SSB Interview Tips

Thematic appreciation test is important part of psychology and it reveals a lot about one’s personality.  This technique allows assessors to interpret stories with the nature of one by whom it is written. In TAT one writes stories by taking himself or herself somewhere inside the story which means hero of story. The main motive of test is to get to know about the qualities of candidate but in unconscious. It also provides time constraint by which candidates become restricted to write their natural responses. ATTRIBUTES OF TAT: 1. This test comprise of 12 pictures out of which 11 pictures are shown to you and 12 one is blank(it totally depends upon board that where they are going to keep blank one sometimes they keep it in between but generally it comes as last slides). 2. Time limit provided to for one story is 4 minutes. Story flashes for 30 seconds and then you will be provided with 3.30 minutes to write this story sometimes board provides 4 minutes to write. 3. In TAT t...

It is usual for the candidate to project the hero of the story as 'brightest student of class','bravest in the group', 'highly endurance in team','best jovial','more helpful' etc etc.  Friends, this clearly tells the psychologist that we are insisting the required officer like qualities by our self which proves it clearly as artificial. So, how to show your OLQ to them ? Just deploy yourself in the space of hero, create a possible problem based on the picture and try to solve out the problem with the resources available around you(Both visual and hidden).  Automatically, you will get your OLQ out and the psychologist easily catches it. Example:- Here, i have given alternate words to show your OLQ and note these should come based on the situation of the story. 'brightest student of class' - Raju scored good marks in his class after his sustained efforts before the exam. 'bravest in the group' - In spite of high water c...

These are the TAT  examples.  These are my own stories, just take it as the reference friends. "A GROUP OF PERSONS WORKING WITH MACHINES"      Raj was the newly graduated engineer.  By his hardwork he got job in a company.  He was good in his work by finishing the tasks before the end date.  One day a big task was assigned to his team and the time limit to finish that task was minimum.  So he motivated his team members to do well and to finish the task in time.  At that time one of his team mates got ill and was in leave.  So raj took in charge and managed to finish both of their works.  With his efforts the team finished the work in time and retained their good name. "A STUDENT REPORTING TO HIS OFFICER/TEACHER"      Kumar was the final year engineering graduate.  Along with his studies, he was interested in extracurricular...

Preparation for TAT and Psychology click here "A BOY LOOKING AT NO VACCANCY" "A PERSON THINKING ABOUT A FACTORY" "A MANDIR OR TEMPLE " "A BOY AND A GROUP OF GIRLS WITH BOOKS" "A WOMAN IS CRYING AND A CHILD IS CONSOLING HER" “A WOMAN PLAYING TENNIS” “A MAN IN STAGE WITH SPEAKING POSITION” “A WOMEN SINGING A SONG” “A MAN TALKING IN TELEPHONE” “A GROUP OF PERSONS STANDING BEHIND A POLICE SECURITY PERSON” “A PERSON TREKKING AT THE TOP OF THE HILL” “A RAILWAY STATION SCENE” “A CAR MET WITH ACCIDENT WITH A BULLOCK CART” “A MAN SPEAKING TO A MAN AND WOMEN” “A BOY REPAIRNG A CAR” “A MAN DELIVERING SPEECH AT VILLAGE” “A MAN IS STANDING AT GRAVE YARD” ...