 9-10 hours of studies on a daily basis. 

I am writing down my strategy of learning every subject with a hope that it will be beneficial for other students.

English: Well to begin with I as very weak in the subject, could barely cross the cut-off. But now that my goals were high( I wanted to be one of the top scorers), I knew that with my kind of English dreams would always be far away. So that is when I decided to take matters in my hand. I started reading the newspaper daily for almost 3-4 hours, yes I read every thing. Did this exercise for almost 6 whole months i.e. form April to October. Other than this I used to gather around 30-40 words of vocabulary from the newspaper, and used to mug them up daily. Whenever I got a little time I used to read a novel or two. Baiscally focused on reading.This practice helped me in many ways:
1) Over a period of time my reading speed increased drastically. This skill helped me not just in my reading Comprehension but also in the overall understanding of English rules. Automatically my mind started differentiating between the right and the wrong usage of English. Mind you friends I am not good in English. Slowly my score also increased. In IBPS PO  I managed 26. Not bad for someone who at one time managed to just clear the cutoff with difficulty.

Maths: - My Maths subject was very good since beginning with excellent command. So no need of extra hard work. My only aim used to be that during exams I use pen and paper to he minimum. Remember friends, I had my tables till 50, squares till 60 and cubes till 30 by heart. So yes maths was good. Many times I even managed to score 40/40 in the exams.

Reasoning: - Well in this subject my weak area was mainly puzzles. So got after this, like crazy. I solved almost all the 300 quizzes that were available on Bakers Adda, which proved to be very useful in increasing my speed and efficiency. Along with this I solved reasoning from various books and magazines.

G.K- Read BA capsule and monthly  magazines. But mostly all was covered from my newspaper reading.

But finally, I must say that dedication towards your goal is the key of your success. My aim was to top of IBPS PO. But I can`t reach, still 130 Marks are good enough. I am thankful to all my friends Aman, Amit Singh and Vidhi Sharma. They are truly my best friends. Especially my chacha, who used to call me daily to push me to work harder towards my goals.

I am giving an advice to all aspirants, that there is very hard competition in this field. We know that there is less possibility for our success. But if you want to get success do not keep these entire things in your mind and just work hard. I must say my family is very 

supportive towards me in this time. Especially my Uncle who always encourages me.

I gave almost all bank exams & Results were

94/200 - IBPS PO IV – Not finally selected

138/200 – IBPS Clerk IV- Not selected

79/150 – IDBI Executive – Selected

130/200 – IDBI AM – NOT finally selected

125/200 – RRB PO - NOT finally selected

150/200 – RRB Clerk – Selected

OICL – Waiting

160/200 – RBI - Fail

69/100 – IBPS PO PRE

128.75/200 - IBPS PO 

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