The psychological test battery in detail

The written personality battery is conducted on Day 1, mostly in the afternoon session after the morning screening, and typically includes the following. The exact mix and counts vary between batches; what matters is the pattern, not the number of items:

• Word Association Test (WAT): a rapid sequence of single words (in recent accounts roughly 80, mostly English with a few Bangla) flashed one at a time, for about 10 seconds each. For each word the candidate writes the very first sentence that comes to mind. Speed is intentional, since there is no time to construct a "safe" answer.
• Picture Story Writing (often called TAT): a series of pictures shown briefly, one at a time (recent accounts describe two to four, each with roughly three minutes of writing time). Candidates write a short story for each. Because the story has to be produced quickly and repeatedly, it becomes very hard to maintain an artificial or rehearsed personality; genuine instincts tend to surface.
• Incomplete Sentences (SCT): candidates are given the beginning of a sentence and must complete it naturally, in both Bangla and English. Patterns across many completions reveal underlying attitudes and values.
• Story Completion: an opening sentence (in Bangla or English) is provided and candidates must continue the story to a sensible conclusion. As with the picture stories, the continuation is expected to be practical and constructive.
• Self-Description and Self-Assessment: candidates write about themselves: their character, what their parents, teachers, and friends would say about them, their strong and weak points, and often a most-memorable and a bitter experience from their own life, sometimes as an "about my life" narrative. This checks self-awareness and whether the self-image matches how the candidate actually behaves elsewhere in testing.
• Essay: one essay in Bangla and one in English on a current national or global issue, written under time pressure (covered in the day-by-day breakdown).
• Situation Reaction Test (SRT): everyday or high-pressure situations, each requiring a short written description of how the candidate would react. Older accounts list this as part of the battery, while recent first-hand accounts from candidates who passed do not mention it; treat it as possibly present rather than guaranteed.

These tests are not scored as right or wrong. Evaluators look for consistency: whether the same core personality shows up across every different test, group task, and interview, or whether the answers look coached and inconsistent with how the person actually behaves.