Services Selection Board

Candidates in a group task

Services Selection Board (SSB) is an organization that assesses the candidates for becoming officers in the Indian Armed Forces. The board evaluates the suitability of the candidate for becoming an officer using a standardized protocol of evaluation system which constitutes intelligence tests, and personality interviews. The tests consist of oral, practical, and written tasks. An SSB is a panel of assessors, who are officers in the Indian Armed Forces as Psychologists, Group Testing Officers (G.T.O), and Interviewing Officers. The psychologists may or may not be directly coming from the armed forces. In total there are fourteen Service Selection Board centres across India, out of which four boards are for the Indian Army, five boards are for Indian Air Force, and five boards for the Indian Navy. SSB interview is a five-day evaluation process.