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What is a Personal Interview? How To Crack It?

Are you worried about cracking your Personal Interview?  

In this article, I will take you through practical approaches of cracking a Personal Interview.

But first, let’s understand...What is a Personal Interview?

A personal interview is simply a meeting organized by a recruiter in which he evaluates shortlisted candidates for prospective employment. However, this meeting should be considered as a two-way process between the interviewer and the candidate. The candidate aims to show that they are the best person for the job and the organization interviewer looks to find out how well the candidate could do the job and fit in with their team and organization.

A personal interview should be considered as the time to shine and to sell your candidature in an effective, efficient, and warm manner. Read more.

Bank jobs are one of the most competitive jobs in India and the competition for getting this job is already high. Everyone is trying their luck to get a bank job in one of the most recognized banks in India. After years of preparation, some aspirants able to score high mark and crack the written exam. But, even after scoring highest marks in the written examination, each bank will go through a personal interview round. There are many aspirants who score good marks in written but fail in personal interview round due to lack of confidence. Reading the minds of the panelists is not easy; therefore, we have come up with some helpful interview preparation tips for all bank aspirants. We cannot predict the exact questions but can predict certain topics on which panelists might ask questions. So, let’s find out what to prepare for the personal interview round?

1. Personal details – In every sector, the process of the interview started with the personal information question - “Tell me about yourself”. So, just get prepared with your quick bio wherein you will be asked about your family background, education and work experiences. Always remember that you have to start your intro with just 2-4 lines on family background and then emphasis more on your skills, strengths, and achievements.

2. Study your resume – Resume is an official document of you and it carries many questions, so make sure that whatever information you are adding on your resume is factual. Know what you have written on your resume so that you won’t give any wrong answer to the panelists.

3. Understanding of banking – So, you are preparing for a bank interview and it is obvious that you are going to ask unexpected bank related questions. Therefore, it is important to research about banking and financial sector.

4. Current affairs or latest bank news – Bank panelists will not just test your knowledge about banking but also test how much you know about national or world events and other bank-related news. Reading general knowledge books and newspapers daily will help you to stay updated with all the information.

5. Proficiency in local language – Generally public banks look for the candidates who are proficient in the local language of the state so that they can easily interact with the customers. Bank employee needs to be good in communication skill because it is a job where you have to deal with the customers’ every day.

6. Know the bank organization – It is very important to know about the bank for which you are going to be interviewed. Yes, do extensive research right from history to growth, achievements and so on. Moreover, you can also check the website of the bank and go thoroughly the website to know the bank more.

7. Lastly, why bank job? – This question is often asked during bank interview. So be ready with your best answer and show how much you are interested to work in a bank sector.  

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