ARMY DENTAL CORPS – ALL THE BASIC INFORMATION
Army Dental Corps - Details
How to prepare for the interview?
Be prepared for the interview mentally. How you are approaching the interview is very crucial. On the day, be well dressed in formals (preferably), shoes well polished, tie for gentlemen, and professional appearance. Do not show-off like wearing an Indian flag on a tie and so on (people do sometimes)
For the interview, be thorough with the academics part as anything to everything can be asked from dentistry and its latest advancements. But it’s also not all about academics. The examiners will also judge you on the basis of your personality, the way you talk, how you dress, and so on. All these simple aspects add to your personality score. Questions are also asked to judge your aptitude too.
It will be a panel of 8-9 High flying officer‘s from different specialties, stalwarts in their fields, sitting on a round table. It all sounds too much but you need to be calm during the interview. The examiners are there to judge you and your potential. So remain confident, polite, and answer questions wisely. Hear what they ask, give it a thought, and then reply. Do not be in a hurry and just about utter anything. The biggest aim is to make sense and be correct.
Note a few basic general points to use in an interview
Like you must have heard “An Officer – A Gentleman”
- Enter the room by asking permission
- Greet everyone & sit when asked
- Be to the point in answering, don’t bluff around if you don’t know just say it politely that you don’t (no one knows everything)
- Speak only the truth while asked. Don’t makeup thing they are smart enough to catch
- Don’t commit things in a verbose grand way like I’m here to serve the nation and all (Yes you are there to be a part of the army and you will serve the nation if selected. However, you need to be subtle about it and not project it as a Bollywood movie with Masala). Just be your normal self and have confidence in it.
- After the interview is over leave when they tell you to leave. Before you leave greet the examiners once again.
Read below the actual experience of appearing for the Army Dental Corps Interview by Dr. Mohammad Sharif
The interview held towards selecting dental graduates for the prestigious Army Dental Corps is in its own way, kind of unique, where one is assessed for a lot of things. As a graduate, as far as my experience on the hot seat goes, you shall be evaluated for the following things, (maybe not all, maybe much more than it)
- Description about yourself – the first and foremost thing is an aptly drafted Introduction about yourself in which you conveniently describe yourself and skillfully present your achievements, be it in schooltime or your college time (both academic n extracurricular). Also not to forget to add on joyfully, your hobbies n favorite pastimes. Practice it in front of a mirror, and be confident in speaking it out.
- Your knowledge and command in your field- From anatomy to pharma, from sterilization to dental materials, from dentist act of India to dental emergency, anything could be asked.
- Be wise & go through dental pulse fairly so that you have an answer for the questions shot at you. That’s the easiest way to revise everything in a very short span of time as going through individual textbooks will not help, not only not letting you complete the whole syllabus but also giving you a sense of under confidence that you haven’t read enough.
- Though pulse is, like the Maggi for hunger prangs, the best (well I call it the Hyderabadi dum biryani Vs the said Maggi) It is still the best & quickest way to cover up the dental syllabus. It gets easier if you have already utilized your BDS years studying hard, understanding concepts, and learning clinical stuff)
- The officer-like qualities in you- this is the part where you need to Google upon SSB INTERVIEW & Qs. You shall be asked scenario based questions (questions mentioning that you are in an XYZ situation and ABC happens, what will you do) where your decisive answers are evaluated by the board members which tells them the kinda person you are, your personality.
- General knowledge and current affairs- Anyone appearing in the interview needs to have a basic knowledge of what’s going on in the nation, especially if something important related to the defense or anything having an nationwide impact. Questions could come up like, What do you know about the Doklam Standoff? What is the recenmt news article you have read on border security? Things like that.
Last but not the least, always remember, with every word you spell out, you project an image of yours to the interviewers. So be confident & put up a positive cheerful attitude in expressing out, but be careful not to bluff randomly. For example, you cannot have a hobby of reading newspaper if you don’t know what is the current standoff at the border between India & China (as it has been in news all around & there is no chance of you missing out the details if you actually do read the newspaper daily). If you say, you follow international affairs, then be ready to quote some most recent articles and writers.
In the interview, simple acceptance of yours not knowing the answer counts way more than beating around the bush wasting time.
Then you have to wait till the evening announcement of results. If your name is on the selected list then you will be given a form to be filled along with the information about the center/venue for your medical examination which is always on the next following the day of the interview. Till this point its provisional merit list.
For the medical examination, reach the medical facility on time. You will be subjected to a complete thorough medical checkup from all medical specialties and in the evening the results will be declared.
Then on the basis of your interview and medical examination, the final merit list will be made. The selected candidates based on the number of vacancies will be called for commissioning along with all the information for joining.
Read the article below to know more on how to face the interview?
From here the “new career begins with the uniform.”
You will be granted a rank of Capt. in the Indian army with all the facilities and perks of an officer along with ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES and COMMITMENTS involved in joining as Army Dental Corps in the organization.
That is all in brief about the selection procedure. I wish you guys all the very best for your future. And all those who are going to be selected, wishing you all a very bright and successful career in Army Dental Corps.
If you have read the article till now, then here comes the next most important Questions on the career as Army Dental Corps.
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