A Lady member :Saw me sweating and requested the chairman to lower the AC temperature.

Chairperson:

There is a lot of stigma in society about the hobby that you have mentioned and I appreciate that you have mentioned it here. It requires courage and risk-taking ability. What are the reasons for such stigmas?

Lady member(M1):

Some questions and counter questions on that particular hobby.

Q.1 Why civil services

Q.2Ok, you want legitimate authority but you can achieve it through other means also?

I said I have an interest in the subjects which are in the UPSC syllabus and I think it was the most convenient path for me.

Q.3Have you been in a position where you used your authority to change ordinary people’s lives?

I talked about the position of leadership held in college

She interrupted and said I am asking about any position held after your college

I said no mam i was involved in civil services preparation so did not get time to involve in this

She said “Ok that’s a different discussion altogether”

Q.4 Why has twitter is in news recently?

Q.5 Do you agree with Elon Musk’s free speech idea?

Anonymous accounts on Twitter and what are your views on authenticating them?

Member 2:

Q.1 What is the similarity between Roorkee and Kota

Then I mentioned two similarities?

Q.2 He asked about any particular physical feature. I could not answer, so he helped me out?

Thanked him

Q.3 Should Indians seek apology from Britain for the excesses committed by them during the colonial rule?

I said it would not result into any material benefits

Q.4 So do you think that only material aspects matter for any country?

Do you remember any incidence where any country apologized for their past wrongdoings?

Member 3:

Q.1. What are the tactical lessons that India can learn from the Russia Ukraine war?

Q.2 Suppose there is a water crisis in your district and women have started a violent protest. What steps will you take?

Member 4:

Q.1. Long monologue (length of gs4 case study) about Russian Ukraine war?

Q.2. Lessons from the Ukraine war for USA and China?

Q.3. Long monologue: India’s foreign policy particularly in the neighborhood was questioned a year ago. Our neighbor’s behavior started getting passive but now things have changed. What do you think are the reasons for this change?

Again long monologue on Ukraine’s aggressive posture during the war.

Q.4.Is president Zelensky right in holding an aggressive posture during the war?

Q.5. Does this war opens a door for China to annex Taiwan?

Chairman: Your interview is over, You may leave now

Experience:

Q.1. Cordial board. No grilling.

Q.2. Almost the whole interview was opinion-based. No factual questions.

Q.3. Half of the interview was on DAF and the other half was optional.

Q.4. Not much cross-questioning

Q.5.M3 and M4 were asking questions in low voice and I think that was intentional.

All the best