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Iwillsharemyexperience..Itisbasedonmypersonalassessment..
SomemistakesthatIdid:
1.Theseatingspaceisverycongestedintheactualinterview..Ididnotknowthat..Theyweresitting
toocloseandIwaswaytoolouder..AlsobecauseoftheexcitementIwasalittleaggressiveatthe
start..Ishouldhavetakentimetorespond..
2.Myinterviewendedonahigh..Intheexcitementthatitisallwellandover,whenIwascomingout,
firstIwastryingtoopenthewrongsideofthedoorandsecond,IhitthedoorwithmyshoesresultA
loudnoise..SomaintaincalmtillyoucomeoutoftheDholpurHouse..
3.IgavemylastmockinSamkalp.Theboardqualitythereusuallydeterioratesinthelastlap..Hence
oneshouldfinishSamkalpmockininitialphasesofpreparationitself..Itisbettertoselectfrom
ChanakyaorChatanyaasyourlastmock..Theyaremuchclosertotheactualone..
Somesuggestions:
Inviteyourfriendsoveraboozpartyandshowyourmockvideostothem..Itisfun..

Dontbe

hesitant..Admityourfaults..Infact,thisislikecelebratingyourselfaseveryonetalksaboutwhatis
goodorbadinyou..Itfeelsgood..Thentryimprovinginthenextmock..
IfyouhaveprobleminEnglishandareatlossofwordsintheinterview,admitit..Asktheirpermission
tospeakinHindifortimebeing..Theywontmind..Butevenwhenyouareadmittingyourfaultyou
needtodoitconfidently..IhavedoneitinMBAjobinterviewandgottheplacement..PrinceDhawan
diditinUPSCinterviewandgot200+...Alsowhenyoualreadyknowthatyouhavetheoptiontorevert
backtoHindi,yourfearmightgoawayandyoumaynotactuallyneedit..
Alsowritealargeessayonyourself..Sothatyouhaveaclearprofileofwhoyouare..whatareyour
values..forexwhydidyoudoengineering?IdiditbecauseitgavemeanassurancethatIwouldearn
atleast2030thousandamonth..meaningadecentlifestyle..Otherstreamsarenotaspredictable.As
Ididnotcomefromaveryrichbackground,thisassurancewasimportantforme..bahutlogtoisime
jhootsachbolnelagtehain..unkaanswersunkeaisalagtahaiki"areyarekauragaya"..

and

mostpeopleareactuallyunabletopulloffalie..Itbecomesclearbywatchingtheireyes..sodontdo
thatifyoucantpulloffalie..rathersugarcoatyourtruth..
Manypeoplewhogetunpredictablemarksalsogetitbecausetheyhaveconflictingvalues..Insome
questionsitbecomesclearlyvisibleandtheyaredoomed..Sometimesitdoesnot,sotheyescapewith
agoodmarks..
Andfinallyremember,kiInterviewmeethicsseekpaisekabhikhilwadnai..Inmyboard(morning+
evening)Thebestmarkswasawardedtothemosthumbleguywhodidnothaveagoodcommand
overEnglishandhadheavyMTI...arrogantguysgotlesser..Thiswasmypersonalassessment.Ithink
itisjustified..Herewearetalkingaboutpowerpositions...Doesnotmatterhowbrilliantyouare..Ifyou
arenothumble,andhavenotgotethicslikeempathy,youwillmisusepower...andyouwillbecomea
cleverdevil..wahijoessaymebhiayatha..
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and3others.
Andherachatega!surajniklega!kamalkhilega!
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TheWhiteTigersaid:
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uwillgetaLassiduringinterview.thatsastressbuster
accordingtomodieconomics,tocutfiscaldeficitnolassiwillbegiventill2022andrs10coffeewillcost
rs100ascesstill2oct2029

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Achilles451
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animesh4242said:
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accordingtomodieconomics,tocutfiscaldeficitnolassiwillbegiventill2022andrs10coffee
willcostrs100ascesstill2oct2029
haha..nicesarcasm.butrighttosomeextent,thisgovtisincreasingexcisedutyonpetroleumproducts
socovertlythatwhencrudepricesarereducedby70%ourgovthasreducedpetrolpricesbyjust20%
(petrolrs77toRs62now).andifyouhavereadeconomicsurveyourbureaucratshavepotrayedthis
increasedexcisedutyasacarbontaxtojustifyit.kyascamhaiyehyaar!
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Beinghumbleisgood,butbeingconfidentismoreimportant..becausesometimesitiadifficultto
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becomeboth...
Fewmistakes..
1)evenifwecommitsomemistake,weneednottocommititinfrontoftheboard..ratheritisbetter
thattoshowthatyoustronglybelieveinwhatuhavesaid..
2)makingmucheyecontactsmaybeharmful..itmaymaketheboardmembersuncomfortable..
3)towardstheend,themostimportantquestionscomeupandmarksaredecided..sobepreparedfor
abetterending..
4)ratherthansayinglike'shallImakeaguess'..it'sbettertocommitthat'Idon'tknow'..
5)noneedtothinkthatyoudon'tknowmanyanswers..
6)concentrateonthatday'snewspaperandgointofinerdetailsofimportantnewsofthatday..they
checkhowmuchyoucanforeseeandmakeforwardthinkingonanycurrentissue..

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realracer
about5hoursago

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Ihaveaquestion
IhadajobinaPSUandhaveresigned(afterworkingfor2years)fromtheretoprepareforCSE
cansomebodypleasegivemeagoodexcuse
mypersonalreasonswereshifttypeofjobsonofixedscheduleandtheplacewasdemandingalotof
physicalactivity.sowastiredafterwork
pleasehelp
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springflower
about5hoursago

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ihavegotDavidsirsboard,
Mymistakesare
1)Ihavenottakenanymocks,soiwasnotpreparedtoanswerquestionsaboutmyself,whichisbadfor
exheaskedmeaboutwhyiwantedtogetintoservices,hewasexpectingcrispanswer,iwantedtotell
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himfirstthatididnotfindsoftwarejobinteresting,hedidnotlikeithesternlysaidwhycivilsservices
answermypoint,theniwasnervous,becauseipracticed1line,hewantedin2words,soihadsaid
challenging,dynamic.hewasnottoohappy
2)ipreparednewspaperswell,sowasabletoanswermembersquestionssatisfactorily,butgotexcited
whenaskedaboutGreececrisisandtriedtoteachthemmore,whichshouldhavebeenavoided,Dont
trytoteachthem,justtellthekeywords,whicheveryaamadmiknows
3)theniwasaskedaboutwhythereisnofab,andguesswhatlikeanidiotiwassoexciteditoldthemit
wasmydreamtoworkinafab,davidsuddenlyliftedhisheadandgavesuchanicycoldexpression
withhissmalleyes,whichkeepshauntingmetilldate,Moral:donttellyourdreams,showthemurdream
iscivilservicesandhowbadlyyoulovethisservice.
4)whenaskedcausuallybyaboardmemberwhetheriwillcontinuetodosoftwarejob,whichihad
quit,ifimnotselectedisaidyes...andnowthatissostupid,becauseisaidinthebeginningsoftwarejob
ismonotonous..
somyadviceisthatwatcheverywordyouspeak,youarebeingjudgedforeverywordyousaid...take
fewseconds,thinkandspeak....dontgetcarriedawayevenifsomequestionappearcasual,friendly
chat...youarebeingjudged...imnotaskingyoutokeepquiet,thinkbeforeyouspeak,besmartnot
satyaharichandra..
finallyigot146,andsurprisinglythatssthesameigotin2012inalkasirohiboard..

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andonemorepoint,yourbeingjudgednotonlybyyourwordsbutbyyourwayofsittingsmiling
talking...intangibleexpressions...becauseihavetheweirdhabitofshakingmyhandslikeexplaining
andithinkdavidsirdidnotlikeit..
andidontknowifmyfacialexpressionisofascaredmouse,becauseboththetimes...thechairman
saidwearenotgoingtoeatyouup...iwasactuallycool.butmyfaceshowsotherwise.

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