How to Prepare for IBPS PO as per the New Pattern 2017

 IBPS is going to conduct IBPS PO PRE VII Exam on 7th, 8th, 14th & 15th Oct 2017. So a right strategy is the need of the moment.

 Exam Pattern IBPS PO Prelims 2017 - The pattern is same as of last year, there is no change in the pattern in the exam.

Sr. No.	Subjects	No. of questions	Marks	Time
1	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	1 hour total
2	English Language	30	30
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
4	Total	100	100

Practice with IBPS PO test series as per latest exam pattern to improve speed and accuracy.

New Pattern of IBPS PO Mains Exam 2017 - From this year onwards, IBPS has introduced new pattern of Mains exam which is similar to SBI PO Mains Exam.

Sr. No.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Medium of Examination	Time Allotted
1	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	English & Hindi	60 minutes
2	English Language	35	40	English only	40 minutes
3	Data Analysis and Interpretation	35	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes
4	General, Economy/Banking Awareness	40	40	English & Hindi	35 minutes
	Total	155	200		180 minutes
	English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)	2	25	English	30 minutes

1. Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 25 marks.
2. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.
3. The Objective Test has 155 questions spread over 4 sections – General Awareness (Banking + Economy), English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation Reasoning + Computer Aptitude.
4. The exam duration is of 3 hours.
5. The Descriptive Test comprise of test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) for 25 marks, time limit 30 minutes.

Banks are changing their pattern of selection, from 2015 it had introduced two tiers Examination (Prelims & Mains). The levels of questions are getting tricky and tougher day by day.

Some of you plan to prepare for the banking exam in 15 to 20 days before exam date. As of now this is not going to happen. Yes, it is true that there are many who will tell you that we have prepared in only 15 days or a month, but you know yourself better than anybody else so prepare your own strategy, think twice before get set go.

Don’t get demotivated or afraid as only 10% out of 100% candidates managed to get into the final selection. 

Many candidates doesn’t even know what is their aim?, what they want to do? They simply fill the form and appear in the examination.

During preparation for competitive examination, some candidates focus only on 1 or 2 sections as many are afraid of English Section or any other section like QUANT.

Many join coaching institute for time pass and engage themselves in social networking websites.

Candidates buy Online Mock Test but do not take it seriously and never analyse their performance in online test.

Few fails, because of their over confidence. So beware of all these barriers.

How to Crack IBPS PO 2017 Exam?

With proper planning, preparation, and the right strategy you can crack IBPS PO 2017 Exams in 2 months.

Know where you stand!

Firstly, in beginning of the preparation process, sit down and with a focused and methodical approach, start with an honest analysis of yourself. What are your strengths? Where are you good at? What are your areas of improvement? Where do you need more time to practice? This analysis can be done by taking up an Online Mock Test.

Take the test as though you were answering the real one. Take it seriously. And then, when you are done, see the patterns of your results. What key points come up? Are you weak in vocabulary? Do you take more time in reading comprehension? Do you have mastery of quantitative fundamentals? Are you able to complete the mock test by the required time? Do you blank out and get nervous?

Key factors to watch on –

(i) Yes, mock tests do help in your own way.

(ii) Take every mock test as if it’s the actual exam.

(iii) Don’t take tests for the sake of taking tests.

(iv) These tests will not to tell you how good you are, but how you can be better.

(v) Try to analyze these tests to understand your strengths and weaknesses.

(vi) Learn from your mistakes and don’t kept repeating them.

(vii) Know your area of strength and target them (like If you are good in Reasoning so used to make sure you get them right every time).

Don’t demotivate with Mocks Test score – Mock Test score doesn’t matter much. The biggest myth that candidate have in their mind is that if they are not scoring good marks in Mock Test, they feel that it’s waste of preparation and it is end of road for them. They cannot qualify the actual exam with such low scores.

Mocks is just to analyse where are you lacking and how can you improve. One of my friends who prepared with me never qualify section test in any mock. But, he never stop and keep practicing. Today he is a Bank PO in a Bank of Baroda.

You get to know your strong and weak areas

1. Good Speed, Good Accuracy: You are already good but do regular practise.

2. Good Speed, Bad Accuracy: Look at your practice answers. Where is the mistake happening? Is there a pattern? Assess and improve.

3. Bad Speed, Bad Accuracy: Put in the most focus into this section. Work by researching on easy tips and techniques to improve the speed and accuracy for these types of questions.

4. Bad Speed, Good Accuracy: Practice, Practice hard, Practice more with latest IBPS PO question paper. Practise each questions by setting timer. Try to apply short tricks. Practise will improve speed. Get easy strategies on improving and keeping the momentum that are available by us.

The best way to improve your performance in Online exam is only done by practicing lots of Online Mock Test. The improvement can be in terms of improving your speed in areas where your concepts are strong, or improving your accuracy first where your concepts are weak. Finally, by taking a lot of practice tests - you'll start understanding that your test taking strategy is improving - i.e. your question selection is improving or not.

There are many Mock Test Series available in the market. But, which Mock Test provides questions on latest pattern, this actually matters a lot.

I would like to refer - IBPS PO Mock Test series by Topranke the test series is based on latest pattern and it also has new style of questions which appeared in both IBPS and SBI exams. Those of you who have started preparation should still take this test to know where they stand.

You will get 1 Free Mock Test in every test series, by attempting free mock you will get idea about the level and pattern of the questions.

Some useful tips:

• Divide it up into chunks and seriously master each chunk. Memorize with a fresh mind.
• Read our English Master Series and practise Exercise to have good command over English Grammar, go through our
• Easy way to learn English vocabulary and read books like Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis to improve your vocabulary skills.
• You can use the difficult words assigned for the day in conversation or in your writings to help you practice.
• Improve your context skills and learn how to free associate.
• Play word games online or with friends and crossword puzzles.
• Use memory tricks like mnemonics. Practise vocabulary tests. Target to improve your results each time. Get excited about learning new words.
• Next, see your performance in the reading comprehension section of the mock test.
• Are you quick in picking up the context and meaning of what you are reading or do you need some time. Practice by doing a lot of reading.
• Read books, articles, blogs, websites, newspapers etc. of varying topics and length.
• Reading newspapers like the Hindu, Economic Times etc is a good start. Certain international newspapers and magazines like The New York Times, Economist and Washington Post (all available online) will give you international perspective and good reading practice.This will improve your reading speed and comprehension.

It is good to give extra attention and study harder for an exam. But never take the failure in an exam personally.

All the best!