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Date of Interview: 23/02/2023, Forenoon- 4th to go
Board: RN Choubey
Optional: Sociology ( Nothing directly asked)
Hobbies: Running/Vipassana
Time duration: around 25 min
Keywords: Iit/ Oyo/ Vipassana/ jagriti yatra/ startup/japan
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Chairman
- So you decided not to wear the mask ? ( I am turbaned sikh so could not put it on ear and staff did not allow me my own mask but take surgical over ear one in hand while going inside))
- Tell me about ur academic and work experience?
Member 1
- (South accent – could not make out words…ask to repeat but difficult to figure out)
- Ur view on Privatisation of PSU from employment angle?
- Adani – acquired cement company and shut it down. So it did not revive. Why it could not revive?
- How to take indian economics forward and compete with global powers?
Member 2
- You have done Jagriti Yatra . Tell me ur learnings?
- You did vipassana and it is perceived as way to passive living . Ur take on it ?
Member 3
- U know DRDO. Whats its mandate?
- Bofors Used in 1999 . Where was it imported from?
- Have they being used r replaced?
- Interlinking of rivers .What are the challenges?
- Tell me about inland water authority of India? Significance of inland waterways inIndia?
Member 4
- You worked in Oyo. It had a model due to which Oyo is considered a failure ? What is the model ?
- Specific issues of oyo vendors with oyo?
- Urban planning effect on compulsory travelling, occasional travelling and tourist travelling .
- There is ongoing protest again against triple talaq verdict in Kerala.Your views on it?
Chairman :
- We asked what we want to ask? Is there anything you would like to tell us?
Experience: I gave multiple point in answers so were long but they gave time. Extremely cordial Chaubey sir . One member Questions were difficult to make out due to accent even after asking to repeat.
Utility of Mocks – Good to get feel of interview , ambience and respect 😛 . Questions were different still go for One on one with ravindran sir, Vajirao and reddy, Byju , Vision Ias
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(This transcript has been posted by a community member of ForumIAS)