RBI Grade B interview is the final phase of RBI Grade B exam. The test carries 75 marks. To ace the interview, candidates should be confident and have knowledge about their work profile, current affairs, etc. Read here interview tips and guidance for RBI Grade B recruitment.
Interview Tips and Guidance for RBI Grade B Recruitment
RBI Grade B interview is the last and final step of RBI Grade B exam. This phase is conducted for the qualified candidates of the mains exam. The selection ratio in RBI Grade B interview is 2:9. This means two candidates out of every 9 candidates are selected in the process. The interview carries 75 marks. The final selection is done on the basis of the mains exam and interview. In the interview process, candidates are assessed on three major criteria-confidence, knowledge, and personality. Candidates appearing for interview should work on their soft skills and presentation skills to ace the interview.
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Preparation Tips For RBI Grade B Interview
If candidates prepare for RBI Grade B Interview strategically, it will not be that difficult to answer the questions to the interview panel. Candidates should note that subject knowledge is not enough to crack the exam. Candidates can check below RBI Grade B interview preparation tips:
Fill the biodata form for RBI Grade B Interview
The biodata form gives a peek into their personality. Hence, candidates should be careful about writing the details in it. Bio-data form is the first impression on the panel members. Candidates should be true to their personality.
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Prepare Generic Questions About Yourself
Questions asked in the interview are like introduce yourself, tell us about yourself, etc. Hence, prepare the answers beforehand. Keep the answers short, simple and convincing. Candidates must also prepare the question, ‘Why do they want to join RBI?’
Know about the native place and family background
Questions concerning the native place, alma-mater are asked. Hence prepare the historic importance of the native places, core values, etc.
Knowledge about RBI
Candidates should be well-versed in RBI. They should know about the RBI’s fiscal policies, schemes, repo rates, etc or any recent developments/reports/announcements.
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Know about RBI Grade B officer profile
Questions concerning the job role, what are the things they want to transform etc. are asked in the interview. Candidates must have a thorough understanding of the RBI Grade B Officer job role.
Technical Knowledge
Brush up on the technical aspects of the syllabus for the interview concerning different institutions like NABARD, Cooperative Banks, WTO, World Bank, etc. Conceptual questions from topics like NPA, Stock market, monetary policy instruments are also asked.
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Knowledge about current affairs topics
Candidates must daily read the newspapers to prepare the current affairs. Candidates must also give mock interviews.
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Interview Questions Asked in RBI Grade B
Candidates can check below some of the interview questions asked in RBI Grade B exam:
- Introduce yourself - Tell us something about yourself
- Where do you hail from? And what do you know about your native place?
- Tell us something about your hobbies
- Who is your role model and what are the qualities that you’ve imbibed from him/her?
- What inspired you to join the banking sector?
- What do you know about SWOT?
- How should the government increase its revenue without increasing the income-tax?
- Can you differentiate between fiscal deficit and revenue deficit?
- How does RBI generate profit?
- What are the different departments in RBI? Do you know anything about them?
- What are the roles of RBI? Which one fascinates you the most?
- What is NPA? How should India resolve its NPA crisis?
- What do you know about the economic survey?
- Do you think India can become a cashless economy? What are the pros and cons of a cashless economy?
- Do you know anything about the consolidated fund of India?
- Which social media networking website do you use the most? What are your views on it?
- Do you think social media has more negatives than positives?
- Which is your favorite sport? Who is your favorite athlete?
- Do you have a PPF account? What are your views on investments in PPF?
- What are the current RBI monetary policy rates? Do you know about that?
- Which department handles cybercrime in India? Can you name it?
- What do you know about e-choupal?
- Do you know about OROP?
- How many alpha-numeric digits are there in IFSC code?
- Do you know anything about portfolio investment?
- What is the difference between a leader and a manager?
- Do you think HR plays an important role in the organizational framework?
- Differentiate between mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers. How is one different from the other?
- Why does a stock-market crash? What do smart investors do at the time?
- What are the duties of the RBI Grade B officer?
- What do you know about the World Bank and the IMF? How are they different from each other?
- What are the functions of cooperative banks in India?
- Can you identify the areas that can be worked out to strengthen the Indian economy?
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
RBI Grade B 2019 vacancies are given below.
Number of vacancies for General, SC & ST
| Post | General | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|
Grade B (DR) - General | 65 | 25 | 11 |
Grade B (DR) - DEPR | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Grade B (DR) -DSIM | 11 | 2 | 4 |
Number of vacancies for OBC & EWS
| Post | OBC | EWS |
|---|---|---|
Grade B (DR) - General | 40 | 15 |
Grade B (DR) - DEPR | 5 | 2 |
Grade B (DR) -DSIM | 4 | 2 |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
The post-wise RBI Grade B 2021 vacancies is given below.
| Post | Total |
|---|---|
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR)- General | 270 |
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR)- DEPR | 29 |
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR)- DSIM | 23 |
Total | 322 |
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
RBI reserves the right to allot RBI Grade B exam centres. The exem centres are allotted as per the preferences given by candidates. In case, the seats in the preferred centre are full then the candidates are allotted to the next available centre.
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
The distribution of questions in the Quant section of RBI Grade B Phase 1 exam is given below.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Square Seating Arrangement | 5 |
| Coded Puzzle | 5 |
| Year + Age Puzzle | 5 |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 4 |
Reverse Syllogism | 5 |
| Input-Output (Number & Word) | 5 |
| Direction | 2 |
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
The distribution of questions in the Reasoning Ability section of RBI Grade B Phase 1 2024 exam is given below.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Square Seating Arrangement | 5 |
| Coded Puzzle | 5 |
| Year + Age Puzzle | 5 |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 4 |
Reverse Syllogism | 5 |
| Input-Output (Number & Word) | 5 |
| Direction | 2 |
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
Candidates belonging to General Category/EWSs, who have already appeared Six times for Phase-I Examination for this post/s in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction applies to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PwBD, if the posts are reserved for them.
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
Graduation in any discipline /Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) or Post-Graduation in any discipline / Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) in aggregate
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
RBI Grade B educational qualification for DSIM posts is given below:
A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics/ Applied Statistics & Informatics with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
RBI Grade B result 2024 is announced online only. There is no facility to check the result offline. RBI Grade B result is announced on the official website. However, we provide the direct link to check the result. The roll numbers of candidates are made available in PDF form and comprises the roll
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Beginner-Level 4
Answered a week ago
RBI Grade B Phase 2 marks are counted for the final merit list. The Phase 2 exam carries three papers. The total marks allotted to the test are 300. Candidates need to secure the qualifying marks in this paper in order to qualify the exam.
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Beginner-Level 4
How many RBI Grade B vacancies were announced for 2019 exam?