The last and the most important step for qualification in the Indian
Civil Services examination is the interview.
While you have a few hours to prove your skills in written
examination, the interview test explores your spontaneity, general
knowledge, reasoning and decision making skills in addition to your soft skills
like clarity in thoughts and expression, ability to interact and also your
presence of mind!
There is no thumb rule or guide book to prepare for the UPSC
interview. In fact, it is a continuous process and should be done throughout the
preparation. The best way to tackle the interview stage is to have a fair idea
of subjects
of varied interests by reading newspapers, journals, magazines, editorial
columns and reviews.
It may also be worthwhile to practice mock interviews if you are
doing group study with other civil services aspirants. The ability to carry on
an interesting and constructive conversation with clear and correct
pronunciation of words will go a long way to qualify in the
interview.
Interview questions are not at all tough to tackle if you are aware
of the current affairs and socio-economic issues and are able to tackle
questions related to them.
You can browse the internet for quick tips of tackling interviews and
also contact the thinktank panel of
the indiancivils team and request for further help in tackling tricky
questions.
