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testing is described below.

Reporting Day– Normally, candidates are made to report in the afternoon
and are picked up by a bus from the railway station. On

reporting, they are given an opening briefing by the duty
GTO covering the testing schedule, dos and don’ts, etc.
After that, the candidates are asked to fill up a Personal
Information Questionnaire (PIQ) form. The PIQ forms the

basis of psychological testing and the interview. The
importance of this form and how to go about filling this

are covered later.

Day 2– Candidates are put through a screening test which
comprises intelligence tests followed by a picture

perception and discussion test. Based on the performance
in these tests, some of the candidates are retained for stage
2 testing and others are allowed to return home the same
day. Hence, qualifying in this test is most important.

Day 2– On day 2, candidates screened in on day 1 are put through
psychological tests which comprise Word Association Test
(WAT), Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and Situation

Reaction Test (SRT). In addition, the candidates are asked
to describe themselves (Self-Description). On completion

of these tests, the interview will start.

Day 3– Candidates go through Group Testing on day 3 and 4.
They are divided into groups of 6 to 10 each depending

upon the total candidates screened in. On day 3, Group
Discussion (GD), Group Planning Exercise (GPE),
Progressive Group Task (PGT), Group Obstacle Race
(GOR), Half Group Task (HGT) and Lecturette are

conducted. In some cases, even the Individual Obstacles
can be conducted on day 3 itself depending upon the

weather and engagements of the assessor. On completion
of the GTO testing, the interviews of the remaining