Tips for GPSC (Gujarat Public Service Commission ) Interview!
The Interview Committee of the GPSC, has listed the qualities that should be rated in the interview as, ”clarity of expression, grasp of narrative and argument, reasoning ability, appreciation of different points of view, awareness and concern for socio-economic problems, ranges and depth of interests and personal attributes relevant to interaction with people.”
The Interview for the civil services examination also known as the Personality Test is exactly that. It is aimed at assessing the candidate’s personality, whether he is suitable to be a competent administrator or not. The candidate is tested not only for his/her intelligence but also for his/her overall personality development, his/her attentiveness, balance of judgment and qualities of honesty, integrity and leadership. Therefore preparation for the Interview requires proper planning.
The selectors look out for some attributes in the candidate and decide whether he/she is suited for a career in civil services or not. For this, the candidate should have a positive attitude, should have an alert mind with quick reflexes, should be free from any sort of prejudice, should be good at making quick decisions and should have the ability to act under stress and to handle difficult situations.
Preparation for the Interview is a continuous process. This involves a wide reading of books, journals, magazines and at least two newspapers. One should try to improve his/her conversational skills with the right pronunciation. The candidate should be prepared to answer questions on his background, hobbies and extracurricular activities. It is a good idea to discuss current affairs and recent issues with friends. One good way of rehearsing possible questions would be to have mock interviews and discussion groups. The candidate should make a self analysis of his strengths and weaknesses and make a conscious effort to play on his strengths.
Some useful tips for a successful interview at UPSC are:
- To have a positive body language
- To have a good personal turnout and ensuring the right posture
- To answer questions clearly and confidently
- Try to remain calm and composed even when faced with provocative questions
- Try not getting into long winded explanations and answer to the point.
Things To Be Avoided at the GPSC Interview
- Avoid the expression, ‘I am sorry.’
- Avoid conversational cliches, like: ‘as you know’, ‘that’s correct’, ‘of course’, ‘indeed’, ‘obviously’, etc.
- Avoid technical jargon. However, if a member continues to probe you in any technical field, you can use technical expressions.
- Maintain a cheerful disposition. Now and then you can appear serious; but most of the time keep smiling or look cheerful and composed. One caution here: if the board laughs, you should only smile. It is only when you maintain some amount of distance that the board begins to wonder about the depth of your personality.
- Do not give long introductions. Come straight to the heart of the matter.
- Show human concern whenever possible in your answers.
- You should be logically consistent and analyze things rationally while talking. You are supposed to defend what you say, but with due respect to the views of the board. Stop trying to defend an answer if it becomes difficult to do so logically and fairly.
- Do not make hasty or sweeping generalizations.
Types of questions asked at the GPSC interview.
- Relating to your name. Any famous personality who has a similar or same name or surname.
- Your career choice. Why you want to opt for the civil services.
- You’re Hobbies. Why you pursue such a hobby or questions related to your hobby. So research well on your hobby.
- Hot topics of recent days like the Bird Flu and Tamiflu, Office of Profit, Sahara airlines deal and the growing airlines, Terror attacks in India, India US Nuclear deal, Commonwealth games, Saurav Ganguly etc. Keep reading and watching the news. If the recent headlines have something to do with your subject then specially revise those portions. For example if you are a veterinary doctor, Bird flu may go on to other animal diseases that can infect men. If you are an MBBS, then you might be asked about human to human spread of epidemics or any other epidemics and precautions etc. You may even be asked about the influence of MNC or drug manufacturers responsible for the spread of fear etc. If you are from an economy background, the same topic will veer towards the economic implications of the Bird flu.
- How you are going to use your specific knowledge (like if you are a doctor, lawyer, engineer etc) in the services.
- Situational questions. Like If you were the collector/SP of Ahmadabad, what would you do after the Terror Attack?
- Choice of services. The order of your choice of services can raise questions too.
- About your institution and related. If you have studies at Nirma University you may be asked about the rising salaries, if from IGNOU then even about Indira Gandhi and so on.
- From your form. You must go through the form you have filled because most questions will arise from there. If you have changed subjects, mentioned anything out of the way, watch out for questions on them. Interviewers take cue from the form you have filled.
Some actual questions asked of GPSC candidates.
- Don’t you think you can serve your country better by remaining a doctor and treating poor patients? Why do you want to be a civil servant?”
It would be best to answer this question very practically rather than emotionally saying you want to serve the country, because even a doctor serves the people. A doctor from Kerala was asked this Question and her reply was – “Because I want to treat the primary malady that afflicts our country, that creates so many poor in India. As a doctor I can treat only secondary maladies.” She even came up with exact statistics and suggestions on a rubber plantation for poverty alleviation indicating that she had spent considerable time and thoughts on her future plans. She was awarded a score of 85 per cent. - “What are the problems faced by wheat cultivators in your state?” an M.Sc. (Agriculture) student from Palanpur was once asked. “The problem is not so much to do with agronomy but with the lack of a seed bank in Palanpur,” came the reply and the candidate walked away with an 80 per cent score.
- “Is there a law in physics, which is relevant to administration?” a law graduate was prompted. “Yes. Newton’s third law of motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” He scored a cool 80 per cent.
The above questions can give you an idea of how relevant questions are asked from your subjects even as they are not directly from the syllabus
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February 7th, 2010 at 9:54 AM
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March 11th, 2010 at 2:32 PM
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March 26th, 2010 at 1:13 PM
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March 30th, 2010 at 1:58 PM
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April 3rd, 2010 at 9:22 PM
in interview comunicetion will be a English or a gujarati only. this tips are good but I want’s to read it in gujarai also.
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April 10th, 2010 at 7:27 PM
what about the direct selection process of the profesors selection of the last month’s adevertisement ?
the last date of the application submission was 20.3.2010.pls inform about this?
April 11th, 2010 at 8:56 AM
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April 15th, 2010 at 10:47 AM
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:01 PM
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May 11th, 2010 at 5:25 AM
hi,
how are you?
my self, uttamkumar patel………………i from united state…….i am from originally from ahmedabad, india.
i am doing mba right here………i having good grades in my past classes ………i will be done with mba in December.
i want be government employee and that’s my dream ………..hope you will help me out.
thanks
have a nice day.
May 12th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
To get details of forms, applications & other details pls. visit the website fo GPSC you will be able to get all the details from Advertisement-Notices-Results.
May 12th, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Dear Jigar, Visit the gpsc.gujarat.gov.in to get all the details you need
May 12th, 2010 at 10:52 AM
Nilesh first make up your mind regarding what subject you want to have in your prelims & later in Mains as the commerce grads have very few options this is the same case as mine. You should make up your mind regarding availibility of Material & your intrest in the subject.
Till then keep wathching news at least two channels, read newspapers at least two to get yourseld updated with current affairs this will help you prepare for General Studies.
Where as books of Liberty Publications will help you a lot even if you don’t join any classes.
Best wishes & go ahead.
May 12th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Hello Uttam,
Nice to hear that you wanna contirbute to the society welcome man. visti gpsc.gujarat.gov.in to get all the details you need regarding exams.
New advertisement is expected by July after a pending procedure completes by the end of June so get started with the same.
All the best.
May 17th, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Hello sir.
On which website I can get Old Question- papers of General Paper for G.P.S.C. Compitative exam?
May 28th, 2010 at 2:12 PM
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