Experience Verification Questions: The purpose of such questions to subjectively evaluate features of your background.

For example How your medical background help you to be a good administrator? How your teaching experience will help you in civil services? etc. Credential Verification Questions: The purpose of asking such types of questions is to place objective measurements of your background. For this purpose the board may ask you a number of questions from the subjects of your academic background and your optional paper. Competency Questions: The purpose of asking such type of questions to evaluate your past behavior with specific competencies which are necessary for civil servants. For example Can you give me a specific example of your social traits which are necessary for a civil servants. 5.2 GENERAL QUESTIONS: What are your hobbies? Why are you pursuing them? How does it help you to develop your personality? How does it help the society at large? What is its relevance? What are hobby and what is its need in life? Tell me about yourself? What is your strength and weakness? What do you dislike in doing? How do you get along different kinds of people? What are your goals? What do you do to achieving these goals? Who is your hero? Whom do you admire the most? Do you prefers working with others or alone? What kinds of things worry you? What was your single most important contribution for the society till date? How do you feel about traveling or relocation? What are the most difficult kind of decisions for you? What are the problems that you have solved and felt proud of? How did it benefited the society? Do you prefer any specific geographic location and Why? Do you consider your education valuable and Why? Do you think your extra curricular activities were worth the time and Why? What types of books do you have read? Do you enjoy sports as a participant or as a spectator? How will you motivate your subordinates? Suggest a model for rural development in India? When will India become a super power? Who is your ideal person? Point out your strong and weak areas. Which type of India will you see after your retirement? Why do you want to join CDS? What is your parents profession and what are the issues related to their profession.

How do you motivated to pursue CDS? Why do you want to leave your current job? Tell me something about your values. What are your strength and weakness? Give us five good reasons why we will select you? What are you doing now? If you will not be selected that what will you do next? How do you visualize yourself after 25 years? If you will be selected then what will you do in your job? What you have did in your last job? How would you handle subordinates of your departments who are corrupt or create difficulties for others in implementing different programmes. What are the growth prospects of your current job? Do you possess skills that you most prefer? Did you have any unique experience in your previous Job? Dont you feel that youre over qualified for this job? How do you react to criticisms. Do you have any questions? What is your goals in life? What do you mostly like to do? What have been your major achievements? What is your best working style? How would you describe your own personality. What are the areas that you would like to improve and what you have did about them? Who have been the major influences in your life? What will you do if dont get selected? When have you felt the sense of accomplishment? How do your friends describe you self? If you had to change one thing about Indian administrative system. What it would be? Do you think your hobby have any bearing on your job? How do you plan to develop your hobby in future? You won lottery of Rs. 10 Crore. How would you spend the money? Your higher officials taking credit for your work. What would you do?