COUNSELING

Q. What is the recruitment process and the eligibility for Clerical level posts ? A. The nationalised banks recruit Clerical personnels through a competitive exam followed by an interview. Candidate should be matriculate/10+2 with good academic record or having graduation in any discipline. Various regional offices of the Banking Services Recruitment Board (BSRB) conduct their competitive exam as per their advertisement in the major newspapers/employment news.   The competitive exam consists of the following type of objective papers: English Language Numerical Ability Reasoning Clerical Aptitude In addition, there is another subjective type test of duration 45 minutes comprising to know the candidates view of thinking and creativity of thoughts. These tests consists in Hindi and English both. Candidate can opt the any medium. Q. What are the various functions and career prospects of Bank Probationary Officer ? A. Bank Probationary Officers are selected on the basis of a written test and an interview conducted by Banking Service Recruitment Board. The POs have a two years probation period during which they perform various banking functions such as loans, foreign exchange, saving and current accounts. Most of the POs reach senior positions such as Deputy Managers or General Managers after about 10 years of service. As a manager, you would be responsible for the functioning of your particular branch. You are the sole incharge of staff welfare, legal matters and profit margins. While seniority is one of the major considerations for promotion there are also other opportunities of promotions through departmental exam held every 2 or 3 years. Q. What are the recruitment process, eligibility and career prospects in Armed Forces ? A. Those persons who aspire to serve the nation, the Armed Forces is the only career. There are written test, interview, group discussions and medical examination for selection to a Permanent Commission or Short Service Commission job in the armed forces. There are also a lateral entry for Engineering Graduates. The first entry level starts after 12th standard through National Defence Academy Examination (NDA) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission to admit cadets to various academies. The second entry level starts after graduation through Combined Defence Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission to admit cadets to Indian Military Academy (IMA), Air Force Academy and Officer's Training Academy (OTA).   Eligibility For IMA: Unmarried males with Bachelors? degree in any discipline. Age: 19-24 years. Eligibility For Air Force Academy : Unmarried males with B.Sc. with Physics and/or Mathematics or BE. Age: 19-23 years. Eligibility For OTA: Married/unmarried males with Bachelors? degree in any discipline. Age: 19-25 years. Selection Procedure: Selection is on the basis of a written exam followed by SSB tests and interview, intelligence and personality tests for those who qualify the written exam. Written Examination: The written exam is held at various centers all over the country and consists of three papers for admission to IMA and Air Force Academy. The examination for OTA consists of only the first two papers. Paper I : English Language Paper II : Current Events and General Science Paper III : Numerical Ability (includes arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, mensuration and statistics (of class X-level))   All questions are of objective-type and the papers are set only in English. Each paper is of 2 hrs duration and carries 100 marks.