UPSC IAS Interview 2020 schedule released. Civil Services Interview will begin from August 2

The UPSC interview is the last stage of the IAS selection procedure and the candidates need to appear for the personality test, not a subjective interview. UPSC test the suitability of the candidates for the services. The UPSC interview tests the candidates’ perception about the various events of national and international importance. The UPSC interview board asks questions about the candidate’s academic and professional background. The detail mentioned in the IAS Detailed Application Form (DAF) is very important because most of the questions have been asked from the IAS DAF.

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The candidates should prepare each detail of the DAF so that they can answer the questions asked by the UPSC interview board. To prepare for the IAS interview, the candidate must do mock interviews. It can be with a group of friends or with the coaching institute. They should prepare the latest news about their hometown, state, region and the likes. The candidate is expected to know the latest developments in their academic and professional fields. For example, if a candidate has a computer science background, he is expected to know the details about the emerging technologies related to computers such as Artificial Intelligence, blockchain development, cryptocurrency and the likes. The interview board is free to ask for anything and everything. So the candidate should be ready for such questions.

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It is a very important step of the selection process because it can make a vast improvement in the rank of the candidates and consequently the allocation of service. The maximum marks of the IAS interview are 275. On average, the candidates score range from 150 to 175. The extraordinary candidates can score over 200 in the interview.