NAME: Neetu Mohan
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I have been a regular follower of Bankers adda site and I’ve recently been selected as SBI PO. I’m an MBA graduate in HR and Marketing and I would like to share my story briefly with you and with my fellow banking aspirants. I hope my story fits the expectations to get posted in your esteemed site. Here is my story..
I’ve always admired all those who post their success stories in Bankers adda and used to wonder if I would ever get a chance to share my story on the site. And now the day has come !! I too got selected as a banker ! I would try to make this self revelation as short as possible, but I don’t want to lose the essence of my happiness and so I have decided not to limit my words, I beg your pardon for that 🙂
SBI has never been in my dreams when I started my banking preparations a year before in the month of August when I joined a coaching center in our area. I’ve always felt that SBI is meant for real hard workers and brilliant ones and I never included me as one among them. After all the real life hardships prevented me from dreaming high. My first target was IBPS PO and I really tried hard right from the beginning to make use of all possible resources but found it really hard to derive at a strategy to cope with the sections, especially I had no idea how to cover the GA which then seemed to be literally an ocean. IBPS PO really gave me nuts. I worked hard but it was simply a hard work and not a smart work at all that resulted to be a failure. My second exam was IBPS clerk following which I quit from the coaching center when I realized that I had acquired the knowledge and now it is up to me to study well. I gave a series of exams after that, cleared IBPS clerk and had real dreams of clearing the interview which I couldn’t as I hadn’t secured enough in the written to get myself placed. The exams that followed were all in vain. The results of IBPS clerk gave me a sudden blow which took several days for me to recover. Although I don’t know exactly how I brought myself back to my studies, I’m sure I couldn’t have done it without the help of Bankers adda and a bunch of loving people. It was then that I posted in BA for the first time.
Unemployment was not my only problem, I had a lot of family problems as well which had put me in severe stress. Then I made up my mind to study myself with the help of wonderful sites like Bankers adda and I started visiting a library where I sat for hours without a friend but a lot of unknown people. I studied with the help of borrowed books and finally cleared the SBI prelims. Though the exam hall was quite unfriendly for me with a dysfunctional computer I made it to the GD/PI shortlist as well. My interview preparation gives me a nightmare even now. The fact that I’ve attended only 110 questions reminded me of my IBPS clerk results when I had just crossed the border and I was in a dilemma all the time. But finally God helped me unconditionally and now I find myself literally perplexed at my success. It was not simply my studies that had helped me. My parents, my husband who motivated me throughout my preparations, the tutors who had helped me through the GD/PI preparations, a few people who had willing fully advised me through sites irrespective of the fact that I’m a totally unknown and desperate banking aspirant asking for tips, a movie which had inspired me and finally those who had hurt me mentally really bad. (that really helped !!) I owe my success to all those who have stood by me and supported me. Bankers adda does a lot of magic and the amazing hard work behind the successful journey of the site is quite appreciable.
I’ve learned a lot of QA, Reasoning, English and GA within this one year. But above all I’ve learnt that, *God has a unique plan for each one of us.* *When he denies us something, he definitely has something better waiting for us.* And when we are facing intolerable agony, misery and disappointment at a point in our lives, believe me it is just a veil hiding an upcoming happiness and prosperity. I was one of those who constantly get slammed on face on approaching corporates in search of jobs.* A big thanks to all those hi-fi corporates for not selecting me!! *I’m not sure if my words could be of any help to my fellow aspirants. But I would like to say one thing to you, *“One who fails to plan, plans to fail..”* so fill in the boost to plan your moves, create your own strategy better not to follow someone else’s. *Finally in every breath remind yourselves of your destiny..*
Thanks for reading..
With love,
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