SSB INTERVIEW PROCEDURE

PREVIEW
AIM
PART- I
PART- II
PART III
CONCLUSION

PROCEDURE FOR SSB

GENERAL HINTS FOR
THE CANDIDATES FOR
SSB
SSB SCREENING
CAPSULE

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

PART-I

PROCEDURE FOR SSB

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

SSB SCHEDULE
DAY-4
GTO - 1 TASKS
INTERVIEWS
DAY-5
GTO 2 TASKS
INTERVIEWS
DAY-6
CONFERENCE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
RESULTS
DISPERSAL OF
CANDIDATES LESS
RECOMMENDED
CANDIDATES
MEDICALS

PART-II
GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES
FOR SSB

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

GOOD 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.

GENERAL HINTS FOR CANDIDATES

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 COCANDIDATES 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.

SSB SCREENING CAPSULE

COMMENCED WEF 2001.

DURATION 10 DAYS.
FREQUENCY TWICE EVERY YR.
VACCANCIES. 102 6 CDTS/ DTE.
BUDGET. Rs 1,65,000/- PER CAPSULE.
INSTRS.
GTOs
PSYCOLOGISTS
IO

4.
2.
1.

ACTIONS DESIRED AT UNIT/ GP/ DTE LEVEL.

CONCLUSION