Swati Sharma PERSONALITY TEST aka INTERVIEW strategy

PERSONALITY TEST aka INTERVIEW

Mains results were out on 8th December.

At this point, I had no idea on when my interview is scheduled.

What I did?

1. Started reading 2 newspapers daily- Indian Express for national & international and Hindustan Times for local

2. Started filling DAF- making notes on DAF

3. Started reading more on Hobbies, background.

4. Saw topper videos

When Phase 1 interview schedule was out.

I began giving mocks.

My interview was scheduled on 15 January. Due to paucity of time, I gave - panel mocks at Forum IAS, Vajiram & Ravi, Shubhra Ranjan, Vajirao and Reddy; one-to-one at KSG with Khan Sir and Insights IAS.

Learnings?

1. CONFIDENCE is the key.

No one is checking your knowledge domain. Just try to have a general idea on what's going on.

2. Know yourself.

Know your strengths and weakness. Figure how you handle things when in difficulty.

3. Newspaper is your best friend.

Maximise the effort in reading newspaper. Most of the stuff come from here only.

4. Interview transcripts to get hold on different areas.

Interview Board- Suman Sharma Ma'am

Marks- 187

Will be sharing my experience of actual process once the results are out.