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are about the place from where the candidate has come, journey and

so on. For the candidates being interviewed during the GTO tests the

initial questions are generally about the GTO tasks, group members

and so on. The aim in the initial 2–3 min is to make the candidate

comfortable and open up in a new and often (for some) intimidating

environment.

• There are no “Rapid-fire Questions! A stupid, popular, terminol-

ogy for the series of questions asked by the IO is ‘rapid fire’. There are

no ‘rapid fire’ questions but a series of interconnected questions.

These may be asked as follows:

• First series of questions for students: The first series of ques-

tions maybe like this:“Please tell me about your academic perfor-

mance, starting from 10th, the percentage of marks you scored, your

favourite subject-why was it your favourite? Which subject you did not

like/why you did not like? Who was your favourite teacher-why was he

the favourite? Which teacher you did not like/why you did not like?

Who are your close friends/why are they close? Who among your col-

leagues you did not like/why you did not like? How you adjusted to

hostel life? Also tell me about the sports and extra-curricular activities

you participated in and achievements if any?”

• First series of questions for professionals: The first series of

questions for professionals maybe like this: “Please tell me about your

professional experience-what you like about your work/what you don’t

like about your work? Any changes you would like to bring in your

work-place? What is your opinion about your boss? How many friends

you have at work? Why did you switch jobs? How you adjusted to leav-

ing home? Why you want to leave the present job and join Army?”

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