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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

Let’s discuss the testing procedures which make the whole psychological testing an integral part of
the SSB:

1. TAT (Thematic Appreciation Test): 12 pictures (12th picture being blank) will be shown and
candidates have to write the story within stipulated time frame. As simple as that. This test
just gives you an opportunity to fly freely with the boundless imagination. Just see the picture,
think for some seconds and make the meaningful story which comes to your mind in the first
place. Keep in mind that the story should have – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE and you
being the dynamic hero of the story. All the 11 stories could be made like this. Each being
mutually exclusive of other but filled with your own unlimited imagination. The 12th picture is
just boundary less. Think about your dreams in the final picture, think about the limitless
universe, the sky and make the story of your lifetime.
2. WAT (Word Association test): Words which you come across in your daily life are displayed
in the stipulated timeframe. See the words and make a small meaningful sentence which
comes to your mind in the first place keeping in mind the two rules of testing given above. If
you don’t know the meaning or nothing is coming in your mind, skip the word and concentrate
on the next one in the line.
3. SRT (Situation Reaction Test): Practical situations which a person could face will be given
to you and you have to give your reactions. Imagine yourself in the situation and write the
reaction which comes to your mind. Keep in mind that you have to solve the situation instead
of running away from it i.e. your reactions must convey the solution.
4. Self-Description: No one knows yourself better than you. Hence, describe what you feel
about yourself (your good qualities and those qualities which you would like to improve on).
Write your heart out in this one. Your parents and friends must have formed an opinion
about you. Write freely about that opinion also.

Champs, take this testing as a game in which you are given an opportunity to be an artist, a writer, a
thinker and a leader. Utilize this testing to its best by telling the psychologists about you. Remember
– Faking is not at all an option.