Interviews and GD are there just to ensure that they can hire all those with inside contacts etc. One who has academic background, has been elegant enough to produce a standardized test for speaking and comprehension skills (ILETS/ GRE) should be preferred. Merit should be based on three things NTS+ Academic Standing + A check of interpersonal skills but through 3rd party transparent interviews.

It might be my personal opinion, and some of you have the right of disagreeing with me, however in my professional life of almost 5 years, I have observed that interviews are just rubbish and a source to hire all those who bribe or have ''parchi''.

I have seen very brilliant people with excellent academic skills as well as professional skills and soft skills, who have been the scapegoat of interviews.

And mjy apni tension nai.mn already job kr b rai Hun.agay b Allah bhetr kry Gha.but Jo log itna high score kr b interview k bhd reh jayen gye.kitny disappoint Hun gye.yeh soch k dukh hota

I had had my share of life too. I do need a job at the moment as I am unemployed these days, but it would not be much of a problem I guess. However, its really heart reckoning that our hiring system is so corrupt, pathetic and full of discrimination.

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Umair Ali
Wah Cantt Pakistan

dear you have interviewed by the other rubbish organizations till now i think. but SBP is the only organization which have a transparent hiring procedure no parchi no phone call is valid for this purpose. If you score well in test and interview and have positive aptitude to work in SBP, don't wory at all you will be among the selected ones. SBP is the only Govt. organization trusted by public and foreign institutions also. SBP is an autonomous organization not dependent on any ministry

It may be true overwhelmingly that Govt departments recruitment is done out of merit.

However, due consideration must be given to SBP on its recruitment standard on hiring the top-notch people to work for them.

Further, if one has passed NTS test and fulfills minimum 60% recruitment criteria, then higher/lower academic marks do not make one distinguished candidate to be hired. Selection proceeds with the order of merit and provincial, regional and other Govt of Pakistan quota. This is because so no one feels deprived of the top job.

In addition, we all are aware that academic marks can be manipulated, credentials can be forged and lot of other painstaking things can be done to make one a big shot, but it all ends up in vain when you know jack about the job you applied for.

Finally, prepare for interview/GD the way you did for written test. Any less effort will subsequently result in "conspiracy theories" about selection.

Not really, but I know them out of my experience. I have been one of the lucky ones to qualify in those few who are selected on merit. What they do is, they DO need some talented people to run the organization. So suppose there are 40 vacancies somewhere, what they would do is hire 10 people on merit, 10 on quota and 20 on links or bribe. Anyways, thanks for your comments shaker.

RK Kumar, First about quota, I am not in the opinion of quotas, though I qualify for one of them which can always give me an edge but I never claim that quota, other than domicile based quota. I have punjab urban domicile which is quite competitive in comparison, but I go for it anyways.

Second, about knowing nothing about job, well that's why Pakistan's institutions are in the condition for which they are known for. SBP is no exception, although it is somewhat better.

Third, I have never prepared for NTS test....:p Yaar its always damn easy. Where it gets tricky preparation is no help. Because you are very much unlikely to know the national bird of UK, no matter how hard you try to improve GK. This is just an example, NTS asked that question for SBP SBOTS test in 2012. And regarding GD and Interview, well man I will try my best of course.

It is all my personal opinion, and I do not mean to be rude, but I disagree with much of what you have said here, bro. Anyways, best of luck to you

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Umair Ali
Wah Cantt Pakistan

Umair what you have quoted is a link from BLOG. Blogs are not authentic source of any news, plus whoever wrote that piece is not good enough to be a writer for any news agency.

Plus I myself am an employee of SBP BSC and I will suggest you to stop complaining about parchis/bribes at this stage, because yes SBP is comparatively transparent. I have cleared YPIP written test of 2012 and 2013 and hoping to clear again this year and appear in front of interview panel once again hoping for a better interview this time.

For my past two failures I dont blame transparency, neither should you because there are hundreds of candidates and only 60 seats (rough estimate based on last 3 batches) Again you cant blame long recruitment process of larger organizations either, because approvals are needed at various stages before process can be completed, and no employer asks you stop looking for jobs if you have one in pipeline. You are free to apply at as many places as you can.

Plus I think your concept is mixed up here. There are no quotas other than regional quotas. So what do you mean by I dont believe in quotas other than domicile based? Do you mean minorities and females?

Friends please stop living in fools paradise. Those who say it's sbp, they don't hire on perchi. Friends this is not sbp, its sbp's subsidiary i.e bsc. And they also have no experience of publice sector. BSC is fully corrupt organization as other public sector organizations.
If they are Crystal clear, than why don't they displayed result of second test (English test) last year in YPIP batch-3?
This hiring is totally toppi drama.
Totally agree with umair ali
From 60 seats they only hire 10, 15 candidates on merit so that to run organization remaining all are parchibaz.

Any one knows how many seats are for azad KASHMIR quota?expected salary and other perks?

1,2 candidates are hired from azad Kashmir.
Salary will be 40+