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IAS Interview: What UPSC is looking for? Summary: The IAS interview conducted by the UPSC is not just another interview. It is considered as one of the toughest and most professional interviews in India. Body: The IAS interview conducted by the UPSC is not just another interview. It is considered as one of the toughest and most professional interviews in India. Scoring well in the IAS interview requires a combination of knowledge, smartness, alertness, and other qualities that are detailed in this complete guide to the IAS interview. All the members of the IAS interview boards are experts in the art of interviewing. Every day they interview many candidates and most of the members can evaluate a candidate, on the very same moment when the candidate enter the interview room. Although the number of members is not fixed, generally the interview is conducted by a board consisting of 6 members including the board chairperson, who is a UPSC member and the rest are invited to conduct the interview. These members are from different fields, including subject matter experts, psychologists, bureaucrats, educationists etc. All of them are highly experienced and ask searching questions to the candidate. It is worth knowing that the UPSC chairman does not sit in any interview board but oversees the interview process. Its the UPSC members who chair the interview board. Typically each board member chairs one board so the number of IAS interview boards is equal to the number of the UPSC members, but there are exceptions as well. The newer members may sit on other members board in their first year as UPSC member to gain some experience of conducting the interview to this premier service. The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of your career. You will be asked questions on matters of general interest. While preparing for the civil services IAS interview, there are some core areas that you should focus on. Birthplace and State Optional subjects Educational background Hobby Family background Job experience (if any) and particularly, government job Current affairs Extra curricular activities Educational institutions attended. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a Board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to judge the mental caliber of a candidate. In broad terms this is really an assessment of not only his/her intellectual qualities but also social traits and his/her interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.
The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialized or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own state or country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well-educated youth. Resource Box: Murthy M is university graduate and presently working for <a href="http://www.jtsinstitute.co.in">JTS Institute</a>. <a href="http://www.jtsinstitute.info">JTS Institute</a> is one of the two IAS coaching centers in India having own printed study materials. <a href="http://www.jtsinstitute.net">JTS Institute</a> study materials are considered as the best materials for IAS exam preparation - for example the Prelims Magic I and II are the best sellers among the IAS aspirants.

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IAS Interview: What UPSC is looking for?

  • 1. IAS Interview: What UPSC is looking for? Summary: The IAS interview conducted by the UPSC is not just another interview. It is considered as one of the toughest and most professional interviews in India. Body: The IAS interview conducted by the UPSC is not just another interview. It is considered as one of the toughest and most professional interviews in India. Scoring well in the IAS interview requires a combination of knowledge, smartness, alertness, and other qualities that are detailed in this complete guide to the IAS interview. All the members of the IAS interview boards are experts in the art of interviewing. Every day they interview many candidates and most of the members can evaluate a candidate, on the very same moment when the candidate enter the interview room. Although the number of members is not fixed, generally the interview is conducted by a board consisting of 6 members including the board chairperson, who is a UPSC member and the rest are invited to conduct the interview. These members are from different fields, including subject matter experts, psychologists, bureaucrats, educationists etc. All of them are highly experienced and ask searching questions to the candidate. It is worth knowing that the UPSC chairman does not sit in any interview board but oversees the interview process. Its the UPSC members who chair the interview board. Typically each board member chairs one board so the number of IAS interview boards is equal to the number of the UPSC members, but there are exceptions as well. The newer members may sit on other members board in their first year as UPSC member to gain some experience of conducting the interview to this premier service. The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of your career. You will be asked questions on matters of general interest. While preparing for the civil services IAS interview, there are some core areas that you should focus on. Birthplace and State Optional subjects Educational background Hobby Family background Job experience (if any) and particularly, government job Current affairs Extra curricular activities Educational institutions attended. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a Board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to judge the mental caliber of a candidate. In broad terms this is really an assessment of not only his/her intellectual qualities but also social traits and his/her interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.
  • 2. The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialized or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own state or country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well-educated youth. Resource Box: Murthy M is university graduate and presently working for <a href="http://www.jtsinstitute.co.in">JTS Institute</a>. <a href="http://www.jtsinstitute.info">JTS Institute</a> is one of the two IAS coaching centers in India having own printed study materials. <a href="http://www.jtsinstitute.net">JTS Institute</a> study materials are considered as the best materials for IAS exam preparation - for example the Prelims Magic I and II are the best sellers among the IAS aspirants.