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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

TAT and PPDT Story Writing Tips

TAT is test of your Imagination

 It’s not a test for beauty of expressions, so, do not use heavy-duty words and do not try to
over show your ideas through writing. You just have to make a story around the picture.
 The psychologist will test your personality using TAT, WAT, SRT, and self-description.
 All the tests are used for analyzing your personality and to check whether you have officers
like quality.
 Always remember, the answers of TAT, WAT, SRT and self-description are compared with
one another to find out the real personality of the candidate.

I am taking an example so that I can help you to understand how to make story out of the picture.

Picture Interpretation

What I can see in the picture is
an old lady age of around 45-50
who is lying on the bed looking
gaunt and a boy of around 20-
22 age group. The boy looks in
positive or neutral mode. The
background looks like inside a
house.

Story Idea
Person Y is a boy of 22 and he
was keenly interested in social help. He started to take tuition of all the street children who used to
live in the nearby. One day he visited one of his students’ houses and found out his mother was sick.
So he quickly with the help of some people took her to the hospital where she was treated and
became fine. Or

Person Y is a boy of 22 and he was average boy who is very fond of outdoor games and exercise.
One day his friend’s mother fell in their house and hurt herself. She was diagnosed with a hair line
fracture and was advised to bed rest. So Y helped his friend in his studies and his household work
and helped his mother in exercise to revive.

Interpretation of the story

 The hero of the story undertook the challenge, the hero has a sense of responsibility for his
society and he doing something to make a change in his surroundings.
 His punctuality, dedication and schedule reveal his planning and organizing ability.

If in a picture: A boy’s hand is placed on his head. The idea is: X is a boy, who lost his job in the time
of recession. Now, he uses social networking sites to track HRs of different companies, after few
months he got an interview call. If in a picture: there are 2 girls. Then the idea is: To interpret one
boy and then you can make your situation accordingly to illustrate women empowerment,
harassment issue, women education like issues If in a picture: 2 people are fighting. The idea is –
they are performing under karate, taekwondo, or a boxing match.
So you can easily make a story by observing a picture carefully and by correlating with a practical
problem.