Clearing JAIIB while managing a full-time banking job requires planning, consistency, and smart use of resources. Subhashree Padhi, Agriculture Finance Officer at Central Bank of India, successfully balanced work and preparation using Oliveboard’s structured materials. By following a disciplined strategy and focused revision, she cleared all papers efficiently. Here’s her preparation journey and tips for aspirants.
Introduction
Subhashree Padhi has been working as an Agriculture Finance Officer at Central Bank of India for the past 2 years. With limited time for preparation due to professional responsibilities, she relied on Oliveboard’s carefully structured resources. By following foundation, master, cracker, and capsule batches, along with marathon classes, she managed to prepare effectively and clear the JAIIB exam with confidence.
How did Subhashree Padhi prepare for JAIIB?
For the IE & IFS paper, Subhashree followed Oliveboard’s JAIIB Foundation Batch, which helped her build a strong conceptual understanding of key banking and financial system topics. She complemented this with revision using the IE and IFS Capsule Batch, which provided concise summaries and quick revision material to reinforce learning. For the remaining three papers PPB, AFM, and RBWM she relied on Oliveboard’s Subject wise Master Batch for detailed subject coverage, practiced extensively using the Cracker Module batches to solve chapter-wise and exam-oriented MCQs, and revised again with the Capsule Batch to ensure all important points were clear.
In addition, she attended Oliveboard’s all-in-one marathon classes, which provided intensive last-minute revision, helped consolidate concepts, and boosted her confidence before the exam. She also recommends mock tests and previous year papers as they are useful for assessing preparation, improving speed and accuracy, and identifying weak areas. Overall, her strategy involved daily focused study of 2–4 hours for 2 months, consistent practice of questions, and regular revision using Oliveboard’s structured batches and video lectures, which together proved sufficient to clear the JAIIB exam successfully.
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How Oliveboard helped her in her journey?
Oliveboard’s materials, including video lectures, master and capsule batches, and cracker modules, were perfectly aligned with the exam. Subhashree particularly appreciated the guidance of the faculty and highlighted one teacher’s style as especially helpful. She strongly believes that trusting Oliveboard’s faculty and following their guidance is enough to succeed, even with limited time.
Advice for aspiring bankers
Subhashree advises aspirants to stay consistent and disciplined. Even with time constraints, daily study of 2–4 hours for 2 months is sufficient if you focus on concept clarity, question practice, and revision. She recommends using Oliveboard’s capsule batches and YouTube videos for question practice and revision, and emphasizes that structured guidance from trusted faculty is key to clearing JAIIB.
FAQs
Subhashree suggests 2–4 hours of focused daily study for 2 months, covering all four papers with revision.
Yes, with structured study, question practice, and guided video lectures, it is possible to clear JAIIB without spending excessive time on textbooks.
Practice is key. Solve numerical problems regularly, as this not only helps in AFM but also makes related theory questions easier to answer.
Even practicing 30-50 quality MCQs per subject daily can significantly improve understanding and speed over 1-2 months.
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Hi, I’m Aditi. I work as a Content Writer at Oliveboard, where I have been simplifying exam-related content for the past 4 years. I create clear and easy-to-understand guides for JAIIB, CAIIB, and UGC exams. My work includes breaking down notifications, admit cards, and exam updates, as well as preparing study plans and subject-wise strategies.
My goal is to support working professionals in managing their exam preparation alongside a full-time job and to help them achieve career growth.