SSB Personal Interview Code of conduct

SSB Interview: Preparation Advice & Exhaustive Question List

As we all know, there is an Interview conducted in the 2nd phase of SSB. The purpose of this test is to have a **one-to-one and face-to-face direct interaction** with the candidates.

Interview Advice from an SSB Qualified Person

Here are a few pieces of advice for all those who are yet to give this interview from an SSB qualified person. Try incorporating them in your preparation:

• Attire & Entry: Be in your best possible formal attire, shaved, well-groomed and go with ironed clothes. Avoid wearing any watches or religious symbols. Before entering the room ask the interviewer to come in. Greet him/her with a smile. First let him tell you to sit and then sit comfortably.
• Posture & Focus: Maintain a smart posture, sit erect. Hand on thighs. Neck relaxed but alert and a gentle smile on face. Pay attention to the current question being asked. Don't bother or keep thinking about previous questions or answers.
• Knowledge Base: Be well aware of at least 5 national and international events currently in news. Read them in a little depth. Make your opinion on them. Read everything about your place/state of residence and also about the p/s of your SSB. Famous tourist spots, current portfolio holders, major medical or academic institutions of such places.
• Honesty & Self-Awareness: Be honest in your answers. Don't try manipulation or dodging of questions. They are well trained to catch your lies. Have good self-awareness. Get to know more about your close friends, relatives, favorite teachers and colleagues—their qualities you like and dislike.
• Defence & Gaps: Read more and more about defence. Having a good defence awareness projects your sense of motivation. If you don't know the answer to one or multiple questions just say "Sir I don't know, I will read about it." Don't guess or shoot random answers.
• Conduct & Diplomacy: Don't give offending or extreme remarks over religion or politics questions in the interview. Try being to the point and be diplomatic. Don't look at the clock in the room or don't get diverted if the interviewer seems not interested in you. Avoid getting into a debate. Be polite, admit the difference of opinion and move on.
• Final Impression: Be lively, alert, confident and smart. Maintain a high level of energy till the end of the interview. If the interviewer asks, whether you have any question, go ahead if you have any genuine question. If not, say "No sir, no questions."

So these were some suggestions/advices on how to give your best in SSB interview. We hope you perform well and be a part of Armed Forces soon.

Common Interview Questions (Exhaustive List)

QUESTIONS RELATED TO NAME

• What is your name?
• What is the meaning of your name/surname?
• Who named you? Are you happy with your name?
• Can you name some famous personality of your name? (Prepare more about them)
• Do you justify your name?
• What is the meaning of other member’s names in your family?

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN/VILLAGE/DISTRICT/STATE

• Tell me something about the place you belong to? Why is it famous? Any famous personality who come from there?
• What should be done to improve your city/village? What are the challenges before your state?
• Who is your village head / major of your city / MLA / MP / Chief Minister / Governor?
• Number of seats in the Legislative Assembly, Lok Sabha constituency, and Rajya Sabha from your state?
• What is the location of your village/city with respect to your state and India? What are its coordinates?
• What is the distance of your village/city from district headquarters? How far is the state capital?
• Why your district/state was recently in news?
• What is the condition of education/how many educational institutions are there in your area?
• What are the famous tourist destinations/historical aspects in your village/city/district/state?
• How many places have you visited at least nearby? (If you haven’t visited, it will leave a bad impression)
• How will you compare your district with other developed cities?
• If given a chance what would you like to change in your city/village (Geographical, economical, agricultural, tourism, traffic etc.)?
• If you are made the Chief Minister of your state? What will you do?
• Tell me some famous things, places, cuisines which come from your place of residence.

CHECKING EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT

• What makes you happy/sad?
• Best/ worst moment of your life.

QUESTIONS ABOUT FAMILY

• How many members are there? Since when are you living at the same place?
• Describe your relationship with each member. You are closer to whom and why? Whom you admire?
• Compare yourself with any of your brother/s or sister/s.
• Occupation of working members. If working, what is your job profile, salary etc.
• How are your parents utilizing their income and are you satisfied with that?
• What have you learnt from your father and mother? Who is closer to you?
• What is your contribution in family works?
• Whom do you tell your secrets? Friends, Parents or Sister/Brother?
• Who do you not like in your family and why?
• 3 things you do not like in your father/ mother/ brother.
• How your parents/siblings will describe you. Last time your parents scolded you.

QUESTIONS ABOUT FRIENDS

• How many friends do you have? Why are these people your friends? Who is your best friend?
• Describe your best friend. Compare him with you (appearance, thinking, hobbies etc.).
• What all you like in your best friend and what all he likes in you?
• Tell me 3 things you like and dislike in him/them.
• How do you spend time with your friends? What type of friends you like/do not like?
• What are their ways of living life? What do they want to achieve in life?
• Tell a few instances where you/your friends helped each other.
• How many friends have you made here (at the SSB center)?

QUESTIONS ON YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• How was your school life? Any memories you remember and would like to share?
• Why you did not score well enough in 12th as you scored in 10th? Why is there fluctuation in marks?
• Why your percentage in a particular subject is not good?
• Have you ever failed in any examination? If yes, then which one and details?
• Who is your favourite teacher/lecturer and whom you don’t like? Give reasons.
• Which subject do you like the most and which you don’t like and why?
• Your marks from 8th -12th (Marks of any subject can be asked).
• What responsibilities you held in school.
• Describe the type of schools you have studied in (No. of classrooms, strength of students, campus size, etc.).

QUESTIONS ON HOBBIES, INTERESTS & CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• What is your hobby? Why have you chosen this hobby? For how long are you pursuing this?
• What are the sources of knowledge of your hobbies? How have your hobbies affected your lifestyle?
• Any achievement you obtained in your activities related to your hobbies?
• Why did you change the childhood hobby to this (recent) one?
• What types of news channels, TV shows you see and which periodicals you used to read and why?
• Why did you join N.C.C. / N.S.S.? What do you achieve by joining that activity?
• In how many activities have you participated so far and tell me about your achievements.
• Tell me about those activities in which you have failed and why?
• Have you ever compromised your studies for extra-curricular activities and how did you manage both efficiently?

QUESTIONS ON GAMES AND SPORTS

• Which games do you like and why? Indoor or outdoor, and why?
• What is your position in the team (member or captain)?
• Depth of knowledge in the Games (playground/court sizes, rules, recent world records).
• Which player do you like most and why?
• What have you learnt from sports and games?
• What's the difference between fast bowling and Pace bowling?

LEADERSHIP, REASONING & ORGANIZING ABILITY CHECKS

• **Leadership/Organizing:** If you are going on an industrial visit and your coordinator meets with an accident, how will you arrange the tour and make it successful?
• **Organizing:** How would you organize a football match /hike/cycle race/ local festival /trek/swimming competition?
• **Reasoning:** Why do you want to join armed forces? Why? Why and Why?
• **Courage:** Your greatest fear?

QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Give 5 current national and international political/sports news.
• Tell me 3 or 5 National/International News of past 1/2/3/5/6 months/1 year.
• Some international matters, international organizations, their working procedure and a good knowledge of your specialized subject.

QUESTIONS RELATED TO PRESENT SSB ATTEMPT

• Have you ever come before to the SSB centre previously?
• Rate your performance in all the tasks (GTO & Psych). What better you could have done in GTO tasks?
• Compare your SSB performance this time vs last time? What mistakes did you rectify?
• You were merit out last time, what reasons you could evaluate?

STRENGTH, WEAKNESS & SELF-AWARENESS

• Explain yourself in the shortest possible way.
• Tell me your 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses. What are you doing to improve them?
• What are you afraid of?

INTEREST IN THE ARMED FORCES

• Why do you want to join the defence forces? Who motivated you?
• How will you compare the Armed Forces with other government and private jobs?
• Tell me about Indian Army/Navy/Air Force (Days, Operations, PVC holders, Training at NDA etc.).
• If you got rejected this time, what other plans do you have for your career?
• If somebody from your family is in defence, what are the details about it?
• If you were given a chance to serve as an IIT/IAS officer or an Armed Forces Officer, what will you choose and why?
• What are the Arms and regiments of the Indian army? In which regiment would you like to get commissioned? Why?

FUTURE PLANS & ALTERNATE CAREER

• What are your future plans? If not defence, other options?
• If you couldn’t not make it this time, then what will you do?
• Where do you see yourself after 10 years in the Armed Forces?

PREPARATION FOR SSB INTERVIEW

• How have you prepared for your SSB? (Reading books, watching YouTube, coaching - be specific about what you learned).
• Do you think you have officers like qualities? What do you think are the top most qualities an officer should have?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & ESTIMATION

• Name of all North-Eastern States? Capital of specific state? Location of union territories and its capitals?
• Prime Minister and President of neighboring countries, important countries and country in news?
• **Estimation:** Dimension of the wall (in feet/meters/cms). To paint this wall, how much paint will be required?
• What is more 1 kg or 1 litre? Height covered in climbing up to 1st floor from ground floor?

CHECKING YOUR CHARACTER AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Do you smoke or drink? Have you ever taken any substance like this?
• Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? Why you do not have one?
• What is your pocket money/salary and how do you spend it?
• What are the mischiefs that you have done during your school or college time? Tell me 5 incidents when you lied to your parents.
• What is your belief of marriage? (Love/Arranged).
• What are the bad habits you have?

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS (Based on your background)

• Basic Network questions, Basic physics laws.
• Explain me Pythagoras theorem as if I am an 8-year old child.
• When and where is integration and differentiation used in day to day life?
• What generation technology do the current mobiles use? What is the difference between 3g and 4g technologies?
• How does a fan regulator work? State the laws of thermodynamics.
• Why is LPG used in car? How does it work? What is meant by CC of an engine?