IBPS SO Interview Experience for I.T. Officer(Scale – 1)

IBPS SO I.T. officer examination consist of three phases – prelims, mains and interview.

Interview:

Me: May I come in?

Panelist 1 : Please come in.

Then they asked me to have a seat. There was a panel of 5 members. There was a long table in front of them, the middle panelist was the most senior one and seemed like having our application form, he was writing things down at several intervals during the whole interview. We are given a seat with no table in front so that they can monitor our whole body movements. I did not greet them at first.

Panelist 1 (sitting in the middle): Hello, tell us about yourself.

Me: I started with greetings, and told them about myself, my education, organization, the project I was currently working and the qualities which I possess.

Tips: In an interview, it is a common question, it is advisable to prepare this thoroughly and include all the strong areas where you want to be questioned.

Panelist 1: Gave a satisfied look. As per my way of sitting, he asked me how many SSBs did you appeared.

Me: 2 sir (although I gave 3 but 2 came out of my mouth, I said 2 confidently).

Panelist 1: What was the result?

Me: Conference in the first one and screened out in second.

Panelist 1: Why conference in the first one and screened out in second.

Me : Sir GD mai raha gya tha.

Panelist 1 : You told us that you work in this organization, please tell us about your project.

Me : I thoroughly explained them about my project.

Panelist 1 : Ok, who is your customer.

Me : Sorry sir, we are not supposed to tell that. Then I explained them by giving example.

Panelist 2 : You told us your college name, who was Govind Ballabh Pant.

Me : My answer was not up to the mark, she said with a smile, Uttarakhand ke logo ke sath yahi dikkat hai. Panelist 1 said it’s ok Mam, all smiled.

Panelist 1 : You gave army entries you should be knowing this.

Panelist 3 (Technical) :

– What is your role in your project.

– Which kind of alarms do you trigger.

– Which kind of projects do you handle, tickets, incidents etc.

– Tell us about DDOS and how you will prevent your network from DDOS.

reference : https://aws.amazon.com/shield/ddos-attack-protection/

– How will you come to know that there is a DDOS attack in your network.

– What is IPS and IDS, and how they are different.

reference : https://www.okta.com/identity-101/ids-vs-ips/

– Asked regarding some new kind of router and how it is different from a regular router.

– What is AEPS ? Whether we can verify users online.

reference : https://www.npci.org.in/what-we-do/aeps/product-overview

Me : Answered all the questions.

Tips: It is always good to support your answer with the help of an example. It reflects your good understanding of the topic.

Panelist 1 : What’s your current CTC, I believe it is more than what banks offer. So, why do you want to join us ?

Me : I gave them two reasons :

1 – With the advancement of technology at banking sector, challenges are also rising day by day. I gave them various examples such as compromise in security these days, skimming, cloning etc. So, I will get the opportunity to work on these real world problems.

2 – Job security. During COVID-19 pandemic we saw lay offs in private sector. Banking sector do offer us better job security.

Panelist 4 : What is the difference between debit card and credit card. I answered.

Panelist 5 : Who is the IT minister of India.

Me : I knew it but did not got the name. So I said I am not getting it right now sir but just after the interview I will go through it.

Tips: Whenever you are not able to answer any question, never do a guess work. It’s better to tell them that I am not getting it right now but later I will go through this question. It reflects confidence and sense of responsibility.

Dress code :

It is advisable to wear formals, I wore light colored shirt, dark trouser, tie, formal shoes and had my beard well trimmed. You may also wear blazer. Boys are often confused regarding beard, you can have beard but it must be well trimmed and you should be looking professional.

Final result came out and I scored 85-86/100 in the interview.