Day-wise Sequence of Activities at ISSB.

  • Arrival Day
  • Candidates report to ISSB by 01:00 PM to 03:30 PM hours
  • Presentation of Tea break.
  • Welcome address.
  • Instructions are given
  • Allotment of chest no.
  • Inbound and out of bound areas are declared.
  • Photo session
  • Allotment of room.
  • Day 1
  • Address by Deputy President.
  • Intelligence tests, including both verbal and non-verbal.
  • Mechanical aptitude test.
  • Declaration of screen out test

(Screened out candidates will not attend the subsequent tests)

  • Personality test.
  • Storey writing (Urdu & English )
  • Day 2
  • Group discussion(Urdu & English)
  • Group Planning on a given problem.
  • Progressive Group Task (PGT)
  • Half Group Task (HGT)
  • Interview
  • Day 3
  • Individual Obstacles (IO)
  • Command Tasks (CT)
  • Mutual Assessment
  • Interview (of remaining candidates)
  • Day 4
  • Assessment conference Announcement of final results and closing address.
  • Some of candidates will be stopped and other may go.

Related Activities

Group Planning
A theoretical exercise that tests your quality to use men, equipment, resources and time effectively. It is conducted for a group followed by discussion.
Interview
The candidate will be interviewed by the concerned assessor in one to one basis. The candidate should be free and frank enough to interact with the interviewer. The interviewer may ask questions relating to the candidate’s exposure to different environment i.e. self, family affairs, educational background etc. He/she may be asked to analyze or interpret some of the national/international issues and hypothetical situations. Candidates are expected to be sincere and honest in their interview and must disclose the facts and figures to the best of his knowledge.
Group Discussion
This is conducted both in Urdu and English on a given topic.

Progressive Group Task (PGT)
This is an outdoor task which consists of few stages of obstacles. These tasks are completed by means of Mental application and co-coordinated physical effort with everyone working within a fixed time. Assigned task involves crossing a defined space without touching the ground by using given helping materials like pole, plank, ropes etc. For female candidates numbers of stages are less than the male candidates.


Half Group Task (HGT )
The group is split into sub-groups and type of work is as given in Progressive Group Task. This task consists of one stage only. Additional time is allotted for female candidates.

Story Writing (Urdu & English)
One story each is to be written in Urdu and English on given topics.

Intelligence and PPDT Tests
These tests are conducted to determine whether a candidate will be retained for rest of the days in ISSB or not.. This is conducted in four phases:
  • Phase I: Nonverbal Intelligence Test
  • Phase II: Verbal Intelligence Test
  • Phase III: Mechanical Aptitude Test
  • Phase IV: Picture Perception and Description Test