Questions asked in ISSB

Psychological Interview:
There is a list of main things which are asked by the psychologist in
the psychological interview. These questions will be related to:

1. Expression
2. Daily activities
3. Friends
4. About sentences
5. Ideal personality
6. Logical questions
7. Good and bad things/Merits or Demerits
8. Events of life
9. Sex related questions
10. Emotional questions

Detailed explanation of things

asked in the Psychologist
interview:
The list mentioned above is the frequently used sequence of
questions asked by a psychologist in ISSB Psychologist Interview.
The tips to tackle these questions are given below with detailed
explanation and examples.
1. Expression
The first thing which is quickly observed by the psychologist is your
expression. It is obvious and totally normal to be nervous but this
nervousness should not take over you. While waiting for your turn and
watching the light to blink your heart may pound fiercely and you may
think not to miss this light otherwise it will give a false impression. No
matter whatever thought consumes you, believe in yourself and be
confident. This interview is not going to decide whether you will live or
die and thousands of candidates have gone through the same
situation before.

As soon as you enter the room, give the real confident face of yours
with a mild smile on your face. Do not panic by seeing the interviewer.
If he forwards his hand for a hand shake do it, otherwise do not try to
be over smart by doing this on your own.

Never sit on your own on the seat. Instead, wait for the interviewer to
allow you to sit down. Apart from this, do not try to look at the room
environment or the pictures hanging on the walls or things placed on
the table. This will give a bad impression. You must seem focused
towards the psychologist with a good expression.

2. Daily activities:
The next thing asked will be a general question about your daily
activities. Most of the time the interviewer asks about the days spent
at the ISSB Center. Tell them what they want to know. If you have any
complain living at ISSB do not tell them because it is not good to start
complaining by living for a short period of time.
If your normal routine is asked do tell them about it but avoid habits
which can lead to your rejection like too much hangouts, no good
habits, etc. they may ask about simple things from you like what do
you do? What are you studying? What do you like the most? What are
your favorite places? And so on.

3. Friends:
The next thing usually asked in the ISSB Psychologist Interview is
about your friends. The simple question is how many friends do you
have? Do not tell them that you have 1000 friends on face book and
2000 followers on twitter. They are not asking about your social media
friends. Do not even tell that you don’t have friends or have just 1
friend.
In both of the cases the impression will be wrong. They don’t need
neither a person who is too much socialized nor a person who is
anti-social or introvert. Normally people have 10-12 very good friends
out of which 1 are the close one. This is the normal behavioral pattern.
Do tell this instead of your face book friends.

Sometimes, they ask about your best friend and the good or bad thing
about your best friend. Basically your best friend is a person whose
nature and mentality matches your own that is why you are close to
that person. If such a thing is asked from you this means that basically
they are probing the good or bad thing in you. Any bad habit of your
friend may also be your bad habit same is the case with the good one.

Do not try to manipulate the question by saying your friend don’t have
any bad habit or bad thing because this is against human nature.
Every person has a good or bad side and the person in front of you is
an expert.

4. About sentences:
Before giving a psychological interview you will have to pass certain
tests like word formation, sentence completion test etc. whatever you
will write in these tests will be asked by the psychologist. Each written
test will be in front of the interviewer and he knows the answer you
have given in those tests, he will ask the same question to see what
you answer.

For example in the ISSB Word Association Test you have written “the

girl is beautiful” for the word “girl” or “the girl is talkative”. In the
interview the same thing will be asked from you in a different way like
h can say “What are your views about a girl?” so here you have to
stick what you have written in the test. More questions may also arise
by the answer you give to probe you more.
5. Ideal Personality:
The next thing asked by the psychologist will be about your favorite
personality. This question is tricky in a way that they want to see what
kind of personality you adore and gets inspiration from. If you will say
that your ideal personality is Aliya Bhatt or Fawad Khan you will not
have a good impression.

Actually an ideal personality is one who has touched your heart from
his deeds and who is the source of inspiration for you. They are not
asking about the celebrities but the one whom rules and guidelines
you follow and want to be like him.

For example, one can say that my ideal personality is General Raheel
Shareef. The immediate question asked by the psychologist will be
why he is your favorite? Different people have different reasons to like
him. Like mine is he is leading the army in a very different and
effective way and has better strategies in the battle field than any
other General.

Similarly, in ISSB different candidates have given different

personalities name like:

• Raheel Sharif

• Abdul Qadeer Khan

• Muhammad Ali

6. Logical Questions:
Other than probing your true nature, your intelligence will also be
tested. The psychologist will ask simple logical questions like any
mathematical question to solve; he may ask how long is the wall
beside you, or the length of the table in front of you.

If you know the exact answer of the question asked do not answer
rapidly instead answer after a pause of 3, 4 seconds. For example, if it
is asked that what is 24*8=? Then don’t answer 192 abruptly, besides
take a pause and then answer. As I have mentioned earlier that they
don’t need extra ordinary or just below average person, the one which
is going to select will be simple ordinary person.
7. Good and Bad Thing (Merits or
Demerits):
This is a must thing asked in an ISSB Psychologist Interview. They
will say to tell about any good or bad thing in you. Of course you can’t
say that I don’t have a bad habit in me because it is against human
nature. Nobody is perfect in this world and is born with some flaws.
You have to be honest with them if a bad thing about you is asked.
Sometimes they ask the good and bad thing of your best friend but
actually they are probing the factors in you. If you will cram these
answers you will be caught immediately because the interviewer is
expert.

8. Events of life:
Remember we have told you in our previous articles that when you will
enter the ISSB centre you will have to fill out a bio data form. In that
bio data form there will be portion about incident of life. This incident
of life may be good one or bad one. In the interview, you will be asked
the same question but the process will be verbal now. The interviewer
may ask the best moment of your life, worst moment, shocking
incident, unforgettable moment, etc. for deep and detailed explanation
of “events/incident of life” check out How to fill ISSB Bio data form.
9. Sex related Questions at ISSB:
The part where majority of the candidates are reluctant to answer is
the sex related questions. In this section the psychologist ask blunt
questions from you to check your mentality and patience level. The
deep details about sex related questions can be get from our
article Sex Related Questions at ISSB Interviews.
10. Emotional questions:
Emotional questions are asked to know the emotional stability of the
candidate. This is necessary because they are in search of
emotionally stable officers rather than disturbed and mentally ill ones.
He may ask you different questions like what if someone slaps you on
your face. If you will answer that I will calm down and first ask him why
did you slap me then believe me you are doing the wrong thing. It is
not in human nature that if somebody slaps you, you will be calm or
behave well with that person, you will panic and get hyper at him
immediately. So don’t try to fool the psychologist he will know y our
fake or made up answer. Just be the real you instead of faking the
answers.

Tips and Tricks to Pass ISSB

Psychologist Interview:
• Follow the formal dress code.
• Use good cologne.
• Be presentable.
• Have a good facial expression.
• Do not miss the blinking light.
• Do not sit without the interviewer permission.
• Shake hands if the interviewer seems to do so.
• Do not see the pictures on the walls or observe the items on the
table.
• Speak the language in which you are comfortable like English or
Urdu.
• Speak clearly and be audible to the interviewer.
• Do not cram your answers.
• Do not give fake or unrealistic answers.
• Be the real you and be confident.
• Think a little before answering. Don’t give abrupt answers.
• If you are unable to give answer say NO/YES instead of extra words
for example sorry sir, can you repeat the question.
• If you are unable to give answer of question do not panic just say
sorry and stop giving them exaggerated answers.
• During the interview first understand the question the give the
answer.
• During the interview do not blame government and official of
government.
• Do not be shy on adult questions.
 • Last but not least, trust Allah Almighty. He knows what is best for
you.