{"id":91574,"date":"2021-03-01T16:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=91574"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:35:22","slug":"upsc-interview-transcript-vinay-mittal-board-27th-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-vinay-mittal-board-27th-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Interview Transcript: Vinay Mittal Board \u2013 27th March, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Interview date<\/strong>: 27-03-2017<br \/>\n<strong>Interview board<\/strong>: Vinay Mittal<br \/>\n<strong>Background<\/strong>: IIT (Metallurgical Engineering)<br \/>\n<strong>Employment and work-ex<\/strong>\u00a0(if applicable): IT<br \/>\n<strong>Domicile<\/strong>: UP<br \/>\n<strong>Optional<\/strong>: Sociology<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies<\/strong>: Playing Cricket, Listening Ghazals<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"note1\"><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1. You have a long career in IT. What innovative work you have done there?(i have got few awards in various IT companies)<br \/>\n2. You must have seen new UPSC website?Do you like it?<br \/>\n3. What improvements you will make to new upsc website?<br \/>\n4. What qualities you learnt from your work ex which would be applicable to civil services?<br \/>\n5. Civil servants have the perception of being elitist? Why it is so?<br \/>\n6. Why do we need ethics at all?<br \/>\n7. What are your ethical values? How would you use?<br \/>\n8. What are the important sectors where india needs improvement?(I told one as education)<br \/>\n9. What is the issue with our education? How should we improve education system? What reforms you would make to it?<br \/>\n(Chairman took 12-15 minutes asking various questions)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"note1\"><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1.Which is your favourite ghazal singer?<br \/>\n2. Which is your favourite ghazal?(M1 had very low voice so i thought he was asking me to sing. I said shall i sing? Chairman replied no it is not a singing competition and entire board including me burst into laughter). But M1 asked to recite few lines.<br \/>\n3. What is river bed mining?<br \/>\n4. Some other question related to mining?(I said i dont know to 2 of them).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"note1\"><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1. What is AFSPA and its future in Manipur after Iron Sharmila?<br \/>\n2. AFSPA related to Kashmir?<br \/>\n3. What is matriarchy?<br \/>\n4. Is matriarchy related to religion?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"note1\"><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1. Again one question on mining which i said i dont know.<br \/>\n2. What is Indus water treaty?<br \/>\n3. What is the issue?<br \/>\n4. Are we having similar treaty with china?<br \/>\n5. What is prestige?<br \/>\n6. What is power? Some follow up on this<br \/>\n7. Can ganga be cleaned?How can it be done?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"note1\"><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1. Suppose you are made an IPS officer. How will you reform the system.<br \/>\n2. What is sex ratio?<br \/>\n3. Why sex ratio is poor in india?<br \/>\n4. Why patriarchy is prevalent in India?<br \/>\n5. H1B issue. She said it is good na that brain drain will stop\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" title=\":)\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/discuss.forumias.com\/resources\/emoji\/smile.png?fit=745%2C20\" alt=\":)\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Overall 35 minutes, board was cordial and they never tried to grill me and hence a good feeling after coming out of the interview room. Rest marks will tell.<\/em><\/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>Interview date: 27-03-2017 Interview board: Vinay Mittal Background: IIT (Metallurgical Engineering) Employment and work-ex\u00a0(if applicable): IT Domicile: UP Optional: Sociology Hobbies: Playing Cricket, Listening Ghazals Chairman 1. You have a long career in IT. What innovative work you have done there?(i have got few awards in various IT companies) 2. 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