SSB INTERVIEW PROCEDURE

PREVIEW• AIM• PART- I - PROCEDURE FOR SSB• PART- II - GENERAL HINTS FOR

THE CANDIDATES FOR SSB

• PART – III - SSB SCREENING CAPSULE

• CONCLUSION

AIMTO ACQUAINT OFFRS OF NEOC WITH SSB PROCEDURE AND EFFORTS OF DG NCC TO PREPARE CDTS FOR FACING SSB

PROCEDURE FOR SSB

PART-I

SSB SCHEDULE

DAY-1

ARRIVAL OF CANDIDATES

DOCUMENTATION

DAY-2

STAGE-1 TESTS (FN)

CANDIDATES NOT RECOMMENDED IN STG I DISPERSED

DAY-3

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

INTERVIEWS

DAY-4 GTO - 1 TASKS INTERVIEWSDAY-5 GTO – 2 TASKS INTERVIEWSDAY-6 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS DISPERSAL OF CANDIDATES LESS RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES MEDICALS

SSB SCHEDULE

PART-II

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES FOR SSB

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATESGOOD BEHAVIOUR. FROM THE TIME, TRY TO BEHAVE IN A GENTLEMANLY

WAY. SEE THAT SSB RECEPTIONIST IS TREATED WITH ALL

DUE RESPECT AND HONOUR, WHETHER HE IS AN OFFICER OR IS FROM THE RANKS.

MIND THAT HE HAS COME TO RECEIVE YOU AND NOT TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE SSB. HE, THEREFORE. SHOULD NOT BE TROUBLED WITH A BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR INTERVIEW.

ACT AS HE ASKS YOU TO DO SO. THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR PROBING INTO THE VARIOUS FORMALITIES AND TESTS OF SSB.

BE PATIENT AND DO NOT BEHAVE IN A CHILDISH WAY.

WIDEN CIRCLE OF FRIENDSHIP.

WHEREEVER YOU GO, FRIENDSHIP PAYS YOU. IT WILL PAY MORE IN SSB AS ONE HAS TO WORK HERE IN A GROUP.

DO NOT ANTAGONISE ANY OF YOUR RIVAL.

WISH AND GREET OTHER CANDIDATES WHO HAVE COME FOR INTERVIEW. SHOW THAT YOU ARE A MAN OF DECENCY AND COOPERATION.

TALK ABOUT INTERESTS OF OTHER CANDIDATES. DO NOT BE SHY, BUT INDULGE IN PROFITABLE CONVERSATION WITH OTHER CANDIDATES. BY SHOWING THAT YOU HAVE AMPLE PREPARATION FOR THE SSB, YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDS WHO WILL SIDE WITH YOU IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AT THE SSB. FRIENDSHIP & BETTER ACQUAINTANCESHIP HELPS IN SELECTION.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

GOOD MANNERS.

GOOD MANNERS COST YOU NOTHING, BUT PAY YOU MUCH.

COURTESY IS A VERY VALUED THING.

TREAT THE SERVANTS IN YOUR ROOMS AND IN THE MESS WITH GOOD MANNERS.

COURTSEY AND MODESTY WITH YOUR CO-CANDIDATES IS VERY PAYING THING.

MIND THAT YOU ARE BEING CONSTANTLY WATCHED AT THE SSB.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

CREATE ATMOSPHERE OF INFORMALITY. DURING SSB INTERVIEW, YOU WILL BE MEETING ALL THE

TESTING OFFICERS TURN BY TURN. THIS MAY HAPPEN EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A GROUP. WHATEVER MAY BE THE SITUATION, IF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN TALKS, DO NOT BE TONGUE-TIED. DO NOT BE FORMAL OR VERY INFORMAL TO ANY OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.

YOU MAY REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMALITY TO TALK TO THEM. KEEP A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION THROUGHOUT YOUR STAY IN THE SSB.

A WRINKLED FACE WILL NOT PLEASE ANYONE. DO NOT PUT UNNECESSARY QUESTIONS TO YOUR

TESTING OFFICERS. IT IS ONLY WHENEVER YOU ARE IN GENUINE DOUBT, CLARIFY THE POINT.

SHOW HUMOUR AND WIT DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

DRESS WELL, TRESS WELL. YOUR DRESS SHOULD BE NEAT AND CLEAN AND NOT GAUDY AND FLABBY. DO NOT DRESS AS TO LOOK FOPPISH. SIMPLICITY MUST BE THE KEY NOTE IN THE SELECTION OF YOUR DRESS. VERY GLARING COLOURS ARE NOT GOOD. PAY ATTENTION TOWARDS YOUR TRESS ALSO. IN SHORT WEAR SMART DRESS TO LOOK REALLY SMART AND ALERT.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

SPEAKING MANNERS. IN THE ARMY AN OFFICER HAS TO COMMAND A GROUP OF SOLDIERS. HE WILL ALWAYS BE GIVING ORDERS VERBALLY. A SINGLE WORD CAN BETRAY YOUR WEAKNESS AND SPOIL YOUR CHANCES OF SLECTION. THE ART OF CULTIVATING PLEASANT SPEAKING MANNERS IS MUCH MORE ESSENTIAL FOR ONE WHO IS APPEARING FOR SSB. ESSENTIAL THAT A PROSPECTIVE CNADIDATE SHOULD POSSESS A SWEET, STABLE AND DIGNIFIED MANNERS OF SPEECH. HE SHOULD NOT STAMMER AND SHOULD NOT SPEAK HALTINGLY. ONE SHOULD SPEAK WITH PROPER ACCENT, PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMAR. SPEAK AUDIBLY AND FLUENTLY, KEEPING THE PROPER PITCH OF VOICE.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

INCREASE STORE OF KNOWLEDGE. PERSONALITY CAN NOT BE INCREASED BY APING OTHERS. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE ORIGINAL, THIS CAN HAPPEN, IF YOU INCREASE STORE OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE. ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF FACTS & FIGURES. A PERSON WELL INFORMED, HAVING SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD EVENTS, PRESENT TRENDS IN ART, LITERATURE AND SCIENCE IS FULL OF CONFIDENCE AND HAS SELF RELIANCE & A MATURED PERSONALITY TO ATTRACT ATTENTION OF OTHERS. YOU SHOUL HAVE A SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOB FOR WHICH YOU HAVE APPLIED. STUDY WIDE RANGE OF NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES. KEEP NOTES AND TRY TO ASSIMILATE ALL THAT YOU READ. THIS WILL MAKE YOU REACH THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL. KNOWLEDGE WILL HELP DURING INTERVIEW.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

OVERCOME NERVOUSNESS.

NERVOUSNESS DOES NOT MAKE A CANDIDATE TO ASSERT HIMSELF. EVERYONE LIKES TO SHAKE OFF NERVOUSNESS, AS IT IMPAIRS OUR SELF CONTROL AND CRIPPLES OUR INTELLIGENCE.

A NERVOUS MAN HAS NO CONTROL ON HIS SPEECH ORGANS. IN FACT, HE IS UNABLE TO SHOW WHAT HE IS.

TO REMOVE NERVOUSNES ONE SHOULD TAKE 15 TO 20 LONG BREATHS DAILY.

ONE SHOULD CULTIVATE THE HABIT OF RELAXATION. ANOTHE WAY OF REMOVING NERVOUSNESS IS NOT TO IMAGINE UNFAVOURABLE SITUATIONS.

DO NOT WORRY AS TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. ALWAYS BE OPTIMISTIC AND CHERISH HAPPY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.

DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR.

DO NOT CULTIVATE DEFEATIST MENTALITY. HAVE AN HEALTHY OUT LOOK OF YOUR LIFE.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

REMOVE FEAR AND WORRIES. A MAN OF FEARS AND WORRIES HAS NO PERSONALITY. THESE ARE ENEMIES OF MAN. THESE KILL HIS ENTUSIASM AND DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO REISE. ROOT CAUSE OF ALL OTHER SHORTCOMINGS. THESE ARE HABITS WHICH WE HAVE CULTIVATED AND CAN BE REMOVED WITH PRACTIVE. ONE SHOULD TRY TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF OUR FEARS AND WORRIES. ONCE IDENTIFIED, GO AHEAD TO ERADICATE THESE. THESE CAN BE REMOVED BY AUTO-SUGGESTION. WE CAN REMOVE THESE BY NOT FEARING AND WORRING. INDULGE YOURSELF IN SOME HOBBY, GAMES AND SPORTS. CULTIVATE HEALTHY AND POSSITIVE THOUGHTS.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

CULTIVATE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP. IN THE ARMY SLEEPY OFFICER OR OFFICERS SUFFERING FROM CERTAIN COMPLEXES ARE NOT WANTED. THEY SHOULD BE SUCH WHO CAN LEAD THEIR MEN SUCCESSFULLY IN TIME OF EMERGENCY. THEY SHOULD POSSESS A LOT OF PRESENCE OF MIND AND QUICKNESS OF DECISION. THE MILITARY THUS CALLS FOR A HIGH DEGREE OF LEADERSHIP. WE SHOULD CULTIVATE THESE QUALITIES WHEN WE ARE STUDYING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

• COMMENCED WEF 2001.• DURATION 10 DAYS.• FREQUENCY TWICE EVERY YR.• VACCANCIES. 102 6 CDTS/ DTE.• BUDGET. Rs 1,65,000/- PER CAPSULE.• INSTRS.

– GTOs - 4.– PSYCOLOGISTS - 2.– IO - 1.

• ACTIONS DESIRED AT UNIT/ GP/ DTE LEVEL.

SSB SCREENING CAPSULE

CONCLUSION