Success Story of Subhra Narayan Bose – Cleared SBI PO 2019 & LIC AAO 2019

Read Success Story of Subhra Narayan Bose, who initially struggled a lot while preparing for the government exams along with his job in the rural area…..but his dedication & hard worked helped him to crack some major exams like SBI PO & LIC AAO this year.

Here is his inspiring story:

Hello everyone , I am Subhra Narayan Bose  from Krishnanagar ,West Bengal. I have done my B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Kalyani Govt. Engineering College (West Bengal). I had scored 97 percentile (AIR 4303) in GATE 2016 (EC) but the score was not sufficient to secure any of the seats in IITs or to grab a job in PSUs like IOCL,BPCL,BSNL,BBNL,ISRO. Unfortunately I had to drop the plan and joined Tata Consultancy Services as Assistant System Engineer at the age of 21. Soon,I realized that private job was not my cup of tea. I had a dream of serving my nation by joining any government organization or Public sector undertaking companies. Meanwhile the seats for Electronics Engineers in PSUs became very less.

At that time, my close friends were getting selected as Probationary Officers in various PSBs. They advised me to have a  try for IT Officers and PO posts. I started my preparation from June 2017 along with my job.

In 2017 ,RRB PO 2017: Prelims missed by .25

IBPS PO: I was unable to clear sectional cut off of English

IBPS SO: Failed by 3 marks in prelims

I started clearing written exams from starting of 2018,

Syndicate bank pgdbf : Written cleared, failed in final .

Canara bank pgdbf : Successfully failed again .

Bank of Baroda pgdbf : Written cleared, failed in final .

IBPS PO 2018 : cleared prelims but failed in Mains.

ESIC SSO 2018 : Cleared prelims, mains but missed final cut off by 3marks.

IBPS RRB SCALE 2 IT : Selected in Reserve list 

I managed to grab a seat in SBI Junior associate 2018. I applied for clerical post of SBI due to increasing pressure in IT jobs. Duty hours in SBI JA is 10 am to 5 pm. So I would get enough time to study and fulfill my dream of becoming an Officer.

Again, now I am going to start  my second part of the journey .

Life became hectic after joining SBI JA. I was posted at a rural branch of west Bengal near Bangladesh border. There was very weak internet connection as well as electricity problems.

Now after joining SBI as JA my first exam was PNB IT officer. I cleared written exam but I failed to make it into the final list . Then I cleared written of National Housing Bank but I was unable to attend the interview.

After a lot of struggle, finally I got selected as Assistant Administrative Officer (IT) in LIC (LIC AAO 2019) and Probationary Officer in State Bank of India (SBI PO-2019).

In SBI PO, my prelims score was 76.5 (cut off 71 ) & mains marks was 129.96 (Cut off 104.42), I got 11 out of 20 in GE and 22 out of 30 in interview. Normalized final score 55.59 (cut off 54.11)

In LIC AAO (IT) my prelims score was 49 (cut off 49 ) & my mains marks was 183 (cut off 158).I got 49 out of 60 in interview. My final score was 232 (cut off 222).

Now here comes my preparation strategy :

For Quants : Clear your basics from any particular source . Quants was my strong  point. After recapitulating basics ,I started giving Mains mocks of Oliveboard and other sources . Oliveboard mocks are reliable resources and its pattern is exactly the same as SBI PO and IBPS PO real papers.Don’t panic after viewing mains paper. Keep your anxiety under control .It is the key to enhance your score in Quantitative aptitude part. Believe me no question is tough. I found playing PUBG is tougher than solving Mains mock of SBI PO, IBPS PO. Analysis of mock test is very important .

For reasoning : I used to practice mini-mocks, puzzle mania books of Oliveboard. For Critical reasoning you can refer topic tests of Oliveboard, GMAT Books like Manhattan.Try to learn which questions are to be skipped. Scoring Question selection is also a part of strategy .This skill will be developed by giving mock tests.

For English :I completed my schooling from a Bengali medium government school. Attempting this section was really challenging task for me. I realized mugging up words would not help me.I started reading The Hindu editorial, Businessline Editorial, Frontline magazine.

For Current Affairs : I wanted to utilize my free time. Because every working aspirants lack sufficient time to study. I used to watch various current affair shows(like top 200s monthly CAs) while travelling. Try to read from one source on a repetitive mode . Don’t go for multiple resources. Oliveboard group renders GK app, BOLT which are sufficient for daily-based preparation.

Now for Professional knowledge (as I have cleared LIC AAO (IT) I am sharing this part too for IT/CSE/ECE aspirants ): My score was 66 out 90 in professional knowledge of LIC AAO (IT).

I studied

1- Data communication and networking from the book by Behrouz A Forouzan,

2- DBMS from “Database system concepts by abraham silberschatz,korth”

3- Operating system concepts by Galvin

4- Fundamentals of Software Engineering by Rajiv Mall

5- Appeared IBPS SO (IT) mains mocks from Oliveboard for Professional Knowledge part.

I hope my story will help you . Don’t entertain any depression, anxiety during any examination. Try to meditate for a while. A spiritual reading can be life-transforming in various ways. And reading good books is one of the best investments one can make with time and money.

Read “Shreemad Bhagavad Gita”, “The Holy Quran”, “The Holy Bible”,”  Guru Granth Sahib”,

“Tripitaka” to enrich your mental health to fight against depression and stress .

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