{"id":91600,"date":"2021-03-01T16:26:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=91600"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:26:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:56:20","slug":"interview-transcript-b-s-bassi-board-20th-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript-b-s-bassi-board-20th-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Transcript: B.S. Bassi Board, 20th March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview date<\/strong>: 20th March
\nInterview board<\/strong>: B. S Bassi
\nBackground<\/strong>: Graduate in Agril. Engg., MBA from MDI
\nEmployment and work-ex<\/strong>: Worked for a shipping company for 13 months
\nDomicile<\/strong>: Haryana
\nHobbies<\/strong>: Jogging, Reading Autobiographies, Fiction & Journal writing
\nQuestions<\/p>\n

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Chairman<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. What brings you here today?
\n2. Working with a big brand, why do you want to leave?
\n3. Don\u2019t you think you are overqualified to become an IAS?
\n4. Why civil services, what difference will you make?<\/p>\n

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Member 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. What is Brexit? It\u2019s causes? Ramifications for Britain, EU & India?
\n2. Why is Germany allowing immigration while other countries aren\u2019t?
\n3. What do you understand by the quote \u2013 \u201cDemography is destiny\u201d?
\n4. Compare the demographies of India & Japan?
\n5. Enlist major moments in the history of our nation in past 70 years?<\/p>\n

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Member 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. Grilled me on why I am leaving a well paying job to join civil services?
\n2. Why not join an NGO to serve people?
\n3. How will you address the problem of impoverished children?
\n4. Steps taken by govt. to address poverty?
\n5. How will I use my management skills in public administration?<\/p>\n

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Member 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. What are smart cities? Why so much focus on them?
\n2. How will you make your district a smart city?
\n3. How to ensure proper waste disposal?
\n4. How will you address the problem of land mafia?
\n5. How to check the growing problem of air pollution?<\/p>\n

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Member 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. What is agriculture\u2019s share in our economy?
\n2. Proportion of people employed in agriculture?
\n3. What are govt.\u2019s present debt levels? What it should be ideally?
\n4. What is fiscal deficit expected for 2017-18? What is target level in long term?
\n5. What are NPAs?
\n6. What is the difference between NPA & stressed assets?
\n7. After how much time stressed assets become NPAs?
\n8. What is Kaizen?
\n9. What are present NPA levels for Public sector banks & overall banking sector?
\n10. Your profile seems very diverse, justify it.
\n11. Why is so much population is involved in agriculture, still it\u2019s share in economy so low?<\/p>\n

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Overall: Panel seemed satisfied.
\nCouldn\u2019t answer only one question \u2013 related to Kaizen, it just skipped my mind at that moment.
\nRest of the questions I handled fine.
\nThis was my\u00a0first attempt<\/strong>. So I don\u2019t know what should I expect. But I am satisfied with my effort.
\nAll the best people.\u00a0\":)\"<\/p>\n

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