{"id":331025,"date":"2025-03-28T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=331025"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:57:06","slug":"upsc-interview-2024-transcript-21-bidyut-behari-swain-board-psychology-optional-chess-speedcubing-watching-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-21-bidyut-behari-swain-board-psychology-optional-chess-speedcubing-watching-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #21: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Psychology Optional, Chess, Speedcubing, Watching Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Date and session of Interview &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a025th Mar, Forenoon, 3rd to go<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong>\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain<br \/>\n<strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">College:<\/strong>\u00a0CSE, IIT Guwahati<br \/>\n<strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Work Ex:<\/strong>\u00a0GS, Ola, IPS (P)<br \/>\n<strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Optional:<\/strong>\u00a0Psychology<br \/>\n<strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Hobbies:<\/strong> Chess, Speedcubing, Watching psychological crime thrillers<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. <em data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityItalic\">* On being greeted with Jai Hind *<\/em>\u00a0Seems like you\u2019re coming directly from the Academy? <em data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityItalic\">(jokingly)<\/em><br \/>\n2. You\u2019ve listed watching crime thrillers as your hobby and your optional is Psychology, tell me the psyche behind why 60-70% of movies\/shows in any language nowadays come under \u2018thriller\u2019 category.<br \/>\n3. They should be making more shows and movies in comedy genre.<\/p>\n<h2><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Member 1<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Does watching crime thrillers, especially the ones containing gore and violent scenes, make one violent?<br \/>\n2. You\u2019ve spent a sufficiently good amount of time in Assam, tell me 3 good things about Assam and Assamese.<br \/>\n3. One of my friends recently lost 4 lakhs by being under Digital arrest. Analyse the personality traits from a psychological perspective, of people who are prone to Digital arrest.<br \/>\n4. You\u2019re an IPS officer. What will you do to declare an area under your jurisdiction completely safe for women?<br \/>\n5. Not just making it safe but how would you convince\/declare the same to the public?<br \/>\n6. What would you do if you find your subordinate sleeping in his vehicle during patrolling hours at a different location?<\/p>\n<h2><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Don\u2019t you think the brand of IITs in recent years been diluted due to the opening of so many new IITs?<br \/>\n2. Then why do people opt for NITs like NIT Trichy and others instead of newer IITs and why is there so less placements in newer IITs?<br \/>\n3. Tell me two major changes you\u2019d want to bring to the way policing happens in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.<br \/>\n4. What is one short term and one long term peril of instant delivery of justice via encounters?<br \/>\n5. Have you chosen only IAS in your service preference list?<br \/>\n6. So, is IRS your Plan B? If selected, would you quit IPS and join IRS?<\/p>\n<h2><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Why did you opt for Psychology as your optional even though you have a degree in Computer Science?<br \/>\n2. Not because it is a high-scoring Optional?<br \/>\n3. Why have people started using foul language and abusive tones in day to day communication with each other? Analyse it from a psychological perspective.<br \/>\n4. What would be your suggestions to control this Brain-rot that you mentioned?<br \/>\n5. Indians, in general follow all the rules and maintain cleanliness on streets when they visit any foreign land but do not do the same when present here, what\u2019s the psychological reason?<br \/>\n6. You mean to say we are a gone case?<br \/>\n7. How to bring about such change then? What is this nudge theory that you just now mentioned?<br \/>\n8. What was your job at Ola?<br \/>\n9. Tell me 3 challenges that you faced while working at Ola and any exhilarating experience while solving the same.<\/p>\n<h2><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Tell me a positive and a negative thing about AI in today\u2019s world.<br \/>\n2. Some say that AI in coming days would take over the world, what\u2019s your opinion about the same?<br \/>\n3. Who is the father of Indian Psychology?<br \/>\n4. Tell me any Indian institute famous for treating mental health issues.<br \/>\n5. Full form of NIMHANS?<br \/>\n6. Can your hobby of watching crime thrillers be of any help in your current service?<br \/>\n7. Design any AI system which can be used for policing, especially investigation and which does not exist in the world right now.<br \/>\n8. What is the difference between AI and DeepMind?<br \/>\n9. How do your seniors treat you in the service? Is there any kind of pressure?<\/p>\n<p><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Chairperson &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Your interview is over, thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Thanked them all and left.<\/p>\n<p><em data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityItalic\">\u2014 Transcript end \u2014<\/p>\n<p><\/em><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Comments \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The table was big and oval shaped with Chairperson, M1, M2, me (:p), M3 and M4 sitting in a clockwise fashion.<br \/>\n2. The help came around 2-3 times during the 35-37 minutes of interview, sometimes with Bingo mad angles (that spicy crunchy smell though), sometimes with chai samose.<br \/>\n3. The board was <strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">EXTREMELY<\/strong>\u00a0cordial. I enjoyed the experience to the core!<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS:<\/strong> Did not take any mocks for Mains or PT this year.<\/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 2025:\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 and session of Interview &#8211;\u00a025th Mar, Forenoon, 3rd to go Board:\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain College:\u00a0CSE, IIT Guwahati Work Ex:\u00a0GS, Ola, IPS (P) Optional:\u00a0Psychology Hobbies: Chess, Speedcubing, Watching psychological crime thrillers To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024,\u00a0visit this page Chairman 1. * On being greeted with Jai Hind *\u00a0Seems like you\u2019re coming directly from the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-21-bidyut-behari-swain-board-psychology-optional-chess-speedcubing-watching-hobbies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #21: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Psychology Optional, Chess, Speedcubing, Watching Hobbies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12062,12069,1716,12063,7062,9452,12073],"class_list":["post-331025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-12062","tag-bb_swain2024","tag-chess","tag-interview_transcript2024","tag-ips","tag-psychology_optional","tag-speedcubing","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}