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Points to remember

Never criticize your job, organization, boss or co-workers. Do not project that you dislike long hours
of work, work pressure, challenges etc. The interviewer wants to hear that you can work hard and put

in long hours of work and that you thrive in challenging situations. Your dislike could be lack of
challenge, thrill and mundane nature of the job. Reason for changing job could be that you like
challenges, thrill, adventure and respect for uniform etc. Factor for job satisfaction could be strong
sense of purpose. By joining the armed forces you will be serving the country and contributing to the
society directly.

A typical answer to this question could be

Sir, I am presently working with Wipro as a programmer. I am part of the project team which is
developing a major software for our client in the US and in that I am involved in development of the

CRM module. It is quite a challenging and interesting job as it involves coordination with several
team mates as each one is focusing on one small part of the entire software. Though there is no
specific dislike about the job, sometimes I feel lost in the whole gamut of things and wonder as to
how I am adding value to myself and my country. The working conditions are pretty fine and my CTC
is about 3.6 lakhs per annum. I wish to join the Navy/Army/Air Force because uniform always
fascinated me for the respect and charm associated with it. Further, I feel I can derive a lot of

satisfaction by directly contributing to the national cause. While money is important, I feel to be
satisfied on the job one must see a meaning in what one is doing. In software development, in the end
of the project, I feel I have made a very insignificant contribution and that too for a foreign client.
Here, I will be playing a major role as an officer and derive satisfaction from contributing to the
country directly. Also, I like adventure and military way of life and hence I am fascinated towards
this profession. Coming to my achievements, I got a promotion within one year of my joining the
company which was possible only due to my commitment and hard work.

Note: Depending upon your specific answer, the interviewer may probe to check if you are being

truthful and mean what you say or you are just bluffing. Hence do not tell wrong things or you
will get caught in a trap and will not be able to come out of it. Be as truthful as possible.
Please do not replicate the answers given in this book. The sample answers are only for
guiding you. Often we see that candidates rattle the same answers as given in the books. You
must try and adapt these answers to the facts of your life.

Sequence 2

This sequence is related to education and training. The question will be somewhat similar to the
following:-

“Please tell me about your education starting from middle school level, say class VIII onwards
working up to your present level of education. I would be interested in the subject you liked best,
those you did not care much about, grades achieved in examinations, efforts put in towards
extracurricular/co-curricular activities, which were available in your school, the events you took part
in, any special achievements in the fields. Also tell me about the friend circle you have moved with