1. 1st Day Lecture

2. ISSB Introduction
Inter Services Selection Board(ISSB)is that institution which hold test and interview and recommend candidates for the official post in the three forces (Army,Navy,Airforce).Final selection for training is based on merit and number of posts. The offices of ISSB are at Kohat Cantt, Gujranwala Cantt, and Malir Cantt.ISSB is a recommendation board instead of selecting authority, which provides its recommendations about any candidate to the three forces. Any candidate who has not been recommended by ISSB can never be called for training.

3. Selection Criteria

4. Eligibility Conditions
Gender: Male.
Marital Status: Unmarried (Married serving personnel of the Armed Forces over 20 years of age are eligible).
Nationality : Citizens of Pakistan and domicile holders of Azad Kashmir / Gilgit-Baltistan. Upon final selection candidates with dual nationality will have to surrender nationalities other than Pakistani.
Physical Standards:
(1) Minimum Height- 5’- 4“ (162.5 cm).
(2) Weight As per the Body Mass Index.

5. Education: (a) Minimum 60 % marks in FA/FSc and equivalent.
(b) Candidates who have passed Part-1 of Intermediate Examination with
minimum 60% marks and have appeared/appearing in Supplementary of Part
II/Final Examination can also apply on “Hope Certificate” by the Head of the
institutions. 
(c) A level candidates with 3Cs (aggregate 60% marks) are eligible without
seeking equivalence certificate as applicable in case of FA / FSc.
(d) Relaxation of Marks - FA / FSc. Minimum 55 percent marks for the candidates
with domicile Balolchistan, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, District Kohistan, Chitral, Dir,
Tehsil Bala Kot (Kaghan, Naran) of District Mansehra in KPK, Tharparker and
Tehsil Umer Kot in Sind, District Rajanpur, Area of Cholistan Desert, Drawer Fort,
Salamsar, Mojgarh and Dingarh of Punjab, who have been actually studying in
same areas.

6. Ineligibility Conditions
a. "Not Recommended" twice by ISSB/GHQ Selection & Review Board.
b..Declared medically unfit by Military Hospital/ Appeal Medical Board.
c. Enrolled cadets and recruits withdrawn/dismissed/discharged from Armed Forces (Army, Navy & Air Force) training academies/institutions on the grounds of discipline, character, medical, inefficiency, weak profile, or declared unsuitable.
d. An individual dismissed/removed from any other government service.
e. Convicted by a Court of Law for an offence involving moral turpitude.

7. 1) Reporting day 2) First day 3) Second day 4) Third day 5) Fourth day
There is a four day selection programmed arranged at ISSB.Which is as follow:
1) Reporting day
2) First day
3) Second day
4) Third day
5) Fourth day

8. Reporting Day
The candidate whom call letter are sent, are to report at ISSB.There are
reasonable arrangements for taking them from the station or the bus
stands to ISSB, their documents are rechecked. They are allotted
individual chest number and they are photographed with those chest
numbers. They are directed about residence and other essentials for
example edibles. In the evening various forms are got filled by them. In
those forms basic information for example their father’s name, residential
address, particular about their siblings, how they reached the ISSB and
many other information are asked. In one of the forms some unforgettable
incident is also got written.
So, reporting day consist of following schedule:
i) Reception
ii) Documents checking
iii) Allotment of chest number
iv) Candidates are photographed
v) Completion of forms
vi) Writing of unforgettable incident

9. 1st Day First day is also called Psychologist’s Day. On
this day basic test starts. These tests consist
of :
Intelligence tests
And
Personality tests

10. Intelligence tests includes
a) Verbal tests
b) Non verbal tests

11. Verbal intelligence tests includes:
Analogy tests
Alphabetical problems
Letter series
Word building
Word formation
Jumbled words
Coding and decoding
Word relationship
Discrimination (to find the odd one)
Intellectual functions
(Alphabetical arrangement)
Arithmetical number series
Arithmetical problems
Arithmetical reasoning
(puzzles)
Problem solving
Direction analysis
Judgment
Ideas and symbol relationship

12. Non verbal tests includes
Analogies
Classification
Series
Pattern completion
Mechanical aptitude tests

13. Personality tests includes
Self description
Sentence completion test
Word association test (WAT)
Story writing test or
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Story completion test

14. 2nd Day a) Group discussions b) Group planning
Second day is called GTO’S day or Group Testing
Officer Day. All the candidates are divided into small
groups. Each group is overlooked and observed by
Group Testing Officer. Schedule of 2nd day is as
follows:
a) Group discussions
b) Group planning
c) Progressive group task
d) Semi or half group task
e) Interview

15. 3rd Day Third day is also called GTO’s day.On the
third day remaining group task and individual
obstacles are arranged. Schedule of third day
is as follows:
a) Individual obstacles
b) Command task
c) Final group task
d) Mutual assessment

16. 4th Day On this no test is held but the selectors hold
conference so that the able candidates are
finally selected. Schedule for fourth day is as
follows:
a) Conference
b) Re-interview (if required)
c) Payment of TA/DA
d) Departure

17. THE END