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Apala Mishra scored the highest marks in the UPSC interview round. Here's how she did it...
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00:00My father has been in the army and my mother is a teacher, so there is always a flair of
00:29serving the society, I'd say, in the family.
00:38It might not impact you in any way academically, but it might impact you psychologically.
00:55Usually there is a saying that it is all general knowledge, but it is not so.
00:59There is a defined syllabus, you have to go through it accordingly.
01:03Coaching seems to be the silver bullet to all the problems for us.
01:11Being patient with yourself and waiting for the results is the right way to go about.
01:20Having a certain amount of self-confidence in yourself, discipline is something that
01:25is very necessary.
01:26Please take care of your mental health because any exam, any competitive exam, takes a huge
01:32toll on the mental health.
01:38Most of the questions were very analytical and very thought-provoking.
01:43Something that I had to think about sitting there itself.
01:48There were questions which took the shape of a very mature conversation.
01:52The first question I was asked was the meaning of my name.
01:54They asked me if I even know what my name means.
02:10They asked me what that border is, which part of the country is it found in, which tribe
02:16paints it.
02:17Then there was a series of questions where they put up names of different handicrafts
02:22and I had to identify the part of India where those handicrafts come from.
02:26The interview is actually pretty unpredictable because it can take any direction.
02:45I would try to copy all the things that others would say, the things that toppers would say.
02:50And sometimes you need to carve your own way because everyone has a different path to success.
02:56Not every journey can be one and the same.
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