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Qualities desired from an aspiring UPSC Interview Aspirant
Interview: What is expected from a Candidate?
The panel asks questions from the detailed application form (DAF) of the candidates. The questions will be on the candidate’s place of birth, hobbies, and issues of the home state, current national issues, and more. The members of the
panel observe how the candidate responds to each question. One needs to prepare questions on personal likings and home state very well.
The panel assesses whether the candidate is well versed with the socio-economic challenges in Madhya Pradesh. One should be acquainted with an appropriate level of knowledge about history, culture and other such aspects related to
Madhya Pradesh.
The candidates should not spend their time memorising facts and figures. Rather, it is suggested that they spend time knowing the other side of any issue. They should take a balanced approach to every issue rather than a parochial
approach. For State Service like PCS, one needs to be well acquainted with current developments in the State so as to fit in the requirements of State PCS Officers.
Qualities that demonstrate the ability of planning and problem solving:
1. Effective Intelligence: This is the ability of a person to evolve solutions to practical problems. It is different from basic intelligence which is measured by using intelligence tests (Verbal and Non-Verbal). In EI the assessor wants to see if you can solve day to day problems and cope with minor difficulties of daily life.
2. Reasoning Ability: It is the ability of a person to grasp a given situation and arrive at a conclusion by rational thinking. In RA the assessors are looking for your receptivity, inquiring attitude, logical reasoning and the ability to see the essentials of a problem.
3. Organizing Ability: It is the ability to use resources systematically to produce effective results. In OA, the assessors are interested in seeing how you use the various resources to produce results.
4. Power of Expression: It is the ability to put across one’s ideas adequately and with ease and clarity.
Qualities that demonstrate the ability of Social adjustment:
5. Social Adaptability: It is the ability of a person to adapt himself to the social environment and adjust well with persons and social groups. The assessor is interested in your abilities to adapt to the members of the group, how you interact with them, with the individual, are you tactful in your dealings with other etc.
6. Cooperation: It is the attitude of an individual to participate willingly and in harmony with others in a group achieving the group goal. It is important to be a team player and one must not be selfish the group aim and objectives should be most important as compared to individual aims and objectives. The assessor will be keen on seeing your team attitude.
7. Sense of Responsibility: It is the thorough understanding of the values of duty, social standard and of what is expected of an individual and given them your duty as a child/student/citizen of a country. The assessors see keen on knowing if you understand your duty and as an active and concerned member and you have a right sense of what is the social standard and know what is expected of you as an individual and then do give your best energy and attention towards it without anybody having to remind you or tell you.
Qualities that demonstrate the capabilities of Social effectiveness
8. Initiative: It is the ability to originate an action. The assessors see if you take the lead in the right direction and sustain it till the result is achieved.
9. Self Confidence: It is the faith in your own abilities to meet stressful and unfamiliar situations.
10. Speed of Decision: It is the ability to arrive at workable decisions quickly. There are two components of this, namely appropriateness of the decision and quickness in arriving at the decision.
11. Ability to Influence the Group: It is the ability of a person to influence others in the group to achieve the objectives set by him/her. What is seen is, if you can convince others to do things willingly that you want them to do without the use of any force.
12. Liveliness: It is capacity of a person to remain calm and cheerful when faced with difficulties, and bring about a cheerful atmosphere in the group. What is seen is, if you get unduly worried or disturbed when faced with difficulties.