A Brief Overview of SSB Interview: How to Join Indian Armed forces as Commissioned Officers
General
Selecting
candidates for various appointments purely on the basis of written test interview or personality test. A candidate who
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aspires for success in his career, an individual who wishes to have a bright future a competitor who is keen to top the list, must, therefore, master the technique of doing the best in the interview.
Note*: These are the general things you should know before going for SSB interview
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aspires for success in his career, an individual who wishes to have a bright future a competitor who is keen to top the list, must, therefore, master the technique of doing the best in the interview.
Note*: These are the general things you should know before going for SSB interview
Aim of an SSB interview
The aim
of an interview at the SSB is to assess the leadership or “Officer-like”Qualities of the candidate by means of a directed or purposive conversation
between the candidate and the Interviewing Officer(IO), In addition to
appraising the present level of the candidate, the IO tries to evaluate the
training potential of the candidate. The question at the interview, therefore,
will be so directed as to allow the candidate to automatically show his
leadership ability in his answers.
Read Here for Officers Like Qualities (Leadership Ability)
Services Selection Board (SSB), is the Personality and Intelligence
Interview spread over
5 days which scientifically analyses each candidate's potential and compatibility
for commission into the Armed Forces of India.
Introduction
There are many ways of being
Commissioned as an Officer in Indian Armed Forces, both
for civilians (after 10+2, graduation, post graduation), as well as
for Serving
Personnel. Whatever be the mode, SSB is the step all have to clear,
except for the Medical Corps. There is no limit on the number of attempts that
can be made and the SSB Assessors encourage candidates to appear again for SSB.
The interview exercise is mainly a Psychological tests of
the personality quiz of the candidate, to gauge his/her
potential as a future Officer in Indian Military. The tests conducted by the SSB
aim at selecting individuals with OLQs (Officer LikeQualities).
The selection system is designed
over a five day process, Day 1 is the screening test, Day 2 is the Psychologist Tests, Day 3 & 4 is the group tasks and
Day 5 is theConference(Results). The personal interview will
be conducted either in day 2,3 or 4 during the post lunch or evening hours.
These qualities include Effective
Intelligence, sense of
responsibility, initiative, judgment (under stress),
ability to reason and organize, communication skills, determination, courage,
self-confidence, speed in decision-making, willingness to set an example,
compassion and a feeling of loyalty to the nation.
Most of the tests require average
intelligence. The SSB attempts to gauge the natural responses of the
individuals. The tests are graded into various categories of both individual
and group variety and each batch of candidates goes through the subtle testing
pattern in the course of a few days. They are under observation not only while
they perform in various psychological tests but even as they conduct themselves
during the course of their stay at the SSB headquarters, where they are
billeted for that duration.
The SSB Board is not concerned with
the number of vacancies. Its responsibility is to assess and then, recommend.
After recommendation, the candidates appear for medical examination and
after that is the Merit List. Those who finally make the grade join for
training and hence become Commissioned Officers.
Origin of these type of testing
belongs to first world war era. In the First World War, large numbers of casualties
on battlefields necessitated recruitment of best fighting talent in armed
forces. For this need, psychologists designed some scientific tests which
assesses candidate's Officer Like Qualities (OLQs). Over the years
SSB testing has been improved based on feedback and has been proved to be an
effective and accurate way of selecting candidates who are capable of being at
least an average officer after training, although SSB is the world's toughest
army test.
FACILITIES FOR CANDIDATES BY SSB
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Pick-up and Drop from reporting
Railway Station.
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Furnished accommodation.
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Messing.
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Medical facilities.
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Game, Magazines and Newspapers
These
and some other facilities for candidates to ensure that they feel at home.
Procedure to Join Indian Armed Forces as an Officer.
The candidates who are declared by UPSC as
having cleared the written exam or recommended by Preliminary Interview Board
(PIB) in case of Territorial Army (TA), as well as those shortlisted in Direct
Entries are called through Call Letters to appear for SSB
(Allahabad/Bangalore/Bhopal/Dehradun/Mysore/Varanasi/Coimbatore/Gandhinagar) at
the Centre allotted to the candidate. There have been instances when the
call-up letter fails to reach the candidate and the onus lies on the candidate
to be alert and contact the office after a reasonable amount of time if the
letter is not received when UPSC written has been cleared. This is similar for
service candidates, except that their movement is intimated to their seniors
via movement orders.
Services
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SSB Center Location
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Name of SSB Center
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Army
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Allahabad, UP
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Selection Centre East (SCE)
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Bhopal, MP
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Selection Centre Central (SCC)
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Bangalore, KA
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Selection Centre South (SCS)
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Ropar, PB (proposed)
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Selection Centre North (SCN)
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Navy
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Bhopal, MP
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33 SSB, SCC
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Bangalore, KA
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12 SSB, SCS
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Coimbatore, TN
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Naval Selection Board (NSB), Agrani
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Air Force
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Dehradun, UK
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Mysore, KA
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2 AFSB
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Gandhinagar, GJ
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3 AFSB
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Varanasi, UP
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4 AFSB
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