Personal Interview (PI) is a time tested method which surely judges the person in terms of knowledge, communication, confidence and many other qualities that are very specific to organisational roles for which the interviews are organised.
Key to Success in Personal Interview at SSB
SSB process has many interviews in different forms but one big interview would be with the officer who would be either the President or deputy President of the board. Such people are really senior and have a vast knowledge to judge people at different levels. Many OLQ’s are being judges but apart from that there are several other things that have impact in PI and if such things are taken care of, it could lead to wonders.
- Intelligence, power of expression
- Body language, gestures and eye moments
- Planning and delegating
- Social adjustment,
- Dynamic workout
- Courage, stamina, hard work and determination
- Appropriate assessment of others
- True behavior to the image portrayed on papers
Personal Interview Questions at SSB
Generally, what IO asks you depends on what you have written on your PIQ form, so don’t bluff to IO. Apart from that, they might ask you some GK questions to know your knowledge and fire up some questions giving you situations to check how adaptable you’re to all the situations, so your answers should be optimistic and devoid of extremism. You will find the whole process a cake walk; all you need is just be yourself, be confident and be honest with your answers as they are expert to catch lies easily.
Officer Intelligence Rating OIR Test Coaching
Given below is a list of some questions:
- Tell about yourself.
- Tell 10th onwards percentage.
- Which is your favorite subject and reason?
- Who is your best friend, his/her 2 good qualities and 2 improvements?
- Who is your favorite teacher and reason?
- Teacher whom you didn’t like and why?
- What are your strength and weakness?
- About sports and extracurricular activities you’ve done?
- Any adventurous thing you’ve done?
- About your family and how do you spend time with your family?
- Any example of when you helped someone and got helped?
- What are you most afraid of?
- What are your other career options?
- Why you do want to join Indian Air Force?
- Basic GK questions related to country and neighboring countries of India.
- If you are from engineering, they might trigger some basic questions related to your subjects.
- You might be asked some questions from current affairs, so you must be well aware of it.
- If you’re a repeater, you might be asked the reason for your failure in last attempts.
- You might be asked about your relationship status, about your gf/bf if you’ve any?
