My dear Friend, God bless you! 1.The process of SSB is most scientific method to find out your true personality. As their advertisement says: Do You Have It In You? If you have it in you, they will find out. Approach the entire process confidently and with open mind. There is nothing stopping you! 2.A gentleman with whom I was traveling in train and sharing berth was an SSB Official. He happened to share some information on SSB Interview. When I asked him about how the evaluation of candidates is done; he said, all the candidates are categorized in 5 grades A, B, C, D, and E. The Candidates in A, B and E grades are rejected. The logic for the same was an eye opener for me. 3.“A” and “B” are too intelligent and hence cannot be trained efficiently to become officers. They are the ones who are more likely to be potential Musharafs! An “E” grade candidate simply doesn’t have the aptitude to become an officer. Thus, after eliminating A B and E; “C” and “D” are the only guys, who have the potential; and they are the ones who can be trained and molded to become officers. 4.First and foremost: Do not try to pose what you are not. Be honest, natural and down to earth. If one is trying to cheat during the process of SSB Interview, it will be easily detected by the Group Testing Officers (or GTOs), the Interviewing Officers and the Psychologist who have been specially trained to conduct this process of interview. And mind you, they have vast experience of judging hundreds (rather thousands) of potential officers wanting to join the Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force), who come for SSB Interview as candidates, from different states and variety of family background. 5. The SSB interview is spread over duration of 4 to 5 days and it involves different types of tests to find out your Personality; your Leadership Qualities; and your Psychological build up! A word of caution here, even if you clear the other tests; unless thePsychologist finds you fit to become an OFFICER, you will not be selected by the SSB. 6. If you have sufficient time at your disposal, you may join some coaching class; but it is not a must and it is not going to help much. My son (Lt Shirish Sayanakar, now posted to 2 J&K LI) got precisely 5-6 days to prepare for his SSB Interview. Since he is a good sportsman, he did not have any problem in doing the OBSTACLE COURSE and other PHYSICAL TASKS during his SSB interview. All I showed him was a set of obstacles (fortunately) available in the close vicinity of my house. Rest was left to him to update himself about General Knowledge, Interview Technique, improve his Physical Fitness and Stamina etc. 7. You can buy or borrow any book about SSB Interview and just go through it once; which will give you sufficient idea about the entire process. Also, if any of your friends has undergone this interview recently, he can give you some practical hints. 8. Like I have already said in the beginning, there is no need of become a Parrot and rattle out things during the SSB Interview. It will not do any good. During Group Discussions, do not overstep someone elses time or point. You must speak (in you turn) to the point and add something substantial to the discussion rather than just repeating what others have said. Do not ridicule anyone during the Group Discussion. Remember, you can’t prove a point by raising your voice (or shouting). Also, do not try to sum up the discussion; that is not your job as a candidate. Leave it for the GTO to do it. 9.In the Group Discussion, some Candidates tend to keep on speaking, even when they do not have something substantial to say or add, without giving chance to others. One should know when to speak, when to give chance to others and more important of all : when to keep one’s mouth shut. Also, the more one speaks; the more one tends to exhibit bond like” traits in his personality. 10. Always be positive and that is MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR which is going to help you during the intervie
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:08:00 +0000
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