SSB interview experience - Allahabad and Bangalore
Hi friends, i would like to share my experience, i did two attempts with the selection, one is for UES -university entry scheme at Allahabad and another one for C.D.S -upsc entry in Bangalore. First i will tel about the UES entry in Allahabad.
It was my final year when i waited eagerly for the advertisement of UES. After seeing the advertisement i was so happy and also motivated my friends to apply for the same entry. I downloaded the common application form from the army website and distributed to my friends then explained them about the procedure to apply for this.
For UES entry , we have to get sign from our college principal, i.e. this is a candidate named ----------- who is studying in our college and he will finish the degree by this year... etc. After finishing all the procedures our group of friends posted the applications in speed post to the reputed address. We applied in the month of july/august.
Later in January , our group of friends were called for the preliminary round, which is the round to shortlist the candidates who are going to appear for this. The list from our college was sent to the principal and we were batched to go the preliminary round which was held in VIT- vellore institute of technology university, sixty kilo metre from our college. The selection process was held for two days as more number of aspirants like you were applied to that. In the first day the P.P.T-pre placement talk was held, which described the features and benefits about Indian army. The chief to organize that ppt was colonel. He told one thing to the candidates, "you take care of the nation, then the army take care of your family". The video presented by them was so motivational and all of us was in good spirit.
Inside the panel,
Later in the panel, we all of us were waiting for our turn. The process was just five minutes. This process is entirely different from the normal corporate process , as the distance between me and process was nearly ten feet. The colonel noted everything while we enter into the hall, our body language, the way as how we asked permission, how we greet him, how we answer to him everything.
The questions in preliminary round are:
Then the preliminarily round was over and the call letter was received before one month of my scheduled date. i.e. 28th march 2010.
After receiving the call letter, i was so excited and started to prepare for the process as it is the main hurdle to cross. First i booked train from chennai to Allahabad, i was in waiting list, later i got a seat at the last minute.
Train journey:
My dad came to chennai central railway station to send off me to Allahabad, the train started at 3 pm, sangamithra express. I got many new friends in the train and some of them are repeaters for this, so i got some advise from them. We chat a lot and also met an air force Sargent, he told and advised us many things about the same. He told many brave activities from his service, it was so inspirational for us.
Later we reached the Allahabad railway station at 1 am mid night, and arranged a room to stay and get refreshed, we group of train friends planned and went to sangamithra and enjoyed the boating.
Arrival Day:
On the arrival day, we came to the selection centre by an army bus.
A still from candidate line.
We were welcomed and checked by the officials for date of birth verification, filling up the PIQ - Personal Identification Questionaire , this is our bio data as we have to fill all our details in this paper and verification of candidate identification etc are conducted on the same day of the arrival. Then got instructions as how to behave in centers and in public(Allahabad city). The code of conduct in mess etc. i.e. We should wear shoe all over the centers and no chapels are allowed. The candidate should behave as gentlemen. There are many boards . We were allotted chest numbers . Got bed ,pillow, mosquito netlon etc. In few minutes our room mates mingled with each other and cracked jokes, told about their previous experiences, I heard that keenly as it was first time for me. All liked to talk with me as im the only Tamilan from south India, others are from north such as up, Maharashtra Bihar, Bhopal etc, I loved their speech and we enjoyed a lot at our stay in our candidate line.
Day-1-Screening
This is the crucial day for all candidates as there is lot of short listings comes from this day. We wake up early in the morning by 4 am and we are ready for the assessments by 6 am. (delicious breakfast is over gentleman) canteen time is above...
In the first day, we were given analytical assessment consists of verbal and nonverbal, PPDT-picture perception and description followed group discussion. For the analytical assessment, normal intelligent student needs no preparation, if you wish, practice the non verbal part well from r.s. agarwal or else if you prepared for your campus selections just go through that then for the ppdt and gd, we need some extra preparation. In first day if we are with confidence , and speak something relevantly, then surely we are in.
If you want to know more about first day screening and preparation tips click here.
I was given a picture such as two persons are speaking in a table. I wrote about they are speaking about the preservation of tiger. Most of the men in the group wrote the same as that time hot topic of the nation was to preserve the tiger as it is a national animal. After this we have to give an individual narration about our story, I did some what best with some stammering. but i made to understand my point clearly at the end . After this there will be a gd, in which all have to talk something about the picture. ie.We have to talk about our narration(own story) and come to a common conclusion, we all came to some conclusion. i.e. two persons were speaking about the preservation of tiger and bla bla.. since to come to an common conclusion we took the national issue(tiger preservation) and everyone agreed with that.
After this we were waited for the results of the day 1, the results were declared and some of the friends were screened out. We felt little sad and motivated them for the next try, they too motivated us for the upcoming challenging days. Later the new short listed candidates were allotted new chest numbers and mine was 28.
In my group all of the guy z were so cool and nice. Why i am telling is out of 10 persons in my group 2 got recommended for the medicals. To know more about medical examination click here.
Day-2-Psychological Tests
In the second day the real evaluation begins, as today is the psychological evaluation day. Each candidate is assessed by this and no one can escape from this, as it maps clearly about our personality, whether we are eligible for defense services or not. They check all olq from this evaluation. All the candidates have to sit in order in the auditorium based on their chest numbers. And we were instructed by the psychologists about the tests and rules to be followed by the candidate in the tests. The assessments conducted were thematic appreciation -TAT, word association -WAT, situation reaction -SRT, self description-SD. I had only little knowledge about these assesment during that time as it was my first time, so i did some what well. At that instant i had satisfaction about my performance, later only i realized that i did so many mistakes, In the tat, we have to write stories, which are positive, there should be some problem and we should over come those problems at the end of the story (note: the hero should not be a cause for the problem, also the problem should be quite normal and faced by the candidate in the normal life), but i don't know these things at that moment so i wrote a story for the picture shown to me. In the word association -wat, we have to write the sentence which comes first to our mind, which shows our all olq's, but i write what ever words, because of lack of exposure at that time. In self description i did well as i prepared it very well before, Then in SRT, i responded to all situations well, but the handwriting was not good, the same was also in tat. So over all performance was not good. But at that time i felt satisfied with my performance.
To know more about psychological evaluation and to practice TAT, WAT and all click here.
Day 3 & 4-Group Tasks & Individual Tasks
In this day, they psychologist give a map about the candidate psyche. The group testing officer (GTO) usually his rank may be in major. He checks in our group tasks, that whether the things we shown in psychology is true. its true gentleman, we cant be different in group tasks, that is what we shown as our self in psychology. Even though if the candidates try to be over smart, they will be easily caught by the GTO's, the various ground tasks are group discussion, military planning exercises, progressive group task, snake race, individual tasks, command task, half group task , final group task etc.
Group discussion:-
Two Gd topics were given, one is optional and another one is compulsory. In my gd, i spoke one or two times, as i found some what difficult to talk . The topic was merits and demerits of the internet. I spoke twice but it was agreed by the team. I maintained the correct body language for Gd, even after giving our points we should observe the speakers keenly, the GTO watch this as it seems you are good observer.
Later in military planning exercises, military planning exercises is a set of real life problem, which you may face while you are going to an important work(exam, hospital etc)i.e. you group of friends going to exam in bus, suddenly you people are getting news that bomb in bus and bus is traveling in bridge, later you see a boat is mishaping under the bridge etc.. Like this for my situation i planned a execution, for set of problems but i missed the time constraint. So be aware of the time constraint and priority of the problem in detail. Practice is needed for this.
Progressive Group Task, PGT is a set of obstacles with set of rules. The group has to complete the obstacle within the stipulated time without eliminating the rules.
i.e. We should not touch the red and black paint, also the using materials(plank, balli, rope) can touch only white and black. Then in my progressive group tasks, i gave some ideas gentlemen only once or twice, as this was the first attempt, the candidate with basic intelligence, good fluency and commanding voice will do well in progressive group tasks. The difficulty of the task increases from one task to another. Just obey the rules of the gto. Never violate the rules. Be an active member of the group.
Half group task, For the half group tasks the rules are same as the pgt, but the group is only divided into two, if you feel that you cant able to express your ideas in the whole group, then this is the right chance to express your ideas.
The group is divided into two groups, and each group is given separate tasks. Each group is not allowed to see other groups when they are doing. As i found some what easy to express my ideas i expressed it clearly and it worked well.
Group Obstacle Race or snake race,
In this the whole group has to carry a snake like load which is made up of jute. The rules are at least three people from the group should carry the snake while crossing the obstacle also it should be parallel to the ground while running from one obstacle to another one. These are the rules and also in the obstacles there will be out of bound areas where it is painted in red. We should not violate the rules i.e. should not touch the red if we touch the red , the candidate ( or a member from group) have to repeat the task.
Choosing war cry: In this the group has to choose a war cry. i..e(jai hind, vande matram etc). In this we have to show our real team sprit and helping tendancy by giving our shoulders to cross the long wall.
Lecturette: This is also called as extempore. Where the candidate has to chose one chit with in tat chit three topis were available, and we have to chose one topic and speak for three minutes. Also we get three minutes preparation to talk about the topic. The candidates were sitting in a row based on chest numbers, for example from 1 - 10. While the chest number 1 is narrating the chest number 2 has to prepare for three minutes and the series goes on. I chosen the topic "the first day in my college life". I spoke well.
Individual Tasks: In the individual tasks, there will be ten obstacles and we have to finish each obstacles at any order.
Each obstacles carry marks based on their difficulty. The obstacles are tarzon rope, burma bridge, balance walked. fenced drum, etc.
Out of 10 I finished 8 in this. Never show fear in the face and activity also dont overcome the rules in this.
Command Task: In the command task, There will be one obstacle like we seen in pgt, In this we have to pick up two candidates from our group to help us, the candidate has to extract and order work from the team members to finish the task and rules are same. At first i got some difficulties in solving the task but at the i got idea and solved the tasks.
Final Group Task: Final group task is the last task of the group tasks, as in this the rules and task were same as pgt, This is the final chance for the candidates to show their excellence.
In this i gave some ideas to the group.
To know more about ideas and tips for the Group Tasks click here
At the end of the third day we went to Allahabad city and saw places such as allahabad high court, Anand bhavan, Sangam etc.
Personal Interview (PI): My PI went for nearly 40 minutes, In this the officer extracted me fully about my piq and my self description. I went into the hall with nervous but my self confident over came tat. I entered the room and wished the president. He too replied and gave permission to sit in the chair provided to me. He asked me first question , What is manjakuppam? As my area of resident is manjakuppam , but i already prepared for this so i answered him and he was impressed. Then he asked me about PIQ, how much loan is there for my family, then my tenth, twelveth roll no, the my rank in AIEEE exams, and all. He asked which is your favourite subject and why, which subject you dont like why etc. He asked me what is your recent achievement in studies, i replied him that there is a paper in engineering called DSP - Digital Signal Processing, students used to call it as Degree Stopping Paper as it is very tough with derivations, but i worked well and scored 83 to stood second in department. The same he cross checked me in the conference as what is DSP.
Then he trigged out the RFQ- rapid fire questions which contains the set of ten or questions, i tried to answer the maximum, but i failed to answer a few. Later he grilled me about my close friend and what he tells about me then about the bad habit in me, what my mom say about me and what she likes in me, dislikes in me. etc.Whats my view on telangana issue and why.
To know more about PI tips and preparation click here
To know more about body language during PI click here
Conference Day: The judgement day, all of the officers were sitting in full uniform, all of them got questions that how was your stay and any suggestions like that. The president cross checked me with my personal interivew answers. Then the results were announced out of this three got recommended with in this two of them were from my group. One year completed and i still have contact with them. Lovable guyz....................
This is my experience and also dont forget to read the bangalore experience of my self that is following this only. If you want tips and techniques study the whole blog since im sharing these as i got little knowledge in selection methodology by talking to the candidates who are got recommended.
The recommended candidates undergo medical check up at the army hospital.
To know more about the medical check up click here.
BANGALORE SSB INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE:-
Friends, i would like to share my second experience in bangalore. The mode of entry by which i got selected for this is through CDS. During my final year i applied for the CDS exam and wrote well.. Actually the exam was bit easy and i didnt prepared anything specially for the exam. During that time i prepared for my campus selection process and busy with my aptitude books, so i cracked the CDS exam well. Guyz all persons can easily crack the mathematics and english part but the general knowledge part is difficult, so it needs a little preparation. Ok let we come to the selection part. As usual i arrived on the reporting day in railway station and came by the selection centre bus to the selection centre. The initial enquiries on screening day( as i mentioned in the allahabad experience is same only) later we were allotted chest numbers and settled in the rooms got friends. In this time i prepared well and rectified the mistakes as i did in the allahabad board. So came up with confidence to crack the process with full self confidence. The overall stay was good in bangalore board, this is the place where candidates are staying during their five day stay.
Screening Day - Day 1:-
This is the day which decides whether we are going to stay for the remaining four days or not. Also the OIR test or Officer Intelligence Rating test is important as the final merit list for the selection of candidates into the academy is based on this marks( i came to know this from one of my friend, he got selected for OTA). So i prepared well the non verbal reasoning and all. Also i did the written part well. After this the PPDT were conducted. This was conducted by the psychologist who is a old soft lady, why i am telling her as so soft means, she describes about the process very elaborately without any urgency and her way of approach and speech motives every aspirants.
Later the procedure for the PPDT is same, but it is quite different from the allahabad board as in this there is square box in the top of the answer sheet for PPDT. In this box we have to point out as which person we are chosing as hero, and his/her sex(m/f), age, mood(+/-). Later after this box we have to write the story. My experience in this is i got a PPDT hazy picture that a boy stands in a bridge. I wrote that a boy named ... he is a new civil engineer while his final year engineering he was keenly searching to do his project, at that time he saw a tender notice in the news paper for the building of new bridge for the common wealth games in new delhi(i.e. tat time common wealth games was held..... relating the current affairs in our ppdt) he gave a new innovative blue print with efforts, and his idea was accepted by the CWG board like that. I also narrated in the PPDT description about my story and all of the group members agreed my story and some appreciated my story. After this we have a discussion and came to some conclusion, between this i talked thrice and gave a chance for a weak person in the group as he didnt got a chance to speak out. I was confident enough that i will get in. With my efforts and prayers i was selected in the first day and got a new chest number.
To know more about screening day click here
Day 2 - Psychology:-
For the psychology i practiced a lot since i did so many mistakes in the allahabad board, friends why iam telling about mistakes in this blog means, just please dont do the same mistake in your process just correct these before your selection.
The pattern for the psychology is same as i told in the allahabad experience. These were TAT - Thematic Appreciation , WAT - Word Association , SRT - Situation Reaction , SD- Self Description.
For the psychology i have started to prepared after my allahabad process itself, since this plays a vital role in the selection of candidates. Let me explain how i prepared, For the TAT, i imagine a situation and write a story based on that picture. I didnt practiced these things through any books, i imagine a situation where a boy of our age is working or doing something in that picture in different situations. For TAT pictures click here. I put a separate note and write a story what ever comes to my mind with in the time limit. Later i my self evaluated the story that whether it is positive, what the hero does in the story and result of the story.
My experience in that TAT was good as i wrote nice positive stories with good out comes. I feel that this is due to my practice. So practice well as i told.
For the WAT, how i prepared was while reading words in news paper or hearing words while speaking i.e. the word should be related to the world issue, individual character or any negative words, eg words related to world issue means atom, war, pollution ..... and words related to individual character means love,. mother, affection, ...... and words related to negative words means thief, betray, .......... practice your self by your mind with positive outcome if sentences with in the stipulated time. As this shows that, you itself creating your self a positive frame of mind set and you are not following any books and others character. So if you follow these tips you will show your own psychology which gives a positive frame of mind in the assessments by showing your olq's. By these practice i wrote all the words positively and i was satisfied with my performance.
For SRT, The SRT is the situations in which we have to react as good citizen. For SRT how i practiced was , while seeing a tough situation in your college, or work place or any tough scenarios that we see in tv, or reading in news paper, i put myself in that scenario and try to react to that situation. Guyz follow these which also improves your decision making capability even in your normal life. In the SRT out of 60 i did only 30 but i was satisfied myself that the quality of that 30 was good , In defence they are expecting the quality and not the quantity. But all other members did 45 on an average. Also in the bangalore board what i felt was the the space given to write the responses for the SRT is so small. So practice well to write small and fastly to perform well in this task.
For SD, Self Description is important as you may expect questions from these areas while attending your PI . How i prepared for the SD was i asked my dad, friends, lecture, girl friend as how you are think about me and tel me the positive and negative points from me also tel what you are expecting from me. All gave good/bad responses and i collected these things. I wrote separate two types of answers for the SD, i.e. i)What my parents, friends, teachers say about me and ii) what i will say about my parents, teachers and friends. Just be true in this part and tell the PI if you have any shortcomings but don't forget to tel that what are the steps u have taken to over come those short comings i.e. complained by your parents, teachers and friends.in the SD.
Thus the psychology day was over and we all went out for different shopping malls in Bangalore and enjoyed the city.
To know more about psychological and to practice these assessments click here
Day 3 Group Task:
In the Bangalore board some times the GTOr may conduct all the tasks in the same day itself and the fourth day will be free for us. The same was happened in my case also.
The first task was GD, and the topic was naxallism, i didn't initiated this, as i missed the chance but i spoke well in this, since, i gave solutions for the discussion three times. Guyz as a good leader we should try to give out solutions for the problems. Click here to know more about leadership. Even in your GD also, if you find your group is debating with each other, just dont try to calm them, give a solution for the issue. Then you will be noticed automatically by your GTO. As i told earlier in the allahabad experience, there will be two GD, i forget the topic of another GD.
After the GD, the PGT were started, in this the rules were same as the previous one. I actively participated in the group and tried my level best. Then the PGT were over with increasing level in the difficulties.
After this the individual lecturette was held and topic i chosen out of three was nuclear agreement and i talked all positive points about the agreement. I stammered while my lecturette. Guyz while narrating dont look at the GTO just look your group and talk casually, with correct body language. Practice on different topics by talking your self for three minutes.
Individtual tasks, in the individual tasks, i completed 8 out of 10. The mistake which i did in the individual task is while waiting for our turn we should not see the persons who is doing the tasks, But what happened was one guy fell down while doing the tasks from height, so suddenly i turned and saw him. ( i violated the rule) i saw him with helping tendancy but as per rules i violated the rule. My GTO saw me and turned my face, so gyz jus control yourself and concentrate more that you should not violate any rule in the GTO tasks.
Later in the snake race, i followed the rule correctly i helped my team well to cross the obstacles and we won in that race. Then in the MPE - Military Planning Exercises, the GTO explained the problem well and i understood the problem and priorised the problem based on its severity.
I participated well in the discussion after this i told my point. Later we selected a candidate to narrate the discussion. Guys in bangalore i attended in the winter season and morning 6.30 am, it was so cool and we people sufered to write well with good handwriting in that chill weather. Beyond this all other GTO tasks went good.
To know more about group tasks and ideas click here
Personal Interview(PI):-
The PI held for me nearly 30 mins and the name of the interiview officer is mr.nehru, he is an air force officer his rank may be equivalent to colonel in army. For the PI preparation just write in a paper about piq and your answer for those piq questions, write in a note about different question format by framing yourself with your piq itself, If you practice, these it will help you to move the PI to your side. Then make sure about your hobbies as what you are doing in your free time, what ever it may be singing, dancing, playing games etc. But be true to the board and dont bluff. Have a vast knowledge about your principal hobbies. Also be clear in what you are writing the in self description also practice your self by framing different questions from the self description. Then in the my experience he welcomed me to the PI room with smile and gave me a seat. He grilled me from my piq and i told everything from the piq. He asked how u prepared for this PI while comparing to the allahabad. He just smiling to our self and getting all good and bad points from our mouth itself. then he asked how u came to know about regular news, then in my piq i mentioned that i am cricket player. He asked me, you are a bowler or batsman, i replied i am a bowler. He asked how you will apply physics for the swing in bowling. I explained the concepts of swing and how it happens. But he was not satisfied and he asked what principle we are applying. i agreed and said sory sir, i dont know the answer later he replied benrollis principle(pressure), then how you will implement physics laws in sugar cane juice production , in technicals such as what is optical fibre, total internal reflection , computer networks etc. Then in the rapid fire round RPF, he triggered me a set of ten questions that how i behave with my colleagues in office, what my hr or team leader say about me etc. I tried to answered most but missed some things. The whole process was good and i tried my level best in that. After the process was over i came out by thanking the officer. The overall performance was good for my preparations.
To know more about PI questions and preparations click here
To know more about body language and PI gestures click here
Conference:-
In the conference day they asked me normal as usual questions i.e. how was your stay, what you have learnt from your stay. Then i came out of the conference. We all people were waiting for the results with confidence.
Later the results were declared out of 80 members 3 were declared selected. I returned home, even though i was not selected but came with new experience, friends and all i am satisfied with those.
The selected candidates will undergo medical check up at the military hospital. To know more about medical check up click here
So guyz dont lose you confidence march ahead with confidence. If you need any ideas or clarification feel free to mail me at vignesh.ssbinterviewtips@gmail.com
It was my final year when i waited eagerly for the advertisement of UES. After seeing the advertisement i was so happy and also motivated my friends to apply for the same entry. I downloaded the common application form from the army website and distributed to my friends then explained them about the procedure to apply for this.
For UES entry , we have to get sign from our college principal, i.e. this is a candidate named ----------- who is studying in our college and he will finish the degree by this year... etc. After finishing all the procedures our group of friends posted the applications in speed post to the reputed address. We applied in the month of july/august.
Later in January , our group of friends were called for the preliminary round, which is the round to shortlist the candidates who are going to appear for this. The list from our college was sent to the principal and we were batched to go the preliminary round which was held in VIT- vellore institute of technology university, sixty kilo metre from our college. The selection process was held for two days as more number of aspirants like you were applied to that. In the first day the P.P.T-pre placement talk was held, which described the features and benefits about Indian army. The chief to organize that ppt was colonel. He told one thing to the candidates, "you take care of the nation, then the army take care of your family". The video presented by them was so motivational and all of us was in good spirit.
Inside the panel,
Later in the panel, we all of us were waiting for our turn. The process was just five minutes. This process is entirely different from the normal corporate process , as the distance between me and process was nearly ten feet. The colonel noted everything while we enter into the hall, our body language, the way as how we asked permission, how we greet him, how we answer to him everything.
- Tel about yourself
- Why you want to join Indian army"
- Achievements in sports?
- Extracurricular?
- Examples for your leadership?
Then the preliminarily round was over and the call letter was received before one month of my scheduled date. i.e. 28th march 2010.
After receiving the call letter, i was so excited and started to prepare for the process as it is the main hurdle to cross. First i booked train from chennai to Allahabad, i was in waiting list, later i got a seat at the last minute.
Train journey:
My dad came to chennai central railway station to send off me to Allahabad, the train started at 3 pm, sangamithra express. I got many new friends in the train and some of them are repeaters for this, so i got some advise from them. We chat a lot and also met an air force Sargent, he told and advised us many things about the same. He told many brave activities from his service, it was so inspirational for us.
Later we reached the Allahabad railway station at 1 am mid night, and arranged a room to stay and get refreshed, we group of train friends planned and went to sangamithra and enjoyed the boating.
Arrival Day:
We were welcomed and checked by the officials for date of birth verification, filling up the PIQ - Personal Identification Questionaire , this is our bio data as we have to fill all our details in this paper and verification of candidate identification etc are conducted on the same day of the arrival. Then got instructions as how to behave in centers and in public(Allahabad city). The code of conduct in mess etc. i.e. We should wear shoe all over the centers and no chapels are allowed. The candidate should behave as gentlemen. There are many boards . We were allotted chest numbers . Got bed ,pillow, mosquito netlon etc. In few minutes our room mates mingled with each other and cracked jokes, told about their previous experiences, I heard that keenly as it was first time for me. All liked to talk with me as im the only Tamilan from south India, others are from north such as up, Maharashtra Bihar, Bhopal etc, I loved their speech and we enjoyed a lot at our stay in our candidate line.
Day-1-Screening
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I was given a picture such as two persons are speaking in a table. I wrote about they are speaking about the preservation of tiger. Most of the men in the group wrote the same as that time hot topic of the nation was to preserve the tiger as it is a national animal. After this we have to give an individual narration about our story, I did some what best with some stammering. but i made to understand my point clearly at the end . After this there will be a gd, in which all have to talk something about the picture. ie.We have to talk about our narration(own story) and come to a common conclusion, we all came to some conclusion. i.e. two persons were speaking about the preservation of tiger and bla bla.. since to come to an common conclusion we took the national issue(tiger preservation) and everyone agreed with that.
After this we were waited for the results of the day 1, the results were declared and some of the friends were screened out. We felt little sad and motivated them for the next try, they too motivated us for the upcoming challenging days. Later the new short listed candidates were allotted new chest numbers and mine was 28.
In my group all of the guy z were so cool and nice. Why i am telling is out of 10 persons in my group 2 got recommended for the medicals. To know more about medical examination click here.
Day-2-Psychological Tests
To know more about psychological evaluation and to practice TAT, WAT and all click here.
Day 3 & 4-Group Tasks & Individual Tasks
In this day, they psychologist give a map about the candidate psyche. The group testing officer (GTO) usually his rank may be in major. He checks in our group tasks, that whether the things we shown in psychology is true. its true gentleman, we cant be different in group tasks, that is what we shown as our self in psychology. Even though if the candidates try to be over smart, they will be easily caught by the GTO's, the various ground tasks are group discussion, military planning exercises, progressive group task, snake race, individual tasks, command task, half group task , final group task etc.
Group discussion:-
Two Gd topics were given, one is optional and another one is compulsory. In my gd, i spoke one or two times, as i found some what difficult to talk . The topic was merits and demerits of the internet. I spoke twice but it was agreed by the team. I maintained the correct body language for Gd, even after giving our points we should observe the speakers keenly, the GTO watch this as it seems you are good observer.
Later in military planning exercises, military planning exercises is a set of real life problem, which you may face while you are going to an important work(exam, hospital etc)i.e. you group of friends going to exam in bus, suddenly you people are getting news that bomb in bus and bus is traveling in bridge, later you see a boat is mishaping under the bridge etc.. Like this for my situation i planned a execution, for set of problems but i missed the time constraint. So be aware of the time constraint and priority of the problem in detail. Practice is needed for this.
Progressive Group Task, PGT is a set of obstacles with set of rules. The group has to complete the obstacle within the stipulated time without eliminating the rules.
Half group task, For the half group tasks the rules are same as the pgt, but the group is only divided into two, if you feel that you cant able to express your ideas in the whole group, then this is the right chance to express your ideas.
Group Obstacle Race or snake race,
Lecturette: This is also called as extempore. Where the candidate has to chose one chit with in tat chit three topis were available, and we have to chose one topic and speak for three minutes. Also we get three minutes preparation to talk about the topic. The candidates were sitting in a row based on chest numbers, for example from 1 - 10. While the chest number 1 is narrating the chest number 2 has to prepare for three minutes and the series goes on. I chosen the topic "the first day in my college life". I spoke well.
Individual Tasks: In the individual tasks, there will be ten obstacles and we have to finish each obstacles at any order.
Command Task: In the command task, There will be one obstacle like we seen in pgt, In this we have to pick up two candidates from our group to help us, the candidate has to extract and order work from the team members to finish the task and rules are same. At first i got some difficulties in solving the task but at the i got idea and solved the tasks.
Final Group Task: Final group task is the last task of the group tasks, as in this the rules and task were same as pgt, This is the final chance for the candidates to show their excellence.
To know more about ideas and tips for the Group Tasks click here
At the end of the third day we went to Allahabad city and saw places such as allahabad high court, Anand bhavan, Sangam etc.
Personal Interview (PI): My PI went for nearly 40 minutes, In this the officer extracted me fully about my piq and my self description. I went into the hall with nervous but my self confident over came tat. I entered the room and wished the president. He too replied and gave permission to sit in the chair provided to me. He asked me first question , What is manjakuppam? As my area of resident is manjakuppam , but i already prepared for this so i answered him and he was impressed. Then he asked me about PIQ, how much loan is there for my family, then my tenth, twelveth roll no, the my rank in AIEEE exams, and all. He asked which is your favourite subject and why, which subject you dont like why etc. He asked me what is your recent achievement in studies, i replied him that there is a paper in engineering called DSP - Digital Signal Processing, students used to call it as Degree Stopping Paper as it is very tough with derivations, but i worked well and scored 83 to stood second in department. The same he cross checked me in the conference as what is DSP.
Then he trigged out the RFQ- rapid fire questions which contains the set of ten or questions, i tried to answer the maximum, but i failed to answer a few. Later he grilled me about my close friend and what he tells about me then about the bad habit in me, what my mom say about me and what she likes in me, dislikes in me. etc.Whats my view on telangana issue and why.
To know more about PI tips and preparation click here
To know more about body language during PI click here
Conference Day: The judgement day, all of the officers were sitting in full uniform, all of them got questions that how was your stay and any suggestions like that. The president cross checked me with my personal interivew answers. Then the results were announced out of this three got recommended with in this two of them were from my group. One year completed and i still have contact with them. Lovable guyz....................
This is my experience and also dont forget to read the bangalore experience of my self that is following this only. If you want tips and techniques study the whole blog since im sharing these as i got little knowledge in selection methodology by talking to the candidates who are got recommended.
The recommended candidates undergo medical check up at the army hospital.
To know more about the medical check up click here.
BANGALORE SSB INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE:-
Friends, i would like to share my second experience in bangalore. The mode of entry by which i got selected for this is through CDS. During my final year i applied for the CDS exam and wrote well.. Actually the exam was bit easy and i didnt prepared anything specially for the exam. During that time i prepared for my campus selection process and busy with my aptitude books, so i cracked the CDS exam well. Guyz all persons can easily crack the mathematics and english part but the general knowledge part is difficult, so it needs a little preparation. Ok let we come to the selection part. As usual i arrived on the reporting day in railway station and came by the selection centre bus to the selection centre. The initial enquiries on screening day( as i mentioned in the allahabad experience is same only) later we were allotted chest numbers and settled in the rooms got friends. In this time i prepared well and rectified the mistakes as i did in the allahabad board. So came up with confidence to crack the process with full self confidence. The overall stay was good in bangalore board, this is the place where candidates are staying during their five day stay.
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This is the day which decides whether we are going to stay for the remaining four days or not. Also the OIR test or Officer Intelligence Rating test is important as the final merit list for the selection of candidates into the academy is based on this marks( i came to know this from one of my friend, he got selected for OTA). So i prepared well the non verbal reasoning and all. Also i did the written part well. After this the PPDT were conducted. This was conducted by the psychologist who is a old soft lady, why i am telling her as so soft means, she describes about the process very elaborately without any urgency and her way of approach and speech motives every aspirants.
Later the procedure for the PPDT is same, but it is quite different from the allahabad board as in this there is square box in the top of the answer sheet for PPDT. In this box we have to point out as which person we are chosing as hero, and his/her sex(m/f), age, mood(+/-). Later after this box we have to write the story. My experience in this is i got a PPDT hazy picture that a boy stands in a bridge. I wrote that a boy named ... he is a new civil engineer while his final year engineering he was keenly searching to do his project, at that time he saw a tender notice in the news paper for the building of new bridge for the common wealth games in new delhi(i.e. tat time common wealth games was held..... relating the current affairs in our ppdt) he gave a new innovative blue print with efforts, and his idea was accepted by the CWG board like that. I also narrated in the PPDT description about my story and all of the group members agreed my story and some appreciated my story. After this we have a discussion and came to some conclusion, between this i talked thrice and gave a chance for a weak person in the group as he didnt got a chance to speak out. I was confident enough that i will get in. With my efforts and prayers i was selected in the first day and got a new chest number.
To know more about screening day click here
Day 2 - Psychology:-
For the psychology i practiced a lot since i did so many mistakes in the allahabad board, friends why iam telling about mistakes in this blog means, just please dont do the same mistake in your process just correct these before your selection.
The pattern for the psychology is same as i told in the allahabad experience. These were TAT - Thematic Appreciation , WAT - Word Association , SRT - Situation Reaction , SD- Self Description.
For the psychology i have started to prepared after my allahabad process itself, since this plays a vital role in the selection of candidates. Let me explain how i prepared, For the TAT, i imagine a situation and write a story based on that picture. I didnt practiced these things through any books, i imagine a situation where a boy of our age is working or doing something in that picture in different situations. For TAT pictures click here. I put a separate note and write a story what ever comes to my mind with in the time limit. Later i my self evaluated the story that whether it is positive, what the hero does in the story and result of the story.
My experience in that TAT was good as i wrote nice positive stories with good out comes. I feel that this is due to my practice. So practice well as i told.
For the WAT, how i prepared was while reading words in news paper or hearing words while speaking i.e. the word should be related to the world issue, individual character or any negative words, eg words related to world issue means atom, war, pollution ..... and words related to individual character means love,. mother, affection, ...... and words related to negative words means thief, betray, .......... practice your self by your mind with positive outcome if sentences with in the stipulated time. As this shows that, you itself creating your self a positive frame of mind set and you are not following any books and others character. So if you follow these tips you will show your own psychology which gives a positive frame of mind in the assessments by showing your olq's. By these practice i wrote all the words positively and i was satisfied with my performance.
For SRT, The SRT is the situations in which we have to react as good citizen. For SRT how i practiced was , while seeing a tough situation in your college, or work place or any tough scenarios that we see in tv, or reading in news paper, i put myself in that scenario and try to react to that situation. Guyz follow these which also improves your decision making capability even in your normal life. In the SRT out of 60 i did only 30 but i was satisfied myself that the quality of that 30 was good , In defence they are expecting the quality and not the quantity. But all other members did 45 on an average. Also in the bangalore board what i felt was the the space given to write the responses for the SRT is so small. So practice well to write small and fastly to perform well in this task.
For SD, Self Description is important as you may expect questions from these areas while attending your PI . How i prepared for the SD was i asked my dad, friends, lecture, girl friend as how you are think about me and tel me the positive and negative points from me also tel what you are expecting from me. All gave good/bad responses and i collected these things. I wrote separate two types of answers for the SD, i.e. i)What my parents, friends, teachers say about me and ii) what i will say about my parents, teachers and friends. Just be true in this part and tell the PI if you have any shortcomings but don't forget to tel that what are the steps u have taken to over come those short comings i.e. complained by your parents, teachers and friends.in the SD.
Thus the psychology day was over and we all went out for different shopping malls in Bangalore and enjoyed the city.
To know more about psychological and to practice these assessments click here
Day 3 Group Task:
In the Bangalore board some times the GTOr may conduct all the tasks in the same day itself and the fourth day will be free for us. The same was happened in my case also.
The first task was GD, and the topic was naxallism, i didn't initiated this, as i missed the chance but i spoke well in this, since, i gave solutions for the discussion three times. Guyz as a good leader we should try to give out solutions for the problems. Click here to know more about leadership. Even in your GD also, if you find your group is debating with each other, just dont try to calm them, give a solution for the issue. Then you will be noticed automatically by your GTO. As i told earlier in the allahabad experience, there will be two GD, i forget the topic of another GD.
After this the individual lecturette was held and topic i chosen out of three was nuclear agreement and i talked all positive points about the agreement. I stammered while my lecturette. Guyz while narrating dont look at the GTO just look your group and talk casually, with correct body language. Practice on different topics by talking your self for three minutes.
Later in the snake race, i followed the rule correctly i helped my team well to cross the obstacles and we won in that race. Then in the MPE - Military Planning Exercises, the GTO explained the problem well and i understood the problem and priorised the problem based on its severity.
To know more about group tasks and ideas click here
Personal Interview(PI):-
The PI held for me nearly 30 mins and the name of the interiview officer is mr.nehru, he is an air force officer his rank may be equivalent to colonel in army. For the PI preparation just write in a paper about piq and your answer for those piq questions, write in a note about different question format by framing yourself with your piq itself, If you practice, these it will help you to move the PI to your side. Then make sure about your hobbies as what you are doing in your free time, what ever it may be singing, dancing, playing games etc. But be true to the board and dont bluff. Have a vast knowledge about your principal hobbies. Also be clear in what you are writing the in self description also practice your self by framing different questions from the self description. Then in the my experience he welcomed me to the PI room with smile and gave me a seat. He grilled me from my piq and i told everything from the piq. He asked how u prepared for this PI while comparing to the allahabad. He just smiling to our self and getting all good and bad points from our mouth itself. then he asked how u came to know about regular news, then in my piq i mentioned that i am cricket player. He asked me, you are a bowler or batsman, i replied i am a bowler. He asked how you will apply physics for the swing in bowling. I explained the concepts of swing and how it happens. But he was not satisfied and he asked what principle we are applying. i agreed and said sory sir, i dont know the answer later he replied benrollis principle(pressure), then how you will implement physics laws in sugar cane juice production , in technicals such as what is optical fibre, total internal reflection , computer networks etc. Then in the rapid fire round RPF, he triggered me a set of ten questions that how i behave with my colleagues in office, what my hr or team leader say about me etc. I tried to answered most but missed some things. The whole process was good and i tried my level best in that. After the process was over i came out by thanking the officer. The overall performance was good for my preparations.
To know more about PI questions and preparations click here
To know more about body language and PI gestures click here
Conference:-
Later the results were declared out of 80 members 3 were declared selected. I returned home, even though i was not selected but came with new experience, friends and all i am satisfied with those.
The selected candidates will undergo medical check up at the military hospital. To know more about medical check up click here
So guyz dont lose you confidence march ahead with confidence. If you need any ideas or clarification feel free to mail me at vignesh.ssbinterviewtips@gmail.com
Gud da nice work.....
ReplyDelete@arun kumar. Thanks da
ReplyDeletewhat time does the interview get over and my date of reporting is 19th april and so what time on 24th april i will b free from the cantonment
Deletenice........
ReplyDeletethank u gentleman....u r doing a noble work for 100s of soul...hats off to u...
ReplyDeletei have A QUERY....i appeared for cds1 2011..cleared for navy only...result came on June 21st...1.wat is expected date of my ssb????
and one more thing i hv been smoking for 4years..started in the first sem of my engg.(ECE) nd now i m worried...2.if they reject me jct bcz of smoking???
@ Nutan Swami: you may get your SSB interview by august,september. For smoking its not an issue, but they wont allow you to smoke inside training acdemy (;)). But in case due to smoking if you have any deformalities in mouth, throat, lungs or you are in any starting position of diseases which can be unmasked in future, they wont allow you friend. Try to control it, You Can. All the best.
ReplyDeleteso...how do i come to know about my
ReplyDeletedeformalities...
@ Nutan: You dont worry abou this, the medical board will see this.
ReplyDeletevignesh...i need some military planning exercise pictures do u hv some????
ReplyDeleteif yes then plzz mail me @ nutan144@gmail.com
thanks man....this content definitely help me....please give some tips about what to study for written paper.......please reply.
ReplyDeleteAFCAT is on 28 august and c.d.s in September
nice blog dude...am goin to allahabad ssb next week..was really useful...
ReplyDelete@ mayank : see this link for details about AFCAT portions and approach http://ssbinterview-indianarmy.blogspot.com/2011/07/afcat-air-force-common-admission-test.html
ReplyDelete@rajesh, thanks friend. All the best for your success
ReplyDeletenice blog dude....can u tell some thing about the selection ratio .i have cleared ina wher would be the centre of ssb interview and when would be it
ReplyDelete@hari, We cant tell anything about selection ratio friend. The fact is if all the candidates in SSB performs well, surely they will select all. Else if all the candidates doesnt satisfy them with their qualities, surely no body will get selected. This is the truth. They expect the all OLQ's. So we cant say about selection ratio.
ReplyDeletemy ssb center is 33 ssb bhopal an my date of interview is 30/08/2011 can you give me some constructive tips
ReplyDeletethank you
nice blog dude? can u help on this whether our college bonafide certificate willbe accepted as i am a final year student yet to appear my first sem?
ReplyDelete@Vijay, ya they will accept.
ReplyDeletethank u for sharing your experience...I am in 3rd year of my engg(extc) and have recieved ssb letter for allahabad on 1st sept.i had given cds in feb.Is there any difference in interview through cds entry and for UES entry ? I am a pre final year student but through cds ,would there be any problem?
ReplyDelete@Kumail, no major difference friend, but in UES entry you may expect little more technical questions based on your field.
ReplyDeleteWhile in CDS entry, they grill more question in basic physics. Prepare both nothing to worry. All the best.
i have cleared the cds-1,2011 for ota.when i am going to have my ssb....please mail me at anupamk.kumar10@gmail.com
ReplyDeletevignesh i got ssb call letter (i gave NDA) and am required to report at ALLAHABAD centre(which is ssb interview centre for ARMY) on 14 sept. do that mean that i would only get selected in army services and lost my chances for air force?
ReplyDeletevignesh will u tell me where does d ssb interview for army wing take place????????
ReplyDeletegreat work dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehey excellent feedback .
ReplyDeletei just gave my ues interview (17th 0ct ,2011). would u kindly give me a approximate date/month when the call for ssb would come .
kindly post here or mail at ananpaul89@gmail.com
Hi anand paul,
ReplyDeleteYou will get your SSB call letter after the month of january, since they will mingle these two courses, ie. UES and TGC {they will put the remaining waiting list recommended candidates from UES to TGC or upcoming SSC courses}. TGC 115 is going to start at july 2012 and your UES course at training academies will get start by same june or july 2012. So you will get your call letter only after declaring the advertisement for TGC 115 which is at january first week of 2012.
So you will get only after january 2012. Be patient and prepare well, improve your OLQ's.
All the very best gentlemen.
hey frnd will u tell me the full form of ADC????????
ReplyDeletea complete research which will help everybody in india about ssb procedure hats off dude and great job...!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks bhai... English compulsary hai kya?
ReplyDeletehey vignesh
ReplyDeletewhy r u not replying?????????
u give answer to others then why not to me?????????
@Manish, Sorry manish for late reply, ADC means, you are asking technicall or what.. ADC means Analog Digital Circuit :), is this the answer?
ReplyDeletePlease tel in which you are asking friend.
@Vignesh: Hello buddy..!! I am a one time repeater and have my forthcoming ssb at allahabad once again..Do you have any idea about the easy looking but tricky questions asked by the IO?? I didnt put up a good show in the interview and want to rectify my mistakes..
ReplyDeletehiii dear frnd
ReplyDeleteAs you know that "army/navy/airforce officer (OF3/OF4) is stands behind the president that officer is known as ADC"
bt i dont know d fullform of ADC
plz frnd will u tel me d fulform????????????
HELLO MR. VIGNESH, MY NAME IS SUNNY BANERJEE. I AM A STUDENT OF CLASS XII & I WANT TO BE A FIGHTER PILOT IN INDIAN AIR FORCE. I WILL APPEAR IN 2012 NDA(1). WILL YOU HELP ME & GIVE ME SOME ADVICE TO BE SUCCESSFUL ?
ReplyDelete@Manish, bhai i have asked to my friends and some officials. Wait i will post you later okay:)
ReplyDelete@Sunny, ok friend i will guide you upto my extent. dont worry.
ReplyDeletevignesh: No message for me buddy?
ReplyDelete@Shrey, sorry i didnt noticed your comment friend.
ReplyDeleteNothing tricky questions yaar, they will grill your answers only. For example, if the interviewer asks you why you are named as shrey, for this you may answer as '.......... anything'. he wil raise another new question from this.
It may look easier but this is the really place where we should not lose our ground. So practice more questions from your PIQ itself so tackle this type of environment. Read this link fully brother, you may get idea after this.http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/p/day-4-group-task-ii.html
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ReplyDelete@Vihnesh: Brother,I have faced the PI but wasnt good with my replies.But they say that some of the questions like whom are you close to is asked deliberately to understand if the candidate is biased in nature.If he discriminates between his parents and chooses one over the other then it is concluded that the candidate believes in discrimination..then,he/she is asked abt the teacher whom he/she didnt like..It is said that one should never say that he/she has disliked any of his teacher coz teachers are guides and mentors..So we should not defame them..I was looking for info abt such tricky questions from u.
ReplyDeleteokkk thnx vignesh brother i am eagerly waiting for ur reply
ReplyDeletealso ask some basic but important info about ADC
thnxxx for providing vast info about ssb
God Bless U!!!!!!!!!!!!
itz very very usefull & dawm goood thanx 4 uploading
ReplyDeleteIts very helpful.Thanks
ReplyDeleteCan you or any one here help me for the preparation of ASSISTANT Central Intelligence officer(ACIO-II) Grade-II Officer? Interview questionaire or pattern?Does SSB take this interview or not?
HI VIGNESH, IT'S ME SUNNY BANERJEE. WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED MARKS IN NDA TO QUALIFY FOR SSB ? I NEED TO TALK TO YOU. INFORM ME WHEN YOU ARE ONLINE TO CHAT OR ANY OTHER MEDIA TO TALK.
ReplyDeleteHi Vignesh!
ReplyDeleteI'm Arun Prasath doing B.Tech final year & I'm from karur,TN. First of all i wud like to salute you for your tremendous service. Moreover I thank you a lot. Then nanba I've been shortlisted in AFCAT 28'Aug 2011. When will the Call letter will be issued & when will the ssb commence? And moreover I've a backlog would that matter during SSB, if so what is the solution? Sollu nanba.. Thank you in advance.
I have cleared CDs-1 2011,do leme knw by when m i supposd to recv d call!
ReplyDeletevignesh annaatha...your article was so useful...nanri nanbaa...
ReplyDelete@annatha... irukkatum nanba......
ReplyDeleteHey vignesh tnanx for the noble work u r doing.
ReplyDeletei hv query that i m 3rd year engineering (5th sem)
student , i m eligible for CDS-1st, from this year
@Anupam, If you are studying in final year means, you are eligible.
ReplyDeletesir i want to know how much should be the communication level required in AFCAT
ReplyDelete@It is a written test right, so we should be thorough with our english grammar upto the matriculation level. The condition is same for CDSE also.
ReplyDelete@ Manish About "ADC"-'aide-de-camp'
ReplyDeleteSorry for comment after a long time..
But i hope this will helpful to you.
An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or the head of state.
Hi Vignesh!
ReplyDeleteI'm magesh kumar from chennai,TN. i wud like to salute you for your tremendous service. . nanba I've been shortlisted in AFCAT 28'Aug 2011. When will the Call letter will be issued & when will the ssb commence? Thank you in advance.
@manojkgaai:- thanx frnd for ur useful answer & for clearing my doubt regarding to ADC bt frnd will u tell me that, has prime minister own ADC????????? & what type of work ADC does???
ReplyDelete@magesh, its ok nanba... there is no information about this now magesh (usually they will issue call letter before 3 months of course commencement), but if i get the correct date, i will post it surely :). nandri nanba.:)
ReplyDeletethanks dear its very profitable for me , when i go for interview then i remembered all things which u write in article
ReplyDeletegood one/.. i've already failed twice.. my 3rd attempt is on 1st dec.. bhopal.. i have one doubt, ppl say that repeaters r normally not preferred to freshers is that true?
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ReplyDelete@vijay, dont listen to those things, do ur duty at ssb with positive attitude, surely you will get recommended
ReplyDeleteIs chest number 17 Saikath? I went with him for TGC-112 at Bhopal.
ReplyDeletegood work......thanks a lot.hey can u tell more about the air force ssb n gd topics n all plzzzzzz and thank you in advance
ReplyDeleteGroup discussion topics for AFSB, Indian Air Force
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/2011/06/gd-topics-in-ssb.html
http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/2011/08/group-discussion-topics-at-ssb-2011.html
hai vignesh thanks a lot for the information.i applied for short service commission women (technical) my interview is on DEC8 at Bhopal.my height is 5-1 and weight is 80kgs..can i attend the interview?what type of physical tests are conducted for women?
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeletei applied for short service commission women (technical) my interview is on DEC 10 at allahabd.
My height is 5'6" having good personality. I haven.t taken any coaching. Plz give me some tips. I am an engineering graduate passed in 20111 from computer science.
Hello, the physical test for women are same as men,
ReplyDeleteonly the changes are the intensity level only varies.
For example, in individual obstacles, the male has to cross two drums at a stretch while the girl candidate has to cross one drum. Like this these things varies madam.
BRO i am Harpreet Singh nominated to attend SSB interview for induction into the SSC(TECH) - Jul 2012 COURSE of the Indian Naval Academy.I have to report on 14(FOURTEEN) DEC 2011 at Banglore.
ReplyDeleteI want to confirm that is there any condition of Backlog History for this or not.Actually i have completed my b.tech in CSE in 4 years.I got 1 backlog in 2nd Sem but i have cleared it in 4th sem.I have completed my b.tech with aggregate percentage 72.99% in first division.
Kindly tell me that am i eligible or not?
Bro vignesh i have applied for UES IN which i have opt for TGC. Now advertisement for TGC IS OUT. so do i need to fill it again or if i fill both of my form will be cancelled . Please reply soon.
ReplyDeletehey vignesh this is Prasanna,
ReplyDeletecan you please tell me that how did you came to know about your shortcomings.
My piece of advice, The persons who applied for TGC-115 through UES, need not apply for this notification. Since, the application may be considered as duplicate one.
ReplyDeleteAs per the Navy, officer recruitment, during application form filling itself they are shortlisting the persons who have arrears/backlogs in their education.
ReplyDeleteSo refer to this before going to SSB.
All the best friend
Hi prasanna, just analyse with your previous SSb and current SSB performance. Also notice what you are doing from morning to evening. In this we can notice several short comings. just try to remove from your life style to best at your works. read this link and you will get some ideas brother
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/p/ssb-interview-preparation.html
All the very best prasanna.
hello vignesh.. thanks for ur lovely blog. i want to ask one thing, As we knw that we have to provide our passing certificate within 2weeks after completion of SSB. but if by any chance our graduation result is not declared by that time. will they give us some time? Anil
ReplyDelete@Anil, yes surely they will give time, you can see in the merit list itself brother. There is a column texting "marklist/provision awaited" . So they will give time,and before the joining date you have to submit thats all. Dont worry about this.
ReplyDeleteIn our India, there are lot of colleges with different result dates and procedures. So dont worry about this, cool :)
thank you bro. @anil
ReplyDeleteHello Vignesh,I cleared the CDS-II 2011 examination for Naval Academy and I am B.Tech final year student.Can you please suggest when and where will be the SSB interview and when I will receive the call letter.
ReplyDelete@leela Prasad, you will get your call letter before 4 months of the commencement of the course. All the best
ReplyDelete@vignesh,thank you.Every year in which month SSB interview will be conducted
ReplyDeletethank u very much vignesh, all this information is very useful for me.
ReplyDelete-Prasanna
Biking is my hobby. can u please suggest me that what type of questions can be asked from this hobby.
ReplyDelete-Prasanna
Hey bro..i'm a mech engg final year student...i've cleared cds which was held in sept dis year...i came to know that i've to submit my certificates at ssb centre when called upon...the fact is that i hav a backlog in 6th sem...and i didn't clear it in my kt exams which i appeared last month wid 7th sem...so can i submit a 6th sem result with 'fail' on it...it won't be a problem na...i will surely clear it during 8th sem exam and can submit 6 sem pass result afterwards...reply asap...
ReplyDelete@Prasanna, we cant tell the questions, but the questions come in different aspects such as,
ReplyDeleteif they want to check your organizational ability, then they will ask question such as
1) how will you conduct a bike race competition?
else they want to find your emotional stability means,
they may ask such as
2) if you met accident due to bike race, before the board exam, what will you do, like that..
What ever, cool with your replies, be positive and truthful. Its the matter. All the best
@anonymous regarding 6th sem backlog,, what ever be truthful to them brother, :)
ReplyDeleteNo bro i was asking dat backlog during ssb is eligible na
ReplyDelete@Vignesh : In which month SSB interview will be conducted..,I mean every year
ReplyDeleteYes, It depends on the course, since if you are an passed out and going to attend the SSB by TGC entry means, you should have completed the course brother.
ReplyDeleteElse , you should complete the course before the starting of the course :) got it brother
@leela prasad, SSB is conducted every month of the year, for different entries :)
ReplyDelete@vignesh For CDS-II entry in which month SSB will be conducted,every year my brother?
ReplyDelete@vignesh,Last year when SSB was conducted for CDS-II 2010
ReplyDeleteIs it necessary to undergo training to qualify SSB. I had attempted previous year without training but I failed to succeed through SSB.
ReplyDeleteThis year I have again passed the written exams of NDA and I am confused whether I should go for SSB training or not.
So kindly give me your valuable suggestion!!
@Anonymous, if you feel that you need trainig means go ahead, else leave friend. Since training just tells you what happens in SSB and how you should behave. Other than this everything depends on you only, since in the training they cant able to change your psychological set of mind set which is framed for 16+ years from your birth in 10 or 5 days. Cool, confident enough, be positve. Then success is yours. All the best friend
ReplyDelete@vignesh:why you are not giving reply to me?
ReplyDelete@Leela prasad, Sorry friend not exact information is available for this, if i got means, i ll post it soon.
ReplyDeleteI have cleared the written exam of CDS conducted in September,2011.When would I get the SSB call letter?
ReplyDeleteIs the training for TGC entry and other entries(UES/CDSE) same at IMA?If u have some idea of it plz share.Do engineers only do technical work or lead troops too?
ReplyDelete@Vignesh01, you will get your call letters during march, april or from febraury itself.
ReplyDelete@Krish, yes the training for permanent commission is 1 1/2 years in IMA. Not at all, it depends, but mostly the engineers deal with technicals.
ReplyDeletewat is roles and responsibilities of OTA can you send me few lines regarding this ????
ReplyDeleteMy mail id nanduaarya619@gmail.com
send to this mail ID Please
@vignesh01:I too cleared the CDS conducted in september 2011,tummalacharla.lp@gmail.com this is my mail id,be in contact with me.you can also find me in facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001050942115
ReplyDeleteHELLO MR. VIGNESH, MY NAME IS SUNNY BANERJEE & I AM A STUDENT OF CLASS XII. IT'S MY DREAM TO BECOME A FIGHTER PILOT IN INDIAN AIR FORCE & THAT'S WHY I AM APPEARING IN 2012NDA(1). WILL YOU HELP ME TO BE SUCCESSFUL ?
ReplyDeleteGood Luck To SRB
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you Bro Vignesh for this site It is highly helpful.Please help me i am in class XII what are the vision standards for army and navy
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ReplyDeletei recieved my call letter to SSb interview for banglore on feb7th 2012 im happy but so nervous as its my first. can u guide me for wat all points i hav to look after for???
@mohammed zuhail:congrats..I cleared CDS-II but I didn't receive my call letter yet.tummalacharla.lp@gmail.com,this is my mail id. just be in contact with me
ReplyDelete@vignesh
ReplyDeleteSir i am selected for ssb interview in air force at varasani.....
i want to know about our dressing styels and other things....do we have to use p.t. shoes in group task or sport shoes are ok......pls give me ans as soon as possible coz my ssb is on 9th jan
@umang, if your sport shoes looks perfect white means, you can use that. But, if you use P.T shoes, it gives you a gud look brother.
ReplyDelete@SRB, ya i will help you friend.
ReplyDeleteregarding medical standard and vision standards... see this link friend. http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/2011/06/ssb-medical-test.html
ReplyDelete@muhammad zuhail, Read this link fully brother you ll get idea http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/p/ssb-interview-preparation.html
ReplyDeleteheloo.... im uday... i got a call to attend the ssb interview for navy on jan 29th....
ReplyDeletend im a bit low on my fitness..
can u suggest me some activities to have a considerable fitness by that time...
nd can u suggest me any coaching centres in andhra pradesh
@uday kumar:I am from andhra pradesh too..what is your entry or what's the written test you have cleared?
ReplyDeleteTHANKS.I WANT TO KNOW THAT WHAT ARE THE QUALIFYING MARKS FOR NDA ? TO GET SELECTED FOR SSB WHAT MARKS ARE REQUIRED ?
ReplyDeletemy name and my father's name in hall ticket is mispelt.i have got selected for interview in nda 2 2011.help
ReplyDelete@Dude, Whether you are talking about your NDA written exam hall ticket or ssb interview call letter? explain me this pls
ReplyDeletemy nda writen exam hall ticket
ReplyDelete@dude, call to the upsc office and ask them about this.
ReplyDeleteIf no response from them means, go and write the test also while going to the exam take any of your original photo proof and all to the examination to show your identity.
After this if you get selected, while going to attend the SSB you can explain to them about this with your original proof of identity. Dont worry brother. It happens in India due to large number of applicants :)
hai vignesh i finished B.tech. after ssb interview what will b my position in indian army..???
ReplyDeleteplz tell me my friend..
ReplyDelete@Sharniya, you will be in the rank of lieutenant in our Indian Army. To know more about the rank structure of Indian Army, see this link friend http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/2011/06/ranks-in-indian-army.html Thank you
ReplyDeletethank you my frnd..
ReplyDeleteHI VIGNESH.I WANT TO KNOW THAT WHAT ARE THE QUALIFYING MARKS FOR NDA ? TO GET SELECTED FOR SSB WHAT MARKS ARE REQUIRED ?
ReplyDeleteSRB, it depends and we cant say, since they will declare this based on the marks scored by all the persons and the number of vacancies brother.
DeleteRegarding SSB, no specific marks are there, only they will check your qualities in psychology, group task and personal interview. So dont confuse with marks.
OK. BUT I HEARD THAT IN NDA GETTING 400 OUT OF 900 IS TOUGH. SO, IF ANYONE GETS 400 OR ABOVE CAN GET HIS CALL LETTER FROM SSB. IS THAT TRUE ?
Delete@SRB, :) nothing brother. Not like that. It changes every year, and we cant say the cut off . so dont believe this.
DeleteWHAT ABOUT THE PHYSICAL TASKS IN SSB ? HOW TOUGH ARE THOSE ?
DeleteIf any one receive SSB(Navy) call letter for CDS then intimate to me plz....tummalacharla.lp@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI HAVE NAVY SSB ON 29TH JAN 2012....ANYBODY ELSE ALSO HAVE ON SAME DATE?????
ReplyDelete@anonymous : What is your entry ?CDS or NDA?
Deletei got a call for the ssb selections that are going to be held on 14 feb i just want to know weather there will be any written test in the selection process and the topics. please help..
ReplyDelete@Akhilesh, ya on the first day, there is one written test for aptitude and reasoning. To get idea for this, check this url http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/p/day-1-screening-test.html
Deletehay bro. i was not able to go for my ssb held in jan 2012. so can u pls tell me what is the chance of selection in absenties batch. if there is any diffrence between normal nd absenties batch for ssb.
ReplyDeleteno difference, every procedure is same here
DeleteTO,
ReplyDeleteVIGNESH SIR,
SIR CAN YOU PLZ TELL ME THE WAY TO TACKLE THE SSB INTERVIEWS...??? I MEAN WAHT DO THEY EXPECT FROM US???? HOW SHOULD BE OUR BEHAVIOR??? SIR PLZ... HELP ME OUT ...BECZ I REALLY INTRESTED IN NDA...!!! DONT WANT TO WASTE MY LIFE IN ENGINEERING....SO PLZZ SIR!!
shakti, behaviour, be yourself. :). Then regarding expectation, they expect some qualities called as OLQ - Officer Like Qualities. To know more, study the whole blog and if u have any particular doubts ask me. :)
Delete@vignesh i hav an idea that i will become a technition(technical soldier)& further that as officer like Lt,Capt etc. is it possible in army????
ReplyDeletehai buddy nise job.....i have one thing to ask you ..please reply me aresonable answer for that ....am an engg gradute i got 58.58% ..and in my 12 i got 90% and in my 10 i got 80% ... ijst runied my engg ...so now my question is ...hw best can i answer the interview about my engg failuere ...everyone answer is welcomed please reply
ReplyDeleteTel the truth for what reason you was failed to score like your schooling's. Also tel them what are the things you did to overcome your short comings. This is the gentlemen attitude.
DeleteThey itself know, if you true to them, they like your attitude and it is a plus for u.
Never, search a alternate , imaginary solution for our shortcomings. It surely end negatively in SSB. :)
dear sir,
ReplyDeleteyesterday(08-02-2012) i got a ssb interview latter.but my problem is,i lost my online generated application form . so my question is,it is mandatory,if yes.Then please help me how can i give ssb interview.
email id-raushanram@gmail.com
http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/2012/02/i-have-lost-my-ssb-online-application.html
Deleteactually the ratio of students getting selected finally is very much less when compared to the students those who get shortlisted for second day.????y is it so.............?
ReplyDeleteyes, but it depends for every batch.
Deletehi vignesh this is rahul and i want to know the pattern of AFCAT...CAN U TELL ME??? and one more thing.... about the cutoff???
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/p/afcat-air-force-common-admission-test.html see this link for pattern. Regarding cut off, we cant say brother, since it may vary and depends on the number of vacancies and number of applications. So It fully with IAF.
Deletehi!!am shortlisted for airforce ssb to be held on march 12 but unfortunately couldnot attend tat because of internal exam in ma colllege..will i get a supplementary date???if yes wat s t procedure ,..
ReplyDeleteFor this you have already requested for your secondary date. (Only if your secondary date is scheduled before for your batch)
Deletehi viginesh i have received my ssb letter today in which it is mentioned secondary interview and primary interview what does this means?????
ReplyDeleteprimary date is the date in which your normal date is scheduled. While secondary date is optional, in case of your absence on primary date under proper reasons.
DeleteHai Vignesh,I have applied for SSCW(tech)entry.If I selected in SSB what is my roles and responsibility
ReplyDeleteyour role, its based on regiment which you ch oose before your passing out parade in training academy. Mostly, people in technical entry will be training technically after their commissioning.
Deleteihave apllied for tgc in online but i have not posted that application but i received interview call leter to visit allahabad wat can i do plz VIGNESH mail me abhilashlocal@gmail.com and also i got interview dates as 31/3/12 as primary and 28/2/12 as secondary on which date i have to attend plz help me
ReplyDeleteno problem go and attend in the preliminary date itself.
Deletehii vignesh i got my call letter at ssb allahabad but i have got 2 dates 1 primary date on 6th april on which i wont be able to go.. so can i go on secondary date that is on 14th march!!??
ReplyDeleteplzz tell me its urgent!
you can go in primary date itself. Sorry for late reply.
Deletehii vignesh i got my call letter at ssb allahabad
ReplyDeleteprimary date is 29march is it the first day of starting Ist test
thank for your work of guiding to us
if you are requested to report at 6 am means, they it will your 1st day of interview. This is not conform. It may vary brother.
Deletehi vignesh i m vignesh too ,
ReplyDeletei ve cleared my ssb from 2afsb mysore & i ve cleared the medicals too, my entry is for ues12 AE(M), my doubt is will i make it in the merit list. i m very afraid abt the meritlist since this is the only thing i ve in hand to go up in ma life. can u tell me anything about the merit list
First of all my congratulations to you brother. Dont worry about merit list. Mostly they will put you in any upcoming course or batch. So keep ur health ok and keep going. All t best
Deletethank u vignesh , i like to join with u in this page to
Deletehelp the aspiring youths to join defence forces
hi vignesh i am pursuing my last semester but i had a backlog that is attempt in 10th and cleared it with 48% and will this be a problem in my upsc exams and all will this be problem in ssb interview.
ReplyDeletethe percentage criteria and number of seats are wholly depends on the individual notifications only brother. We cant say now. Sorry
ReplyDeleteHey i have been recommended from 11th SSB allahabad in TGC-115 entry of ARMY, whats the chances of mine getting into merit list?
ReplyDeletehi Vignesh..plz help me bro.. i forget to send my photograph (Self attested photograph).. Is this a big issue ..?? if yes, how to overcome this?
ReplyDeletemostly it wont become an issue. You will receive call letter. While going to ssb, keep all your documents perfectly ok. :)
Deletebro rite nw im pursuing B.E mechanical third year(wil b in final year in couple of months)i hve been hving a dream of being a part IAF since wen i waz in ma school..,i need ur guidance nd plz assist me fr applying in iaf..tel me exactly d month i which i should luk up fr d ad nd can i apply under UES scheme???
ReplyDeleteyes you can write AFCAT exam in your final year. See this link for more details brother. http://www.ssbinterviewtips.com/p/officer-entry-in-indian-air-force.html
ReplyDeletehaii vignesh ,my name is antony. i got call letter for the ssb interview at coimbatore.in the call letter they didn't mention about the screening test i like to know about the first day screening test. whether its a written test or something else.
ReplyDeleteand one more thing i need to know how many white shirt and shorts dress we need too take for the interview... pl z replay me...
this is frist time am going to attend the interview
see the screening tst of our blog antony.
Deletehey guys i m recommended in 14 ssb Allhabad for ssc 96 but got two rejection in medical.....one is for overweight and 2nd is for flat feet(left)...now doing two thing-----running & praying :)
ReplyDeleteI don't have any achievements. Not in study not in sports. Is it essential?
ReplyDeleteno problem, be truthful to the board
DeleteHI VIGNESH.............
ReplyDeleteI HAVE READ UR INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES AND WHAT EVER U HAVE WRITTEN AND ACCORDING TO ME U HAD DONE I MIND BLOWING JOB THEN WHY WERW U NOT SELECTED?I WANT TO KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO U WHERE U DID MISTAKES.
this is amar , an aspirant of Armed Forces , I was conferenced out 7 times so far and had given up applying . But after seeing this blog , I somehow got interested again and now i am gearing up for my 8th attempt !!
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ReplyDeletehii sir!!
ReplyDeleteSir, I appreciate you for this wonderful site which is highly helpful for us.
I need help, sir I have ma ssb in end of July in Bangalore. So,please help me how I should manage my preparation. I'm not good in general knowledge and I have only one and half month so how should I prepare. And wanted to study last current events of this year so please help me out. and yes one more thing how can I prepare more for First day "Screening" . And this is my second attempt (Last was in allahabad). I really want to crack this time at any cost.
please sir help me out.
Waiting for your reply.
Thank you :-)
Yeah study the whole blog shivi, if you have any specific doubts means ask me, i will clear you upto my extent.
DeleteSir...I have done with Arihant book for Screening (Verbal or non verbal), so should I go for another books or this book is enough ?
DeleteAnd second I asked about current affair topics, please point some topic names that i should prepare.
Thank you
Sir i'm waiting for your reply...
DeleteYa enough, if you want more , move to r.s. agarwal verbal and non verbal reasoning book
Deleteok sir....thank you
Deletesir, I got a mail from ssb banglore that I was nominated for the interview on 12th july 2012 for ssc.They also mentioned callup letter is available in the official indianarmy site.But I cant access that.Can u help me?
ReplyDeletehttp://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/WhatsNew/37/instr-allabd.pdf
DeleteSir , help me out for accessing call letter for bangalore ssb ssc10(W) tech....
DeleteHey! Great Work!!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to ask you if the ssb for 10+2 tes is different from other ssb's.
Thanks in advance :)
no pranav, all are same
DeleteHi Vignesh,
ReplyDeleteI cleared AFCAT written and got my call letter for ssb. This is my first attempt. My ssb date is 25 june. Can u pls give me some tips about last minute preparation?
And pls tell me abt the physical standards. I know abt the height but can't find what should be the wait according to height.
last minute preparation :), be positive and be yourself :) . regarding height and weight see the medical test section of the blog.
DeleteHi anna.Thks 4 ur reply.
ReplyDeleteIn ssc 39, in the first 5 days of selection process is there any Basic English test?
no rinram, dont confuse :) .BEfore be clear with the details of the testing procedure.
Deletehi bro, thanks for the nice info ...pls tell me how to prepare for the CDS exam?
ReplyDeletesee details for this in the cdse page at the top of the blog
Deletehi vignesh..
ReplyDeletei have my ssb interview next week, 25th june
wanted to confirm 2 things
1. my final semester result is nt declared yet so do i need provisional certificate from colg to shoe the officials??
2. my eyesight is -3.75 and -3.5. so will this lead to rejection in the medical tests??
yes you need to submit then dont worry about medicals right now. Just go ahead and never think anything negative :)
Deletethanks:)
Deletehey vignesh plz reply asap
ReplyDelete@Vignesh : well done frnd .. as i see u r giving replies since an year.. Appreciations frnd.. I cleared CDS-1 2012 for IMA & OTA..while searching for SSB material i found this blog.. nice info and links.. thanks for ur work.. :) and do't mind my title .. i put it in my blog when i was dreaming about Fighter Pilot.. ..but I missed it ..and after that i have't visit my blog to change it..
ReplyDeleteok simha
DeleteHi vignesh, i got mail from ssb banglore to attend the interview on july 17th. Please help me how to download the call letter from the website and tell me whether the postal order will come to us or not
ReplyDeleteyes postal order will come.. wait alex
DeleteHi vignesh, in your allahabad experience what was the total no. of students who appeared for ssb through ues ??
ReplyDeleteand how many got selected from them ??
what kind of physical strength do we need to appear for ssb interview through ues ??
Hi sir, It was stated that we should bring all the independent semester wise marksheets while attending the interview.But I have only marksheets upto 6th sem.My 7th and 8th results are declared and I cleared but yet not distributed.However I have the Provisional certificate stating that I have completed my course.
ReplyDeleteIs this certificates enough?
mister vignesh iam thankfull to u because of your experiencess shows guide lines to others....i came from a small village from andhra pradesh so i dont know about fluent english communication skills . please tell me about some new technics to overcome my problem......sorry i forget my int to u ...sorry .. iam y prabhakara reddy i complete my btech in ece 2012. my mail id is prabhakara.reddy3@gmail.com
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