Ritik Ranjan Selected as Clerk in Bank of India Says "Success is not built on success it is built on failure and frustration"

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Hello everyone. My name is Ritik Ranjan from Ranchi Jharkhand who graduated in mathematics honours in the year 2017. Right from then I started preparing from bank exams and Finally I could clear three exams in 2019-2020

IBPS RRB CLERK (Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank) on 1st January 2020
State Bank of India Junior associate waitlist 1 on 20th February 2020
IBPS CLERK (Bank of India) on 20th may 2020

I am sharing my success story so that fellow aspirant who are reading it can know my strategy. Hopefully my story will benefit them.

Preparation Strategy for different Subjects

I started preparing for bank exam in August 2017. I never took coaching. To get topic clarity I followed various Youtube Channels.

Mathematics- As i was mathematics honours student. I did not found any difficulty in cracking this paper. But academics and Competitive exams are way different. To overcome this I solved 15-20 question of each topic from various websites besides attempted mock test daily to gain speed and accuracy.

Reasoning- Rigorous practice 15-20 question of each topic from various website beside mock test.

English-The only mantra i followed for this paper is “Read,Read,Read and Grasp the theme”. I was always relied on reading newspaper at starting i used to read Times of India (6-8 months). and then switched to Economic Times. I used to write daily vocabulary and try to mug up them. For banking exam it is not necessary to learn grammar rule. I used to solve as much question as i can besides reading from different websites.

General Awareness- A game changer in mains exam probably the difference between selected and non selected candidates in mains exam. For G.A. I followed websites and used to solve quiz next day of current affairs I read the day before. Same for weekly and monthly. 2-3 weeks before mains exam I used cover Current affairs PDFs. I did not prepared separately for static and banking awareness reading daily helped me .

Strategy For attempting Preliminary and Mains Exams.

For Preliminary exams its all about speed and accuracy. Choosing right question at right time while appearing for exam. While preparing for preliminary exams Attempting mock test helped me It helped me to figure out my weak and strong area. I used to solve 2-3 mocks daily before 10-15 days before preliminary exams.

For Mains exams its all about accuracy not speed. Choosing right question at right time and not panicking while appearing for mains exams. While preparing for mains exam I used to solve mock test of mains exam by submitting without attempting any question and later solving it without any time limit because mains exams needs focus on concepts not on speed.

Advice to fellow Aspirant

Believe in yourself . Do not lose hope any time while preparing for competitive exams. Rigorous practice and identifying strong weak area will help. “Success is not built on success it is built on failure and frustration”. I used to listen song “Itni shakti hamein dena data” and Hum Honge Kamyab ek din” whenever i felt low or depressed while preparing for exams.

List of Exams I appeared

2017/Journey Upto

IBPS RRB PO-Prelims
IBPS RRB CLERK- Prelims
IBPS PO-Prelims
RBI ASSISTANT- Prelims
IBPS CLERK(-Prelims (missed by 0.5 marks probably game changer for my preparation)

2018/Journey Upto

SBI CLERK- Prelims +Mains
IBPS RRB PO-Prelims+Mains
IBPS RRB CLERK- Prelims+Mains
IBPS PO- Prelims+Mains+Interview
IBPS CLERK-Prelims(missed by 0.5 marks)

2019/Journey Upto

LIC AAO- Prelim+ Mains
SBI PO- Prelims+ Mains
ESIC UDC- Prelims
SBI JA-Prelims+Mains(selected in waitlist)
IBPS RRB PO -Prelims+Mains+Interview
IBPS RRB CLERK- Prelims+Mains(selected in Dakshin Bihar Gramin bank)
IBPS PO- Prelims+Mains+Interview
EPFO ASSISTANT- Prelims
LIC ASSISTANT-Prelims+Mains
IBPS CLERK- Prelims+Mains(selected in Bank Of India)

At last I would like to thank my teachers my family and my friends who helped me in tough times. Hopefully I will be probationary officer soon. Thank you.

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