RBI Grade B Success Story: Mr. Shailendra Singh Cracked RBI Grade B In His Last Attempt

The journey of Mr. Shailendra Singh cracking the RBI Grade B exam is filled with dramatic events—failures, perseverance, and success. Hailing from a small village in Haryana, his initial dream was to join the Indian Army, but destiny had some other plans. He embarked on a different path, driven by his interest in the banking sector, and ultimately succeeded. 

In this article, Shailendra shares his experience, which will serve as a valuable roadmap for aspiring RBI Grade B candidates like you. Get ready to gain insights into his preparation strategy and learn valuable tips.

Background

• Bachelors of Business Administration (2011 Pass out)
• Joined State Bank of India as an Assistant  (December 2012 – May 2013)
• Joined IDBI Bank as a Probationary Officer (June 2013 – April 2017)
• Joined Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank as a Manager (May 2017- June 2017)
• Resigned from Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank, prepared for RBI at home from 2018 to 2022
• In 2022, cleared a few examinations, including IBPS RRB Scale II, IBPS PO, and SBI CBO.
• Was working with Uttarakhand Gramin Bank as a Manager when he cracked RBI Grade B
• JAIIB & CAIIB Certified

RBI Grade B Exam Journey: 2015 to 2023

For a boy coming from a small village in Haryana to reach the Reserve Bank of India as an Officer was a journey full of dramatic events, multiple failures, a few resignations without any backup plan, and many more. 

Haryana is a land where every boy dreams of joining the Indian Army and I was no different but destiny had some other plans. Love for the armed forces is unmatchable in my part of the country. After exhausting all routes to wear the uniform except the Territorial Army, which I will surely give a go, I decided to prepare for the Reserve Bank of India as I had already been working in the banking sector since December 2012. 

I finally cracked the RBI Grade B in my last attempt in 2023. I dedicate this achievement to my mother who waited year after year to see her son finally make it to the merit list of the Reserve Bank of India.

Here, is a short insight into my preparation journey over the years:

I first came to know about this prestigious examination through one of my dear friends in 2015 who got selected in the 2016 batch.

2015 Attempt

My first attempt was in 2015 but it was a casual effort. I applied for the exam, prepared for 1-2 months, appeared in the exam, and failed at the preliminary stage.

Result: Could not qualify the Pre.

2016 Attempt

In 2016 the effort was more sincere but focussed heavily on the phase 1 qualification as I could not clear the prelims stage in my first attempt. In the 2016 attempt, I successfully cleared the prelims with good marks but my preparation was not up to the level desired for the Mains part, got decent marks in the mains except for the Finance & Management paper and thus could not qualify for the Interview round.

Result: Not selected for Interview round.

2017 Attempt

2017 turned out to be a blank year for me, I was working with the IDBI Bank then and was struggling to strike a balance between my professional duties and preparation. Thus it was a hard decision to resign. 

I resigned from IDBI Bank in April 2017 and joined the Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank as a Manager, could not continue for long there as well, and resigned in June 2017. The period that followed thereafter for the next 6-7 months was really a tough one and I went through the lowest phase of my life.

As a Result: Didn’t appear in the 2017 exam.

2018 Attempt

In January 2018, I packed my bag and went from Haryana to Chennai to visit my friends and spend a month with them. We used to work together at the IDBI Bank in Chennai. They took care of me and provided the much needed emotional support. That one month spent with them helped me to come out of that dark phase of my life and somehow I was able to reassemble myself.

In February 2018, Returned from Chennai and started my preparation from scratch at home. This time I started preparation not to just crack the exam but to gain what it really requires to become an officer with the Reserve Bank.

2018 Attempt: Cleared pre, appeared in Mains, scored decently in Mains, and qualified for the Interview. In the interview, I could not answer a few opening questions thrown at me by the Chairman, he told a few Economist and book names and asked me whether I knew or had heard about them and I did not know any of them. I simply had to say No……..No…… No sir.

I immediately felt nervousness down my spine but somehow regrouped myself and handled the interview. At that time the interview used to be 50 marks and I scored 28/50.

Result: Not Selected. I missed the final merit list by 0.5 marks.

2019 Attempt

Worked with renewed spirit and put in more effort. The Pre was surprisingly easy and suddenly more attempts became crucial than the accuracy. Earlier papers used to be moderate to tough so the focus used to be on accuracy rather than attempting more questions.

Result: Could not clear pre and missed the cut-off by 1.5 marks.

2020 Attempt

COVID Year- Exam didn’t happen that year.

2021 Attempt

I scored well above the overall cut-off but missed the reasoning sectional cut-off by 4.5 marks.

Result: Could not qualify the Pre. 

2022 Attempt

I again scored well above overall cut-off marks but missed the reasoning sectional cut-off by 0.5 marks.

Result: Failed at Pre. 

Thoughts After 2022 Attempt

After being unable to qualify pre in 2021, I decided to appear in various banking examinations to get a stronghold on the preliminary part of the RBI examination. I had been preparing since 2018, so I had developed a good command over the Mains syllabus and topics. Hence, I was confident about the Mains of RBI. It was pre which was hurting me. 

So in 2022, I decided to appear in various exams and cleared a few examinations such as IBPS RRB Scale-II, IBPS PO, and SBI CBO during the 2022 examination cycle. But still failed to qualify the Pre of RBI, in the meanwhile joined Uttarakhand Gramin Bank as a Manager where I’m working presently.

“In 2022, I cracked  IBPS RRB Scale-II, IBPS PO, and SBI CBO, but still failed to qualify the Pre of RBI Grade B exam.”

After the 2022 attempt for which I prepared really hard and with dedicated consistency, felt very hopeless and frustrated, and thought of quitting. But then one last attempt was pending, so I decided to appear one more time, a last push, a final effort.

2023 Attempt

I finally conquered the elusive RBI Grade B!!!

I will be brutally honest here, this was not my best effort. Due to various personal and professional circumstances I was going through, I was not able to put my best effort into this attempt. But I cleared Pre of RBI after a long wait of 5 years and got a chance to appear in the Mains and the Interview round. With the grace of the almighty, the blessing and prayers of my mother, and my previous hard work, I was finally able to crack this coveted examination in my last attempt. 

Strategy/Suggestion for Preparation 

I bifurcated my strategy into 3 parts:

1. Preliminary (Phase 1)
2. Mains (Phase 2)
3. Interview

Preliminary

Pre has become very crucial over the years. The difficulty level has increased and obviously the competition as well. They keep experimenting with the Pre part, so it is advisable to appear in a few other examinations as well to stay updated with the changing patterns and trends of questions being asked.

Pre consists of four subjects: 

1. General Awareness
2. Reasoning
3. Quant
4. English 

General Awareness

I used to make daily notes for GA apart from the GK Today website in my Microsoft Onenote book and compile it month wise. Government schemes have become a very important part of Pre as well in the ESI paper of Mains. I used to cover Government schemes comprehensively and make notes. Plus used to make notes from the PIB site daily, these PIB notes are very crucial and help in both Pre as well as during the Mains. 

Personally, I will suggest making daily GA notes instead of covering them from monthly PDFs. Working candidates if they find it difficult to do it, then they can go for a decent monthly pdf like Ixambee monthly Beepedia or any other. 

I never followed any monthly PDFs and preferred making daily notes digitally. Additionally, one can also practice phase 1 oriented GA quizzes from various websites as well. 

Here is a link to my Govt Scheme PDF. 

I will suggest making daily GA notes instead of covering them from monthly PDFs.

Reasoning 

For non-working aspirants, I will suggest appearing in various competitive exams like IBPS PO, SBI PO, SEBI, etc., to get a hold on changing patterns and new types of questions and keep up with the latest trends of questions. 

For reasoning, I will suggest practicing one mains level puzzle (Mains level here means mains level puzzle of IBPS PO, SBI PO Mains level, etc.) daily and a few miscellaneous questions of reasoning. 

Will recommend Ankush Lamba for reasoning, watch his Mains-level puzzle videos on YouTube, there are plenty, no need to enroll for any paid course. 

Target: Try solving one puzzle and a few miscellaneous questions like blood relation, inequality, syllogism, distance & direction, input-output, critical reasoning, etc. If one does this consistently it will be good enough to qualify. 

Ankush Lamba Telegram Channel: Banking Chronicle.

I will suggest appearing in various competitive exams like IBPS PO, SBI PO, SEBI, etc., to get a hold on changing patterns and new types of questions and keep up with the latest trends of questions.

Quant

Practice a few questions on a daily basis or give a few sectional mocks over a week and analyze them. I will suggest Ashish Arora or Amar Sir for reference, join their telegram channel and watch YouTube videos. 

Target: One DI set and a few arithmetic questions daily. Slowly cover all types of DI like pie, chart, table, bar graph, funnel, scattered DI, histogram, radar DI, missing DI, caselet DI, etc. Cover all types. 

Important Tip: Strong your tables, square, cubes, square & cube roots fractions & percentage values and multiplication concepts. These should be on tips, which will help immensely. 

Ashish Arora Telegram Channel: Studified™ – Content & Updates 

Practice a few questions on a daily basis or give a few sectional mocks over a week and analyze them.

English 

Practice sectional tests as many times as you can. I gave around 15 full-length mocks for pre from Oliveboard and PM-Mocks.

Here are a few options to practice mock tests for pre: Oliveboard, EduTap, PM Mocks, Smartkeeda (Testzone), etc. 

Practice sectional tests as many times as you can. Here are a few options: Oliveboard, EduTap, PM Mocks, Smartkeeda (Testzone), etc.

RBI Grade B – Phase 2 Strategy

First of all, take a printout of the syllabus and keep it with you, you should remember every topic of the syllabus and get a hold of it. 

Economic & Social Issues (ESI)

Cover the topics given in the syllabus, sources I will suggest are Economics by Vivek Singh book and NCERT’s 11th and 12th books. Cover topics strictly as per the syllabus. 

Join his telegram channel where he provides analysis of every important economic and financial news. Refer to his latest economic book 7th Edition, available free on his Telegram Channel, read selectively as per the RBI syllabus. 

Vivek Singh Telegram Channel: Economy By Vivek Singh.

The 7th Edition of Indian Economy by Vivek Singh is available on his telegram channel. He is one of the best educators of the Economy going around. Book is simply one of the best, easy to read and understand, much better than many other popular books available in the market.

Make daily PIB notes 

Click here for Economy based MCQ.

Click here for the December 2023 current affairs PDF Link.

Just cover 2 sections—Economy and Government Schemes & Programmes—from this Monthly Current Affairs quiz pdf of this site. Cover MCQs of these 2 sections. It will be very useful in the Mains Objective part of ESI and Finance. 

Current Affairs

Refer to Dristhi IAS Monthly Current Affairs pdf and cover Economic Scenarios and Social Issues.

Newspaper

Refer to 1 newspaper – choose any one that you are comfortable with, be it Business Standard, Financial Express, Business Line, or Mint. 

No need to read the whole newspaper, it will be time-consuming, just read editorial and opinion pages, just 2 pages, and a glance over other news to find if anything important to cover. For factual data you can make notes like quarterly results of big banks like SBI, or any eye catchy data, such questions are being asked in Pre like – what is the quarterly profit of SBI or housing portfolios of SBI, etc, they will pick MCQ directly from a newspaper headline, just look out for such catchy news headlines.

But after clearing Mains, one should devote more time to newspaper reading as you will have more time to give for this exercise.

Budget & Economic Survey

Cover Budget and Economic Survey comprehensively, you will get a lot of fodder for your descriptive answer writing from these two documents. After covering the economic survey, one can watch Vision IAS YouTube coverage of the survey for fine-tuning and better analysis. 

I used to make notes from the original pdf. If one is preparing full-time, then I will suggest covering it from the original PDF rather than a summary from some sources. Working candidates can refer to some good summaries or other sources because of time shortages for them. 

This will be good enough for ESI. 

Click here for my ESI Notes.

Cover topics strictly as per the syllabus, make daily PIB notes, refer to 1 newspaper, and get Dristhi IAS Monthly Current Affairs pdf to cover Economic Scenarios and Social Issues.

Finance 

Cover Finance topics, as per the syllabus, refer to some source or just Google it and make your own notes on the topic. Make notes of RBI notifications on a regular basis from the RBI site. Just follow the RBI website religiously. 

In Mains 2023, one question was: Discuss the potential benefits of pre-sanctioned credit limit by Banks through UPI.

Now refer to RBI Monetary Policy April 2023. Refer to Statement on Development & Regulatory Policies. In this, there was a measure titled, Operation of pre-sanctioned credit lines at Banks through UPI. They just picked the question directly from the April 2023 MPC policy statement.

A Candidate should cover RBI Notifications comprehensively and each RBI-MPC and make notes. I will share my Microsoft One Notebook. One can refer to the section on “RBI Notifications” to get a better idea of note-making.

Important Take Away: One has to follow the RBI Site religiously. Consider it a Temple in your preparation journey (Temple is a sacred site where one acquires Knowledge about Dharma i.e. Duty- a definition as per Vedas.)

Cover Finance topics, as per the syllabus, and make notes of RBI notifications.

Management

Again cover topics as given in the syllabus. Make your own notes because you will not find them all in one book, so just compile it, refer to any MBA Management book, or make notes by googling the topic. 

Click here for my Management MCQ collection.  

Here is my Telegram Management Channel: Management MCQs Sites. 

Cover topics as given in the syllabus and make your own notes.

For both ESI & Finance, you should keep a note of RBI Notification and RBI reports, a half-yearly Financial Stability Report, an Annual Report on Trends & progress in Banking, etc., just keep a watch on the headline title/topic of reports such as any sensitive and key issue trending. Just prepare descriptive questions on it.

For Example: In 2023 ESI Phase 2 they asked to Discuss the macroeconomic effects of climate change on developing countries.

Now refer to the RBI Report on Currency & Finance released in May 2023. In this report, there is a chapter titled ”Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change in India”. They made a question directly from the Chapter title of that report. The screenshot is attached below-

Similarly, keep a watch on important reports released by the International Organization- there was a question on the World Migration report “Migration is a topic in RBI Syllabus” so automatically the report becomes important. So just make a probable question yourself on the topic and draft an answer.

One question was on the UNDP report: Gender equality was mentioned in the report- how can we ensure or promote gender sensitization in the context of the Indian economy?

Now, Gender issues is part of the ESI syllabus under the topic “Social Structures in India”. 

That’s why it is very important to take a printout of the syllabus pdf, keep it handy, and keep having a look at it, memorize it thus you will have a better idea of what is relevant and important from the examination perspective. 

Descriptive English

Just go through how to write a good precis and practice a few. Reading newspapers will develop fodder for essay writing. One will develop an understanding of various economic and global issues through newspaper reading and over a while will have content and confidence to write on anything. One saying goes like this—you should know everything about something and something about everything— very important for aspirants.

Descriptive Part: After pre one will not get any time for practice of descriptive answer writing so just do it alongside your pre-preparation. After pre-everything is for revision. Make a collection of 15-20 good descriptive questions depending on hot topics in the news and other burning issues associated with the Indian & Global economy.

Just go through how to write a good precis, and practice a few. Reading newspapers will develop fodder for essay writing.

Important Suggestions

1. In descriptive answer writing, after selecting a question, just do not start writing your answer straight away. 
2. Spend 2-3 minutes brainstorming and then write down keywords or a brief overview on a rough sheet like intro, quotes, factual data, conclusion, suggestions & way forward and after this start writing the answer referring to the bullet point of the rough sheet. By following this approach you will be able to structure/present your answer in a better way.
3. Beforehand you should be clear that this much time I am going to allot for 15 markers and 10 markers.
4. Try to finish within that time frame so that you don’t commit the mistake of spending excess time on a particular question and then be left with less time for the other questions.
5. You can refer to answer writing pdfs of civil services candidates. Watch how to write good descriptive answer tips from successful civil service candidates on YouTube.
6. Do enough typing practice if you struggle with typing speed, use an old keyboard for this. Practice on an exam-like interface for a better feel of the interface as editing is a bit tricky in the exam interface. 

Just a few days before Mains, I had my own notes. After revising them I also watched marathon sessions on ESI, Finance, Management, and RBI Notifications MCQs conducted by Edutap Faculties on their YouTube channel. They added diversity and were extremely useful in giving the final touch to my preparation.

After revising my own notes I also watched marathon sessions on ESI, Finance, Management, and RBI Notifications MCQs conducted by EduTap Faculties on their YouTube channel.

Golden Rules

• Multiple revision is the most important thing for mains. Whatever notes you have made, revise them multiple times. This is extremely important, without multiple revisions, even the best of notes will not fetch you any good marks. 
• Keep a target of at least 4-5 times revision of your notes. 
• The revision will pay more dividends rather than covering more things from various sources. 
• Keep your sources limited and revise them multiple times. Avoid distractions. 
• Don’t try to cover everything available on various platforms, you will end up making a big collection but will fail to revise them and finally, it will not yield any good results.

Keep it simple, just be disciplined and consistent with your preparation. Small consistent efforts give better results than bigger efforts for a shorter interval. Consistency matters more than intensity. Be obsessively consistent. As legendary M S Dhoni often says and reiterated by King Kohli—just follow the process, and favorable results will follow sooner or later. Be honest and genuine with your preparation. 

Interview

The interview is a test of one’s personality, character, knowledge, and mindset which sets an individual apart from the crowd. The interviewer tries to judge you on various aspects i.e. knowledge, mindset, approach, and commitment towards the organization for which one is appearing in the interview. 

1. First of all prepare your Biodata thoroughly based on your academic qualifications, work experience, and other extracurricular activities or any achievements. 
2. Watch interviews of civil service candidates available on Drishti IAS YouTube channel. 
3. Watching them, one will learn about the various aspects of interview preparation, how to tackle an interview, and how to avoid it when one is not sure about any answer. 
4. A polite no is better than beating around the bush, body posture, dressing, and many other aspects. 
5. Watch those interviews and figure out the aspects on which one needs to work or improve. 
6. This year, one psychologist was sitting in the interview panel just to observe the candidate. So, the candidate’s body posture, gestures, and facial expressions are being observed closely. 

Prepare your Biodata thoroughly based on your academic qualifications, work experience, and other extracurricular activities or any achievements.

The above exercise will surely help you with your interview preparation.

Also, keep a note of various Speeches delivered by the Governor and Dy Governors available on the RBI site. With this one will get an idea about the thought process and vision of the Organization as these speeches cover the most crucial issues associated with the Indian and the Global Economy and are delivered by the top executives of the Central Bank of the nation. 

The interview panel generally asks questions about -please tell us about a few recent initiatives of RBI. In which department you want to work and why? Have you read any speeches delivered by the Governor/Dy Governor recently- if one answers affirmatively to such questions, it will leave a huge positive impression about the candidate on the panel members.

Then lastly, give mock interviews available on various platforms. One can also practice mock interviews with Seniors, and colleagues to build up confidence and fluency. Make digital notes, it is easier to make additions to digital notes, you can carry them in your mobile app, and can refer anywhere while on the move. 

Application/apps for making digital notes, Microsoft Onenote book or Evernote Book

Here is the link to My 2023 Microsoft

Result

I got selected on my 7th attempt, obviously had made some mistakes, and sometimes may be a bit unlucky. I appeared in this exam for the first time in 2015 and didn’t appear in 2017, but I sincerely started preparing from 2018 onwards so personally I consider it my journey from 2018 to 2023 to get into this coveted organization. 

The journey taught me a lot, the period of 5 years at home without a job was never easy, especially for my family. They supported me during this rough phase, especially my mother. The period was tough but in the end, I got what I was striving for so long.

Sum Up

Prepare with genuine intent and honesty and you will reach your destiny sooner.

Pre

Practice and give various mocks—Oliveboard, PM Mocks, Testzone, etc. Try giving 10-15 full-length mock tests.

Practice and give various mocks—Oliveboard, PM Mocks, Testzone, etc. Try giving 10-15 full-length mock tests.

Mains

PIB notes, RBI Notifications, RBI Reports, Reports of World Organization on syllabus topic, regular follow Vivek Singh telegram channel for analysis of economic & financial news and trending topics. Cover Budget & Economic Survey comprehensively (you will get a lot of fodder for Mains descriptive writing). Insightsonindia Site MCQs for Economy and Government Schemes part helpful for phase 2 objective portion of ESI & Finance.

Cover: Phase 2 oriented current affairs from Drishti IAS Monthly current affairs PDFs. Just refer to two sections of pdf—Economic Scenario and Social Issues. Avoid other parts of PDF. These two are sufficient. This will help in the objective portion of phase 2 as well as in your descriptive answer writing.

PIB notes, RBI Notifications, RBI Reports, Reports of World Organization on syllabus topic, regular follow Vivek Singh telegram channel for analysis of economic & financial news and trending topics.

Interview

All the above preparation will add up to interview preparation. 

• Thoroughly prepare your Bio-data and probable questions related to your Background, Academics & Work experience if any. 
• Read any one Newspaper as mentioned earlier- It will take care of current issues related to the Indian & Global Economy
• Check the speeches by the RBI Governor/Dy Governors available on the RBI Site.
• Understand RBI Working & Functions, Knowledge about various RBI Departments.
• Watch Interview Videos of Civil service candidates on Drishti IAS YT Channel
• Give a few mock interviews to assess your preparation 

All this will aid in your interview prep. Remember, the interview is a test of personality and character, so just keep improving yourself.

Thoroughly prepare your Bio-data and probable questions related to your Background, Academics & Work experience if any.

Important Note: At the end of the day, every individual is unique and has their own set of challenges. So, devise your own strategy based on your academic background and other aspects. Watch others’ strategies and sources and choose according to your own requirements, what suits you best.

Questions Asked in My Interview

Since I am working in the Banking sector, my interview was centered more around my past and current assignments, academics & current economic issues in the news. Here, are some of the questions I am able to recall from the interview:

1. They immediately started my interview with my banking assignments- on a lighter note, they said, you were with State Bank, then moved to IDBI, and presently with Gramin Bank. They said you are going downward in the career ladder (asked humorously.)
2. Asked about what difference you found when you worked with SBI & IDBI and now with a Gramin Bank.
3. How do you assess a credit proposal before lending?
4. What process and procedure do you follow, when an account turns NPA for recovery? What tools are available with the Bank for recovery of dues?
5. What is the advance portfolio of your branch, NPA & deposit figures, etc? (Have thoroughly prepared this part)
6. Asked about SHG Lending and NRLM scheme (National Rural Livelihood Mission), which ministry implemented this scheme, and how the RBI helped in promoting financial inclusion? (It was mentioned in my Biodata SHG JLG lending as a part of my profile in Gramin Bank)
7. Asked why RBI brought the Sovereign Gold Bond scheme in 2015, and what was the purpose. (This was also in my profile as in IDBI Bank I handled this and I had mentioned this in my biodata.)
8. One panelist asked about what ICOR is. (Incremental Capital output ratio) (Took this from the Academics section of my biodata)
9. The Chairman asked a few questions such as:
   1. How do you assess the overall current economic scenario of our country
   2. What should the Government focus on to further increase our GDP and employment?
10. He also asked a question about current news. At that time, a report from the RBI came about how the financial liabilities of households have risen faster recently whereas Financial savings/investments have fallen. They asked me, “How do you assess this and whether it is an indication of a build-up of bigger risk and is of serious concern?” They also asked what is the relationship between Savings & Investment. He specifically asked for the equation that we study in 12th Macroeconomics which is Fundamental–Savings=Investment.
11. He asked me, you have completed your JAIIB, why have you not finished CAIIB yet? I told him that I did not appear for the CAIIB during the last few years to focus solely on RBI and will finish it soon. (And subsequently, I passed CAIIB in December 2023)
12. One question they asked was, it’s almost a decade (Counting my 5-year gap as well) you are in this sector, why haven’t you settled down in life and still taking exams?
13. There were a few more but as of now this much only I am able to recall.

My Mock Interviews Experience

I gave 3 mock interviews and to help you prepare, I’ve shared my experiences from the 3 mock interviews I participated in.

Shivam (MentorMe360)

The mock interview was supposed to happen on a Zoom call but due to connectivity issues we conducted this over a call- he asked various questions based on my biodata and other issues. Offered very valuable insight and inputs about the interview- advised to be specific, keep answer concise and to the point. 

Aspirants can refer to his Telegram channel( Link Shared below). He is doing a wonderful job, guiding many aspirants in their journey to realize their dreams.

Telegram Link: https://t.me/shivamgrb2020

EduTap

My interview was on the 4th day of the interview round, and I was struggling for a mock interview session but the EduTap team arranged and scheduled a mock interview in time and I am extremely thankful for their gesture. They even conducted a Zoom session for aspirants on Interviews with Ex-CGM RBI, covering all relevant aspects of the interview and it was very helpful. 

The mock interview was over a Google Meet and expert Panel Members were Mr. S Raja – Ex. CGM RBI and Mr. Ram Badyal – Ex. DGM NABARD. The simulation interview and suggestions provided by both sir were of great help to me. They provided useful insights and information about handling the questions of the interview panel. After asking questions, simultaneously they were advised that you should answer like this, add this to your answer, and avoid certain things. 

I am deeply grateful to the Edutap team for arranging a mock interview with such reputed and experienced panel members.

Anuj Jindal Sir & Team

The 3rd mock I had was with Anuj Sir and there was one more Madam whose name I am not able to recall. The session went over half an hour and they asked many questions and tried to cover every possible question based on my biodata details. 

The questions asked were very relevant and in the feedback, they suggested a few things and encouraged me that I will definitely do great and hopefully find myself on the merit list. Words were very kind and encouraging which gave me immediate confidence.

All the 3 mock interviews were of great help, suggestions and feedback provided by them helped me immensely to appear in the real interview with confidence.

Preparation Tip: I will suggest thoroughly preparing your Biodata i.e., probable questions based on your biodata, academics, working experience, and HR questions if any.

Have patience, believe in yourself, and keep working and one day you will achieve your goal. !!!

All the Best!!

I gave 3 mock interviews—Shivam (MentorMe360), EduTap, and Anuj Jindal Sir & Team.

For any help or suggestions, I am always available. You can reach me at:

Telegram: Shailendra Singh

My Score 

Here are my scorecards:

My Pre-Score Card

My Mains Scorecard

Final Marksheet: 235.5 out of 375

My All India Rank: 73/222

Shailendra Singh: Selected, RBI Grade B Panel Year-2023

Conclusion

Shailendra Singh’s story is an inspiring testament to the power of perseverance. After seven attempts, he finally cracked the challenging RBI Grade B exam. During his journey, he also cracked various other examinations, such as IBPS RRB Scale II, IBPS PO, and SBI CBO.

His journey wasn’t easy, marked by multiple setbacks, including failing the prelims section several times, a period of unemployment, and moments of self-doubt. However, he never gave up on his dream, and his dedication and strategic approach ultimately led him to success. Here are the key takeaways from his inspiring story.

• Multiple revisions are crucial for success.
• Focus on a limited number of high-quality resources and revise them thoroughly.
• Mock interviews and civil service interview videos can be helpful for interview preparation.
• Stay persistent and never give up on your dreams.

Overall, Mr. Singh’s story is an inspiring example of perseverance and dedication. It highlights the importance of a well-defined strategy, consistent effort, and a positive attitude in achieving success.