What is PPDT? How to perform in PPDT? How to write PPDT Stories? PPDT also is known as Picture Perception and Discussion Test is one of the two tests conducted in Stage-1 testing of SSB interview, another one is officer intelligence rating test. Officer intelligence rating test consists of a written test in verbal and … Read more
SSB Interview is all about squeezing the personality of a candidate from his life. It is truly said that SSB is a subset of life. What you are in your life, is what you display in SSB. Most of the time, it is not about not having the desired qualities, but it is more about … Read more
“Success ke baad ka plan sabke paas hai, lekin galti se fail ho gaye toh failure se kaise deal karna hai koi baat he nahi karna chahata”. This is a famous dialogue from the movie Chhichhore. In this world of competition and rat race, one has to be more practical than just being positive. Many … Read more
Hi there dear readers, I am Dheeraj Dimathia, a cadet of Rashtriya Military School Bangalore (2013-20). I will be sharing my journey towards getting recommended with all of you. Well, they say “Victory loves perfection and preparation”. A point to keep in mind. I hail from Jammu district of J&K and my father has been … Read more
Many aspirants who have cleared the AFCAT 1 2020 online exam are now waiting for the AFSB interviews to start. The AFCAT 1 2020 exam was conducted in Feb 2020 across the country and many Indian Air Force aspirants took part in it. The result of AFCAT 1 2020 was declared in March 2020 and … Read more
One must have the required Officers Like Qualities (OLQs) to be selected as an officer in the Indian armed forces through SSB interview. There are 15 such qualities known as Officers Like Qualities (OLQs). The candidates must have all of these qualities in sufficient amounts to be deemed suitable for defence services. The entire selection system revolves … Read more
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is the second out of the four psychological tests employed by the SSBs in Phase 2 of their testing procedure to evaluate a candidate’s patterns of thought, attitudes, observational capacity, and emotional responses to judge his/ her Officer Like Qualities (OLQs). There are some things, therefore, that a defence aspirant must … Read more
As a defence aspirant, there should be only 1 question running in your mind at the end of the day – “Was this my best?” Whether it’s you preparing for UPSE or training yourself mentally and physically to crack SSB, give it your best shot because the word “Regret” doesn’t exist within most of the … Read more
The rapid-fire questions are the most crucial part of the SSB interview. Rapid-fire is a bunch of questions that IO asks the candidate in a sequence and expects the candidate to answer them in the same order. If answered correctly, Rapid fire can feel the performance of a candidate. Aspirants find it hard to face … Read more
Have you ever encountered anyone before who talked to you in a flat tone and voice so much so that you, consumed by boredom, had fallen asleep? Now imagine yourself in the place of an Interviewer and try to feel the pain of listening to such an interviewee. What I simply wanted to state was … Read more
