Best Books for IBPS Bank Interviews

Even after cracking the CWE exam, the hardship does not end for an aspiring IBPS candidate. They also need to go through the very tough IBPS Interview before actually getting recruited. Facing an interview is sometimes a problem for people even when they have adequate banking knowledge. Facing interviews required a set of skills that is different from acquiring the right knowledge for appearing in the IBPS exam.

Some books that are strongly recommended for facing IBPS Interviews:

   Guide to Bank Interviews

Guide to Bank Interviews is priced at INR 150. This book is published by Buzzingstock Publishing House and has been released in 2012. The author is HR Consultant and an eminent trainer on Career Development, soft skills and skills pertaining to employing or hiring of candidates, M. B. Sivaramakrishnan. He has already built a strong reputation in his more than eight years of career graph. His superior professional skills have given him the opportunity to train over thousand candidates in the field of his expertise.  He is an eminent workshop trainer who has conducted more than 50 workshops in various well known colleges. He also helps in the recruitment of personnel fitting to the human resource divisions of companies and also helps candidates find their correct vocation of employment. Thus this book will definitely help the candidates in their preparation prior facing the banking interviews.
The table of contents of this book will include introduction of banking in India, career in banking, why people fail in Interview, what to expect in the interview, dress code, body language, and general questions on banking as an industry.

How to Face Bank Interviews

How to Face Bank Interviews is priced at INR 160. Published by Skylark Publications and released in 2012, this book is written by N. S. Toor. Table of Contents of this book includes the following topics:

• Emerging Banking trends, comprising topics such as Basel III, Basel II accord, guidelines on capital adequacy, Debt & capital market instruments for CAR, International financial reporting standards (IFRS), Disclosures/transparency in balance sheet, Autonomy for commercial banks, Insurance business and Indian banks, Rating of banks, Prompt corrective action, Mergers & acquisitions, Money laundering, Foreign institutional investors, Financial literacy, Market stabilization fund scheme, Non-bank finance companies, Options, Accounting Standards related to banking, Best practices code and many other such related topics.
• Credit policy & bank Advances, related to Annual policy statement of RBI, Interest rates & Base rate systematic, CRR, SLR, Bank exposure to capital market, Exposure limits and group exposure, Credit information bureau India Ltd, Credit risk management, Corporate debt restructuring, Restructuring of small & medium enterprises, Basic principles of lending, Mortgage, Micro finance-Micro credit, banks code for MSEs and others. 

• Foreign exchange, such as Foreign exchange management Act, Capital and current account transactions, Convertibility, Exchange rate system in India, Important terms in foreign exchange, International commercial terms, and Deposit scheme for residents in foreign currency. 
• Banking Law & practice, with topics related to Reserve bank of India, Negotiable Instrument Act, . Endorsements, Crossing and payment of cheque, Collection of cheque, Demand drafts, Wire Transfers, Banker & customer relationship and Lockers, Counterfeit notes and Clean note policy.
• Information technology & Banking
• Financial statements & ratio analysis, including Financial statements, Balance sheet, liabilities, Ratio analysis, and Break even analysis.
• Management issues
• Strategy formulation
• Indian economy & economic policy, comprising Budget 2011-12, Monetary policy and Fiscal policy.

Other Books for Bank Interviews

 Bank Interview for IBPS(CWE) Successful Candidates

 
How to Succeed in Bank Interview
 
 Banking Interviews: IBPS PO/Clerk
 
How to Succeed in IBPS Bank Interview and Group Discussion PB
 
Bank Interview(Hindi)
 
Banking & Insurance Knowledge & Glossary