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Can we prepare for bank exam if I have gap after 12


Deepak kumar 30th Nov, 2021
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roshni 30th Nov, 2021

Hello,

Hope you are doing great! Here's your answer!

Bank PO stands for Bank Probationary Officer. It is a managerial level post which is offered in different Public Sector Banks as well as Private Sector Banks across India.

You cannot give bank exams after 12th immediately . The minimum eligibility to get a bank job is graduation. However there are peon, housekeeping jobs where 12th pass is required. For joining Government Banks, you will have to appear for IBPS exams after graduation.

There are certain eligibility criteria which have to be met in order to appear for a Bank PO exam. Although the criteria may vary from bank to bank, listed below are some of the common criteria which have to be met, irrespective of the banks.

Age of the applicant 20 years to 30 years*
Nationality of the applicant Indian**
Educational qualification of the applicant Should have a graduation degree from a recognized university

*The age bracket mentioned above is applicable to applicants belonging to the General category only. An age relaxation of 3 years is applicable for applicants belonging to OBC category. On the other hand, applicants belonging to SC or ST category will get an age relaxation of 5 years.

The nationality or citizenship of the applicant who appears for the IBPS CWE or Bank PO examination can be one of the following:

  1. Indian
  2. A subject of Nepal or Bhutan
  3. A Tibetan refugee who entered India for permanent settlement before 1 January 1962
  4. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who has migrated from Pakistan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, or one of the listed East African countries.


Hope it will help!

Thank you!

Prangya panda 30th Nov, 2021

For appearing a bank exam, first you need to complete your graduation. After completing your graduation, you can easily give the bank exams. The gap after class 12 doesn't really affect your career. After the gap, you can join some institution to complete your B-com or BBA so that it will be helpful for you to prepare for bank exams as the subjects for which you have to get prepared for banking will be there in your graduation course. Thereafter, you can appear the bank exam after completing your graduation.

Hope this has cleared your doubt. All the best.

ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 30th Nov, 2021

Hi

Yes, you can definitely prepare and apply  for Bank jobs even if you have a gap between your 12th graduation

This is because,

To be eligible for bank examination , what all one needs  is to be a graduate in any discipline . So, it doesn't matter even if you have gap year after your class 12th after completing your graduation you can definitely apply for bank examination  and after qualifying then you can get bank jobs as well

For your reference,

SBI PO which is bank examination, its eligibility criteria is provided below :-

------------) you need to be a graduate in any discipline from a recognised University

------------)  Lower age limit is 21 years while the upper age limit is 30 years. There's relaxation of 3 years for obc and 5 years for SC/ST on upper age limit

------------) You should be Indian


Examination pattern

Medium or Language of the examination

English & Hindi

except for English test

Different Stages of SBI PO examination

1st Stage : Preliminary

2nd Stage : Mains

3rd Stage : Group Exercise and your Interview

Duration of examination

1 hour

3 hours  & 30 minutes

-

Mode of examination

Online

Online

Offline

Marks of the examination

100

250 (200+50)

20+30

Negative Marking

1/4th for each wrong answer


You can check the same by visiting our page for which link is provided below

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/sbi-po


Thank you

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