{"id":229493,"date":"2023-03-03T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T08:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=229493"},"modified":"2023-03-03T11:54:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T06:24:21","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-125-m-sathiyavathy-board-psir-optional-football-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-125-m-sathiyavathy-board-psir-optional-football-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #125 : M Sathiyavathy Board, PSIR Optional, Football, Fitness."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Board:<\/strong>\u00a0M Sathiyavathy<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> PSIR<br \/>\n<strong>Duration:<\/strong> 20-25 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Civil engineering from an IIT<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Football, Non-Fiction, Fitness.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>*Skipped her favourite question cause I graduated in 2022 only.*<\/li>\n<li>Why didn&#8217;t you work as a civil engineer?<\/li>\n<li>Did you not apply for the placements?<\/li>\n<li>Do core firms visit your campus?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about the technologies that were used in Qatar World cup?<\/li>\n<li>Did you go to Qatar?<\/li>\n<li>Why are so many bad things happening in sports? (Very open ended question, wasn&#8217;t ready for it but learnt from the question for the rest of my interview)<\/li>\n<li>Is our media getting less ethical everyday?<\/li>\n<li>Something about money in sports?<\/li>\n<li>When did you start your preparation?<\/li>\n<li>Something about my marks in final year and UPSC preparation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>How did you start your preparation?<\/li>\n<li>How did you cover political science in such a small time?<\/li>\n<li>Do you get time to read books while being in college and also preparing?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about the books you&#8217;ve read.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What is Abhijeet Banerjee&#8217;s methodology?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0So it&#8217;s something about facts, do you favour facts or intuition?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Will you never trust your intuition then?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What is fitness for you?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Difference between fitness and health?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Do you have like a childhood dream to become a civil servant?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Let&#8217;s talk about financial fitness, What&#8217;s your take on the issue of freebies? and suggest me a solution.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What would you choose between free electricity, free food and a Health and wellness centre?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0World is looking towards India but India lacks basic infrastructure, how do you see it? (Very open ended question again, without any closure..but I gave an elaborate answer learning from my previous mistake)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0If you can become secretary of MoD or MoW&amp;C what will you choose?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell me something that stood out for you in &#8220;Pakistan: at the helm&#8221; (a book I mentioned earlier.)<\/li>\n<li>Tell me things that you think general people won&#8217;t know about Pakistan but you do.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What was Musharraf&#8217;s role in Kargil?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What happened to Musharraf recently?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Is his body being brought back to Pakistan?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What is Gross happiness index and the country that introduced it?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What other growth indicators are there? (Agreed with me when I said GHI is about development and not growth. Suggested some other indicators too.)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Tell me some growth indicators then!<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Difference between GDP and GNP?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What do you think is more for India?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>*Caught me smiling for no good reason*<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ve lived in North East for FIVE years, right? I hope you know about the place. You do right??<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about some of the development initiatives in NE?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s happening under PM Devine? What are the projects?<\/li>\n<li>Something apart from the bridges?<\/li>\n<li>Two factual questions that I don&#8217;t even remember smh<\/li>\n<li>Many states in NE are going to polls, can you name some?<\/li>\n<li>Nagaland too is going right?<\/li>\n<li>What is Naga peace accord?<\/li>\n<li>If the accord was entered into in 2015 why hasn&#8217;t it been implemented yet?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairperson<\/strong> &#8211; thank you&#8230; your interview is over!<\/p>\n<p>Be ready for some vague and open ended questions, adapt to them and give a closure on your own.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t fret over the excercise, board members are so kind and welcoming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mocks :<\/strong> Gave around 8 mocks.<br \/>\n<strong>Good ones :<\/strong> Vajirao and ready(I fell into an argument but they reviewed me well and helped me), Unacademy, Subhra Ranjan (closest to interview in my case, more like a conversation between experienced people and a young naive boy), Next IAS (covers DAF well), Samkalp(Quality of questions was good)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Won&#8217;t suggest:<\/strong> KSG (khan sir is not sitting for the mocks and chairman is too hostile, felt like some personal grudge tbh)<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/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 2023: <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>Board:\u00a0M Sathiyavathy Optional: PSIR Duration: 20-25 minutes Background: Civil engineering from an IIT Hobbies: Football, Non-Fiction, Fitness. To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, visit this page Chairman *Skipped her favourite question cause I graduated in 2022 only.* Why didn&#8217;t you work as a civil engineer? Did you not apply for the placements? 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