UPSC Interview Transcript : 02/05/17, ARVIND SAXENA BOARD, IIT KANPUR

4th June 2017

DATE– 02/05/17
BACKGROUND– IIT KANPUR, CIVIL ENGINEERING
OPTIONAL– LAW

CHAIRMAN WAS BEHAVING NORMALLY MEANS NEITHER VERY STRICT NOR VERY CORDIAL.
M1 PISSED ME OFF THE MOMENT HE OPENED HIS MOUTH AND CONTINUED DOING SO TILL HE STOPPED.
F,M2,M3 WERE TALKING VERY NICELY AND BEHAVING VERY CORDIALLY. CH,F,M2,M3 WERE ATTENTIVE AND LISTENED TO ME THROUGH OUT THE INTERVIEW PARTICULARLY CHAIRMAN.
M1 SLEPT AFTER ASKING HIS PART OF QUESTIONS. INITIAL 10 MINTUES, WHEN CHAIRMAN AND M1 WERE ASKING QUESTIONS, WERE STRESSFUL AND THEY WERE SPEAKING MORE THAN I WAS
BUT NEXT 20-25 MINUTES I WAS CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE AND I SPOKE MORE THAN THE REST THREE INTERVIEWERS.
I FUMBLED AT SOME PLACES BUT WAS ABLE TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE.
OVERALL I THINK PERFORMANCE WAS AVERAGE AND LOWER THAN MY EXPECTATIONS. MAYBE IF M1 HAD ASKED QUESTIONS CORDIALLY, I COULD HAVE PERFORMED BETTER BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE PRESSURE CREATED BY HIM OUT OF MY MIND THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW HOWEVER, I TRIED TO CONCEAL IT THROUGH SMILING.
ANYWAY, IT WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT FIRST INTERVIEW, DIDNT HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS.

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