{"id":86620,"date":"2021-02-23T17:37:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T12:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=86620"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T06:42:04","slug":"upsc-interview-transcript-mango_dolly-arvind-saxena-public-administration-14-yrs-work-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-mango_dolly-arvind-saxena-public-administration-14-yrs-work-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Interview Transcript : \u2018Mango_dolly\u2019, Arvind Saxena, Public Administration, 14 yrs Work Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview Date:<\/strong> (12:01pm thru 12:35pm) on 8-May-2017
\nBoard:<\/b>\u00a0Arvind Saxena\u00a0<\/b>
\nBackground: <\/b>Currently in Indian Revenue Service (through CSM 2015 exam)
\nBefore that, total 14 yrs = ~12 yrs in private sector \u2013 IT Consultant + 2 yrs in Indian Trade Service(thru CSM 2013) 4th Attempt;
\nOptional: <\/b>Public Administration
\nEdu. Qual:<\/strong> Btech (Computer Sc) + MBA (Marketing + IT)
\nHobbies<\/strong>: Quizzing
\nHome State:<\/strong> Jharkhand<\/p>\n

\n

Chairman<\/h3>\n

You have worked in one of the big firms abroad and then ITS and then IRS, what exactly you want to achieve in your life? Will you stop at IAS?
\nCM \u2013 Why so late?
\nCM \u2013 You took so much pay cut? How are you surviving? *laugh*
\nCM \u2013 Will you be satisfied with any cadre in IAS?
\nCM \u2013 So how do you relate protectionism and Make in India?
\nCM \u2013 Why is GoI getting involved in H1B issue?
\nCM \u2013 Why is Make for India better and sustainable than Make in India?
\nCM \u2013 Why should India follow China and not chart out its own growth story?
\nCM \u2013 How are we protecting our agri sector?
\nCM \u2013 How does foreign competition help us?<\/p>\n

Member 1<\/h3>\n

M1 \u2013 Ok What differences do you make out in the way RK Mission school teaching methodologies and that of other schools?\u00a0*I\u2019m NOT related to RK Mission in any way*<\/i>
\nI said I dont know.
\nM1 \u2013 When did Kargil war take place? Why did it take place? How is the war then different from now? As a administrator how will you douse the issue now?
\n*didnt look satisfied*<\/i>
\nM1 \u2013 Suppose you visit a village and the people there offer you rice\/dal\/subji but you are full and instead you ask for tea + 2 biscuits. They are unable to offer you that. Why?
\nI said,\u201d I dont know sir\u201d<\/i>. To which He replied I will tell you and then said\u00a0\u201cthats because they do not have money to buy biscuits.\u201d<\/i>
\nM1 \u2013 So what will you do to give them money
\nM1 \u2013 Why farmers dont get enough income?
\nM1 \u2013 How will you reduce the nexus of intermediaries?<\/p>\n

Member 2<\/h3>\n

M2 \u2013 So how will you apply your IT knowledge in GSTN?
\nM2 \u2013 What is vendor management?
\nM2 \u2013 How will your IT knowledge help you in negotiating with external vendors?
\nM2 \u2013 MSP with whom? I said Infosys
\nM2 \u2013 Will you be happy joining HQ\/Staff function rather than field?
\nM2 \u2013 Why is your CBEC staff unhappy? Has govt done something?
\nM2 \u2013 Will you be happy joining anywhere in India as an IAS?
\nM2 \u2013 Why should we select you?<\/p>\n

Member 3<\/h3>\n

M3 \u2013 Name few copper mines in Jharkhand?
\nM3 \u2013 What is the economy of a copper mine?
\nM3 \u2013 Why prices increasing?
\nM3 \u2013 What is the economy of iron ore mine?\u00a0*dunno what he was upto*<\/i>
\nM3 \u2013 Comment on resource curse of Jharkhand
\nM3 \u2013 Do you support so many IITs setup by GoI?
\nM3 \u2013 Are you aware about the controversy regarding some mine in Jadugoda? How much of it is media propaganda?
\nM3 \u2013 What steps should radioactive mines take?
\nM3 \u2013 Do you support ISM being converted into an IIT?\u00a0*I am NOT from ISM Dhanbad*<\/i><\/p>\n

Member 4<\/h3>\n

M4 \u2013 How will you solve Naxal Problem?
\nM4 \u2013 Why outside people influencing and leading Naxal groups?
\nM4 \u2013 Why so many names \u2013 UK, Britain, England etc ?\u00a0*stayed and worked for 10 yrs in London*<\/i>
\nM4 \u2013 What is King\u2019s Cross station in London famous for?
\nM4 \u2013 How will you grow India\u2019s exports?<\/p>\n

Chairman<\/strong> \u2013 Ok thanks your interview is over now.<\/p>\n

P.S: Few questions of M2 and M4 I am unable to remember.<\/i><\/p>\n

This was my LAST attempt and I went inside the Dholpur House for one final time on 8-May .. felt nostalgic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interview Date: (12:01pm thru 12:35pm) on 8-May-2017 Board:\u00a0Arvind Saxena\u00a0 Background: Currently in Indian Revenue Service (through CSM 2015 exam) Before that, total 14 yrs = ~12 yrs in private sector \u2013 IT Consultant + 2 yrs in Indian Trade Service(thru CSM 2013) 4th Attempt; Optional: Public Administration Edu. Qual: Btech (Computer Sc) + MBA (Marketing… Continue reading UPSC Interview Transcript : \u2018Mango_dolly\u2019, Arvind Saxena, Public Administration, 14 yrs Work Experience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[722,4421,1709,4493],"class_list":["post-86620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-722","tag-arvind_saxena","tag-public_administration","tag-quizzing","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86620","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}