• Interviewer:   Hello Abhishek, welcome to Study Iq,  kindly brief us about your educational background.

Abhishek: Hello, I am from Ahemdabad and did my school education in the Gujarati medium from Ahemdabad.

I am an engineer and did the job in Wipro and then quit it cause I was unable to study for civil services with the job.

I was very much interested in Gujarati literature (Gujarati novel and poetry since childhood).

• Interviewer: What was your motivating factor in writing this exam?

Abhishek: When I was in college I attended a seminar, there was one Sir, I don’t remember his name and he said that if you want to reach some good position in life you should have at least one  I from IIT, IIM or IAS.

My College was in Ahemdabad and I did not have much exposer to the outside world. So, I thought of doing the job for 1-1.5 years and to be independent in life.

• Interviewer:  Would you like to say anything about your number of attempts?

Abhishek: I will say don’t waste your attempts like me. I will advise that one should do graduation and then prepare for 1-year religiously.

• Interviewer: What was your strategy for the prelims exam?

Abhishek:  In three stages of this examination, the toughest stage is prelims because around 8-10 lakh aspirants appear in it and 10 -15 k are eligible for prelims exam.

Focus on one source and revise it multiple times. Test series are important and revision of the previous year questions from  2011-2018 is also important.

• 50 %-60% paper is tricky.
• Static 30-40%
• Current 40-50 %

Elimination of questions in exam plays a very important role.

• Interviewer: What was your strategy for current affairs?

Abhishek: The current affair section is directly proportional to your static portion.

Your  Concepts of static (Polity and economics) should be very strong then only you would be able to understand the current section more precisely.

• Interviewer: What was your strategy for the Mains exam?

Abhishek: My Optional was Gujrati literature.

I would like to say that one should do answer writing one question on a daily basis and one should start his/her answer writing one month before the exam.

Facts are not that much important, but dimensions of that particular topic are important. Cover more ideas and expand your thought process.

I wrote the 12-15 mains mock. A combination of static parts with the current affairs part is required.

• Interviewer: How did you prepare for the interview?

Abhishek: The presence of the mind is important for an interview.

In my 6 attempts, I have appeared for the interview 4 times.

The preparation of the interview starts when you fill the Detailed application form (DAF).

Don’t lie while filling the form because 50% of questions will directly be asked from it.

For current affairs for the interview I relied on  Prashant Dhawan sir, Veronika mam’s videos and Rajya sabha tv cause everything can’t is covered from the newspaper.

• Interviewer: What kinds of questions were asked to you in the interview?

Abhishek: My interview went on 3 things

• Gujarat literature (my optional)
• Hobby(swimming cricket)
• Technical (my graduation )

Interviewer:  How did you manage stress while preparation?

Abhishek: I was selected in Cbi through SSC CGL in (2015) but I did not join and I was jobless for 4 years.

My Parent’s support was always with me my Sister also supported me a lot, She used to tell me you are better than others.

I had a passion for teaching students and  I used to teach students who were preparing for state exams.

• Interviewer:  According to you what is important offline studying or online studying?

Abhishek: I studied 50%  from the book at my home and for current affairs various online platforms and made my notes from it.

• Only ias
• Study iq

Are two good platforms where educators make us understand in Hindi English so I followed both.

• Interviewer: Any message you would like to give to aspirants?

Abhishek: Don’t be a disappointment, be dedicated to your goal.

Be Loyal to yourself.  Don’t make fool of yourself

Your dedication and hard work will bring the result.

Do your preparation with Concise study material and with proper guidance.

Ask your self why you want to become an IAS officer, when you will get the answer of it, then start working more dedicatedly and  be successful in it

ASK YOURSELF THAT ‘WHY’?

• Interviewer:  Would you like to thank anyone?

Abhishek: I would like to thank my parents, my sister, Last year I got engaged and my fiancé supported me a lot throughout the preparation and Study iq for helping me in current affairs for interview.