It is the interview which will propel you into a
decent rank and service. Following is my advice on interview preparation based
on my two bits of interview experience.
The ‘BASIS’of our interview
preparation - Our mains application form. Though we may be able to answer many
of the questions in the interview, its imperative that we demonstrate whatever
is on DAF to be right.
You
should be thorough with all the relevant words you have jotted down in your
DAF. For example, your house address is
Suhas, Jayaprakash Nagar, Bangalore.
Here, Jayaprakash is a keyword. Questions wrt emergency, personality of JPN can b asked. Some of the questions are predetermined by them. They refer frm their notebooks or a piece of paper. U need to b quick witted and perceptive to answer such questions.
If there is something unusual or
remarkable in ur biodata, it b the focus of attention. For example, if u r a
state level hockey player.
Questions are asked from the current happenings.
Make sure you read the newspaper of the day as well as all the newspapers from
3-4 days prior to the interview. The
order in which your roll number appears on that list will be the order in which
you will be called for interview. So b prepared mentally to phase your
stay at UPSC.
Keep all your
certificates, snaps, originals, forms etc ready on the day of interview.
Be brief and bang in your answers. Be polite,
officerlike while dealing with questions. Dont b
fidgety.Greet everyone b4 u sit. When
you sit, try and sit comfortably. Keep a smiling
face and try to relax. The more you are relaxed, better the answers.
Thank every one and leave when u finish.
