Hello, Aspirants, with the passage of time, we are getting great response from you. Your feedbacks matter a lot to us. Meeting several aspirants raised a point of how to tackle the lack of confidence in Personal Interview in SSB. Firstly, what is the significance of confidence in the Armed Forces? Armed forces are made to tackle some non-usual situation. Confident attitude is necessary to handle those situations. Along with this, commanding people under you and coordinating with commanders over you, is a job that needs confidence.
Now, what are the aspects of accessing the confidence of a candidate?
Confidence is proved by analysing three factors:-
- Appearance
- Words
- Actions
Your appearance should be gentle like an officer. We all have met officers. If you recall their behaviour and appearance, they are not stylish, but wear the dress smartly. Similarly, your way of speaking also matters in judging your confidence level. So here we are having some point that candidates must follow to strength up their confidence level in personal interview. Below are some points that a candidate must reside in mind to appear confident in personal interview in SSB.
- Dress smartly – Your dressing sense shows your personal perspective. Be formal in dressing and avoid over fashion. Be gentle and perfect in dressing. It is the first thing that IO observes. Your actions and words are accessed after your dressing.
- Talk less and listen more – Your confidence is inversely proportional to your talking. Being extra frank can create problems. Listen carefully what is being asked, take a short pause and reply clearly. Speak what is necessary for your answer. Avoid spicing your answer. Command your sentences. Low confident candidates speaks more than what is being asked. And this takes them to a trouble.
- Phase-out insecurities – While appearing for personal interview, candidates feel insecure while sitting in front of then IO. Don’t hesitate while answering. He is also a human like you had also faced same stage in his life. Maintain your comfort level and be cool.
- Erect posture and eye contact – Your posture and eye contact are the physical traits of checking confidence. Your posture must be erect while sitting over the chair. And keep a constant eye contact with the IO. He checks it by avoiding you while you are answering. Low confident candidates, either slow down their voice, or starts watching here and there. Avoid this and measure your posture constantly with time. Sometimes candidates sit in a confident way but become loose after time passes. So mind your eye contact and keep your spine erect.
- Speak slowly and clear – Generally, low confident candidates fumble while speaking. This can be perceived by the accessors as ‘block minded behaviour’. To avoid this, have a sufficient gap between your words and answer the question in a limited way.
- It’s not hard to accept “I don’t know” – It happens many times that candidate faces a question that is out of his mind. Some low confident candidates speak out and starts bluffing and then to support that bluff they have to mount a huge heap of lies. Then why making your interview so complex? Go straight and politely say “sorry sir. I don’t know”.
- Don’t reassure your point, give bold example – IO sometimes probes you over a specific topic. A low confident person constantly reassures his point by repeating it. Don’t reassure your point. Give examples and answer clearly.
- Control your emotions – Generally candidates with low confidence shows conflict in mood and emotions. Shivering, vibrating legs, fumbling, etc. are traits of low confidence. Well, it is hard to control them at once. Practice for it. Talk to unknown people in a controlled manner. And your will power will overcome it.
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