Some tips for interview

1. Keep your bio-data infront of you(esp. summary sheet generated at time of filling mains form) and prepare all possible questions out of it-- birth place, dist, state, education, work experience.

2. Revise some fundamentals of ur education. You can't give excuses like i forget because it was long time back.. etc.

3. While answering don't be generic. Eg. if they ask you what will you do if you become collector of your dist. etc. dont say - i'll remove corruption, increase efficiency etc. Mention few problems faced by your district, your ideas to overcome them or potential areas of development in your district. Answer keeping the condition of your district in mind.

4. First things first. If you have to say multiple things, mention important ones first. They may always interrupt you in between and you'll land up in trouble if you mention least important ones first. (Eg. why did you leave your soft ware job.. etc. don't start with -ve aspects)

5. Attend few mock interviews and take their suggestions.

6. Prepare on cuurent affairs and science and technology very well. Prepare well about your optionals.

7. you'll have medical test on next working day of interview. so, book tickets accordingly.

Some tips for prelims

First thing(Disclaimer)-- device your own strategy in exam hall based on your strengths. Below suggestions are to give some idea, and should not be followed strictly.


1. Attempt as many questions as possible. It's difficult to qualify if we attempt less than 50% because most of them will go wrong.
2. Attempt a question even if you are less than 50% sure. have confidence in self.
3. Check time so that you are finishing questions as per time. (30% questions finished by completion of 25% time)
4. Marking with black pen.-- Quickly read instructions to get idea of num. of questions and marking method. Once time starts, quickly see different q's to understand the toughness. It's better to mark on OMR sheet as we read than to postpone the questions, except for 4-5. We may not get time later.
5. Quesions are mostly conceptual and general in nature. So, don't worry if you are not able to mugup few things or have not covered few things. You can answer many by recalling from some vague memories.