Interview transcipt

Name: Anshu Kumar
Board: Bhonasale Sir board
Date: 20th feb 2018 Afternoon session, I was last candidate to go. My interview started at around 6:40 pm and went till 7:20 pm.

Background:

  • Attempt: 5th attempt, 2nd interview
  • Work Experience: 10 months in Caterpillar India. Unemployed since may 2012.
  • Hobby: badminton, watching animated movies.
  • Hometown: Gorakhpur (UP)
  • College: IIT Delhi
  • Optional: mechanical engineering


Chairman:

  • what qualities do you have due to which you think you are suitable for civil services.
  • Which badminton tournaments you have won?
  • Gave a long case study. My team is very strong and won all the league matches. But lost finals with a much weaker team. What will you say to your team post match.


M1.

  • What is paradigm change.
  • Give example
  • Any incidence where there was change in your paradigm. (explained with example)
  • Asked about an animated movie on a famous painter. (couldn't answer)
  • Which genre of animated movies do you watch.
  • In animated movies they often show dinosaurs . Do you know name of any Indian dinosaurs. (couldn't answer)
  • What is PPP
  • What is SPV
  • How ppp are different from SPV
  • What is JV.
  • How JV is different from SPV (couldn't answer)


M2(lady member)

  • Something related to animated movie.
  • Status of badminton in India
  • Why tennis is not doing good as compared to badminton.
  • Tell me about Gorakhpur.


M3

  • New IITs and dilution of brand of IIT.
  • Is there any effect on brand of IIT due to changing BHU to IIT
  • Why changed BHU to IIT
  • What should we do
  • Asked the context of "banduk ka jawab bandook se denge " (yogi adityanath's statement)
  • Case study about fake encounter.


M4

  • What effect RTI has brought.
  • Misuse of RTI
  • How RTI helped in reducing corruption.
  • Namami Ganga 
  • Projects in namami gange
  • Why not working
  • Case study : you are IAS and overseeing namami gange. How will you ensure use of sewage treatment plant.


Chairman:

  • One question which I Don't remember.
  • He said your interview is over now, tell me do you think the candidate who comes last in the interview is at some advantage or disadvantage
Marks : 162/250
Result: Recommended (AIR 163)

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