“Every attempt tests your patience, but one breakthrough rewards your entire journey.”

The Turning Point: When Preparation Became Transformation

Before joining R2R, Yuvaraj often wondered why he wasn’t getting through even though he worked extremely hard.
Like many aspirants, he wrote TAT stories filled with emotions, but short on action.
His SRTs focused on outcomes, but missed the small, practical decisions assessors look for.

In his very first session at R2R, Shashank Sir shared a simple example that changed the way he approached psychology tasks:

A brother and sister are walking. The sister slips because of a banana peel. Most candidates rush to “safely reach home.”
But the real officer-like action?
Remove the banana peel so that no one else falls.

That was the detail Yuvaraj was missing.
That was the mindset shift he needed.

Slowly, his writing started reflecting action. His stories started showing leadership. His responses became grounded, solution-oriented, and officer-like.

This wasn’t just preparation, it was perspective building.

What He Did Differently in His 6th Attempt

If you ask Yuvaraj what changed in attempt number six, he won’t say luck.
He won’t say “I worked harder.”
He simply says:

“This time, I understood what the assessors actually look for.”

Here’s how:

1. TAT: From Negative Picture to Positive Outcome

Earlier, negative images would make him nervous.
But R2R’s method taught him something powerful:
Every problem can be solved.
Every story can end with a constructive, realistic, positive outcome.

This one shift transformed his entire psych profile.

2. WAT Practice With Feedback

His WAT sessions with Shashank Sir helped him speed up his thinking process and align it with OLQs naturally—not forcefully.

3. Interview Strategy: Show, Don’t Tell

Like many aspirants, he used to say:
“I am responsible, honest, hardworking.”

But the interview batch changed this.
He realised assessors don’t want adjectives; they want instances.
So he prepared stories from his life, real examples demonstrating leadership, honesty, initiative, and responsibility.

“That made all the difference,” he says.

GTO: The Stage He Feared, but Eventually Mastered

GTO was his biggest challenge.
Group tasks, GDs, lecturettes—they made him nervous.

So he built consistency the R2R way.

In his group, they would:

• Hold one GD session every day
• Practice one lecturette topic daily
• Solve long lists of CIQs

Divide lecturette topics into four areas—International affairs, Multilateral cooperation, Global energies, and Climate—giving 7 days to each

They even practiced 8-minute narrations for lecturettes, which strengthened his GD performance drastically.

Slowly, what once felt intimidating became manageable.
Then familiar.
Then crackable.

His Message to Aspirants Still Fighting for Their Recommendation

Yuvaraj’s advice is simple but powerful:

• Don’t quit until you exhaust every attempt.
• Focus on writing strong, action-based TAT stories.
• Build OLQs instead of forcing them.
• Prepare examples for your interview—don’t just memorise adjectives.
• Turn every negative stimulus into a constructive response.

He believes that SSB isn’t cracked by being perfect—
It is cracked by being consistent, self-aware, and improving the right things.

The Quiet Role R2R Played in His Success

Yuvaraj doesn’t call it a coaching centre.
He calls it a guide. A course correction. A place that helped him see what he couldn’t see earlier.

From action-based TAT writing to structured GTO practice, from personalised WAT feedback to interview strategy—his preparation finally became aligned with what the SSB actually tests.

He often says that had he not refined those “small but powerful things,” the 6th attempt would have been no different from the first five.

It’s these subtle improvements—the kind most aspirants overlook—that turned his attempts into a recommendation.

If You’re an Aspirant Reading This

Maybe you’re just starting your SSB journey.
Maybe you’re stuck after multiple attempts.
Maybe you’re somewhere in between.

Wherever you are, Yuvaraj’s journey is a reminder of one thing:

Your recommendation may just be one perspective shift away.

And if you're wondering what exactly changed his approach,
or how he learned to correct those small but crucial details,
or what helped him create assessor-friendly psych responses…

Well, that’s something you’ll understand only when you experience the process the way he did.

Until then,Keep going.
Your turn will come.

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