AFSB is SSB for the Airforce. AFSB stands for Air Force Selection Board and has four selection centers, 1AFSB Dehradun, 2AFSB Mysore, 3AFSB Gandhinagar and 4AFSB Varanasi. In order to get commissioned as an Airforce Officer you have to give your AFSB at one of these centers.
AFSB is basically a board of minimum 3 or more officers who adjudge a candidate for Psychology, GTO (Ground Testing Officer) & IO (Interviewing Officer).
This looks for 15 OLQ (Officer Like Qualities) in a candidate. This complete process takes about 5 days and an additional week or so if a candidate is recommended by the board.
5 Days procedure of AFSB
DAY 1: Screening Test
When you report to the centre you’ll be given documents to fill up and chest numbers allotted for screening test it also covers events like document verification, registration etc. Main events involve Officer’s Intelligence Rating Test (OIRT) and Picture Perception and Description Test (PPDT). OIRT includes Non verbal and Verbal Reasoning. The second test involves writing of a story on one given picture (As in TAT), narrating the same individually and finally a Group Discussion where in the candidates (Between 15 to 20) after hearing each other story are required to discuss and formulate one common story.
DAY 2: Psychological Test
The psychological test is conducted to assess the potential of a candidate in terms of qualities or personality trait that are desired in a potential officer material. This is a written exam consisting of four different tests: Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT); Word Association Test (WAT); Situation Reaction Test (SRT); Self Description Test (SDT). This is considered as an important task of day 2 of the five day testing schedule. Through this test the psychologist is able to read the actual personality of the candidate since they give their responses in terms of their thoughts.
DAY 3: Group Testing Officer (GTO)
It is a series of outdoor tasks, designed to access a candidate’s qualities in a group and how they get involve with each others in a group. The Group discussion and Progressive group task is used by the GTO to reach into a picture of the personalities of candidates and other tasks like Half Group task, Individual obstacles, Inter Group Obstacle Race , Group Lecturette are designed to confirm the earlier findings of the GTO and also to change the assumption about a candidate.
DAY 4: Personal Interview
It is a main key which decides your recommendation in the AFSB Interview, AFSB Interview questions and answers plays vital role in the assessment of the candidate. How to face the IO [Interviewing officer] in the AFSB is the major concern here, one wrong move can tarnish your image and reduce your chances to get recommend.
DAY 5: Conference
On fifth day, only final board conference is conducted and the results are announced by AFSB board officials. In this the candidates face few questions like how was your stay or what did you learn from this.
Flying candidates will go for CPSS and PABT tests.
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