{"id":91328,"date":"2021-02-27T18:51:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=91328"},"modified":"2021-02-27T18:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:21:45","slug":"upsc-interview-transcript-arvind-saxena-board-march-22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-arvind-saxena-board-march-22\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Interview Transcript: Arvind Saxena Board, March 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date of the UPSC Personality Test:\u00a0<b>March 22 2017<\/b><br \/>\nHead of the UPSC Personality Test Board:\u00a0<b>Arvind Saxena<\/b><br \/>\nDuration of the interview:\u00a0<b>almost 30 minutes, first candidate in the forenoon session<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Background of the candidate:<\/b><br \/>\nHome state:<b>\u00a0Punjab<\/b><br \/>\nEducation:<b>\u00a0B.E. (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering<\/b><br \/>\nWork experience:<b>\u00a0two years at an American Manufacturing firm<\/b><br \/>\nOptional subject:<b>\u00a0Philosophy<\/b><br \/>\nHobbies\/Interests:<b>\u00a0Calligraphy, Bhangra and Giddha, Gym workouts, Photography<\/b><br \/>\nAttempt at UPSC CSE:<b>\u00a0second<\/b><br \/>\nOutcome of earlier attempts: CSE 2015 \u2013 not in the merit list (Written score: 687; Personality test: 179 \u2013 Board\u00a0<b><\/b>headed by Chhattar Singh)<br \/>\nUPSC CSE Personality Test 2016 details: Refer to the\u00a0<b>PDF below.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/discuss.forumias.com\/uploads\/editor\/3k\/fwoad9i4i5nl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read the UPSC Interview Transcript Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We will post UPSC Interview Transcripts regularly under the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interview Preparation Initiative<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><b>Why Interview\u00a0Transcripts?<\/b><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>These transcripts are\u00a0<b><i>just a collection<\/i><\/b>\u00a0of UPSC Interview experiences from different candidates.<\/li>\n<li>The purpose of these transcripts is to provide\u00a0<b><i>individual experience\u00a0<\/i><\/b>and how they faced the board.<\/li>\n<li>In a way, it affects the way candidates are understood, the information they share, and the conclusions drawn.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll be able to\u00a0<b><i>identify the constraints and opportunities before you<\/i><\/b>\u00a0when facing the interview board.<\/li>\n<li>Though providing transcripts, which is a behind a scene task, the aim is to provide a valuable input that you are looking for that you are hesitant to ask someone.<\/li>\n<li>It might help to re-evaluate your approach , and take a look at what really needs to be done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of the UPSC Personality Test:\u00a0March 22 2017 Head of the UPSC Personality Test Board:\u00a0Arvind Saxena Duration of the interview:\u00a0almost 30 minutes, first candidate in the forenoon session Background of the candidate: Home state:\u00a0Punjab Education:\u00a0B.E. (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering Work experience:\u00a0two years at an American Manufacturing firm Optional subject:\u00a0Philosophy Hobbies\/Interests:\u00a0Calligraphy, Bhangra and Giddha, Gym workouts, Photography&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-arvind-saxena-board-march-22\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC Interview Transcript: Arvind Saxena Board, March 22<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}