1.
What
is Actuarial Science? What are the opportunities in this area?
Ans:
Actuarial Science is the study of insurance. Now-a- days it is getting
popularity due to awareness among the people in insurance sector. As well the
banking sector was well developed with online transactions. It includes life
insurance, health insurance, pension and retirement plans, risk management and
general insurance. Commerce graduates have wide opportunities in this area and
one can work as a freelancer as insurance agent.
2.
What
is a Bank PO job? What are the opportunities?
Ans:
A Bank
Probationary Officer job is a position given to an employee at entry-level. The
candidate has to work as a trainee with probationary period of 2 years.
Commerce graduates are aptly suitable for this job and have to clear the
written examination with interview.
3.
What
is the work of a Bank PO?
Ans:
It includes handling cash flow in the bank, daily functioning of bank, receiving
customer complaints, supervising clerical works like files etc, Processing of loans,
issuing ATM/Debit/Credit cards and checkbooks etc. After the completion of the
probation period, the candidate will be promoted to Assistant manager, Branch Manager
and General Manager etc.
4.
Why
the Bank PO jobs are getting popularity?
Ans:
It is because of many reasons. There is increased number of availability of
graduates and so more unemployed, the are no consistent required vacancies in
other sectors, lucrative salary, lifetime settlement (Indians generally
prefer), Bank PO’s have some special consideration for loans and other perks, e-banking
have generated more jobs, increased usage of money transactions in banks; so
more work and more jobs, increased number of engineering graduates are opting
for Bank PO exams etc.
5.
What
is Bank PO exam and what is the pattern of Bank PO Exam?
Ans: There are
both Government and private sector banks and the PO exams will be conducted by
both the sectors. IBPS,
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection conducts the exams for various posts like
Probationary Officer (PO), Recruitment for Rural Banks (RRB), Special Officer
(SO). There are two stages, one is written exam and other is interview. Written
exam has Preliminary Exam and Mains exam. The preliminary exam is for 1 hour time
duration and has 100 marks along with sub divisions; Reasoning 35 marks, English
30 marks and Quantitative Aptitude 35 marks. The Mains exam is for 2 to 2 and
half hours with 200 marks. It has Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Numerical
Ability, General Awareness, English/Hindi (Language paper), Computer Knowledge
and Professional Knowledge. There will be negative marking for wrong answers by
1/4th of a mark i.e. 0.25. Some of the
popular exams are as follows SBI-PO Exam, ICICI Bank-PO Exam, IBPS-PO Exam,
HDFC Bank-PO Exam and Axis Bank-PO Exam.
- By Prof. Zahoorullah.S.MD.
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