Thursday, August 29, 2013

BHOPAL SSB EXPERIENCE

hello friends,,
I am now sharing my last ssb visit to bhopal which I believe will be helpful to you guys.
The time of reporting at the bhopal ssb may differ from 6:00 am morning to 1:00 pm afternoon.mine was the morning reporting.For morning batch no travelling facility is provided and you have to report at the selection centre gate only.
when the time of reporting is reached, a JCO came to address all the candidates. From that moment the procedures begins.The first thing is documentation. All candidates must stick to the instruction given in the call up letters. i.e  the document you should carry to the selection centre and also the eligibility  of the course for which you are applying to. There is no assumption at all and they follow the pre determined instruction. I was there for the technical entry. The documentation took about 2 hours after which about 12-15 candidates were sent back either due to ineligibility or for not having the complete documents.After documentation we were  101 candidates. After documentation each candidate is given a first stage chest number in the addressing hall and at the same time candidate has to fill for the TA forms and a PIQ (personal Information Questionnaire). after filling up all the forms we were given a series of two test. The two test were the test of intelligence. The time for each test was 30 minutes having 60 questions. this test is one of the test of
screening procedure or also called first stage testing.After this the candidates  were grouped  into groups of 18. after forming the group each group were taken to the testing hall where the hazy picture  was shown to us and we were told to write a story on it. after this candidates of each group were taken to the discussion room where 4 GTOs were waiting for us. there we were allowed to sit in a semicircle where at first each of us was given 1 minute to narrate our story and as soon as each member was finished with his story, the discussion began. Our discussion was less of discussion and more of chaos like always happen in stage 1 discussion. Candidates should remain calm and listen to every one's point and share his own as well.
When all groups were finished with their screening process the candidates were  sent to the dinning hall for lunch.
after lunch, the result was declared around 2:00 pm. 47 candidates out of 101 were recommended for stage 2 testing.after the declaration of result the selected candidates were again taken to the testing hall where a new chest number were allotted to each candidate. And at the same time a two set of PIQ were given to be filled. By the time all these procedures finished , we were too exhausted and were looking for the bed. after this we were sent to the dinning hall for dinner.
next day was the day for psychological test.The test began at 6:00 clock with the thematic apperception test in which series of 11 pictures were shown to write a story around it. The test was followed by Word Association Test in which 60 words were shown for 15 seconds each to write a sentence on it. WAT was followed by the  Situation  Reaction Test and after that  SElf Description test. The psychological test was over by 11:00 am and we were free except those who were sheduled for the interview on that day. The interview started from the second day itself with 10 to 12 interview per day. Mine interview was on same day around 2:00 pm.  which last for about 45 minutes and i was free after that. we were allowed to go for Bhopal visit between 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Next day was scheduled for the GTO testing and we were told to report at the ground at 6:00 am that day and our JCO took us to the testing ground where we could see the wooden structure spread all along the ground.
The GTO testing began with the Group Discussion  followed by Military Group Planning.
Once the two test was over we were taken to the ground for the Progressive Group Task and then the Half Group Task and after that the most interesting task The Snake Race and lastly the Individual Lectures and by this the first day of GTO testing was over by 12:00 pm. After this, those who were scheduled for the interview were sent to the interviewing building of 22ssb and all others were free to go outside or to use the antique room or cafe etc..
Next day again we assembled at the ground at 6:00 am and again taken to the ground to complete our GTO testing.
the test today were the Individual Obstacle , command task and finally the final group task.
and by this the whole selection process was over and we were left with the conference and the result to be announced on next day. Next day we assembled against the testing hall at 6:00 and at around 7:00 we were taken to the roof where we were addressed by a senior officer in order to clarify any doubts which was not the part of the selection procedures and candidates were allowed to ask any of their doubts but only related to the selection process.
After this we were waiting for our turn to get into the conference room where each were called for 2-3 minutes. the conference was over by 11:00 am  and we were waiting for the result.
the result was announced around 2:00 pm in which 2 candidates were recommended for the medical examination. and i was one of those unlucky candidates who were now packing to return to the house.
And with all the greetings of friends and a hope for next time, we were back.\
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