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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

The aim of this exercise is to assess the
maturity of the participants that whether he
knows of himself or not. Also you are the
best one who knows about yourself no one
else can access you in best way apart from
yourself. Hence through these exercises
you are made to write who you are and
then through other exams you are judged
whether you were right or wrong. In the
course of time, if a chirality / perfect
overlapping is found between what you say
and what you do, you are recommended.
How to prepare well for this exam?

 Since it’s like you already know
what to write, you should prepare beforehand and prepare a paragraph for each category.
 Keep track of time as it’s important to write something for each category. No category should
be left unanswered.
 Have knowledge of both positives and negatives about you. Because it gives a good
impression to the examiner that you have thorough knowledge about yourself.
 Don’t feel shame in consulting parents and teachers, colleagues, friends to know their
opinion about you. Since what they think needs to be mentioned this is the perfect
opportunity to know this. They will give some of the details which i am sure to your surprise
you might not know.
 Don’t even try to bluff or tell lies or else you will never be selected.
 Try to show your true character in this exercise. Or else it would be caught either by the
psychologist or the interviewer.
 Be ready with the list of how you going to remove your negative qualities. Do mention them
as no one is perfect and everyone has it.

Yeah it’s that much easy. Just follow these simple suggestions and it makes you prepare for a part of
Psychology round and for the PI too. Details of other parts of psychology round like WAT, TAT, SRT,
etc. will be covered separately. For any other help feel free to get in touch.

How to prepare for self-description

Self-description is nothing but a presentation of one’s personality his mind. If a person knows himself
well, he'll perform better in the test.

 As it is like a released question paper, ask your parents, friends, teachers about you and
write it in a paragraph.
 Try to write the correct information about you.
 Try to work on your weaknesses. Since the interviewer may ask you in the personal interview
that what are the things you are doing to overcome the same.
 Do not bluff and try to show your real personality.
 Think about the strengths and the weaknesses of your parents and your friends.

Questions to be asked in self-description

I hope this questions will help you in understanding interview self-description much better.