The quality of Liveliness

To gain the trust and confidence of the subordinates an officer has to be lively. The group needs attraction of liveliness a gloomy, clumsy, dull leader often fails to impress his subordinates. At every stage, all throughout the service an officer needs to maintain this liveliness because followers definitely look up to the officer and gather their motivation. This is tested in a candidate all throughout the interview process that he undergoes for five days at the center.

The quality of Human Understanding:

Stepping into the shoes of another person and knowing what it is to be at his position is what is human understanding is and an officer most often has to showcase this quality while giving orders. An officer can reach to the excellence of leadership if he has this quality in him. Human understanding is an essential feature of a human which he has in him by the very fact that he is a human being and having this quality doesn’t need any special quality. The interview board sits there to examine how good a human being the candidate is, and whether he fakes being a good person and having that understanding.

The quality of Delegation of Responsibility

A leader is not expected to handle all the responsibilities by him and often needs to hand over the responsibilities to others. He may not even get enough time to do all by himself hence he has to delegate the responsibilities to other capable subordinates. This feature is vital for an officer to be a successful leader. This does not mean he has to delegate all his responsibilities but it has to be done to an extent. It is but obvious that a candidate is tested for this quality in him during various activities and tasks given to him by the SSB board while conducting an interview.

The quality of Integrity and loyalty

Not only the officers in Indian Army, Indian Navy or Indian Air Force need to showcase these qualities but all the officers or servants of a government of India or also the employees of any private organization need to have a quality of integrity and loyalty. This is a basic quality a worker has to have towards the organization or owner he is working for.  An officer is expected to be loyal, faithful so that he can protect this country and the countrymen living here, to make them feel safe and secure. Various tests like Psychological Tests bring out a true character of a candidate and can be judged for loyalty and integrity even if he tries to fake his personality.