SSB Interview Tips

Gentleman, in the personal interview you may get a sequence of questions called as Rapid Fire Questions.  This set of question varies from person to person.  For an example, the NDA entry candidate may get questions based on their school life and a college student may get questions from their college and hostel life.  The working professionals get a different set of questions. NOTE: - Even, if you have been working in a new organization after your degree for few months.  You may get rapid fire questions in both from your college as well as work life.  So be prepared for all.  Below, consists of set of most expected rapid fire questions at SSB personal interview for working professionals.  The way of question may vary for each individual but the pattern will be the same. Where you have been working? Why you switched from this company to that company in short period of time? Why you need a job change that too into defense? Whom you li...

Howdy young ladies? All of you deserve a round of applause on getting shortlisted for one of the most reputed and challenging interviews in India.. The SSB interview! :) I am sure most of you may have seen how elegant lady officers and army wives are! Their dressing sense, the way they carry themselves is highly admirable. As we all know, first impression is the last impression. True though. I would say, present yourself in the best possible manner. Accept yourself first. None of us are perfect. In fact, finding happiness amidst our imperfections can enhance our natural charm and confidence! Coming back to the dress code, here's a quick list of must-haves for the interview: - Decent, tied hair preferably - No makeup - 1 set of dark coloured trouser + light colour shirt / punjabi suit / saree for interview -  Preferably black shoes / sandals for interview - Track suit + white tee / Punjabi suit for GTO tasks - Preferably white shoes for GTO tasks - 1/2 pair of socks...

     In our previous articles we read about OLQ’s many time.  We get to know about what OLQ’s  and why they are important and what significant role do they play in selection of candidate.  We also read about SWOT analysis and its requirement.  No its time to understand the importance of SWOT analysis and how to improve this which is going to help you in building up your OLQ’s.      SWOT analysis is useful technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses and for identifying both the opportunities open to you and the threats you face. HOW TO USE SWOT:      Strengths and weaknesses are often internal to oneself and the organization where one is working while opportunities and threats generally relate to external factors.  For this reason the SWOT analysis is sometimes called internal-external analysis. 1. STRENGTHS: What you do better than anyone else? What unique or lowest resources that you can dra...

General Introduction Questions:- Generally he starts with your introduction in which you should talk about yourself, your education, your interest, your hobbies, sports, curricular activities and extra curricular activities.  Tell about your schooling, college, academics, tries to mention all your achievements.  After completing about yourself, go to family and tell something which is interesting and brings out something out of it i.e OLQ’s. Questions about Native:- He will also ask you about your native place . Try go collect good info about it. Like its location, famous places, nearest railway station, airport, villages administrations, colleges, schools, occupation of people living their.  Also mention about some history behind it. 

Finally the guru mantra for successfully qualifying the interview is, to initially fathom the specific requirements, thereafter, carry out a SWOT analysis (strengths, weakness, opportunities &threats) and acquire all the necessary competence essential for a potential officer material and finally go confidently, with an open mind, but not so open also, that your brains fall out. !!!!! Factors that determine your attitude, 1. Environment 2. Experience 3. Education

     The interview by the Interviewing Officer may be conducted either after the conduct of psychology tests in day 1 or in subsequent days depending upon the total number of candidates to be interviewed and the availability of interviewing officers. The interview is conducted in a very conductive atmosphere and the candidate is put to complete ease by the interviewing officers. Once you enter the cabin he makes you feel comfortable by asking few general questions. Once he feels he has established a reasonably comfortable rapport with you by interacting with you regarding your family background and interest.      Then he will ask you questions pertaining to general awareness and may ask you to describe the organization of an event based on the interests and hobbies mentioned by you in your PIQ - Personal Information Questionnaire form. He is also likely to check your ability to withstand stress by putting you through stressful and challenging situations....

This is a sure question which 99.99 % candidates get during their personal interview. Most of the guys asking the question, what I should answer for this? and How I should say to impress  the interviewer? Before looking to find the answer, just look from the position of the interviewer.  He is the representative for the force(Army, Navy and Air Force) to choose the best candidate (NOTE: not the good or better) for the force.  So he just want a good quality, source of knowledge, skills from you to use it for the benefit of his force(Army, Navy and Air Force). So, the answer for this should be something more than your existing officer like qualities and devotion towards the nation.  Since, every one is serving nation through any mode. So, how to answer? In addition to the response of officer like qualities and duty to the nation, add the existing skills which you have i.e. the skill which you can give to the force after getting i...

Personal Interview Questions for Army      Friends in this post I want to give you interview practice questions, this set of questions are common for all type of entries in all services such as Army, Navy and Airforce.  As I said in my earlier pages and posts, the questions formed in the personal interview are from your PIQ form only.  So here I gave a model PIQ form.  What you have to do is take a pen and paper and write the answers for these questions, then form the questions based on the PIQ which you have filled.       Here I have formed various set of questions based on each and individual question in PIQ-Personal Information Questionnaire.  Just practice these questions with your own answers.  1)   Name of the candidate:- What is the meaning for your name? Who named you like this? What is your nick name? Tel the other names related to same meaning of your name? 2) UPSC roll number of Service Selectio...