Lakhs apply for the first prelims round of civil service exam and only thousands qualify for the mains exam. From the thousands applying for civil service mains exam, if you are selected for interview round, you have indeed achieved a lot and in nearing to your goal.
In achieving your goal of serving the government in a prestigious position, the only requisite now is clearing the civil service interview round – the last phase of any civil service exam.
Considered toughest of all the stages of civil service exam, the interview round is hard to reach and difficult to qualify as well. More than vigorous and laborious preparation, its some simple tips and strategies that can help you crack the interview round of civil service exams.
Here is listing tips and tricks that you can follow to crack the civil service interview round session:
a) Emphasize on non verbal communication
As you qualify the civil service mains exam, its quite clear that your present knowledge qualifies your dream job role. However, in the interview session panel of examiners aim to judge your physical eligibility for that dream job role of yours. Hence alone good content of words is not the key to crack the civil service interview round. This needs to be clubbed with some non verbal communication like eye contact, confident behavior or clear accent, so that your knowledge is complemented with good impression.
b) Compose and construct your answers
If well prepared for the interview session of civil service exam, you may understand the questions asked by the panel of examiners instantly. Yet, its recommended to take a 30-second time to compose each of your answers mentally, before you start to talk. This will make each of your answer in the interview good to hear with necessary content and inputs.
c) Be organised
As mentioned earlier, the interview session of civil service exam is more of your personal test where your personal traits and appearance will be judged. Its important to exhibit an organized behavior in this regard by dressing up formal for the interview event, carrying only required documents and pens, be neat and minimal in actions. A haphazard or nervous behavior is neither expected and will impact negatively on your final score.
d) Ask your queries or questions
As its an interview round, do not think that examiners are only permitted to make questions. You can also question back in case of any doubt or query. However, this should not be more than once or twice and only asked if really required. Also, before asking the question from your end make sure, that its not silly or stupid in kind.
e) Punctuality is a promise
Punctuality is definitely required for your civil service interview session. If you arrive later, you might be disqualified from this round. So make enough background check to know the exact time of interview and leave early from home, to reach your interview center in time. A delayed arrival is the last expectation from a civil service examinee.
f) Truthful and transparency
The panel of experts who conduct the civil service exam interview has in paper your prior career experience and performance results of civil service mains exam. So when inquired about your past carer records do not include false statements or hyped achievements. They can always cross check and in case any of your statement is found wrong, it will indeed impact bad on your interview score.
g) Handling the panel
Every civil service exam usually has a panel to question the candidate. As an individual make sure you answer each of their question and pay equal attention to each member present in the interview center. A partial behavior or missing a question can hamper your performance in the interview session of civil service exam.
h) Research
The civil service interview round is very different from usual job interviews. Do not generalize and be over confident about this. Make ample research to learn every detail about civil service exam round and then, reach your exam center. It will allow you perform good and score the best.
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