What will happen on Day 1 during SSB l How to prepare for Screening and screened in on first day at SSB

I will tell you how to prepare for each and every process and What will happen at SSB centers during all the days.

I will divide this part based on days.

Day – I

      The Day – I consist of OIRT and PPDT.  OIRT stands for – Officer Intelligence Rating Test and  PPDT.
OIRT is nothing but the reasoning questions.  These consists of portions such as verbal and non verbal reasoning.  They syllabus is as follows:-

Verbal Reasoning and
Non Verbal Reasoning.
Syllabus covered under Verbal Reasoning:-
Analogy and Classification.
Coding - Decoding.
Number Series.
Blood Relations.
Direction problem.
Seating Arrangement.
Puzzle problem.
Basic mathematical aptitude.

Syllabus covered under Non-Verbal Reasoning:-
Analogy and Classification of figures.
Complete and Incomplete Pattern of figures
Cubes and Dice
Venn Diagram (simple one).

The candidates need no extra preparation to face this .  If you prepared well for the bank exams, college level placement exams then you will tackle this easily.

The score in the OIRT is important since, they consider this mark only while putting the all India merit list for the training academies. 

Also note that the mark at the OIRT is not a reason for the rejection in the screening day.  The selection and rejection of candidates on the screening day is purely based on the PPDT only. (since its not that much possible to correct all the answer papers of the candidates at the first day itself.)
So if you are good in reasoning part then focus your preparation for the first day on the PPDT part.

PPDT
     This is a projection test in which a hazy or unclear picture is shown to the candidates where the candidates are expected to write a story.  In this the candidate has to note down seven parameters such as age, sex, character, mood (+/-), past (what led to the situation), present (what is happening in the situation), future (result of the story).

     In this the age, sex of the hero chosen for the story should be similar to the candidate.  The character/mood chosen by the candidate should be optimistic and constructive.  Also the candidate also note down as what is happening in the situation, what might led to this situation and the result of the situation.  Also if you found any problem in the story or problem like situation try to find the solution for the problem at the end of the story.  Else if you don’t find any problem in the story, then imagine a problem (the problem could be able to solved by the hero) for the situation.  Also note that the hero should not be a cause for the problem.

     Also there is another way of preparation for this and it results the best at screening day.  Also it is very much useful for the TAT – Thematic Appreciation on Psychology.  i.e. Natural preparation using our environment itself.

     It is real life natural preparation.  Take a pen and notebook and a wrist watch.  Sit in a place such as balcony of your home or your friends home, play ground, stadium, class rooms, library, etc. (where situation is pleasant, peaceful, good for you and comfortable) where you can see a group of crowded people doing different works.  In that note down the persons who are similar to your age and doing various work, jobs.  By noting down their character, moods start to write the story within 3 minutes.  Then analyze your story by self that

i) Whether the story is positive.
ii) Whether the hero chosen by you is same age and sex of you
iii)Whether the story has three parts such as past, present and future.
iv) Whether the story has a problem (hero is not the cause for the problem) and at the end check whether the hero solves the problem.
v) Whether the story is acceptable and natural.

These are about story writing part of screening day1. 

Then next is the description part of G.D which is the main criteria which decides whether the candidate is screened in or screened out.  Since in first day it is said that it’s not possible to correct our OIRT papers within that short time.  So the screening is mainly based on the individual narration and discussion of the candidates in the group after this.  So practice well for this situation to cross this hurdle.

The candidates are advised to sit semicircle in a row based on their chest numbers before the officers such as the president, the psychologist and the GTO.  Here the candidate has to narrate their own individual story to the group one by one based on their chest numbers.  After narrating the story, they have to discuss among themselves to choose the best story and come to a common conclusion.  After this the candidates will wait to get their screening results.

The preparations for PPDT narration are as follows:-

As I said earlier, after writing the model stories by seeing various real life characters of same age, try to narrate your story to your friend or group of friends in English with out stammering.  If you do so, you will get confidence and fluency in your narration.  You could able to narrate what you are thinking in your mind.  So this is the best way of preparation for narration.  If you narrate the story before the group without stammering then you crossed 50% of your hurdle for the first day.

Then the second important thing is group discussion about the story.  This starts after the individual narration.  Each candidate tries to give their points so that they want to justify that their stories are the best.  In this we have to give our points crisply to the group and make them to accept our point.  This part carries the remaining 50% of your hurdle for the first day of the screening.

Tips to crack the G.D on the first day :-

i) During and after the individual narration i.e. while in G.D never look at the officers.
ii) Maintain the proper body language i.e. don’t insert your legs inside the chair.  Sit in a perfect interviewing position.
iii) Don’t argue with any body during the discussion.  Give chances for all.
iv) Give chances to the weak people.
v)  Try to give the strong points of your story at time when you get the chance.
In case if you don’t get time to talk, just interrupt them by saying words such as”excuse me gentlemen I have some thing to say”.
Try to talk at least 3 to 5 times in the discussion.
vi) Listen to others keenly when they talk in the discussion.
vii)               Also after finishing the discussion while coming back from your seat walk confidently with smiling face along with upraised chest and shoulder.

If you follow the above things, surely you will get in on the first day.