CSE PT 24 (Interviews) likely to start from 7th January 2025.

The schedule of PT 24 will come out either tomorrow or early next week.


Best wishes🙏

https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/CSM_2024_Intv_Eng_20122024.pdf

CSPT-2024 Schedule

e-Summon Letter for CSPT-2024
https://upsconline.gov.in/esummon/csm_2024/

Please make sure point no 3.
The photograph must have been taken within the preceding 10 days and it should have the name of the candidate and date of the photograph clearly printed on the same.

Important things for CSE Interview D-day:

1. e-Summon letter

2. Few passport size photos (3-6) - mandatory 2 photos for interview, (10 for medical)

3. Photo ID card (as mentioned in e summon letter)

4. 10th certificate/marksheet original

5. Graduation degree / provisional degree / 8th sem summary marksheet + rest semester marksheet just for reference purpose - original
(Post grad degree if required)

6. Caste /EWS /PwD certificate

7. One set of self attested documents ( if possible take another spare set also)

8. Affidavit-(In case there is discrepancy- if any, check your mail for the same, upsc must have communicated to you if any undertaking or Affidavits is needed)

9. T.A. bills related stuff if you are claiming it like Flight tickets etc


10. Do not panic if you have missed on some of the documents or if some issue have been raised by the document examiner/UPSC deligate with your documents. Remember this is a preliminary document verification only, you will get ample time for required original documents submission.
Focus more on the essential i.e. the interview.

Mobile phones / bag etc will be duly submitted/placed in safe custody at the UPSC bhawan so don't worry about it. You can keep your diary with you in Circular Hall.


Lastly,

Do bring your 3Cs with you ie CONFIDENCE, CALMNESS AND COMMON SENSE before entering into Dholpur House. It's the last leap in this CSE cycle but not the last of your life. Treat it like that only. Give your best and leave rest to GOD.

"यहाँ तक मेहनत+क़िस्मत ले आई है तो आगे भी लेके जाएगी !"

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All the best to all PT candidates❤️

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Name - Polar Bear
Interview Date - 7 Jan
Board- Shri BB Swain Sir
DAF Keywords- Meerut, IIT Bombay, ECE, Cricket, kabbadi, NCC, Paper of AI and ML, Following world affairs

Chairman Sir
Congratulated me on reaching interview stage. then asked

- How you are feeling today? Asked me whether you are happy or disappointed that your interview is on 1st day.
- Directly said about whats happening in cricket now a days apart form the game. (he was hinting about Rohit Sharma PR issue).
- Out of cricket and kabbadi, which one you like most ? Why?
- History of kabbadi and mahabharat relation? few technical specifications and rules?
- if you have to change one rule o cricket?
- maximum run a player can score in an over ?
(here i was thinking of jhethalal answer of scoring 50 runs 😅)
- India should reconsider its decision not to play cricket in Pakistan for the Champions Trophy ? Possible implications?
- Few counter questions but seems satisfied with my answers

Member 1:
- about women in constituent assembly ?
- corruption in judiciary ? Any law in place to address this ?
- New Zealand parliament performed a haka to protest a controversial bill? Bill is about? Community name ?
- classical language new ones ? schedule 8 related question
- Bangladesh crisis and what india should do now ?
- Recent south korea crisis ? possible implications? role of north korea

Member 2:

- NCC me kya sikha ? Don't you think it should be made compulsory?
- Question on semiconductor ? How i organised that semianar?
How i arranged that much fund and follow up questions ?
- India target in electronic manufacturing ? And current status? Is india lagging behind?
Why china is world leader in this ? What india can learn ? India loosing ground etc
- Questions of spectrum auctioning ?
- Tell me about any most memorable moment of your iit days?


Member 3:

- AI vs ML ? Use of AI in Warfare?
- Content of my paper published (AI) (Seems very interested in this topic. asked multiple questions on this)
- what is LLMs ? Don't the posses threat to individual security ?
- Is it possible to train them emotionally ?

Member 4:

- Have you ever attended mahakumbh?
- How up govt using AI to manage crowd in mahakumbh?
- Question on India-Canada diplomatic relation?
- Asked me to name european country where india have visa-free access?
-Question on recent UP investor summit and Meerut developmet prospect

Member 2
- Question in Fit India Movement.
- Then why actors/cricketer moving towards politics ?


The board was very cordial. Giving me ample time to think and respond, even giving me cues and encouraging me like "ha aur socho". Extremely opposite of any mock interviews.
I would say my interview is mostly based on DAF. Although some questions seems like current affairs based but since world affairs keyword is in my Daf so i consider those questions related to my daf only.


**Mock Interview - Don't have much time so took only 3 mock - Samkalp, Chankya & Vajiram. i would suggest to give atleast 3 mock to get the hold of interview. Mocks were mainly helpful for non-verbal cues. Content wise i don't feel that mock will help you much because some mocks were too factual for me and some were very generic.


**One to One Session with Rahul Sir (IAS PCS Pathshala).
He spent almost 2 hours with me. His insights were excellent on how to answer questions and generate point and manage situations when you don't know the answer.
Since my interview is mainly daf based his daf discussion in detail and provided potential interview questions on extracurricular activities were incredibly helpful for brainstorming different dimensions.
I highly recommend everyone to have at least one session with him.

Lastly I would like to thank this community for their continuous support and valuable transcripts.🙏

Boards : BB Swain sir

Keywords : Defence, wrestling, ONGC, music , vipassana, Haryana , Tamil Nadu , Karnataka

Marks : 185

Overall experience: Very cordial and professional board , everybody listened so patiently and full time observing

Transcript:

1) weapons used in russia ukraine and israel - hamas

2) compare quantity and quality of defence strength of usa , china vis a vis india

3) defence diplomacy is hard or soft power ?

4) how india is executing defence diplomacy

5) role of defence attache

6) are we moving towards making military industry complex in india ? How we can avoid it







1) indian weapons quality not comparable to imported , why

2) what is 47 in AK-47

3) Why you left ONGC

4) Difference bw Dangal and wrestling

5) current issue of female wrestlers , whats your take
Do you have such mechanisms at your workplace

6) are you trained singer and composer ?
What inspired you to write and compose songs





1) how DGQA and AHSP have been functioning

2) India's image if it become s arms supplier , it will reduce soft power

3) name some private players involved in weapon manufacturing

4) do SWOT analysis of Haryana vis-a-vis Karnataka

5) explain working mechanism of battle tanks and AK-47





1) What is gender bias

2) stress elimination techniques

3) what You have been doing for CSR at your workplace





1)Privatisation , your take on It in defence sector

2) tell how our defence capability can be increased , without mentioning private sector role

Chemist
DAF details – Chemistry (grad + post grad), DU college, IIT X, Women empowerment, reading about new and emerging energy sources, other keywords – no questions
Board – Dr. Dinesh Dasa (second to go – forenoon session)
Chairman –
Aap Hindi m comfortable hain baat karne m... I said my medium is English. He said koi baat nahi ap ye chorho bahar jo hawa banti hai ki Hindi medium walo ko marks nhi milte esa kch nhi hai… ap btao apko kis language m baat karni hai. I said sir I am comfortable in English. He said okay, let’s start.
1. Sitting on this chair is a dream for many. So, how are you feeling today?
2. Tell me famous personalities from your college (UG/ PG both)
3. Govt. is investing so much in IITs, but IITians go abroad, leading to complete waste of money. What is your view on this?
4. But IITians don’t make up even 1% of ISRO scientists and other leading bodies… what exactly is then their contribution in India?
5. If you are asked to choose between One Nation One Election and Women Reservation Bill (recent one), which one will you choose and why?
(I said women reservation – because we have proof that it’s working – in local bodies)
counter question – but there is issue of Pradhan Pati in local bodies, isn’t it?
6. You study about energy sources, tell me total installed capacity of India and the % share of each source. (I was not sure, so said >60% coal, and others are within 40% - woman member said but you didn’t tell hydro – chairman intervened saying that she said 40% is rest)
7. You have done Chemistry – what has Indian PM committed regarding chemicals in COP 21 & COP 26? (No idea- just mentioned our INDCs)
Member 1 -
1. What is Green Hydrogen? What are the issues in its adoption and what can govt. do about it?
2. Is there any innovative way to tackle the transportation/ logistics issue associated with it?
3. How much expensive is it when compared to Black hydrogen?
4. Do you know REACH scheme? (No idea)
5. What potential applications do you see in green H2?
Member 2 –
1. You come from Delhi-NCR, what policy solutions do you offer for its pollution problem? Do you think discouraging private vehicles can be a good option?
2. Okay, so should we opt for measures like imposing congestion fees during peak hours?
Member 3 –
1. You won essay on women empowerment, what was the exact topic and what did you write in it?
2. Don’t you think looking at present circumstances; we have failed in women empowerment?
3. Recently, the Union Cabinet approved 3 things regarding farmers. What were they? ( I mentioned Agri Marketing policy, but he said no no.. one was PM FBY, tell me the other.. I said yes sir extension of DAP subsidy..)
4. So, what is the reason for doing it?
Member 4 (lady member) –
1. Continuing with the discussion on women empowerment, tell me your interpretation of this statement – ‘ We have started to raise our daughters as 21st century women, but continue to raise boys in the 19th century.’
2. (I said there are both sides to it etc.) You are playing safe here, I think there are more men who are restricting women r/t supporting. So, do you think supporting men will increase in future?
3. Do you know about the chemical weapons convention?
4. Okay, so we didn’t ask anything on IR. Recently, the Canadian PM has offered his resignation. How do you see this development in India-Canada relations?
Chairman –
1. Okay, so how do you think the regime in a country, example in US now the Republicans will come to power, affects its relations with India? (I said foreign policy driven by national interests in long run, but political leadership may lead to minor modifications)
2. So, do you think Canada strained relations with India in national interest or because of political reasons?
Member 2 –
(Smiling) Do you have foreign service as your preference? (I think the context of this question was chairman sir’s remarks on my Canada answer- he smilingly said very good answer – not sure if it was a taunt or genuine comment)
Chairman – okay, thank you.
Overall experience –
Very cordial board.

Manish Kumar
Board: Sanjeev Verma Sir
Btech EE
Optional Law
AD, Sports Authority of India

Chairperson
1. You r the 1st candidate to interview this year, do you believe in beginners luck
2.Suppose you are India, you want to set resolutions for yourself. Give me laws you would frame for India, Music etc, it was a bit vague Q


M1
1. Give me 5 uses of drone technology,

asked only 1 Q


M2
1. Your opinion on UCC
2. How to improve sports at school level, what would you say to the students
3. You studied Sanskrit at school level, are you a language enthusiast




M3
1. What is international criminal court, How Netanyahu could be punished under it
2. Gave a long lecture on new forms of warfare, asked, so now what is the relevance of Nuclear weapons
3. Which laws deal with ethics of warfare
4. Technology is improving, new forms of warfare emerging, does International Law need an update


M4
1. Asked multiple Q on my hobby, Gardening
2. You have NCC C certificate, why didn't you tried to join armed forces
3. Art 311, n it's exceptions
4. What is Law of natural Justice


Chairperson

Your interview is over, on the way out, let us know which sports person should get the next Bharat Ratna.

Name : professional stranger
Date of interview: 08-01-25(forenoon session)
Board : dinesh dasa sir(4th to go)
DAF KEYWORDS: bsc Hons anthro, DU, non fiction, mithila cuisine, movies socially relevant, prizes and medals (not mentioning because nothing was asked)

Dasa sir
1. Consider us as the first batch of students in first semester hence introduce the subject to us, bring out the teacher in you by standing behind the teacher)

2. Consider yourself as zia mody and write ten judgements you'd write in book (I had mentioned that I have read ten judgements that changed india by zia mody)

3. As we are getting old, so what are the changes you'd suggest into the upsc system (long discussion 15 minutes on this)

M1
free movement regime and related things

M2
1. Galapagos island (anthropology topic) (charles darwin)
2.Mithila cuisine, what do you cook, listened everything in great deal
3. What is the famous fish found in mithila region and how do you cook that(listened in great detail)
4. How champaran mutton is cooked

M3 (female)
1. Which book apart from I mentioned earlier you read
2. Can you recite few lines out if it (I mentioned rashmirathi)
3. Meaning of the sentences and lines
4. Which socially relevant movie (I said laapata ladies, she said she knew that it was about to come)
5. Critically analyse the movie in 1 minute
6. Have you read Yuval noah harari? I had said that I haven't, I am planning to
7. Still she asked have you heard of the recent book "nexus", I went on with it (thanks to bhagwat sir for putting out that saurabh Dwivedi interrview link with Yuval) and she was satisfied

M4
1. Is cooking an science or art?
Explain
Then he himself also added a few points

Overall experience: nothing like mocks, no grilling, very cordial, it was a discussion rather than interview.

Experience gained from mocks:
4 offline mocks (1 vajiram, 1 vajirao, 2 samkalp, 1 samkalp group mock, 2 online panel mock - 1upsc prep and 1 samkalp) one to one with Rahul sir( Ias pcs PATHSALA - extremely beneficial), 3 more one to one with ashok taneja sir and Ravindran sir and satyam jain sir), all experience were good as I chose them after reviews from students only

Baki sab mahadev ke haathon mein🙏🤞

Faircse
Daf key words: IIT, chemistry, mentoring students from rural background, test cricket Chairman: sheel vardhan sir board, 7th jan, forenoon;

Chairman:
Compare rural and urban students.
How social media is affecting more to rural students ?
What is fasting ?
Digital fasting to be there or not ?
Should individuals have their own social media policy? And do you have your own social media policy?
PL is a business and virat kohli is it's biggest employee. Comment.
Fav crickter around world and followups?

M1
Is it right time for kohli and sharma for retirement?
Some basic questions of chemistry.

M2
Say 5 statements about Indian military?
Do you think we are getting proportionate outcomes in military vis a vis inputs ?
Challenges in Indian military?
3 military weapons which would be relevant in next 2 decades?

M3
Technocrat from IIT KGP ?
How does the internet work? ( Couldn't tell
What is net neutrality?
Does india have right to access to internet?
Which country has this right as
Fundamental right ?

M4
1. Recent test series saw individuals playing in their style over what was team requirements. Do you agree ?
Do you think this is Right approach in a test game?
Do we see similar approach in our public service as well?
(Mentioned word railway in answer)
4. Tell me how to improve railways accessibility?

Chairman: thank you and have a good day.

Board BB Swain sir
As I entered Chairman sir with a smiling face said tell me something about Nalanda I read somewhere in your DAF.
History-> Nalanda University, India's largest net zero campus
Rajgir->1st Buddhist council, Ajatsatru
Bihar sharif->oddantipur university
Modern-> Rajgir-> 1st Int hockey stadium, Asian games, Cricket stadium, sports complex, tourism hub
Bihar sharif-> Industrial hub, MSME
Felt convinced After listening for 2 minutes he requested other members to ask me
Member 1: Lady member (very curious)
Q.1 How will you use chemical engineering in administration?->Waste water treatment, air pollution, Hazard and operability
Q.2 How does chemical engineering help in policymaking?
Q.3 What else you can apply? NSS/leadership/Dedication to public service
Q.4 Tell me about Starlink project, and its social implications in India->Dense area, costly for poor
Q.5 What is the status of maritime security?-> Naval forces, SAGAR doc, IORA
Q.6 Future strategy and its plus and minuses-> I said a few things but she didn’t get the exact ans, Finally I said sorry ma'am I can’t recollect right now
Q.7 What is pravasi bhartiya diwas? Where it is being held? Odisha, diaspora
Q.8 How diaspora help in securing national interest-> USA role of diaspora in civil nuclear agreement, vote base
Q.9 Follow-up question, what is soft power?
Q.10 How is India’s soft power different from other? uniqueness-> I said Buddhist diplomacy, diaspora, Bollywood, Vocal for the global south
Q.11 What is MSP? Here chairmen sir asked what was its intention?-> To provide only in year of distress
Q.12 How it protect farmer?-> by setting a minimum price, the market price goes up
Q.13 Why are farmers protesting?-> msp legalisation
Q.14 Should we legalise MSP?->Only in years of distress otherwise unsustainable
Q.15 What is the solution then? -> land consolidation, agri infra, exposure to contract farming, rural industrialisation, remove disguised unemployment, real rural wage growth increase
Q.16 How is Trump going to affect India?-> I said it has both positive and negative way
Positive: focus shift on China from Russia, Boost to Quad, Indo Pacific policy, oppurtunity for Indian market like heavy truck industry
Negative: Tariff, Trade, Trump will ask some tougher questions, Reduction of tariff on Electric vehicles, angle of Elon Musk
In all the ans she felt a bit unsatisfied, but when I was answering other members' questions then she nodded her head with full energy, I felt like she was happy with my ans, but not when I was answering her questions, more than half of interview was taken by her only, tried to grill me a little bit. When I was answering to her, other members were noting something on paper

Member 2: Very simple, old man
Q.1 What has IIT contributed? They all go abroad, and waste govt resources. I said to some extent, yes brain drain is there, Covid-> Ambu bags, cheap ventilator, IIT Bombay-> 1st CAR T cell therapy, IIT Madras -> BANDICOOT robot
Q.2 Three laws, Hindi name, why it has been introduced?-> BNS, BNSS
Home minister-> ANTI colonialism, accept Technological evidence, define organised crime, so with changing society we needed them
Q.3 Who is your role model and why? I said my father-> doctor, his dedication to public service imbibed the spirit of public service in me.
Q.4 Ok Nihal, just one last question, Despite technological measures why we can’t reduce crime? Can we dream of a crime-free society? I said we can dream of crime-free society, but it must be matched with actions-> Integrated criminal judicial reform, speedy justice, more infrastructure, Prison reform-> retributive to reformative justice

Member 3: bit young
Q.1 Since maths is optional, Tell me about the prize given in the field of mathematics which is comparable to the Noble Prize. -> Abels prize, Norwegian govt, Field medal prize