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ISSB Test Selection
System
Aim of Inter Services
Selection Board is to select potential officers for the defence forces of
Pakistan who have
the requisite
capabilities to successfully complete their course of training at the military
academies and also
possess physical,
mental, social and dynamic qualities to make successful leaders during peace
and war.
Inter Services
Selection Board caters for selection of candidates for training as potential
officers for all the
three services of
Pakistan. Services Headquarters, however, plan the total number of candidates
to be
tested/inducted in
various courses as per their overall requirement/schedule.
The selection
technique followed by the ISSB is three dimensional. All candidates appearing
before the ISSB are to take three different types of tests, i.e, psych tests,
GTO tests and Interview.
The Psychologist
Officers, Group Testing Officers and the Deputy Presidents, who are specialists
in their respective fields, administer these tests.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
These tests include
intelligence and personality tests and are held on the morning of the first
day.
Intelligence Tests.
These are of two main
types; verbal and non verbal. Candidates who fail to come up to the minimum
standards are screened out. They are allowed to proceed back to their homes
after the test on the first day.
Mechanical Aptitude
Test.
It is designed to
assess candidates' basic mechanical sense.
Personality Tests.
These are written
tests of analytical/ projective type. Responses provide indication.
OUT DOOR TESTS
Out Door Tests
Group Tests. In group
tests the candidates are put through a number of standardized situations to
find out the degree of officer like qualities in a candidate i.e., team spirit,
initiative, resourcefulness etc, and whether the candidate’s personality fits him
for a practical role that an officer has to play in the Armed Forces. For these
tests, the candidates are divided into groups. The tests include:-
Group Discussion.
Informal discussions
are conducted in a group on given subjects.
Group Planning.
A group plan for a
given problem on the model is to be evolved.
Group Tasks.
Three group tasks are
conducted in which candidates are presented practical situation and
left to solve these.
Normally these comprise obstacles over which the group is required to carry
objects of sufficient bulk and weight.
Command Tasks.
Each candidate is in
turn appointed the commander of the group and given a practical task
requiring several
men.
Individual Obstacles.
Simple obstacles
which a candidate is required to tackle.
INTERVIEWS
Interviewer assesses
the candidates in an informal and objective manner. The questions would mainly
pertain to the candidate's life, academics, awareness and general aspects
requiring the candidates' views.
TESTING PROGRAMME
Arrival Day
Reception
Checking of Documents
Allotment of ID /
Chest numbers
Photographs
Administration
Staff’s address
Completion of Board
Questionnaires
1st Day
Opening Address by a
Deputy President.
Intelligence Tests
Announcement of
screening out result
Remaining
Psychological Tests
(Screened out
Candidates will not attend the subsequent tests)
2nd Day
Briefing
Indoor Tasks
Group Discussion
Group Planning
Outdoor Tasks
Progressive Group
Task (PGT)
Half Group Task (HGT)
Interviews
3rd Day
Individual Obstacles.
Command Task
Final Group Task
(FGT)
Interviews
(leftovers)
4th Day
Conferences
Preparation of all
the results
Dispersal of
candidates
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