UPSC

After clearing the UPSC Civil Services Exam, candidates undergo training at LBSNAA (Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration).
The Foundation Course lasts about 3–4 months, followed by specific service training (e.g., IAS, IPS) which can extend the total training to approximately 2 years.
The training includes academic sessions, physical training, field visits, and attachments with various government bodies.

The UPSC ESE/IES 2025 cutoff is determined based on the difficulty level of the exam (prelims and mains), the number of vacancies, previous years' trends, and the overall performance of the candidates. The cutoff marks may vary slightly across categories and branches.

The Union Public Service Commission select around candidates 12 times of the number of vacancies in the exam. There are 979 vacancies notified in the exam. This number is expected to increase. Consequently, the Commission will select around 10,000 to 12,000 candidates for the main exam.

The UPSC Main Exam 2025 was conducted in August 2025.

No, the interview of UPSC IES exam is not qualifying in nature. The number of candidates to be summoned for Personality Test will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The Personality Test will carry 200 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks). Marks obtained by the candidates in the Preliminary Examination, Mains Examination and Personality Test would determine their final ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the several services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and the preference expressed by them for the various services/posts as per the official notification.

UPSC appoints a panel of experts to conduct the personality test for the IES or ESE examination. The panel includes senior officers and technical experts. The personality test or interview is a crucial stage of the UPSC IES selection process. It is conducted at the UPSC Bhawan in New Delhi.

The commission allocated 200 marks for the UPSC IES 2025 personality test or an interview. This is the third stage, or the final stage, of the UPSC IES exam. The first stage is the preliminary examination, and the second stage is the Mains examination.