"Whatever happens happens for the good": Alankar Parida ( Union Bank of India PO )- 39

Name-Alankar Parida

Qualification-BTech and MTech in Mechanical Engineering from VSSUT,Burla

Place: Cuttack,Odisha

Achievement-Selected as PO in Union Bank of India

Let's begin my story.As I was a good student I took up engineering.But with time I realised that I was not really interested in engineering.I did not appear for any campus exams. I cleared GATE exam in my final year and I started doing MTech. My main aim of doing MTech was to keep it as a back-up option.My main interest was in government jobs.After completing MTech I decided to appear for banking exams in 2016.I failed in all the banking exams except IBPS PO.Here is a list of them.

SBI PO:This was my first exam.I appeared in the exam without practising any online mock test.That proved to be a blunder.You need speed and accuracy to clear banking exams.I could attempt only 38 questions in prelims and scored 36.The only plus point was that my accuracy was good.

After failing in SBI PO prelims,I became hopeless for a while.I almost gave up preparation.I thought competition here was too much.I thought maybe I should try to be a lecturer in a private college.But in the middle of September I decided I should not give up my dream of being in a government job.I knew I had to practise as many online tests to improve my speed which I lacked.Then I started practising online tests regularly from different sites.

IBPS PO prelims:Cleared prelims comfortably with 60.5 marks

BOM clerk:Failed.Was no where near the cut off

IBPS RRB PO prelims:Failed.Scored 46 but cut off was around 59

IBPS RRB clerk prelims:Failed.Scored 56 but cut off was 67

Then I worked extremely hard for IBPS PO mains exams after being selected in prelims.My hardwork was mainly focussed on GA and computer as I was weak in them

IBPS PO mains:Cleared.Scored 73.75(cut off 52.5 gen)

IBPS clerk prelims:Cleared.Scored 73.25(cut off 70.5)

RBI assistant prelims:Failed by about 2 marks.Scored 77.Cut off was about 79

IBPS clerk mains:Failed.Scored 36.32.Cut off was 38.78

After appearing in IBPS clerk mains,I knew my performance was not good that day. So I knew IBPS PO was the only hope left. So I decided to watch videos and read different articles from the internet about interview rules and etiquette. Bankersadda interview capsule for IBPS PO was of valuable help.Then came February 9,the day of my interview.They asked me difficult questions.I could not answer almost half of them.But I felt my personality was good.

IBPS PO interview: Scored 63.Final score 42.1.Selected as PO in Union Bank of India. My preparation was very much dependent on the internet. I followed less books. Intelligent hardwork is the key to success.Whatever happens happens for the good.

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