Your experience in the interview:

 It was a friendly atmosphere. A lot of questions were from Irrigation engineering (graduation subject).

Utility of mocks (if any): Learnt about mannerisms and gained confidence.

No questions came from Mocks.

Removed mask, gloves, no face shield.

Chairman:

Q1. Read my name- How do your friends call you? Why do they call you by this?(And proceeded to call me by that)

Q2. Tell us about yourself, academic background, work experience?

1-2 more questions.

Member 1:

Q1. About structural engg. What are the forces acting on a beam?

Q2. Compressive and tensile forces, and where reinforcement is placed in each of them?

Q3. Your state is experiencing a new fashion/trend these days, popularising some things. Why do you think it is happening?

Q4. What is the literacy rate of your state? Why is it low?

Q5. With which states does your state have border issues? How much percentage of land it claims from Assam?

Q6. What border agreement your state has with Myanmar? Which paramilitary force guards these borders?

Member 2 Lady member:

Q1. Opinion on river interlinking. Should it be introduced? Any example where it has been successful?

Q2. Recently one cultural troupe from your state was in news. Do you know about it?

Q3. You write diaries, how do you handle the threat of privacy?

Not able to recall some others.

Member3:

Q1. Micro-Irrigation techniques- Drip, sprinkler, rain gun- for which crops are they each used?

Q2. Can micro-irrigation help in water efficiency or crop productivity? How micro irrigation can boost crop productivity?

Q3. Contribution of Visvesvaraya in irrigation?

Q4. Is mentor-mentee/advisor-advisee system useful for our country? How? (DAF)

Q5. Creative secretary- how did you know you were creative? (DAF)?

Q6. You’re from a science background. Tell me about genome editing?

Member 4:

Q1. Opinion on Hindi language being introduced in Northeast?

Q2. River water sharing between states- how can this problem be solved? Do you think states’ opinion should be taken?

Q3. Currently there is a river dispute between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation. Do you know about it?

Q4.  Name of any diary book written (hobby)?

Chairman:

Your interview is over.

Anything you would like to share?

I talked about the historical significance of my village- a significant battle with the British that is less recorded in literature. Overall a positive experience.