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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

those points and assess you for the qualities which should be left to them as they are experts

in getting things out even if you want to hide.
3. The two parts have sufficiently covered about the essentials, start following and practicing if

you seriously want to be an officer in Indian defence forces. Next and the last series of this
write up will have other essentials too.

Essential Tips To Crack SSB – Part 3

This is in continuation of the last two parts in this series. Some more things that form essential bas
for an individual to be followed and succeeding in SSB are:

o Have info from the place you hail: Know about the place you belong. It seems to be a less
important point but is very important in terms of Psychologist assessing your background and

finding a match with you written material and interviewer trying to match many things as your
values and few qualities are embedded in you and depend on the background you come from.
Hence they are assessed and these things are not in your hand to change. It all depends on
how you were brought up and how you prefer doings things. But

o Communication is important: Communication is essential and important nowadays. Do the
assessors provide freedom to move to Hindi and English but it should not be considered

essential to use this instruction of assessors? Moreover remember that you should know that
nowadays English is a sort of compulsory course and a must know thing. So reasons like I was
in a Hindi medium school or I am weak in it does not work. Prepare hard if you are weak and

then stand strong in telling your views at SSB as it’s a common language understood by all and
not at all a regional language. Body language and gestures depict many things in your
personality. I have made essential in my mentorship program that this should be given

importance by the candidates and they need to improve it.
o Maintain Fitness: Take care of your health and exercise regularly to maintain physical fitness
as it is need in the external GTO rounds and help performing better.

o Be yourself: this is the last pint in this series of SSB preparation but i think the most essential
point in one’s preparation. It’s very easy to fake and prove your superiority or to change
yourself as per others requirement. But an officer does not do that. He is always true to himself

and keeps his qualities intact. Also since the interview at SSB is different from other interviews
you should be ready to face it differently. It would be a long interview where you would be
revisiting your life from the birth to till date and also revisiting the people who have affected

your life in a positive or negative way. Try to speak truth and assemble your important parts of
life before going for interview as it’s in your hand where you navigate your interview and how
you do it.