The Canara bank conducts exams for Specialist officers such as Backup Administrator, Data Analyst, BI Specialist ,etc., throughout India. This article contains information on the eligibility requirements like educational qualification, work experience, age limit ,etc., for the Specialist officer exam.
The notification for the 2023 exam has been released on 28th February 2023. Information related to the upcoming Canara bank SO exam will be available on this page. Candidates can also check the official website of the Canara bank to get recent updates related to the Specialist officer exam.
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Candidates who wish to apply for the upcoming Specialist Officer exam must go through the eligibility criteria given in the official notification. The bank has notified various eligibility criteria such as age limit, educational qualification, working experience etc. The candidature of applicants who do not fulfil the eligibility requirements will be cancelled. Therefore, before applying for the Canara bank SO exam, candidates should consider the following:
Candidates should check the official website of the bank regularly to get recent updates related to the exam. An overview of the eligibility requirements to apply for the SO exam is given in the following sections.
The eligibility requirements in terms of nationality/citizenship laid down by the Canara bank are given in the table below. Before registering for the exam, candidates should make sure they meet the following eligibility requirements.
| Nationality Eligibility Criterion for the Post of Canara Bank Specialist Officer (SO) | |
| S.No. | Eligibility Criteria |
| A candidate must be either: | |
| 1 | A Citizen of India or |
| 2 | A subject of Nepal or |
| 3 | A subject of Bhutan or |
| 4 | A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or |
| 5 | A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India |
| A certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India must be produced by applicants who fall under categories 2, 3, 4, and 5. These applicants (categories 2, 3, 4 and 5) will only be provided the letter of appointment after presenting the eligibility certificate issued by the Government of India. | |
The aspirants who wish to apply for the Canara Bank Specialist Officer (SO) exam should be of the age as recommended by the bank in the official notification. The maximum and minimum age limits for various posts are given in the table below.
Age Limit for the Post of Canara Bank Specialist Officer (SO)
Age (Minimum and Maximum)
The Canara Bank has given age relaxation to certain categories of candidates based on the existing rules and regulations of the Government of India. More details related to relaxation in the upper age limit for SO posts are given in the table below.
| Canara Bank Specialist Officer Exam Age Relaxation | ||
| S. No. | Category | Age Relaxation |
| 1 | Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe candidates | 5 years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy layer) candidates | 3 years |
| 3 | Persons with Benchmark Disabilities | 10 years |
| 4 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
| 5 | Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment | 5 years |
The educational qualification and post qualification work experience criteria for different positions notified by the Canara bank vary, hence, candidates must be particularly careful while filling in this information. Moreover, a candidate’s application will be rejected if they provide any false information.
More information related to the educational qualification and post qualification work experience for the post of Specialist officer is given in the table below.
Post Qualification Work Experience
⮚ Should possess a valid OEM Certification i.e. Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) or higher
i) Active experience as practicing advocate
ii) Experience as Law Officer in the Legal Department of Scheduled Commercial Bank / State or Central Govt./ PSU
⮚ Post qualification experience in high value credit, appraisal/ assessment of credit proposals of medium/ large corporates, capital planning & raising activities, Quarterly review / analysis of capital structure, Bank’s Financial Statements preparation will be given preference.
⮚ Post qualification experience in high value credit, appraisal/ assessment of credit proposals of medium/ large corporates will be given preference.
⮚ Preference will be given to candidates with Work Experience in Cyber Security Operations Centre with Banking/ Financial Services / Insurance Sector (BFSI) experience.
⮚ Candidate should possess expertise on network/ database/ systems security and should be able to analyze and advise on information security control requirements for latest technologies.
⮚ Must possess Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification or OSCP or ECSA
⮚ Experience in various Ethical Hacking and penetration testing related work including identifying security risk and development plan, application security testing, red teaming, blue teaming related roles; conducting VAPT for web app/Mobile app under OWASP Top 10, worked on tools like Metasploit, Nessus, Burpsuite, Acunetix, Checkmarx, AppScan, Nexpose and experience of developing exploits, using KALI LINUX; Using various scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Bash, etc; will be given preference.
⮚ Experience in BFSI sector is preferable.
