Date of Interview: 4th May 2022
Board: TCA Anant
Home State:  Rajasthan
Attempt: 1st attempt
Optional: Sociology
Hobby: No questions asked
Leadership: NSS project head

Meanwhile forgot to wish them 😂
Realised by looking at chairman’s face so finally greeted good morning.

Chairman

1. U can remove your mask if comfortable.( No face shield)
2. Read my daf
3. Questions about NSS experience
4. What was project about
5. Why not botany as optional
6. Plans for pg? (I said with sociology yes)
7. Asked wt u learnt from sociology (multiple perspectives) How?
8. Explained with example of suicide (personal vs sociological problem)
9. Follow up question

Member 1 (talked very slowly n low volume)

1. Monologue on women’s entry into permanent commission
2. Then asked factors which propelled it?
3. Benefits?
4. Should women be allowed in combat forces like artillery etc
5. Is there gender pay gap in army (I said I don’t think so ..at same rank govt won’t discriminate)
6. Monologue on Indian women hockey team (told him m not following sports but still)
7. Asked rank of team in world (replied don’t know)
8. Asked to guess out of 10( told 2nd rank- obviously wrong)

Member 2

1. Directly said u from science background saying interested in sociology, i don’t think u r honest, things are contradictory.(may be said intentionally ..may be to see my reaction) but
2. I nodded and said ok sir .(bcz only a science student knows how easy is to study humanities after graduation in pure sciences😅)
3. Then asked elderly problems (NSS project)
4. I replied – problems with solutions
5. How women empowerment can be done
6. How GER will increase (follow up ques)
7. Less ques but bcz may be I didn’t let him talk😀

Member 3

1. Sweet smiling
2. Twitter controversy- pros n cons
3. Lfpr? Why low for women?
4. How to improve?
5. Particularly how in sawaimadhopur?( I feel i didn’t do justice with the answer, bouncer ques but missed it)

Member 4– talking in low volume

1. How to reduce dependence upon coal?
2. By what timeframe, will be able to phase out coal?( Follow up ques?
3. Tidal energy…Is India doing enough here?
4. Important tribal laws (while I was listing out, CM interfered)

Chairman

Thank you

Experience-

1. Good, cordial board except M2
2. Since beginning giving weird expressions n after every answer also like not satisfied (hence I think it was just to scare me considering my age)
3. No grilling
4. No cross questioning
5. Felt like Question answer session
6. Easier than mock
7. Felt like home there
8. Mocks- gave 7-8, really important, to avoid nervousness, to know expectations of board members, how to structure answer instantly, variety of possible questions but real interview is quite different.
9. Would recommend IAS hub mock, ksg, Shubhra Ranjan.

Note – The chair was office type with wheels n also high ,so practice with such chair , how to sit specially girls (bcz saree n lesser height)

Source: Forum IAS