5 Tips to Crack UPSC Interview
1. Keep the newspaper handy- Reading the newspaper religiously will help you become more aware of the important things happening around the world. You will learn to form your own opinions and connect the dots between seemingly unrelated things. You’ll also have a lot more to talk about at the interview.
2. Take up a hobby- As opposed to the common idea having a hobby is not an utter waste of time and money. Having a hobby will not only help you sharpen a skill but also help you be a more interesting person. Also, a candidate who is not boring is more likely to get hired.
3. Read books- Reading has innumerable benefits. However, to name a few it helps you develop your verbal abilities, knowledge, imagination and focus. Reading also improves your concentration and memory.
4. Mental Alertness- There are a lot of questions in the interview to check a candidate’s mental alertness as it is a prerequisite for the civil services. One simple way of achieving mental alertness is by building associative relationships between things. For example, if you are reading a news story, try to identify all the important aspects related to it and its connection with the other events that are happening around us. Through questions that pose a query to your mental alertness, the interviewer is not trying to test your knowledge, but wants to know how smartly you can answer a simple question.
5. Take mocks- It is desirable that you go through some sessions of mock interviews before stepping into the real interview. A mock interview is the duplication or simulation of an actual interview. Therefore, it is conducted in a same way as actual interview is conducted. The basic objective of a mock interview is to give an interviewee feeling of an actual interview. This feeling emerges because the mock interview is conducted on similar conditions or creating the similar environment to that of the UPSC.
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