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I was an Interviewing Officer (IO) and Deputy President of 17 SSB in 2010–

11. Since 2014 till date, I am guiding SSB aspirants. I find a lot of miscon-

ceptions about the Interview. Let me explain the process and what is re-

quired to be done in simple words

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What Does an IO Assesses?

The IO, just like the other two assessors, is required to assess as to whether

the candidate he is interviewing possesses the requisite 15 OLQs in ade-

quate measure or not.

Methodology of IO’s Assessment

An IO tracks the life history of the candidate in front of him through his

childhood, family and academic environment, the opportunities available,

difficulties faced, successes and failures to construct a consistent behavioural

profile. A guiding principle for all IOs is:

“Past behaviour is indicative of future conduct; more consistent has been a past be-

haviour, more likely it is to be repeated in the future.”

Questions

In about 40–50 min an IO completes the assessment. The questions posed

are in roughly the following sequence:

• Initial introductory questions: For candidates who are inter-
viewed immediately after the Psychology Tests the initial questions

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