How many attempts should I give before quitting?

How many attempts should I give before quitting?

Every government job aspirant reaches this question once in their preparation journey, not on day 1, but after years of preparation, multiple exams, repeated failure and rising pressure from the society.
" How many attempts should i give before quitting?"
This is not a motivational question, but a career decision. And career decisions should be made with data, self assessment timeline and realism, not with social pressure, not with emotions and not with those random advice from others.
At aajkinayibharti.com, we believe aspirants don't need false hope or any other miss-conceptions,, What they actually need is clarity and straight information and direction. This article will give you exactly that.

First Of All, Understand One Thing, Without Any Sugarcoating!
There is no such numbers of attempts that will fit everyone with same way. Some aspirants clear exams in 2 to 3 attempts, While some clear in 5 to 7 attempts, and a-lot never clear after so many attempts, this depends only on your preparation level and your accuracy and speed of solving each problem. So, here is the real question is not, "How many attempts are enough?" and mold this question in the real one, " Am i progressing with each attempt, or am i repeating the same cycle?"

Step 1: Define What An Attempt Really Means
If you have filled the form but not aware of with a compete syllabus, studies incorrectly, going with guess based strategy, or depending only on luck then this is not called any real attempts. A real attempt will be, when you clear exam with strategy (Accuracy + Speed), you analysed previous year exam paper, engaged in daily mock tests and also you have completed the whole syllabus at least once. These attempts are going to be counted. If you gave 5 exams but prepared properly for only, then you have actually given just 2 attempts, those 3 should not be counted.

Step 2: Attempts Vs Age Vs Exam Type
There is a-lot types of government exams which asks fro different patience level.

(I): SSC, Railways, Banking and Other state-level Exams
* For these exams, average success window is 2 to 4 years.
* Usually the serious aspirants clear these exams in 3 to 5 real attempts.
* Competition is high but the syllabus is manageable.
Note: If you have given 4 to 5 serious attempts ,and still there is no improvement in score or rank then it is the right time to review your preparation strategy.

(II): UPSC, PCS, And Other High Level Exams
* Designed for long-term preparations.
* Successful and serious candidates at-least takes 5 to 6 attempts.
* For clearing these exams, candidates requires maturity, strong analytical ability and personality development.
Here number of attempts usually holds importance less than quality of improvement.

(III): Defence, Technical & Age-bound Exams
* Attempts are limited by age in these exams
* Strategies mus be time bound
* And because of all consequences, back planing is mandatory.
Note: If your age is running out then it's important to quit, because quitting late is more dangerous than quitting early.

Step 3: The Progress Test Is Necessary
Ask yourself these non-negotiable questions after each single attempts, questions like:
➡️ Score improvement
* Is your scores improving by every attempts or staying still?
* Are you coming closer to cutoff by each next attempts or still far?
➡️ Rank Movement
* Did your rank move from thousand to hundreds and from hundreds to double digit?
* Or it's still the same level?
➡️ Subject Mastery
* Are weak areas reducing?
* Or rotating weaknesses every exam?
➡️ Exam Awareness
* Do you understand examination patterns now?
* Or still get surprised after seeing papers?
📌 If answers are mostly No for at-least 4 serious attempts then analyse your preparation, strategy and resources, cause there is something fundamentally wrong here.

Always remember one thing that,
Clearing a government exam is n achievement. But making the right career decision is intelligence!
And aajkinayibharti.com is standing for you to help you in your job preparation, so you can't be stuck in a loop of endless attempts, blind patience and false motivation. and grow by having right information, timely decision making, career clarity and smartly putting efforts in the right direction.
At aajkinayibharti.com, out goal is to ensure you that you will never miss any important opportunity and have an accurate update and actionable guidance!