Thematic Apperception Test in SSB consists of a set of ambiguous pictures that will be shown to the candidate, while looking at these pictures candidates must create a theme like a story that requires a hero and a challenge, how the hero will overcome the crisis and succeed.
In TAT a candidate will be asked to write a story on his own based on the images shown. A candidate shouldn’t just use his memory blocks and start preparing a story, he/she needs to see that in every third or fourth line there are different meanings coming, try interpretation and analyze those meanings in the third person because that meaning shows the candidate’s state of mind.
SSB Interview TAT Practice Exercise Part 16
TAT Picture 1
Rajesh, a 25 year old, is a resident of Dalhousie and belongs to a small and nuclear family with father as a forest officer and mother as a home maker. Rajesh studied his bachelors in commerce from Delhi University and further did Masters of Business Administration from Symbiosis College Pune. Over the tenure of his academic career, Rajesh has been very outgoing in all aspects. All the vacations he used to plan trips and help others go on trips within a reasonable budget. He was well aware of pricing and had a hidden passion towards the tourism Industry. Rajesh was a favorite across his college friends for his enthusiasm and proactive attitude towards helping others particularly in the planning of tour sector. In this picture he visits the Skiing Center in Auli during his 10 day break. Rajesh loved skiing and comes here whenever he finds a break. Rajesh has his joining in IBM Pune, hence he plans to visit the nearby places spread across Auli, other hill stations near to Dalhousie and gets the accurate info of the kind of expenses one may incur during travel. He sets up a free website of tourism under the title “Travel Planner” where he mentions all the information of hotels, adventure activities based on place and the nature of expenses involved. Within no time, his website reached 100000 followers. Rajesh is contended with his hobby of travel blogging along with the career he is pursuing.
SSB Interview TAT Practice Exercise Part 15
TAT Picture 2
Hrishikesh Deshmukh has been working as a linesman in the South Eastern Central Railways, Bilaspur Region. The nature of job involves travelling distances of the track and inspecting for loose fish plates etc and any other nature of faults. The march begins from a certain distance of Bilaspur main junctions and proceeds towards the next junction. Bilaspur includes the main Howrah Mumbai line for up and down. One day on his regular visit he along with his group were taking a lunch break alongside the tracks near to a riverine bridge. In the joy of the lunch they sighted a pillar where couple of bricks just got off. Sensing the Danger and the immediate need to avert it, the group sprang into action. Hrishikesh being the senior most there asked the one of them to move along the track to signal any incoming train from the opposite track. Hrishikesh and along with other members set up a Danger Alert set up 300 m from the bridge and connected to the nearest Station master. By virtue of the proper arrangements and immediate response a major threat was averted and the train was at a halt almost 1 km from the bridge after the loco pilot was informed on wireless.
