Nikita B.

I am sharing my experience on the process and steps which happen in the day of my ssc skill test for the post of stenographer Grd C and D. Hope some beginners, before skill test gets some knowledge. This experience I am sharing is of 2014 exam's skill test in 2015 and may or may not be valid this year.
1) After the written results are out, within few days admit cards for the skill test are sent to respective candidates by post and also available online.
2) Those who qualify for both grade c and d then the candidate has to give two skill test in the same day but in two different batches as the candidates are divided into batches(normally 4 or 5 batches). this will be mentioned in their respective admit cards.
3) On the date of skill test, the candidates were given seats and they will be called for signature, left thumb impression, etc and they will be given preference option form for grade c and d combined. The candidate has to think before hand( means, as the option form will be most probably available online, as it was in my time, the candidate can think and put their preference in home itself.) and at last putting the signature on the option form and waiting in their seats to be called for Document check.
4) Original documents are being checked and self-attested xerox copies are taken and for date of birth, 10th certificate is checked, caste certificate and their cut off date, validity is checked. Then they take the option form from us and put the final preference online in front of us and it is electronically sent to main office. They print our details, like name, roll no, category, etc and paste it in a brown colour big file like envelope in which our educational certificate xerox copies, our particulars will be sealed and sent to the respective office.
5) Then they will call students for skill test in another room, full of computers, if less computers are there they will have to wait or another computer room will be allotted. The candidates are provided with Shorthand notebook and we have to sign in all the pages and write our roll numbers and then the process of skill test starts. In front of the computer, the candidates have to take the dictation and transcribe/type.
= Firstly, the candidates are given two trial passage of both 2 minutes so that the sound gets familiarized to us and if any difficulty in speech of speaker or quality, or pronunciation, then candidate can tell the speaker. They are very cooperating. 1 or 2 professional stenographers will also write take the dictation with us so that all things go fair.
6) Then the actual 10 minutes dictation takes place after the two trail passages of 80 or 100 wmp speed. After the dictation, 10 minutes will be given to use for reading in mind, our written strokes.
7) The actual typing takes place after 10 minutes of reading in mind. the software in which we will type has its own timer so as soon as the invigilator tells us to enter our roll no. and click the start button, we click and then the count down starts and we are provided with blank space for typing the matter. After time is over, automatically, the keys will be disabled.
8) Then we are kept seated, have some chit-chat with fellow candidates in silence that "tera kaisa gya, me to fail yaar", like that. By that time, the staff members gets all of our typed matter printed out and given to us for signature and then taken back. then we submit our Shorthand notebook and printed copy of our typed passage and then we leave the hall and