Difference Between SSB and AFSB Interview? Everything you need to know

Difference Between AFSB and SSB Interview?

Candidates are often confused about the difference between the AFSB Interview and the SSB Interview. In this Article we are going to discuss the points of difference in the AFSB and SSB Interview.

Defence Aspirants who want to become Officers in the Indian Armed Forces have to pass several stages of the Selection Process to finally achieve their goal of serving as Officers in the Armed Forces. After clearing the Written Examination, Candidates face the 5-day Interview Process in which they have to get recommend from the board to become Officer in the Indian Armed Forces. Examinations like NDA, CDS, TES, and TA recruit candidates at the Officer Level in the Indian Army. The Interview for the Indian Army is known as the SSB Interview. On the Other Hand, For the Selection of Officers in the Indian Air Force, an AFSB Interview is conducted.

Candidates are often confused about the difference between the AFSB Interview and the SSB Interview. In this Article we are going to discuss the points of difference in the AFSB and SSB Interview.

	SSB Interview	AFSB Interview
Full Form	Service Selection Board	Air Force Selection Board
Age Limit	16.5 to 24	20 to 26
Armed Forces	Indian Army	Indian Air Force
Type of entry	NDA, CDS, TES, TA, JAG	AFCAT
Centers	Allahabad, Bangalore, Kapurthala, Bhopal	Dehradun, Varanasi, Gandhinagar, Mysore, Guwahati
Board Selection and Date	The center will be allocated by the Board of selection and date of Interview will be selected by the Candidate.	Candidates can choose their own AFSB Center and AFSB dates for the interview process.
Reporting time and day	Candidates are called at 2:30 PM one day prior to the Reporting day.	Candidates are called at 6:00 Am on the same day of the Interview.
Screening Test	Screening test is conducted next day to the reporting day	Screening Test is conducted on the same day of Reporting day
No. of days	5 Days Excluding Medical Test	6 Days Excluding Medical Test and including PABT test
Selection Process	The Selection Process contains Screening Test ( OIR Test & PPDT), GTO ( 9 Tasks) , Psychology tests, Personal Interview, Conference.	The Selection Process contains Screening Test ( OIR Test & PPDT), GTO ( 9 Tasks) , Psychology tests, Personal Interview, Conference.
Individual Obstacles	The Individual Obstacles are same in both SSB and AFSB.	The Individual Obstacles are same in both SSB and AFSB. IO that are only part of AFSB are:- Monkey Crawl, Parallel Beam, jumping across the screen, Passing through the Tyre

For the Indian Navy, SSB Interview is known as PSB Interview. The whole procedure is same as that of SSB interview. The NSB Coimbatore, NSB Vishakhapatnam, SSB Kolkata, SCS, Karnataka, SCC Uttar Pradesh are the places where Indian Navy NSB/ PSB Interview is conducted.

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