I want to share my experience at an SSB, hoping it might help some one preparing for the same.The first day went well till the IQ tests, one was quite easy and the second one was comparatively tough. Then we had PPDT, once we finished with writing the story we had break, later we narrated the story, soon as every one(15) finished narrating the story, every one started giving points all at once, it was turning to a fish market, it took a second or two for me to adjust to the situation but later took an initiative where I tried to put my point as well and also tried bringing the group to common consensus, we were hardly 2-3 minutes into the discussion, the GTO asked us to leave the hall. I would want to tell all the readers to put out good points to discuss rather than discussing irrelevant points, as one would loose a very good opportunity to prove himself, and also don’t try to command over the group. Everyone going there would want to prove themselves, so to make them listen to you or to the group one can achieve it by friendly or favorable personality and not by dictating terms. I could clear the Screening process along with 27 others out of 111 candidates who attended the first day. Second day was real fun and i enjoyed myself solving all the Psychology tests.
I would want to give an advice to everyone:
- Try to solve maximum questions possible in each test, at least 95% of them.
- Do not try to write something you don’t mean as you’ll be caught in some other test as all tests are designed that way.
- Listen to the instructions properly and wait for the Psychologist before you start the exam.
- Do not let an unanswered question, if any to pressurize you.
- Stay calm and composed.
Third and the fourth day were covering all Group, Individual tasks, Group planning Exercise, GD, Lecturette, Command task, snake race, Half Group task and Final group task. For all the tasks one must listen to the instructions clearly and be clear before the start. And one major thing is do not form sub group and try to gel up with every one in the group, or do not isolate yourself from the rest of the group as both the things reveal bad adjusting capabilities. I felt the some pressure during the command task. I had solved the obstacle without much hardship, but then the GTO had some other plans, as he increased the difficulty level of the task for two times by asking me to assume the white patch to be blue so that i try using some other plan, likewise he increased the difficulty level, but I could complete the task.
Interview was really a nice experience as it was very casual, what I could get out of it was he wanted to know me completely In and Out. There were few moments where he asked me few questions which normally people would think are Out of Context, but show your personality. He asked me how did you come to Coimbatore and how did you spend time in the train? did you talk to your fellow passengers? What did you discuss ? What could you know about them?
Interview can be a cake walk if you are prepared and true and a disaster if you lie or hide something. To be an officer one must be well aware of things going around him and neighboring countries and cannot give any excuses in it. There were few instances where he tried to distract me by his body language, but I did not let that effect my interview. I can say all the question in the interview were from the PIQ form and the resulting answers from the questions asked.
Conference was short for a minute or so, I was asked questions regarding stay, food and my experiences and learning from the stay for five days.I made sure that I do not let my earlier performance effect my succeeding tests, and deliver my best.
I was one among the 4 selected from 28 screened in, and also cleared my medicals.
Author: B. Srinivasa Phani Krishna
He is from Hyderabad, and completed his MBA. His hobbies include travelling and photography. He has attended SSB Interview 1 time for PC(LOG)- April-2012
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Author: Swastik Mohapatra : He is very passionate about Defence Forces . His dream is to join Indian Defence Forces and he is recommended for NDA-128th in his very first attempt.
