SSB Personal Interview is a good chance for the candidate to create a good impression and shows the ability and dedication to join the force. Also, it’s very crucial so do not try to bluff if you don’t know how to bluff, and always be natural and relaxed because it will be very simple and to the point about your personal life, so try to know yourself better and also know people around you. Always prepare for the Personal Interview before attending SSB Interview because you know the type of question generally asked by the IO. Below are few questions which you may face during your SSB Interview. If you have any doubt please mention them in the comment box.
Always prepare for the PI before attending SSB Interview because you know the type of question generally asked by the IO. Below are few questions which you may face during your SSB Interview. If you have any doubt please mention them in the comment box.
Question In SSB Personal Interviews:
- What is your name, meaning of your name, meaning of other member’s names in your family, compare yourself with them, name of place you come from, currently what are you doing?
- Family: How many members, since when living at the same place, description and sort of relationship with each member, closer to whom, why closer, whom you admire. Compare yourself with any of your brother/s or sister/s. If alone what would you prefer to have an elder/younger brother/sister? Occupation of working members in the family, if you are working what is your job profile, salary etc.
- Education: Institution where you had your education, since when, any achievements, any responsible post held during your education at the institution, represented institution at what levels, subjects you liked most and those you did not like at all, why, teachers you liked most and those which you did not like at all, why (here include the teacher and subject till all these years of education and not only school), name and specialty of institution where studied and a brief description about it namely its location, crowd, cultural and other heritages it carries. What are you currently doing ,what are further options (if not army),why, Why ARMY, since when liked army?
- Friends: What type of friends you like, what type you do not like, where have you gone and where would you like to go with your friends, why are these people your friends, describe your best friend, compare him with you (appearance ,height, texture, thinking, something common in both of you), their hobbies and interests,their way of living life and what do they want to achieve in life.
- Why do you want to join the defense forces, if not defense other options, how did you come to the conclusion that you want to join the forces. Did you try for NDA, why not succeeded? Why not proper efforts were given?
- Your hobbies and interests, how do you pass your time, which task did you find most interesting in psyche and GTO series, which books have you read, why did you not score well enough in 12th as you scored in 10th , NCC knowledge, Scouts, RSP, MCC, etc., knowledge.
- Your life in college, any memories, what is the difference between your friends at Pune and SSB center .If given chance what would you like to change in Pune ( Geographical, economical, agricultural, tourism, traffic etc.) Compare your hometown and hometown friends with friends in Pune and Pune as a place itself. Have you ever come before to the SSB centre previously. Which places did you visit at the SSB place
- Give 5 current national and international political news.
- Give 5 current national and international sports news.
- Some international matters, international organizations, their working procedure and a good knowledge of your specialized subject.
- How would you organize a football match /hike/cycle race/ local festival /trek/swimming competition.
- Why were you weak in some specified sphere, how did you cope up with it.
- Have you taken coaching, why, what sort of?
Tips on how to answer in SSB Personal Interview
- Give examples for any incidences that you are going to explain.
- Speak in relevance to your Self-Description test and PIQ and do not give fakes.
- Speaking is an art, whatever you speak give proper punctuations, gestures and emotions as necessary in your speech.
- Speak clearly and maintain an eye contact.
- Hesitation at the time of answering will cause a bad impression, never tell lies and give a full explanation of your family, friends, education, current life, future scope, and with an example for each.
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I am first time attenting the SSB interview in bhopal .how to prepare for that .what.are the.question and interview process .how expose everything .plz rply .next month going to going with in that i have to prepare soon
Sir, should we use only English or we can also use Hindi? as these kind of question should be answered in a proper way or complete manner.
In ssb hindi allow or not ……?
Do I have to know Hindi to join NDA?
please give individual marks
sir, can a +3 student can appear for NDA entry
sir is there any difference in attending SSB in regular and absentee batch..?
no not any diff
sir can a commerce students come for ssb interview in ncc spcial entry? and how? and ssb interview training centers are available in mumbai? please give your feedback………
sir i got 384 marks in written[NDA/NA] will i be qualified for ssb?
Hello Sir,
I wish to apply for the Army Dental Corps.
Is there any change in the interview pattern there.
Please help.
HELLO THERE..
I HAVE APPLIED FOR TGC-117 AND MY DATES FOR SSB INTERVIEW 17th AND 20th MAY( PRIMARY AND ABSENTEE). BOTH DATES ARE CLASING WITH MY LAST SEMESTER EXAMS WHICH ARE ENDING ON 20TH MAY ITSELF. WHAT CAN I DO ADMIN….?
IS THERE ANY WAY TO POSTPONE THE DATE?
sir…what should be the answer to…”why u did not selected ncc in school”???
Hello sir,
Please explain me what sort of impression does screened out and conference out candidates leave on next attempt
Sir, I m going for service entry and I was 2 times conference out. Can I replied IO that I have not performed well in GTO last time bcoz I was in repeater batch and was not able to give my ideas during PGT and so on. . . I found my voice was little bit mild, this time more confident and will give my ideas with more confidence.
Thanx admin for this important and quite interesting blog..
in my ssb i came through some question kinda censored…i.e
1.asking me abt the relationship with the girlfriend
2.do u watch po*n
what should be the answer 2 these qns…please sir reply
GOOD EVENING SIR,
May I know that is there any bonus marks for Ncc C certificate holder. I have c certificate with B grading.
& what about the physical test.
https://www.facebook.com/CDSOFFICIALPREP join the page and prepare for CDS 2013
hello sir i m going for my UES interview…….last time IO gave me same situation in PI and in confrence……bt i changed my answer in confrence……so cn u tell me what may be the reason they asked me same question….was there chance of selection ?i aslo want to tell u that IO questioned me from PIQ form for only 10 min and then asked me situation after my answer my interview was over and then in conference he asked me same situation…PLZ HELP ME SIR
Dear Sir,
After going through this post, i felt like the most important parts in an Interview is
A. Knowing about yourself
B. Introspecting you previous mistakes(If a Repeater)
C. Telling the truth
D. Knowing about current events.
1.My Question is if you have analyzed yourself and tell truth about the questions being asked, will there be a yes from the I.O side.
2. How much does knowing about current events matter, though i have heard people saying it don’t matter much but have also seen candidates who come out stating that questions pertaining to only G.K was asked and they couldn’t answer all properly.
So just got a bit confused about G.K and thought to clear my doubts with you.
Waiting for your reply.
Regards
DEEPAK KUMAR SINGH
sir i have a few questions asked last time
what are your best & worst days of your life?
greatest mistake & achievement?
whom like & dislike ?why?
also what are your worst days in life?
what are your best days in life?
@admin if io would ask me why have u scored so less in your graduation??reason is because i became alchoholic and more careless was got into bad company……can i answer it or should i support my bad performance with my extra curricular activities???
respected sir,
IS THERE ANY THING IN SSB THAT U SHOULD BE ALWAYS TRUTHFUL…….A PERSON CAN’T BE TRUTHFUL EVERYTIME…PLZ COMMENT ON THIS
Dear Admin thank you for giving such valuable suggestions. Further i want to say in my first attempt after my psych. Test ,gto test and PI, i was again interviewed by the pshycologist and she asked me what stories i had written and also took my response on certain wat words. I want to know why it happened so, was i border line case why?
Dear admin,
I my first attempt ,after my pschy. Test and gto test and before the conference, i was interviewed by the psychologist and she asked me to tell her what stories i had written and to give reponses for , certain WAT words . I want to know was i border line case and why this interview was taken
deAR SIR i do smoking from last 5 years….
is there will be any problem at the time of ssb and medical????
now a days i have controlled myself……
thankyou
Dear Mr Admin,
You are doing an excellent job by helping out desirous candidates to face SSB. Hats off to you!!
I have few questions, please answer them.
1) I have attended AFSB, & now I have got SSB for Army. There will be definite question on change in my preference, how should I answer them? I just wanted to join Defence,but this will be very weird answer. Please suggest.
2) Is there any means by which I can know my performance In SSB interview? I mean can I ask the IO about my positive & negative aspects at the end of interview?
3) when the IO asks any questions at the end, what should I ask?
Dear Sir
I have a doubt regarding the WAT
If i compose a sentence with a word given and the others word of that sentence are coming up later so cane i repeat the sentence.
e.g.
sucess- hard work leads to sucess
but what if the next words are like work, hard etc. can i repeat the same sentence again??
No, you have to make another sentence
Hello Sir,
Greetings Sir, I have a confusion of what to answer in the question “If Not army, what?”.
I am going to attend the interview on oct 17 in Bangalore. So how can I prepare from day to day now onwards?
Please guide me Sir.
With regards and Thanks,
T. Arulkumar
can one get through the SSB interview in his first attempt? regarding AFCAT
hello sir..i want to know that whether SSB Officer check about the repeation of candidate………..?
if a repeater candidate enter as a fresher ..is there any chance to catch him up…..?
sir wat should we answer for the question why we chose defence and if not defence what other options
sir, does IO WILL ASK TECHNICAL RELATED IN THE SENSE SUBJECT RELATED QUESTIONS IN PI..
i have attended ta officer grade exame expectin call letter what are the certificates needed from me and iam working in a private organization what are the documents needed from my office at the time of interview, and what about police verification.
sir i have a vision defect can i attend for ssb
Yes Hari you can.
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plz reply me
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Not at all, your personal strength matters.
thank you very much
m not getting the req. page after downloading it..cn any1 suggest me ..
Which page ?
hello admin……
my name is ankush bhatt. i faced 4 confrances of indian airforce in varanasi for flying pilot and 3 fsb of indian coast guard in noida. aout of my 7 ssb’s 4 time i wait for 5to 6 mint outsida the confrance hall. mostly my interveiws last for about 1 hour.once in varanasi board my gto officer recognised me and that was my 2nd attemt and the duration between my 1st and 2nd attemt was 1.5 year. in that attemt my io also gives wishes me that i wish u will be selected this time. pls help me in all the above mention issues and also find the reason where i m lacking out becoze i m not getting the reason why i m not selected while all thing are going well in my interveiw. pls reply to my post and u can also mail me my mail id id ankushbhatt137@gmail.com.pls reply soon i m desperately waiting for ur answer………
It could be anything, just keep improving in every thing, may be you are a border line case. Just analyse your performance and keep on working on them. Keep trying is the only solution.
it may be that u r a border line case.in conference,one of the officer said to my friend that ok gentlemen u get recommended but he was not recommend.when the officer came to declare the result,after declaration he asked that sir u said to me that i got recommended.officer said we were checking ur reaction only.so hard work.surely u will get recommend one day
Hello admin…
Can u plz tell my how to answer for the question.
What does your enemy think of u ?
Please reply soon…
sir i hv written an story,plz give ur suitable comments on it,it will be really helpful,i hv already posted the story
sir can u suggest any gud coaching institute in delhi
There are so many, try to get the feedback from some candidates who have attended them.
@admin plz reply
sir is dere ne way to find out whether my pshychology suited d required defence criteria
Professional coaching may help you.
sir,they askd me why i want to join the defence services,i said becoz i want to serve my nation in a direct manner,as it ws the only reason y i want to join d defence services,bt answer looks like as if i hv read it frm smwhere becoz IO didnt seemd to be convinced by dis answer,so what shud i say
Try to answer something real, your answer was very common, think of some more reasons and answer them.
hello sir,
is there any hope for merit out candidates in air force.? do dey upload reserve list??
Chances are there but less. All the best.
hello sir!
its my first ever ssb and i m very much nervous only about the screening part only….can u suggest me what can i do toovercome this coz i’ve been preparing for the screening by taking reasoning exams of myself….
Concentrate more on story writing and narration part.
Sir,
on dis 30th m having my 6th ssb (& 2nd of Navy)….Sir dis question is always asked to me evry time…dt abt the priority of joining d defence forces….i’d lik to mention u dt my preference is :Navy dn airforce & last Army.
In PI they always asks why Army is on the last???
even i dnt knw d real ans…i always prefer navy coz i m mch more attracted to it since my 1st ssb is also of navy….bt dnt knw d reason why army is last (also i was screened out in army allahabd)….may b i thought dt dis may b the reason fr its priority….please help me out sir….!!
what should be the real ans to this question???
You are more interested to join Navy that is why you are giving preference to Navy but you respect all the defence forces equally and if you get the chance to join any one of these you will.
ohhh dts great sir…thanx fr ur nice explanation…
I can’t speak english fluently.. For that do they refuse me or not? What can i do? Is it necessary to face IO in proper english or isn’t? Plz reply my questions.. Give me some suggessions..
Improve your English, you are not required to be excellent in English but you should be able to communicate in English.
I can’t speak english fluently.. For that do they refuse me or not? What can i do?
just work on your grammar and vocab section.
make a habbit of speaking english with your brother or sister.
do not feel ashame whether you are speaking wrong.
good luck
@admin do we need to take our reusme?
No Arun
I can’t speak english fluently.. For that do they refuse me or not? What can i do? Is it necessary to face IO in proper english or isn’t? Plz reply my questions.. Give me some suggessions..
Improve your English communication skills it is necessary.
sir,
dis question of mine is related to d psychology test which we used to give d very 1st mrng of our arrival….in d WAT, if we dnt able to write d sentence out of d wrd shwn may b bcoz we dnt knw d meaning as it smtimes hpnd to me befre…what shall it cnvey???
is it gives a -ve or a +ve impact??
another question….abt Self Description…is it better to write it in points or in paragraphs….if writing in points hw mch points we shall write under each heading like Strengts, weaknesses…
You can leave the WAT if you do not know the meaning , instead of writing something wrong better leave it.
You are suppose to write self description in a paragraph not in points.
hello sir,
i have cleared the ssb for 10+2 TES. I have this query that whether 12th percentage is taken into consideration in preparing the merit list
First of all congrats , and yes 12% is considered but mostly your SSB marks play the main role.
Anyways all the best for merit list cadet .
Hello sir.
They asked me that have you contributed something for the society? But i have not contributed or the society then what to say?? sir plz help me out this my last chance then my age limit is over.And sir plz tell that i am 1988 born can i fill any other form in defense as an officer?
Hi, if you think you haven’t done anything then how can you cook up some story , but anyways you must have done something good for others, they comes under society .
If you tell me your qualifications also then I may tell you correctly regarding future opportunity .
Sir have have done my BCA with 75% Marks and now i am doing my MCA….
Which entry did you apply earlier ?
Navy PC(LOG)
Apply for CDSE.
dear admin sir,
dis is my 1st visit to dis site…& i m grateful to u fr ur such great efforts twrds our improvements to crack ssb..
sir i need sm suggestions from u as i already given 5 ssb’s before & on 30th may 12.. i hav my nxt ssb of navy…
after analyzing myself…i found dt..in PI i alwys hesitate in speaking in english..i always lacked d fluency req…n bcoz of which my confidence level alwys goes dwn & i try to play defensive in a PI..is it better fr me dt i jst gv d PI in hindi only…or jst ask d interviewer fr d permission to speak in hindi…
as such i dnt hv any prob in eng bt lack of confidence in speaking in eng makes me move onto the defensiv side…
so kindly suggest smthing fr me on dis issue sir!!
Hi
Please do not speak in Hindi , but you can use it in between if required.
Please improve your communications skills, try to speak with your friends or just speak to yourself in front of mirror.
Never show that you are hiding something in PI.
Please check this post : How to Face PI ??
sir, when the IO asks to give the alternate choice of career if no defence forces then keeping an alternative for career is good or not? i mean if i say if not army then i’ll go for Central Police Forces then will it be fine?
Yes , there must be always some other option in life, it shown how well planned you are, and not blindly running for becoming defence officer.
I have a police case on me which has been withdrawn.. can i join navy??
Is it a registered case ?? were you found guilty ??
the case was registered and he was found guilty later the case was withdrawn..
thank you very much sir..this helped me a lot in figuring out the way an ssb is conducted and thanks again.
Most well come and all the best Shankar .
I’ll be going for my 3rd attempt this time, in first attempt i was screened out & in second one i was conference out. i noticed one thing in the PI that i was quite nervous and because of this i answered some GK questions wrong even though i knew the correct answer i even admitted this in conference.. should i say this if IO asks me about my drawbacks in last ssb?
hi mam.i am a beginner and i had cleared afcat recently and am yet to take ssb..i wish to seek someone’s guidance on this .would you please help me out..?
@Piyu: Yes you can admit whatever shortcomings you had last time, but make sure that you have improved it this time.
i have improved sir… the main reason behind nervousness was lack of knowledge about self that made me confused.. reading this article clarified all my doubts.. than you sir. 🙂
i have improved sir… the main reason behind nervousness was lack of knowledge about self that made me confused.. reading this article clarified all my doubts.. Thank* you sir. 🙂
sir ,the question asked to me in interview was 1)How can u develop your personality ?
how to answer this question. pls tell me .
You can tell the day today events which helps you to learn something good, so that your answer will remains original and correct.
sir ,my reporting at Allahabad is at 0600 hours on 8th April and i dint know the schedule of the 5 day process ,so can u pls tell me the schedule of 1 ,2,..till 5th day.
8th Screening
9th Psy Test + Interview(for few)
10th GTO + Interview
11th GTO + Interview
12th Conference
13th-18th Medicals
All the Best
dear admin like i am 4 time repeater and if IO ask me that why you want to join IAF since last time you appear for army and navy also so why this type of fluctuation in choosing a particular.
sir how to give this type of questions answer.
Answer accordingly , whatever is the correct reason according to you.
While answering just start with “I want to join defence services whether it may be Army, Navy or Airforce” & then give your views. This will clear the conflict of IO.
sir my real age is 21 but in certificate it is 19 so last time when i attended ssb , IO only asking me same question that you are only 17 yr old and persuing btech 2nd yr how it come possible ,i truly answered him about my age problem after knowing this he was not looking happy and further didn’t take interset in asking questions. now sir if my certificate is 19 so thats not fault this not done by me dis was done by my uncle during the addmission in 10. so sir if i went to ssb next time and IO ask me same question how i answer perfectly how can i convince him. plz sir solve my this problem plz.
Forget your real age now, just remember you age according to your certificate, don’t get double minded.
gud morning sir……{‘.’}
sir nw i m in 12th ‘sci’….can u plz tell me,How much Percentage of marks are required in 12th in order to join in NDA?
Just Pass NDA, SSB,Medicals and yes 12th also.
sir ,
what if i don’t receive my ssb call letter army tes,can i go for ssb without call letter b’cos we don’t have any online call letter for army tes , like we have for navy 10+2 btech entry
take the online list printout.
first of all,thank you sir, for the timely reply. I have benefited a lot from this website.
also i want to ask that
if IO asks that ,why is so and so Ur best friend ?
then can i say that b’cos he always helps me in any difficult work ,and he is always there when i am in a problem ,he is always motivating
Yes you can.
HELPING AND CARING ARE NOT OLQ..BUT A MATURE PERSON SEES QUALITIES LIKE MOTIVATOR,ENCOURAGING,DETERMINATION,KNOWLEDGABLE,GOOD IN MAINTAINING RELATIONS,AMBITIOUS IN HIS/HER BEST FRIEND…AND THAT’S WHAT AN I.O. EXPECTS FROM US.
Very well said Ankita.
SIR
CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW SOME COMMAND TASKS
Soon, I will try.
they also ask about ur best friend and favourite teacher
sir is tit right to make a judgement about ur friend and teacher???
Yes, you are not a kid, be mature and be practice in life. One must have good judgement quality .
sir i was asked a question that “how would u rate/priortise ur SSB interview procedure, i.e., psyche test, GTO and Personal interview?”
is it right to judge i.e., to give priority???
Yes one must be able to judge his/her performance, rate accordingly .
i am a reapeter…..what if i wil tell myself as fresher…do they check my previous attempts???bt bcoz how can dey keep tracks of so many ppl…..i dont think dey hav a database…??
They can not check, but if they get doubt you will be in problem.
sir if IO asks that
1.did u fight with your sister ?
2.do u get scolding from Ur mother ?
then what he wants to know from u and how to tackle these questions.
pls reply soon .
They just check whether you lie or not, because these are common questions and one should tell the truth and speak normally.
sir i am having my army tech ssb on 8th apr,i have all documents but i dont know what id proof i should take with me to the center.
PANcard, Driving lic or voter ID card..or anything else.
WHAT SHOULD I SAY IF IO ASKS -WHY SHOULD I RECOMMEND YOU?
Say YES confidently .
sir question is why should i recommend you?
Tell the reason why you want to be in defence, tell the actual feelings of your and tell them that you deserve to be in it.
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I didn’t understand the question completely.
@ADMIN WHAT COULD BE THE POSSIBLE ANSWER IN IO ASKS -WHY SHOULD I RECOMMEND YOU?
@ADMIN
Sir, First of all, thank you very much for this website. It is a mine knowledge, from which anyone can openly take whatever he/she wants that too free of charge. I appreciate your contribution in helping candidates in joining forces. I thank you also for sparing your time for guiding everyone and sharing your knowledge.
Thank you, that means a lot 🙂
@ADMIN:- sir I am having 76.80% marks in 10th and 67.00% in 12th
i was asked the reason for this downfall in SSB interview at dehradun.
Sir what could be a better answer for this question.
What explanations should be given.
You know the correct answer, tell me 🙂
@admin is this o.k . plzz guide me hw shld i aswer if m asked fr the decline of m per
Be truthful
@admin sir i hve gt vry less perctage of marks in frst 2 yr of grduatn as compared to 12th. bcz frst i was planning to do b.tch thn due to sme reasns…. i coldnt. in the frst year i was preparng fr engg so coldnt focus on college studies . nd in second year i ws mre focused towards m part tym job due to financial prblm .
i was also focused towards n.c.c
but u r from amry background then this wouldn’t work……
sir since i was preparing for my entrance exam i completely forgot about nda and didn’t apply for it…can i say this when asked whether i tried for nda???
Lame excuse , say you were not aware of such opportunity at that time and was more concerned towards other competitive exams .
@all
Do not freak out in PI , its the most simplest thing in SSB but matters alot in your selection .
Be normal and answer whatever asked to you, try not to bluff 🙂
@Rohan Yes you have write it again .
Sir do we need to sit for the written exam again(CDS) if we do not crack the Interview for the 1st time.??
Can Anyone share link for NCC special entry form 32nd course on site.
Sir , also want to know, i am 2011 pass out , completed B.tech, i want to know how much a job is important for a SSB interview because till now i did not join any job. i have attempted 3 times SSB after my B.TECH …what to write in teacher/boss opinion and when the interviewer ask few question on the same… plzzz reply .. i am eagerly waiting …
Hello admin… its a wonderful post , this will surely him me a lot, i want know regarding interview that what is generally the FIRST question that is being asked by the interviewer to a candidate. plz tell me the a guess or normal order of question ??? plzzzz reply me….. eagerly waiting…
@admin: do they expect more from a sainik school guy?
Hi Everyone there,
Can anyone share me NCC Related questions as i forget all….eg:footsteps/sec in quick march and ……..and all type of salami shastra and more about contribution of NCC to nation and how it makes person differ from civilian candidate……….These type of questions.
@Admin-Can you please help me on this?
@admin………hw could a manipulate…if iam asked over my percenatage like i used to got 80 % during m school dayz and now my performance have declined to 50 %
@Vijay All the best
hey guys.. thanks for all ur info.. i got selected in navy on 6th dec.. all the materials were helpful.. thanks admin
@Vivy
https://ssbcrack.com/2011/07/blog-post.html
hey admin can u plz suggest me some books for SSB..