{"id":183288,"date":"2022-05-08T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T05:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=183288"},"modified":"2022-05-08T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T05:49:38","slug":"upsc-interview-2021-transcript-136-tca-anant-board-public-administration-optional-table-tennis-quora-data-analysis-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-136-tca-anant-board-public-administration-optional-table-tennis-quora-data-analysis-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #136 : TCA Anant Board, Public Administration Optional, Table Tennis, Quora, Data Analysis Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 22nd April Afternoon<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> TCA Anant Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Public Administration<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> IITR<br \/>\n<strong>Profession:<\/strong> (if any)- Treebo, Cars24 &#8211; Business Strategy<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Table Tennis, Quora, Data Analysis<\/p>\n<p>Utility of mocks (if any)- Helpful like in drafting answers, improving body language and gaining confidence but questions asked were different.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#int2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chairperson:<\/strong> Asked to remove mask and shield.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Questions regarding my integrated course, benefits and further followup from my answers.<\/li>\n<li>Why students from IIT pursue everything else than engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Are students in 12th mature enough to choose carrier or they be allowed to choose stream later.<\/li>\n<li>Benefits of electives in college course<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sir, Speaks a bit slow &#8211; would advice to hear more carefully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Srilankan Crisis &#8211; my views<\/li>\n<li>Culture of freebies &#8211; Srilankan and Indian<\/li>\n<li>Should expenditure on education and health also called freebies<\/li>\n<li>What is rent seeking (Political &#8211; Business)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Very tough to be convinced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How Cars24 improve customer experience<\/li>\n<li>Is scrapping policy correct &#8211; Welfaristic and Economic angle<\/li>\n<li>Changes, I would like to make in scrapping policy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Followup on above questions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Should one do MBA<\/li>\n<li>Steve Jobs, APJ Kalam,.. didn&#8217;t do MBA &#8211; still excellent managers &#8211; Should we scrap MBA to save time and money.<\/li>\n<li>Difference between Engineers and Managers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Some more questions, I don&#8217;t remember<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Questions regarding demographic dividend &#8211; India and Bihar<\/li>\n<li>Why Bihar backward in improving Demographic Dividend.<\/li>\n<li>MGNREGA &#8211; Issues in Bihar<\/li>\n<li>UBI &#8211; Should we bring &#8211; Followup questions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairperson:<\/strong> You can go now, your interview is over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall,<\/strong> Very cordial board, listened with patience and were supportive. Felt more like conversation than Questions and Answer session.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to all of you &#8211; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For full Interview Preparation Guide:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Current Affairs For UPSC Exam 2022:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/current-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>(This transcript has been posted by a community member of ForumIAS)<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Interview: 22nd April Afternoon Board: TCA Anant Sir Optional: Public Administration Background: IITR Profession: (if any)- Treebo, Cars24 &#8211; Business Strategy Hobbies: Table Tennis, Quora, Data Analysis Utility of mocks (if any)- Helpful like in drafting answers, improving body language and gaining confidence but questions asked were different. 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