Officer Like Qualities (OLQs)

Dear Aspirants,

Congratulations! to all those Candidates who have successfully cleared NDA-II Examination whose result is declared recently on 30th Nov. 2018. And those who were failed to do so this time, don't lose your hope and start preparing for it again with more efforts than you have built on the last attempt.

Those who have cleared the examinations were eager to know about the next step i.e., SSB which is considered as the toughest part in the NDA Selection Criteria. However, it is not so, the only thing the officers looks into you is the personality you have. Have you ever thought that the biggest examination Selection Commission UPSC who is responsible for the selection procedure of NDA selects the candidates who have just passed Intermediate Level Exam or just appearing for that for this prestigious rank in the Indian Armed Forces? Actually, they don't expect the candidates to be brilliant from his study or in any specific field. They just want a Genuine and faithful candidate to whom they can shape him according to their benchmark.

They usually look forward to the Officer Like Qualities in the Candidates. So, it is important for a candidate to focus on these OLQs. Here we are listing all 15 OLQs to which accessors look forward in the candidates.

1. Effective Intelligence (EI): This is the ability of a person to deal with day-to-day practicals problems. This is far different from the basic Intelligence which is measured during your Intelligence Tests. The accessors want to see that how you deal with the day-to-day problems and cope up with the minor difficulties effectively.

2. Reasoning Ability (RA): It is the ability of a person to cope up with the given situation and arrive at the conclusion by rational thinking. The accessors are looking for your receptivity, logical reasoning and the ability to see the essentials of a problem.

3. Organizing Ability (OA): It is the ability to use the resources systematically to produce effective results. In OA, the assessors are interested in seeing how you use the resources to produce effective results.

4. Power Of Expression (POE): It is the ability to put across one’s ideas adequately and with ease and clarity.

5. Social Adaptability (SA): It is the ability of a person to adapt himself to the social environment and adjust well with persons and social groups. The assessors is interested in your abilities to adapt to the members of the group, how you interact with them, with the assessors, are you tactful in your dealings with others etc.

6. Cooperation (Co): It is the attitude of an individual to participate willingly and in harmony with others in a group achieving the group goal. It is important to be a team player and one must not to be selfish. The group aim and objectives should be most important as compared to individual aim and objectives. The accessor will be keen on seeing your team attitude.

7. Sense Of Responsibility (SOR): It is the thorough understanding the values of duty, social standard, and is what is expected as an individual and then giving it his energy and attention on own accord. The accessor is keen in knowing if you understand your duty as a child/student/citizen of a country and do you have a right sense of what is the social standard and know what is expected of you as an individual, and then do you give your best energy and attention towards it without anybody having to remind you or tell you. For example, if as a student you have not done well in school/ college and do not have a valid reason for poor performance it will be interpreted as low sense of responsibility. Because, as a student, your duty is to study hard, and if you have failed to do that it will obviously mean that your sense of responsibility is low.

8. Initiative (Inv): It is the ability to originate an action. The assessors see if you take the lead in the right direction and sustain it until the result is achieved.

9. Self Confidence (SC): It is the faith in your own abilities to meet stressful and unfamiliar situations.

10. Speed of Decision (SOD): It is the ability to arrive at a workable decision quickly. There are two components of this namely, appropriateness of the decision and quickness in arriving at the decision.

11. Ability to Influence the Group (AIG): It is the ability of a person to influence others in the group to achieve the objectives set by him/ her. What is seen is, if you can convince others to do things willingly that you want them to do without the use of any force.

12. Liveliness (Liv): It is the capacity of a person to remain calm and cheerful when faced with difficulties, and bring out a cheerful atmosphere in the group. What is seen is, if you get unduly worried or disturbed when faced with difficult situations.

13. Determination (Det): It is the ability to put in sustained efforts to achieve objectives in spite of obstacles and setbacks. The assessors see whether you are focused, able to concentrate on the task and continuously work towards achieving the objectives.

14. Courage (Cou): It is the ability to appreciate and take purposive risks. What is important is to take risks only when required and that too after careful thought. Some candidates tend to take a rash decision which may endanger the life of subordinates and that u8s undesirable. Hence, what is important is ‘calculated risks when required’.

15. Stamina(Sta): Capacity to withstand the protracted physical and mental strain.

So, these were those 15 OLQs which accessors are looking forward in the candidate. I recommend you all to practice these OLQs naturally in your day-to day activities to make them fit in yourself. Don't forget that the officer who is taking your Interview is much smarter than you so being fake in front of him will be easily readable and hence you may be dismissed. So, try harder to make these OLQs as your behavior and thus you will see a tremendous change in yourself.

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