SOME USEFUL TIPS FOR BANK EXAM PREPARATION

Banks are changing their pattern of selection, from previous year it had introduced two tiers Examination (Prelims & Mains). The levels of questions are getting tricky and tougher day by day. So don’t ever dare to repeat your college life experience of one night preparation before exams in these banking exams.

Some of you plan to prepare for the banking exam in 15 to 20 days before exam date. As of now this is not going to happen. Yes, it is true that there are many who will tell you that we have prepared in only 15 days or a month or two, but you know yourself better than anybody else so prepare your own strategy, think twice before get set go.

Don’t get demotivated or afraid as only 10% out of 100% candidates managed to get into the final selection.Many candidates doesn’t even know what is their aim?, what they want to do? They simply fill the form and appear in the examination.

During preparation for competitive examination, some candidates focus only on 1 or 2 sections as many are afraid of ENGLISH Section or any other section like QUANT.

Many join coaching institute for time pass and engage themselves in social networking websites.

Candidates buy Online Mock Test but do not take it seriously and never analyse their performance in online test.

Few fails, because of their over confidence. So beware of all these barriers.

How to Crack Banking Exams?

With proper planning, preparation, and the right strategy you can crack banking exams.

Know where you stand!

Firstly, in beginning of the preparation process, sit down and with a focused and methodical approach, start with an honest analysis of yourself. What are your strengths? Where are you good at? What are your areas of improvement? Where do you need more time to practice? This analysis can be done by taking up an Online Mock Test.

Take the test as though you were answering the real one. Take it seriously. And then, when you are done, see the patterns of your results. What key points come up? Are you weak in vocabulary? Do you take more time in reading comprehension? Do you have mastery of quantitative fundamentals? Are you able to complete the mock test by the required time? Do you blank out and get nervous?

Key factors to watch on –

Yes, mock tests do help in your own way.Take every mock test as if it’s the actual exam.Don’t take tests for the sake of taking tests.These tests will not to tell you how good you are, but how you can be better.Try to analyze these tests to understand your strengths and weaknesses.Learn from your mistakes and don’t kept repeating them.Know your area of strength and target them (like If you are good in Reasoning so used to make sure you get them right every time).

Don’t demotivate with Mocks Test score – Mock Test score doesn’t matter much. The biggest myth that candidate have in their mind is that if they are not scoring good marks in Mock Test, they feel that it’s waste of preparation and it is end of road for them. They cannot qualify the actual exam with such low scores.

You get to know your strong and weak areas

Good Speed, Good Accuracy: You are already good but do regular practise.

Good Speed, Bad Accuracy: Look at your practice answers. Where is the mistake happening? Is there a pattern? Assess and improve.

Bad Speed, Bad Accuracy: Put in the most focus into this section. Work by researching on easy tips and techniques to improve the speed and accuracy for these types of questions.

Bad Speed, Good Accuracy: Practice, Practice hard, Practice more. Practice each questions by setting timer. Try to apply short tricks. Practice will improve speed. Get easy strategies on improving and keeping the momentum that are available by us.

Once you have made your assessment, familiarize yourself with the banking examination. Know the parts of the exam. Banking Exams consists of Data Interpretation and mathematical aptitude, English language skills, Reasoning clubbed with Logical Reasoning, Computer and General Awareness.

Then, divide the whole work into simple steps –

How to master in English Section?

Are you good at knowing the meaning of difficult words?Is there a lot of room to improve? Then, if so, set a target.Let us say to memorize thousand difficult words in two months.Divide it up into chunks and seriously master each chunk. Memorize with a fresh mind. Read English Newspapers and Practice Exercise to have good command over English Grammar, go through Easy way to learn English vocabulary and read books like Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis to improve your vocabulary skills.

You can use the difficult words assigned for the day in conversation or in your writings to help you practice.

Improve your context skills and learn how to free associate.Play word games online or with friends and cross word puzzles.Use memory tricks like mnemonics. Practice vocabulary tests. Target to improve your results each time. Get excited about learning new words.

Next, see your performance in the reading comprehension section of the mock test.

Are you quick in picking up the context and meaning of what you are reading or do you need some time? Practice by doing a lot of reading.Read books, articles, blogs, websites, newspapers etc. of varying topics and length.

Reading newspapers like the Hindu, Economic Times etc is a good start. Certain international newspapers and magazines like The New York Times, Economist and Washington Post (all available online) will give you international perspective and good reading practice.This will improve your reading speed and comprehension.

How to master in Quant Section?

The basic idea is to get your fundamentals (basics) strong.  Generally, quantitative questions in the exams are based on simple concepts, and this makes it an absolute must that one has a working knowledge of these concepts. For this, a few core skills should be developed.These core skills include accuracy and speed.
It also includes the ability to perform simple and complex calculations under time pressure and the ability to use logic and reasoning while solving mathematics questions.
Furthermore, pacing is an important aspect. It involves the practice of moving onto the next question if you are stuck on a single question so to cover more of the test.

Do not waste most of the time in a few questions while missing out on the rest.