Coast Guard Interview Selection complete procedure (PSB/FSB)

The coast guard interview is conducted in two stages; firstly the candidates are called for the phase one test at Preliminary Selection Board at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Noida. Select the board which is near to your place at the time of filling of the form online.

After generation of the call-up letter, the candidate has to report at the selected centre on time along with all the documents required i.e.we should take two copies of our online applications with pasted recent passport size photographs duly signed by us.
Two set of photo copies of all our original documents.Take the original documents separately.

Real testing begis now, OIR (Officer intelligence test) this is the first test that you will encounter. The test is not the one that you give in the SSB of the army, navy, airforce board. Each candidate will be provided with writing material (writing pad, OMR, rough sheet).

Stage 1- Preliminary Selection of coast guard

The preliminary selection is conducted usually for two days. The first day is the written test, i.e. verbal and non-verbal, followed by PPDT - Picture Perception and Description Test on the next day depending on the number of candidates reported. Next, you will be shown a powerpoint presentation consisting of seven sections. Total of 80 questions is shown on the screen each segment consist of 10 questions, and the last section is composed of 20 questions. So, in total there are 80 questions.
Each question will have five options, and the right answer is to be marked on the OMR sheet within the allotted time.

All the selected candidates will go for next test of stage 1, i.e. PPDT(Picture perception and discussion test)

This test is standard in both the SSB for army and coast guard. Here, a blurred image is shown to the candidates for 30 seconds and the candidate have to write a story for this in 4 minutes. In this, the candidate has to note down basic seven parameters such as Age, Sex, Character, Mood, Past, Present and Future. All the instructions will be given well in advance, pay attention to the command.

Later after this test, the discussion, i.e. the Group discussion were started by dividing the group into 10-15 members, and they have to discuss this image to conclude the best story. This session will be like a fish market, and you should keep yourself cool throughout the process for success.

After this, the candidates were shortlisted from this, and they will get a call from FSB - Final Selection Board at Noida.

This is a 4-day process. The first day is the psychology, second and third day is the group task process with the personal interview on any one day. The 4th day is the conference, i.e. the result. The candidates selected in this are directed to medical checkup and then final merit list.

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