What is the PIQ form in SSB Interview And How To Fill PIQ Form?

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PIQ stands for Personal Information Questionnaire. PIQ is a paper or set of basic questions written which is a very important paper required during your SSB. It contains a certain standard of questions which are very helpful for evaluators to judge you and find qualities of you in the whole SSB testing.

When is a PIQ form filled?

After the screening test of the candidates, those who have cleared the screening test, are provided 3 PIQ forms in SSB and 1 PIQ form in AFSB.

Sample PIQ Form

What does a PIQ form contain?

PIQ Form Contains

Place of present, permanent residence
Place of maximum residence
Demographic details
Details of your family members
Educational Details
Age, height & weight
Activities like NCC & Sports or Games played with Position Held if any
Participation in Extra-circular activities – Interests & Hobbies
Details of your previous SSB Attempts

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Importance of PIQ in SSB Interview

PIQ form forms a base of your whole personality and character and before accessors actually assess you, they form an image and opinion of your personality by reading it. The psychologist and the IO forms an opinion about the candidate through their PIQ form. By reading the PIQ the assessors get to know everything about your life and then they assess and confirm it by reading your psych assessment and by taking your interview.

By reading your PIQ form, the psychologist frames an initial opinion about you. Suppose in your PIQ it is written that you have scored good marks in your school and college and you have participated in various activities, so qualities that are required in such activities will be coming out while writing your TAT stories. The psychologist will now interpret such qualities in the stories. Similarly, if we take another example of you being a sportsperson, teamwork which is the main factor in sports will eventually come out as a quality in your stories and WAT answers.

In the interview, most of the questions revolve around your PIQ only. The IO will be asking about your family, your city details, your friends, and colleagues, your responsibilities with respect to your family, and your occupation. He will be finding out the qualities you are possessing and have acquired throughout your life.

Various Other Important Things that can be asked

The Place of Residence – In terms of facilities available in any city, it may be different in a metro city compared to that a very small town. The facilities the candidate might have got during his upbringing and how judicially they have used those facilities can be predicted. Clearly, it gives a lot of insight into the candidate. This shows how parameters are formed about different candidates and they aren’t judged on a single scale.

Your Family Background and Parents’ Occupation – The education level of the candidate’s family can be used to predict the level of awareness that a candidate gets while growing up. Similarly, if a family has sufficient income then it is a higher possibility that the candidate must have got optimum resources for their overall personality development.

If a PIQ form is filled hurriedly, this shows that the candidate is careless. Also if there are too many cuttings and overwriting it shows the carelessness of the candidate while filling out the form.

How to fill out a PIQ form Correctly?

Firstly the candidate should know about himself/herself while filling out the form. Introspect yourself, and your hobbies. Basically, you should know everything about yourself.

Have Good Handwriting – Good handwriting shows that a candidate is well organized and it also gives a good initial impression.

Always Write the Truth – Never lie in a PIQ form. If you don’t possess any hobby don’t bluff about it. Develop some hobbies but don’t write anything which you are not pursuing. You will be caught.

Some Do’s and Don’ts

Do’s

Keep writing PIQ forms before your SSB. This will help in your actual PIQ form filling. Candidates should be prepared with all the details that they require to fill out the form.
The candidate must keep full attention while filling out the form, and write legibly and to the point.
The candidate should fill out the PIQ form in simple language. If you are writing or Reading as your hobby, you should put in a bracket what type of books you are reading (fiction, nonfiction, self-help). It can be used to your advantage since it allows the candidate to showcase their best points to the assessing officers.
The candidate should Analyze themselves to make a clear image of themselves in their mind to answer easily about themselves.
Know your personal details and avoid mistakes in the basic information.
Be aware of whatever you writing in the form – the candidate should be aware of the aspects and topics they have written in the Form. Educational details, outstanding achievements, the income of family members, position in sports and activities, etc. have to be remembered exactly as stated in the PIQ.

Don’ts

Don’t hide anything about your attempts in SSB. All of your information is with the MoD (Ministry of Defence). So always write the correct number of total attempts you have done so far. Also, try to remember the details of the boards you have appeared on and the chest number.
Do not overwrite and exaggerate personal information. Don’t try to flaunt yourself in front of the IO.
Whatever is written in the PIQ form has been written by you only so whatever you are saying should equally match the things you have written.
Avoid cutting and overwriting.
Avoid copying and matching others’ PIQ forms.

Sample PIQ Form Download

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