Screening Day
Got up early, refreshed my mind and focused on the officer qualities I should
show to them.
OIR was pretty much easy.
I wrote story based on the current event,
ex: Nepal earth quake and rescue operation.
Qualities reflected in my story: helping nature, initiative, alertness and
adventurism.
Don’t include the above qualities intentionally into your story, stick to the
normal flow of your story.
I tried to avoid book stories. There
was a clear idea of past, present and future in my story and I narrated the
story confidently.
Listened the stories of my group mates carefully and found out the main
confusing element we were having from the picture. I was able to point out the
same in GD which lasted only for max 2min.
Tips:
All story are good however it doesn't matter unless until you are able to
innovate.
Be calm and confident about your story even if it is unique from all others.
Accept the logical points from others.
Don’t shout in GD unnecessarily unless you have a good point to make.
40 out of 320 got screened in the first day.
Psychology test
1) TAT
your writing speed and hand writing matters here, so please do practice on the
same.
I stick with my plan so that I was able to write practical stories and
sometimes I felt it was like SRT (situation Reaction Test)
Don’t go for super heroic act. Don’t
miss any details from the picture.
2) WAT
Write whatever comes to your mind, I even wrote same word which I don’t know
the meaning.
Speed is the key.
Be alert and keep track of the count of the word.
3) SRT
Do attempt at least 40+ .Speed is the key. Don’t
manipulate you thought and let it be free.
Tip: there will be similar SRT among
the other 60 situations. Please do write the same reaction.
Our mind reacts in same way for similar situations.
4) SD
I wrote self-description in my own way.
Don’t copy it from book, use your own words. They won’t check for your writing skill but the content.
Interview
Interviewer can ask about
anything under sun.
Interview lasted for minimum 30min.
As I was for TGC entry, Interviewer
asked technical questions from ECE.
GK and current affairs:
Terrorist organizations in the world and India
IPKF (Indian Pease Keeping Force)
Nations and currency
India’s geography
Current major issues in the world and India
History (WWI and WWII)
Frankly I got screwed in
Interview however I was never been
honest before in any Interview like this.
GTO
This is where I think I scored
well.
1st GD -
1) India’s Internal security threat and how can we resolve the same.
2) How upcoming Land bill affect our farmers.
We choose 2nd one and I was able to speak second and added more points in
between.
2nd GD -
1) How to reduce road accidents? Introducing more police force, improving
Infrastructure, obey rules and awareness programs.
I was able to point out that we missed
to discuss about improving infrastructure and changed the direction of
discussion.
GPE -
Be alert and listen to the instruction given by the GTO very carefully.
I was able to perform well in group planning exercise as I was the one who
pointed out the priorities.
Don’t take wild guesses from the narration of the situation.
Be precise and calculate the time and distance as you will get enough time for
this.
Be quick.
PGT & HGT -
I was with my team of 10. Helped them and gave ideas to them. Actually I didn’t
perform well as I could able to analyse the task properly. However I did well
in HGT with the team of 5. Slowly I was grasping things.
Most of the time GTO helped us to clear the obstacles, so don’t worry even if you didn’t get any ideas but always be with your
team.
Don’t out smart your team as GTO can easily notice that you are well
trained to do this PGT and all.
Lecture-
>Article 370
>SAARC
>Internet
>Arranged marriage Vs love marriage
These all were in my paper and I choose Internet and talked about it with
respect to internet net neutrality which is a current hot topic.
Tips:
Choose a topic in which you can talk for 3 min.
Deliver your speech in structured manner.
Stay calm and speak loudly
Stay steady and take care of your body language
be confident and practice it often in
front of mirror or with your friends.
Snake Race-
This is where you should show your josh and aggressiveness. Help others as well
as keep motivate others with the war cry.
It’s not about who finishes first, it’s all about how you finish.
Stay with your team.
Obey the rules like “red are out of bound “and if you break any rules tell the
GTO, if asked the same.
Individual Obstacle (IO)-
Be physically fit before going to SSB and you can show the same in IO. Try not
to miss harder obstacle.
At first, do the balancing obstacle.
Don’t be afraid. Just do it.
Commando task-
GTO set the difficulty level of the commando task as per
candidate standard. If you get a
difficult one then the GTO expect higher performance from you.
I got a moderate task and I was able to finish within 1min. After that GTO
asked one question which he already asked to the group during PGT. I answered
and it was clear that he was very impressed.
I was able to show that I can learn
things faster and implement them.
I called 3 times by my teammates. However It add little value to your overall
performance.
FGT-
Same like PGT, try to give ideas to
cross and be with the team.Conference
Tips: Prepare the unanswered
questions from the interview as the same interviewer may or may not ask the
same questions to you.
If you don’t prepared for it then say no without hesitation.
My conference lasted for max 3 min.
Hope for the best and be
confident.
Make your communication English fluent so that you should be able to
convey your thoughts and command.
Practice psychology test, increase the speed as well as maintaining your good
handwriting.
Once you got screened in, make sure that you mingle with at least your group.
Your bonding reflects in GTO tasks.
Be honest in Interview.
All the very best friends
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About
the Author:
Jithin
K Ajith is working in a reputed MNC and always had desire to serve the
nation. He is recommended in Indian Army TGC-121 from 17 SSB Board. Through this
article he wishes to share his experience with the peer aspirants which can
provide a direction to prepare
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