 UPSA interview is basically a very interesting experience for most of the candidates who go through it. And there are a lot of apprehensions when you go at least for the first time in the interview. Since Rituras, you went for the first time before the UPSC and you also got final selection first attempt itself. So what real experience you had with the board and your interview overall? Would you like to share with us? Yes, whenever you get the schedule for your interview, you get confused whether you have to go in the morning or in the afternoon. So my schedule, mine was in the second batch, so it was in the afternoon. We went to the afternoon batch? Yes, it was in the afternoon batch. So I was there around 11, 11.30. So I had been quite before time, so I was quite relaxed at the time my interview had started. Before the interview starts, you have to do a lot of formalities like filling up forms, etc. Checking of the whole of the certificate. These are kind of good things because it kind of takes away your thought process from the interview and you are busy doing something else. So you kind of get normalized and you feel quite better during that time. And then you are sitting on a table and you are having five or six people around the table in the same group that you are facing the panel. Basically it is the first time, it is the finally when the UPSC checks the original certificates also. Yes, that is the time when all the original certificates, etc., everything has been checked there. And that is also the time when you interact with your panel, people who will be facing the same panel. So it is kind of de-stressing. And before that you don't know who is your chairman. Till that point of time you don't know whom you are going to face. But you do come to know the order of who is going first, second or third. So I was the first one who was supposed to go there. So I was kind of happy. But were you told who will be your chairman of the board? No, it was not told that with my chair. Till the time you entered the board you were not knowing? I just knew my consequence that I will be the first one who will be facing. And then we were, then in a group of two or three we were taking another room where we went to sit again in the round table. And we were asked to wait. And then there we had a lot of form for medical examination that was said the next day. So then that is another point of time where again you get some point of relaxation and you can chat. And then you have a few coming up to you and they will call a period to take you near your board. So now the question, here is one question for the first timers would go. Yes. Because you had to show your certificates and then you had to also put some paper was completely there. But before you were taken to the board and you had to wait, what is your sequence? Were you told that whose board you were going to be interviewed by? No, it's completely anonymous. You are not told anything about. In fact, nobody knows about where you are being taken except the people who comes and takes you to that board. But after you enter the board then you come to know who is your chairman. Yes, as soon as you, yeah, there is a name written there. Name played outside, right? So you can make out who is the person inside. So just a minute before that you come to know that this is the board that I am going to go to. Okay. So yeah, it's better that like since I saw that then saw the name. I was also aware about who are the chair persons who are going to like who are going to take the interview beforehand. Who was the chairman of your board? My chairman was Mr. David. Mr. David's board was that, right? So what was your whole psychology before you went to the, after completing your formalities, then you were told that your board is Mr. David's board, right? Like when I came to know that he is my board chairman. So I just had a minute before I go to think about him. And I had already read in the list of DGC that he is that person and knew something about him. I tried to recall about him. And that's the, you must have the most time to think about the board and then you have the basics. The moment you came to know that who is my chairman of the board, then you were inside the board, really. So what was your psychology when you went there? Like, it's like a kind of different ambience completely. And there are five different kinds of ambience. And the first thing is that you have to understand that you should be having the right contact with you and you have to listen to that. And that's not everybody. You have to be a good impressionist at first. You understand? So my role, too, I should be able to listen to that. Okay. So what kind of psychology you had when you were very confident? You had some fear? You were just in normal, what exactly was the situation? Yeah, actually, I was kind of quite normal. I was not anxious. But yes, little fear was there that something didn't go wrong. And you do not make the stupid out of yourself again, and the very first side of you that you do something, you do not make the stupid out of yourself. It makes a real fun thing. That's everything. I didn't think too much about what will happen after the interview. You formed the board friendly with you when you went there? Not really. It was not really friendly? I'm not really. It's like starting from a negative point of view. It's a negative point of view. And when there is so much of uncertainty in India, I want to be able to do it because of that. So yes, I was looking at it and started thinking about it. And unfortunately, I got an award for a citizen. You were the one citizen? Yes. And the rest of my life was a citizen. Okay, we'll just, God, how did this award come? It was, what do you want to say in life? I don't know. I just want to say, otherwise I will end up here, and then you go like, tell me what is the constitution? It means they got sir actually yeah what matters is that in the whole cost was a discussing if any word which attracts them so actually though it will start going in the same Actually that's what I was going to say and kind of direct entity between them and they have to articulate a word properly and speak on the road and it will be able to respond so yeah I have a separate idea Any odd situation happened anywhere in the board where you found it difficult to come out? Yeah I told you that there was a question, a practical question which I completely missed out and he was completely frustrated with the same thing again and again but now I was able to find a way to know so it kind of went well Yeah and there were lots of questions, practical questions about how do we end this question They came in the opposite subject and now finally I would like to get you some final words of suggestion for the future candidates who will be going for interview some few lines of your suggestions what the people should do which really make them good in their interview and score very high marks So one word of suggestion that I will give to candidates is don't feel sorry about yourself whatever you have done during your school or college or in the job with the early basic preparation Accept that as a part of yourself only and don't feel shy be confident of what you are And everyone who is taking the interview has earned it and it has been done in the scheme of things in the entire cycle this is the most important thing And a good marks obviously is very important for making the service of your choice So one should be very confident of what he has written in the tab be honest, be natural, don't overdo things or be superficial and be honest and pay due respect to the board which they deserve And give your honest opinion on all the things at NAMSHA This will help them secure maximum marks in the marks that they truly deserve for their potential Thank you very much it's wonderful Now I feel that the future candidates will be highly benefited because of very honest and sincere discussion That is all newly selected 2015 batch IS officers have to share with the future audience And I think this program will be beneficial for all the candidates who are going to appear in the coming years Thank you very much for the best business for watching this program on success speaks on civil services interview Hi everyone I am Sumit Sattavan, IS officer batch 2015 So I have a small message for you what to do once your mains are over So now that your mains are over and you got off from a very hectic schedule And you are drained of emotionally as well as physically Just try to relax for a while and not to be laid back actually Take a week or a 10 days break Don't lose the sight of current affairs so that when the interview call comes You have a continuum of what is going around you and you are not caught off guard Secondly try to maintain, try to bring back your physical fitness back Because a more physically fit person is a more confident person when he approaches an interview board So it looks nice if you are physically fit so just get into some physical activities like jogging and exercising And then start pursuing your hobbies, start meeting different people Start talking to your seniors about your DAF, how to talk to I mean interview boards And just try to relax as much as you can because this is the only period where you can relax in the entire cycle of the UPSC So all the best to you for your mains result So congratulations on your mains result and all the best for your future interview So here is the tips of dos and don'ts which I have from my own experience Firstly start getting critical about yourself, start being positive about the negative reviews which you get on your personality from now on And start approaching different people Secondly be more confident about not knowing things because in interviews you might be asked questions which you are not aware of So like just saying sorry I cannot recall, sorry I don't know In a positive mindset because if you and just be cautious that your smile doesn't convert into a stupid grin So that that needs to be taken care of other than that just be confident of your knowledge level because you have made so far and that cannot be without adequate level of knowledge So just be confident be yourself, be natural and I am pretty sure that you will make through it Congratulations on your pursuit for UPSC civil service exam It's a great opportunity ahead and you have taken a path which is difficult and it will reflect upon your personality hard enough All the best for your prelims because this is where this is the most objective aspect of the civil services Don't be, don't lack confidence in your approach, just be positive And don't like try to guess, don't rely on your guesswork more Just take intelligent guesses and don't have a prejudice mind of how many questions you have to attempt this time because that varies The cutoff varies from batch to batch from the paper to paper So just try to be in your comfort zone and hope it all works out well I'll give you an insight about the importance of mock interviews here Mock interviews are pretty important so that you get the other side perspective of your own personality Because that is what will be judged and not your own perspective on your own personality So mock interviews by experts help you a lot in covering that aspect I have attended Chanakya's mock interview and I'm pretty sure that and from my own experience I can guarantee you that the mock interviews are conducted in a professional manner by a very credible set of experts And the best part about the mock interview is they don't like hang you around the mock interview They'll give you the precise timing and at best five minutes before you'll be reporting and they try to make you convenient And then they'll also give you the CD just after the interview is over And the feedback that comes is genuine And so Chanakya's mock interview are the professionally organized mock interviews And I think you can rely on them and trust on them all the best for your interview Thank you I am Harshal Pancholi, Qualified Civil Services in 2015 I am currently an IS and I would like to give a few important tips to all the candidates who are going to appear for interviews very soon First and foremost requirement for all of you is to destress yourself The stresses which you have generated during the main preparation And one of the best way of doing that is develop your hobbies which you have filled in your detailed application form And while doing that you must also keep that in mind that very soon your results will be out and you will not get enough time for the preparation of your interview So focus on your hobbies as well as keep continuing with your current affairs studies As well as some general preparation of your optional as well as general studies Don't just cut off yourself from studies, this is one of the major mistakes the civil service experts do Just because they think that means is our now ample amount of time to do anything But time is always less when you are preparing for civil services And once you get to know your result and you are basically appearing for only interview Which is the day on which on the basis of which your whole career depends So what you have to do is focus on your detailed application form without giving emphasis on the minute details Just cover the broad areas of your preparation Keep yourself focused and inculcate of value in yourself that you are going to be a civil servant very soon That this confidence is very essential for you to perform well in your interview Especially with so many information available around the in the whole UPSC market itself What happens is that with so much of information available You become so much information centered that you forget the whole purpose of the UPSC exam What you need to do is revisit the guidelines provided by the UPSC notification itself That way you will be able to identify your weaknesses And in the end you will be able to focus more on the what is essential for the interview Because there is a huge difference between how to prepare for the main exam and how to prepare for the interview And in the end even if you don't qualify for the interview you have learned so many things just by appearing in the interview So that for the next year you can look something forward You learn from your mistakes I have appeared 3 times in the civil services And from every attempt I have learned many things which helped me in gaining confidence And I have qualified for the IS which is ultimate aim of the most of you So for example last year the result was also on 4th of July If I could not have qualified I had only 50 days to appear for claims again You just have to keep yourself motivated and have patience to come back to the studies Take a 1 week or 2 week leave and come back with a strong force and with strong dedication that this year you will qualify And this believe in yourself that you will qualify the ultimate thing which will help you in getting success in this exam And with all these thoughts I will just tell you one thing that just be honed with your preparation If you will be honed with your preparation you will never regret in your life even if you will not qualify It will make you a better person and to qualify a good exam you need to be a better person first And with this I wish you all the best for the civil services 2015 And as plumes are approaching you are getting your nurse very tense these days And to calm your nurse I will give you few simple messages that the last few days are the days which will decide whether you will qualify or not You are studying from the last 1 year at least or 2 years or maybe more than that But all it comes down to what you do in your last few days Now CSAT being qualified is not really important for you to give too much time to CSAT Just do 1 or 2 practice papers but it all come to your general studies and as it is more subjective as compared to CSAT Qualifying civil plumes is also becoming more subjective And in this environment what you need to do is have a thorough revision of the whole syllabus at least 2 or 3 times And while doing that you need to keep that in mind what is going to be asked in exam And for that do one thing that you write at least 10 general studies papers in the last one month And that is the critical for your success in the preliminary exam And don't just approach preliminary exam just from the point of you of qualifying it Plume is the first stage of your civil service preparation And India it will reflect in your main preparation as well as your interview preparation And in the end it all come will lead to your success in the civil services examination Don't lose your focus in the last few days keep your nerves calm Interact with your fellow mates and have a preparation in which all in your whole group performs By learning from the weaknesses of each other as well as your own To excel in any particular exam or any particular interview You need to have lots and lots of practice And one of the best way to do that is attend many, many mock interviews First of all mock interviews provide you some guidance about what are the questions which will be asked It provides you a set pattern on the basis of which you will evaluate yourself And after that what will happen is that you will constantly learn And with different experiences provided by the different mock interviews You will be able to inculcate basic etiquettes which is required in any interview process And Chanakya is one of the excellent institute through which you should attend your mock interviews It will help you in getting a lot of experience and keeping yourself calm during the whole interview process And with this I wish you all the best for the interview of this year I am Basirul Haq, IES 2015 batch I am from Jamun Kashmir and I am also going to Jamun Kashmir Carter So, after Mainz, the candidates must follow what he has wrote in the DA He must work on that his hobbies or her hobbies about his subject or her subject About Mainz subject, about his basic qualification, about his state, city or hometown And many more like you brush up with current affairs You must be very aware about that what is going around you But it must be according to your syllabus And number two, a candidate must focus more on his or her bio-data And after that he must have an opinion about the topics He must have a clarity of thought, he must have some good opinion For example, if you don't know about any subject He must build an opinion by means of internet, by means of good books And after that he must be confident And if a person or a candidate can do all these things He will be confident in the internet As soon as the interview results arrive, he must focus on what he prepared after writing his Mainz And after that he must go through his detailed application form And must prepare according to that And what he prepared simply focus on that What he prepared before the result And he simply focus on that and be confident And if he is confident he will perform well But there is no need to waste any time after Mainz result Be precise what you write or what you simply read Be focus on that and revise as many times as you can And solve as many questions as you can Because questions can give you the clarity of thoughts And that will help you a lot in preliminary examination Particularly this era of negative marketing Best of luck for those candidates who have cleared the Mainz And going to appear in the interview of 2016 And also best of luck for those candidates who are going to appear in 2016 preliminary exam Hi, I am Ritraj I am IS from 2015 batch My message for you people The Mainz has ended now And you people are waiting for your results I would advise you people to not completely relax But take forward your little steps But yes do relax But do not forget to be updated with the current affairs So it would be nice for you people to be updated with Hindu And also take up one extra newspaper as a daily curriculum And relax a bit more and try not to take things too heavy As your results for your Mainz has come out And you people are waiting for interview I would advise you people to take this period as quite important time Where most of you would be facing interview in different phases And few of you would be facing interview during the first phase I would like to tell you that please pay due diligence to your DAF And try to study more about yourself, your state, your district And try to attend as many mock interviews as much as possible And keep your confidence level high I would wish you all the best for your prelims 2016 I would advise you to go through the entire syllabus once Focus on minor details Go through some good testaries, revise as much as possible And yes have self-confidence Try to evaluate yourself well before at least 10-15 days before the examination comes forth And yes not to rush for silly things during the last hour of the exam Because this is quite a long process exam Long process of preparation And what you have not prepared till the last and you should not worry about it So better focus on your strengths and be positive Well Chanakya's mock interview is a wonderful simulation of the original interview process That actually takes place and I would advise everybody to take place To go through this interview as I myself had gone through And I had a real good experience It provides you with some good material of your own feedback And they also provide you with CDs so that you can also evaluate yourself It would be a really good feedback thing And yes the panel is really good And going through this will be a really good experience And will definitely help you in your real interview experience Well Mishra sir is a really wonderful person And I think the motivation that he provides to students And the guidance that he gives is really beneficial for Not only for the examination but for your entire life And it's really good to be in touch with him