First of all, congratulations! You have made it to the interview round. This is your final test. Once you can crack it, you are ready to sit on an executive or an administrative chair.
However, the UPSC interview round is not as easy as it sounds. The IAS interview questions have to be dealt with a lot of care and intelligence. Therefore, before we get into the IAS interview questions with answers in Hindi, it is necessary to understand the IAS interview round.
The UPSC interview round consists of 275 marks. The questions asked by the board members of the IAS interview round aim at the candidate's personality. It means the questions you might face primarily cater to your personality. Besides asking questions about your personality, the board members also pay attention to the subject that you have chosen for your optional paper and ask different questions based on the subject.
Why is the IAS interview held?
The purpose of this UPSC interview round is varied. Generally, the board members ask you questions to test the following:
- Your mental alertness
- Capability to think logically
- Your mental alertness
- Clarity of mind
- Your judgment capacity
- Your intellect
However, the IAS interview includes two most essential parts: the candidate's personality and the other is the content that the candidate presents to the board members. Therefore, to ensure proper personality building for the interview round, you should start appearing for a mock interview and practice preparing yourself right after the IAS Prelims.
The theoretical perspective of IAS interview round
The IAS interview round questions can be divided into four pillars based on your personality. Let's take a quick look at them.
- The individual trait
One of the essential components of your personality trait is the individual trait. Therefore, the board members will thoroughly check your value system, how you have been brought up, your capacity to be happy and be content with the inheritance, whether you are sensible towards the issues taking place in the society, the moral values that you possess, etc.
- The sense of perspective
Often, candidates face the problem of losing perspective, especially when they are talking to the board members. Let's consider an example here. The board members often ask you to assume yourself to be the Prime Minister of India. In such a case, if you assume yourself to be one, you are sure to lose your perspective. However, all you need to do is answer like a Prime Minister or answer from a prime minister's perspective and not consider yourself one.
- Your information base
Although the information base does not entirely rely on your personality, it does to some extent. You should be proud of making it to the UPSC interview round. With the knowledge, you gained while studying for the IAS Prelims and Mains, you have to appear for the IAS interview. Make sure that you brush up on this knowledge before sitting for the IAS interview round.
- The skill of presentation
The way you present the answers counts. Often, you are not able to express the values that you have. However, one of the most critical factors that board members look forward to is the way you convey or express yourself. This is something that you cannot achieve in one day or overnight. It needs a lot of practice.
Common IAS questions
There are three common areas that the IAS interview round is mainly based on – the intro, your motive behind coming into IAS, and your strengths and weakness. So, in short, these are the areas that the board members focus on.
When the board members ask you to introduce yourself, be careful with the words that you choose to say. Also, give a brief description of your academic qualifications, family background, and personal information (whatever is shareable). Avoid dragging too much.
Another common question asked in the IAS interview is your motivation behind coming into civil service. Through this question, the board members try to understand whether you are clear with your thoughts. Also, the panelists judge how passionate you are about the IAS.
Finally, you are asked to talk about your strengths and weaknesses. To answer this question, you have to be quite alert. While talking about your weaknesses, show the panelists that you are flexible enough to bring changes in them.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be rightly said that the IAS interview round is unpredictable and should be handled by each candidate with a lot of care. Next, go through some of the success stories to gain motivation. Then, finally, practice, practice, and practice.
