INTERVIEW
- How to Go for it?
Now you have two interviews at ISSB. First
one with
Psychologist
on
2nd day
and 2nd one with Deputy President who is the
senior
most
selector...on
3rd
day
Interview has its own tips and
tricks.....Read on and
Succeed
FIRST READ ABOUT INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY
PRESIDENT
1.
Interviews will start on the day you go for Group Tasks (2nd
day). These will be held in the afternoon or evening after
Maghrib Prayer. The interview is 1/3 of your
ISSB. He is the senior most officer of the rank of Lt Col or equivalent.
He does not know what you have done with the GTO or Psych. Because so
far, as per the system at ISSB he is not suppose to know and the system
is such that neither he tries to know nor the system lets him know. So
you should not be under pressure that he knows about your performance.
2.
The papers which you filled at selection centre and the papers you
filled at ISSB, he has studied those in the last 2 days and he has
already formed a picture about you and has prepared a questionnaire for
you. He also has your academic record with him.
3.
Apart from question and
answers, there are certain other things which play a very important role
and I want you should get full mark for these:
a.
Hair Cut:
Neither too small hair nor too long, keep the hair style that suits
your personality. Keep in mind that interview is a formal activity and
hair style should not highly informal.
b.
Shave/Moustaches:
Have fresh shave, one hour before the interview if applicable. If having
moustache, these should give a gentle impression. If keeping beard, it
should be cut as per Islamic norms. Cut the hairs which are visible
inside your nose.
c.
Ladies:
Light makeup, which makes other think that there
is make up or not. Full sleeve dress as per our social or cultural
norms.
d.
Dress:
In order of priority:
·
Lounge suit with shirt and ties suiting your personality in winters and
summers.
·
If lounge-suit not held than pent, shirt, necktie (with coat/blazer in
winters).
·
In both the above cases, shirt should be plain and of light colour and matching
tie. The knot of the tie should be proper suiting your collar style.
Take care that the Tie is not curled or bent towards one side.
·
Good Shalwar Qameez
with waist coat or coat.
·
Dress should be fitting and should not give an impression that it is not
yours.
·
Do not use any perfume etc
e.
Facial Expressions:
Gentleman, pleasing and even happy go lucky type. Enthusiastic and
natural (start practicing now.) maintain confident face if something
totally unexpected question comes up. Make your mind ready for things on
which you get nervous (most candidates get
nervous once questions related to opposite sex and family affairs are
asked).
f.
How to Speak: Be fluent, simple, frank (respectfully), straight forward and truthful.
It will pay you. If you try to hide a truth, your face will say
something else and your speech some thing else. They are highly
experienced and can make out this difference in no time, and if this
happens you are gone.
g.
Local Knowledge:
You must be prepared about things around you, that means. If you do not
know things around you then taken very negatively. The example of things
around U are:
·
A villager boy must be able to tell about various crops seasons, plants
and trees ie, How
the tomato tree looks like? And if he says it is a big tree then only on
this answer “HE IS GONE” because tomatoes
does not grow on trees.
·
A boy living in Islamabad daily goes to Rawalpindi via Peshawar Road. He
is asked “Have you seen a building near Saddar
on which AWT is written. If the candidate says “No sir, I have not seen
that building” that will be taken that he is not bothered about thing
around him. If he says “ Yes I have seen” the
next question will be “what do you know about that building”.
·
So, you should be observant about things around U.
·
Son of a farmer who was selected. He was asked about farming,
cattle, weather and crops. He knew it all.
Pay special attention to the following:
v
What your father do, his appointment, timings, habits, income, what you
like and dislike most about him? Same way about your mother.
v
Classes, subjects and professions of your brothers and sisters.
v
About your school, university and the course you are taking.
v
The place you have visited, details about these.
v
You have come for ISSB, which rivers, cities you crossed.
v
Location of Pakistan, statistics, neighbouring countries.
v
Major issues of Pakistan like terrorism, economic management, political system,
Pak-China Economic Corridor, Operation Zarb e Ghazab etc.
v
Do not support martial law.
v
World map. Paste it on the wall. Now if you face the map, North is
towards your head, South towards you feet, East to
your right and West to
your left. Now take look at Pakistan in the
map, on its right is India that means India is towards east of Pakistan
and see other countries yourself.
v
Namaz,
Dua-e-Qanoot, Kalma’s.
v
Two nation theory, Quaid-e-Azam,Iqbal
(and his few shairs.)
4.
Now we go towards practical interview:
a.
You are sitting and waiting for interview in a room. Chest number 56 has
gone in and next is you.
b.
Take some water, read some Ayah
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي
﴿٢٥﴾
وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي
﴿٢٦﴾
وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن
لِّسَانِي
﴿٢٧﴾
يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي
c.
Have a relook at your dress, see collars and necktie.
d.
You are called in. you reach the door. Now there can be 3 situations:
·
There is a bearer who opens the door for you. Now you have to do nothing
about the door.
·
The bearer is not there:
v
Door is closed:
Open the door gently, get in and close the door gently without making
any noise.
v
Door is already wide open:
Leave the door open and get in.
e.
After getting into the room, take 2-3 step
inside the door, stand straight elegantly and say gently ‘may I come in
sir? (your sound should not be very low or very
high).
f.
Now again two situations:
·
He does not look towards you and is writing some thing: Keep standing
quiet and straight, till he looks up. Once he looks up again say ‘Sir,
may I come in?’
·
He points towards the chair: You move ahead, before sitting on the chair
say ‘Assalam-o-alaikum Sir’. If he forwards
his hand for hand shake then:
v
Keep your left hand close to the body.
v
Extend you right hand and have a slightly forceful hand shake as you are
holding his hand.
v
Do not shake (up and down) your hand.
v
Pull your hand back only once he leaves it.
g.
Sit down in the chair, without dragging it in any direction. Keep your
hands in your lap,
if the chair is with side rests then you may keep your arms on side
rests.
h.
The interviewer will start in a frank and easy manner. You remain
pleasant and frank. Initially most likely he will ask you about your
family, father, mother, the atmosphere in home etc. Give straight
and quick replies.
i.
Now he will come to you (that means questions about u). I will write
about a question answer session held with a university student who was
selected.
·
Why you did not apply last year?
‘Sir, in fact I applied last year and I cleared my initials. At
the same time I had applied for admission in
universities. I received call letter to join the university and at the
same time call letter for ISSB. Although I wanted to join the Army, at
he same time I wanted to see university life as well. I looked towards
my father. He said you have to make a decision. I said I want to join
university for one year and then again apply for commission.’ This is
how I am here now.
·
This means Army was your 2nd choice?
‘No sir, Not at all, it was a desire to see university life. In
university, I also realized, I am meant for the Army. Now I have seen
university life and more convinced to return to my passion’.
·
In university, you must have made many girl friends?
‘As class fellows I had to interact with girls, we have been sitting and
studying in groups but there is no particular friendship’.
·
Not even a single girl friend?
“(very confidently, smilingly) sir, if
there was one I would have told u. In fact I liked group activity at
university”.
·
Ever you went to café with girls?
“Yes sir, I have been going”.
·
Who paid the bill?
“I paid sir”
·
But why you could not make a girl friend?
“Sir I feel it was not he stage or thinking in that way. We all were
enjoying the collective company. In fact I disliked
when I saw
a boy and girl
sitting alone cut off from others”.
·
Who is your favourite personality?
“My father sir”
·
Why?
“Because he remains calm and cool under any circumstances”
·
When he did so? Any example?
“Once we all family members were travelling in our alto car, a dumper
truck suddenly turned, hit our car and I remember dragging of our car
and breaking of widow glasses. The car was about to turn upside down.
Suddenly dumper came to a halt, and car sat on its four wheels. Our
car’s left side doors broke. I saw my father, still very calm and cool
man, looked back and told us to pay thanks to Allah, took the car aside,
took us out from right side doors, gave us water. He was not confused or
angry at all”
·
Where did it happen?
“Near Daewoo Bus Stand, Rawalpindi.
·
Who is your other favourite living personality and why?
“Imran Khan, because he gave Pakistan the
world cup, he led his team like a leader from front. He made the most
modern Cancer Hospital He speaks of value, law and justice”.
·
What mistakes you have committed in your tasks?
“Two mistakes, once I was giving group plan, I was placing my hands on
the model which I was not allowed. In individual obstacles, I thought I
have done all and started repeating. The GTO said you are forgetting
something, than I realized and did the Monkey Bridge”.
·
Do
u tell lies?
“Never sir”
·
It can’t be, some times one has to go little right and left?
“Might be for a while I may hide something to avoid a bad situation,
but still I will tell the right thing, may be after some time”
·
Any recent incidence?
“I wanted to learn car driving. My father told me “first get a
learner car licence” I went to Islamabad Traffic Police Offices and got
the learner. After 6 weeks I went for driving test and failed. They told
me to come after one week. Once my father asked me, I did not tell him
that I have failed. I told him “I will get the licence in next week”. In
evening I told him I have failed”.
·
You went to traffic police offices alone?
“Yes sir, my father makes me to do such things my self”
·
Your father came to drop u at ISSB?
“No sir, he dropped be at Pirwadhai Bus
Stand. I sat in the wagon and came here”
·
Have you ever been to Kohat before?
“No sir, its my first time”
·
How is your general knowledge?
“Not very good sir”
·
Don’t
u get time to listen to news or read news papers?
“Sir, I get sufficient time. It is my fault that I have not paid
much attention”
·
What would you do if you are not selected?
“Sir, Insha Allah I will be
selected”.
·
Very sure?
“Insha Allah
sir”
·
Ok, thank you.
‘Thank you Sir, may I go?’
·
Yes please.
Candidate says ‘Assalam-o-alaikum
and leaves the room.
5. This candidate was selected. His live interview gives u many lessons.
Simple, straight, no conflict between face and
words. No hiding of realities, smiling face, easy atmosphere and
frank. Hew was asked two general knowledge questions which he could not
answer.
Correct answers are always "ready made". If you say one thing wrong then
one is unable to face counter questions. He very plainly accepted that
his general knowledge is week. He did not offer any excuse and accepted
that it is his fault. This live interview must become a helpful guide
for U.
6. Few Question posed to another candidate, apart from normal
introduction Qs:
·
Introduce your self?
·
1/2 is bigger or 2/3?
·
2/4 is bigger or 8/16?
·
3/4
is bigger or 7/8?
·
What is the relationship between velocity and wavelength?
·
An aircraft travels 900 Kms in 18 mins, how much will be covered in 20
mins?
·
Introduce your self?
·
Where is Suez Canal?
·
Where is Panama Canal?
v
To
answer such Questions, Must practice Simple Math Questions and General
knowledge Question at
www.pakone.com
Just Remember One Thing Do anything But never lie , The ones conducting your
interview are professionals , They will find out if you are lying or
trying to be a little too smart , They don't want perfect answers They
want honest answers , you could answer all the question wrong & you may
still qualify your interview , and you may answer everything right &
they may fail you on spot .
Qualifying ISSB is more of a mental than Physical test remember that
when you are going to ISSB , Be confident , Stick to your answers do not
change them just because the person sitting in front of you is staring
at you.
آپ کے ساتھ یہ بھی ہو سکتا ہے کہ جب آپ انٹرویو دینے کے
لئیے کمرے میں داخل ہوں آپ کرنل صاحب کوشدید غصے میں پائیں۰ ایسی صورت میں
وہ آپکو یہ کہ سکتے ہیں۰ واپس جائیں آپ کو کمرے میں آنے کا سلیقہ بھی نہیں
آتا۰ دوبارہ اندر آئیں۰ یا جب آپ بیٹھ چکے ہوں آپ کو کھڑا کرکے دوبارہ
بیٹھنے کا نادر شاہی حکم ملے اور پہلا سوال ہو، گاوں کے رہنے والے ہو؟ اور
اس کے بعد والا ہر سوال بھی غصے والا اور غصہ دلانے والا ہو
ایسی صورت میں نہ آپ کے پاوٗں کے نیچے سےنہ زمین نکلنی چاہئے اور نہ ہی آپ
کے طوطے اڑنے چاہئیں۰ یہ بھی انٹرویو کا ایک طریقہ ہوتا ہے وہ آپ کا ایسی
صورت حال میں رد عمل دیکھنا چاہتے ہیں۰ یقین کریں کرنل صا حب کاآپ کومارنے
کا کوئی ارادہ نہیں ہے اور وہ یہ سب ایک پلان کے تحت کر رہے ہیں ۰آپ بلکل
نارمل رہیں اور تسلی کے ساتھ سوالات کا جواب دیں۰ جواب دیں۰
آج کل یہ نوٹ کیا گیا ہے کہ اکثر امیدوار جنرل نالج میں بہت کمزور ہیں اور
جب تین چار سوالات کا جواب نہیں دے پاتے تو کنفیوز ہو جاتے ہیں۰ایسی صورت
میں آ پ جنرل نالج کی جتنی تیاری کرکے جائیں گے آپ انٹرویو میں کانفیڈنٹ
رہیں گے۰ ہمارے لئے یہ ممکن نہیں ہے کہ جنرل نالج کے تمام سوالات اس کتاب
میں ڈال دیں۰مگر ہماری ویب سائیٹ پر ہر وہ سوال موجود ہے جو آئ ایس ایس بی
میں آتا ہے۰یقین کریں کچھ امیدواروں کو یہ بھی پتہ نہیں ہوتا کہ جی ٹی روڈ
کہاں ہے یا اس کے والد صاحب کیا کام کرتے ہیں(ہوسکتا ہے آپ بھی ان میں شامل
ہوں)۰ اب آپ خود بتائیں ایسے امیدوار کو کامیابی کا ہار پہنانا چاہئے یا
جوتے مارنے چاہئیں!!
جب آپ آئ ایس ایس بی سے واپس آئیں تو جو سوال آپ کو
انٹرویو میں آئیں ہمیں أیس أیم أیس کریں