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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

 Carry out introspection every evening and see how you could have responded differently to certain
difficult situations. Make self-corrections in your future behavior.
 Improve your bearing and social graces by being conscious of the way you walk, talk or discuss
issues with others.
 Be sensitive, warm and friendly while dealing with the others. Never let down friends and become a
trustworthy person.
 Practice psych tests always under a professional mentor who is able to calibrate your thought
process to the desired conditioning. If these tests are not analyzed correctly, it can do you more
harm than good.
 Fill up your Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ) Form and see what kind of questions the
Interviewing Officer can ask you during the interview and discuss your answers with your mentor.

DAY-5

Conference

Conference in SSB interview happens on the 5th day of SSB testing, in conference, all the
assessors of a particular board including the president and deputy president, meet each other to
discuss and prepare the results of candidates on 5 days testing. There are few rumors and doubts
among candidates regarding the conference, lets discuss them one by one.

Candidates will be called one by one according to increasing or decreasing order of their Chest No.
there will be a bell and a display board indicating a chest number just to inform the candidates about

their turn to go inside conference hall.

Generally Conference lasts for 30 Seconds to 60 Seconds for most of the candidates, few
candidates may take more time up to 5 -10 mints or 30 mints sometimes, such cases are rare and
they are generally a doubt case. There are few questions which are generally asked: