CDS SSB Interview Process

CDS SSB Interview

UPSC successfully conducted the Combined Defence Forces (CDS) 2 2023 written exam on 03rd September 2023. Lakhs of aspirants have appeared for the exam and . UPSC had released the CDS 2 2023 written exam result as well. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) prepares a list of candidates who achieve the minimum qualifying marks in the written exam. Those candidates whose names are there on this merit list are then invited to participate in the CDS SSB Interview, which includes assessments of intelligence and personality.

CDS SSB Interview Summary

CDS SSB Interview Date 2023

UPSC CDS 2 2023 exam was held on 03rd September 2023. The exam was completed in three shifts. Our experts, after analyzing all the subjects of CDS 2 2023, have reached a conclusion about the estimated cutoff of the examination. Now as the results are declared, candidates should spare no time to start the preparation for SSB. Students who couldn’t clear this time, no worries, CDS 1 2024 notification will be out soon. If you haven’t cleared, don’t lose hopes but prepare with double dedication for CDS 1 2024. Keep in mind the golden rule: “The earlier you start here, the higher you score there.”

CDS SSB Interview Process

Each year, lakhs of students appear for this examination and only around 10000 students are shortlisted for the SSB interview. CDS exam consists of 3 sections, viz. General Knowledge, English, and Numerical Ability. Further, the overall cutoff is quite high after the SSB, so it’s always better to score higher in the written exam. So the candidates who are scoring less than the given marks need to prepare harder for the CDS 1 2024.

CDS SSB Interview Process

The Union Public Service Commission shall prepare a list of candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination as fixed by the Commission in their discretion.

CDS SSB Interview 2023 involves 2 stages:

Candidates who will be declared successful in the written exam will be called for intelligence and personality test at the Service Selection Board based on their preference by the respective service HQ.

• Stage 1 consists of officer intelligence rating, picture perception, and description test.
• Stage 2 involves a psychology test, interview, group testing officer task, and conference.

Candidates who qualify in the written examination and given their first choice as Army (IMA/OTA) are required to register themselves on the recruiting directorate website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in in order to enable them to receive call up information for SSB Interview. Those candidates who have already registered on the recruiting directorate website are advised not to register again.

CDS OTA Selection Process 2023

CDS OTA SSB Interview 2023 involves 2 stages:

• Stage 1 consists of officer intelligence rating, picture perception, and description test.
• Stage 2 involves a psychology test, interview, group testing officer task, and conference.

CDS SSB Interview Process 2023

SSB Interview is five days long procedure that includes two stages of testing as stage I & stage II. This procedure will be organized at the SSB Centers (designated by SSB).

Stage 1 is a screening test that consists of Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests and Picture Perception & Description Test (PP & DT), whereas Stage II consists of Psychology Tests, Group Testing Officer (GTO) Tasks, Interview& Conference. SSB Interview also includes Intelligence & Personality Test.

Here, we have updated the complete details about SSB Interview which includes updates for the SSB exam, SSB online procedure.

CDS SSB Interview Day 1 – Screening Test

• Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR)
• Picture Perception & Description Test (PP & DT)

CDS SSB Interview Day 2 – Psychology Tests

This test of the SSB Interview is viewed as generally precarious to break as it is assessed by logical techniques by the SSB assessors. Psychological test in the SSB Interview consists of the following series:

• Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
• Word Association Test (WAT)
• Situation Reaction Test (SRT)
• Self Description Test (SDT)

CDS SSB Interview Day 3 & 4 – Group Testing (GTO Tasks)

GTO consists of the following group exercises:

• Group Discussion
• Group Planning Exercise
• Progressive Group Tasks (PGT)
• Half Group Tasks
• Individual Obstacles
• Group Obstacles Race or Snake Race
• Command Task
• Lecturette
• Final Group Task

CDS SSB Interview Day 5 – Conference

After completion of all the tasks, the result is announced on the last day of the SSB Interview procedure and the selected candidates undergo the medical examination and then after a few months, a final merit list of the recommended candidates is announced.

CDS SSB Interview Dates

UPSC will announce the CDS SSB Interview Dates soon. Qualified students will be called for SSB process. The dates of SSB and the admit card for the same will be available on the official website for which we will update you soon.

CDS 2 2023 Final Merit List

Once the SSB Interviews are over for all the candidates, UPSC will prepare the final merit list of students who will be sent to the Indian Military Academy (Dehradun), Indian Naval Academy (Goa), Air Force Academy (Hyderabad) and Officer Training Academy (Chennai). Candidates needs to clear both cut off individually in order to be in the final merit list.