Mains Over - How should one Proceed for the Personality Test?

Written the Mains? Clueless about how to prepare for the Interview? Read this.

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Murali .

commented 2 year(s) ago

@KingSlayer23 a friend of mine who gave the interview few years back had the same hobby. Questions on that was from the books they had learnt. Better to have a tidy list of books to mention and be ready to answer any question on those books

KingSlayer23,sjerngal

KingSlayer23 .

commented 2 year(s) ago

Muralisaid
@KingSlayer23 a friend of mine who gave the interview few years back had the same hobby. Questions on that was from the books they had learnt. Better to have a tidy list of books to mention and be ready to answer any question on those books

thanks will do that

Simran .

commented 2 year(s) ago

@Neyawn sir, how can first timers judge their mains performance ? And how to avoid the optimism bias or recurring pessimism ?

Also, can some braveheart gather the courage to frame the triads of three people sir has suggested ?

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Neyawn .

commented 2 year(s) ago

chappantiklisaid
@Neyawn Will it be good idea to join a 10 day course of vipassana starting on 27th this month?
I've been wanting to join it for a long long time but a bit confused now that it'd cause me a break in preparations for the interviews/ improvement for ( god forbid).next mains

It's a good idea. You deserve this break, you have earned it !

I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS

ssver2,sjerngal

MachineGunJoe .

commented 2 year(s) ago

Listenibg about optimism bias making me more pessimistic 😇

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RaGa .

commented 2 year(s) ago

There is one telegram channel which has done a detailed analysis of how the board members have rewarded marks, standar deviation and stuff wrt their marks. I read all that and found interesting, but one questions still remains, how is it all helpful for a candidate?

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Neyawn .

commented 2 year(s) ago

Apollo11said
@Neyawn sir, how can first timers judge their mains performance ? And how to avoid the optimism bias or recurring pessimism ?

Also, can some braveheart gather the courage to frame the triads of three people sir has suggested ?

You do whatthis dudedid.

So when he finished writing Mains, we happened to meet by chance, also because he had philosophy optional.

He was working on two Mains papers, which he thought has screwed up ( it was true, he got double digit marks in philo Paper 1 ) , and finished off things in 40-45 days. Yoou get 2 months before the Interview call comes. When the date for result came close, you try to prepare for the PT.

In essense do not lose touch with studied. Do not "wait" for results. Study. For Mains subjects that are gone bad, and keep reading the newspaper.

Also, if you end up taking 1-2 mocks, you will not be a fool, even if things dont work out. You just have to not be the guy who wasnt prepared when destiny gave him an opportunity.

I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS

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Mupassa .

commented 2 year(s) ago

Hey .. I'm totally new here.. can anyone please tell when and how will one get interview call?... Filling daf to interview?etc thanks in advance

Vishnugupta .

commented 2 year(s) ago

@MuraliR When ? Probably around mid-March

How? If your roll no. is there in the Mains result pdf, you are shortisted for interview. Interviews will begin nearly a month after the Mains result date.

DAF 2: Generally 1 or 2 days after Mains result. You will get 10 days to fill the DAF 2.

E-Summon, letter you will be able to download just like Admit Card download from UPSC website.

Mupassa,