Success in a Saudi Bank

To succeed in any of the banks in Saudi Arabia here a re a few pointers for people starting out. Start out first by knowing what you really want to do for the bank, don't just walk in to an interview and say anything will do, you might end up as a janitor with a master degree!

• Know what the bank is doing in terms of services and growth, you can know this by simply following their advertising. What area are they calling out for? like SAMBA today is reigniting the Gold platform( people with Sr100,000 to Sr500,000- in Non interest bearing accounts) here you would position yourself as a person who has conections with people who have this kind of money, usually players,tarvellers,show offs, relators who keep some money in the account for emergency puchases.


• Get your friends to introduce to one of the people that work in the bank, any department as long as it has to do with sales. Then forge a good relationship/friendship and see where they hang out. Usually bankers flock together to talk about the same subject:The Bank.


• Visit their website and see if this culture is ok for you?


• Ask the bankers you deal with how they like or dislike their jobs? sometimes if you get the same negative reactions from people you know are good in what they do, it's a bad idea to join this bank.


• Visit their regional offices, see what it's like? walk around if you can. When you are invited to visit someone open a conversation with the person sitting next to you, you never know what you can find out.


• When you go to an interview always be prepaired, and do not get annoyed by the time they let you wait, it is an old strategy used by losers to see how you ract to this kind of ego stabbing.


• Check when you visit the bank if the person stands up and welcomes you, does he stand up and sit beisde you? or does he hide behind his big office?


• Do not take personal insults in interviews, these are common ground in ego centric managers, trying and old trick of the interview book can actually hurt them if word gets out.


• Be on time every time for the rest of your working life.


• Dress the part, they like sharp looking people. Be yourself in the interview, they actually like street smart individuals.


• Know the persons background you are meeting, Bankers lives are not a mystery, ask and you shall be told. Ask at least 10 people about him, and you can enter into exciting out of the box interviews.


• Personnel department has no say in hiring you. It's the branches, managers, friends helping friends and regional managers pets( the regional managers ass kissers and close friends outside the bank)