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I submitted the online application by paying the $100 as my application fee for Global Entry Program via Trusted Travel program (TTP) portal — Trusted Traveler Programs . The application fee was reimbursed by my Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card.I received an email from Passport Service Communications team the very next day asking me to register my profile on their website and complete the ‘Apply for Background Verification for GEP’ online form and pay 500 Indian rupees as the fee towards it. Subsequently, I had to schedule an appointment with a Regional Passport office (RPO) in India. Indian Consulates abroad are not an option. Even though there were quick appointments available at RPOs, I had to stagger that until my next trip to India. Luckily, an imminent trip to India was planned.Hint: Do not pay 500 Rupees application fee on the Indian Passport service kendra portal until you are sure about your plans to attend an in-person interview with a RPO in India no later than next 60 days. This is not mentioned anywhere on their portal but I learned about this from the RPO station head that I had visited.On the day of our in-person appointment at RPO, I had to take my original passport & PAN card. Any other government issued address proof (Bank Passbooks with indian address and photos of applicants, aadhar with the address etc ) would also be needed if the address on your passport is not same as your current residence where you would like the police verification to be done.They captured my biometrics and photographs. Entire process took about 45 minutes from entry to exit at the RPO. I was told to expect a police verification visit very soon as printed in my exit slip at RPO.I got a phone call (at the cell number that I had provided in the RPO application) from the Inspector at the nearby police station very same day little late in the evening informing about the background check request that he has received from RPO. He was checking if he can come over to my residence next day in the morning to verify my presence.I agreed to be there in person the next day. He came over to my residence at the agreed time and took my photograph on his tablet and asked me to sign on couple of forms electronically on his tablet to affirm my physical presence. The policeman didn’t know that the background check that he was carrying out was for Global Entry. He made an assumption that it was for initial passport application. He mentioned that he shall send the report back to RPO in few hours and RPO might OK my passport in next couple of days. I didn’t attempt to correct his assumptions.I noticed a change in status on the RPO website indicating a successful police verification. It also mentioned that further updated on this application can be obtained only from CBP and not by contacting RPO.I had learned from the RPO station head with whom I had chatted on the day of my RPO appointment that the file gets sent to other departments (Finance ministry for check on economic offenses and to Intelligence bureau for check on any criminal history) for further clearance after successful police background check.I was amazed and laughing within myself upon how much more bureaucratic can they make it. It would be insanely crazy to go do that to every GEP applicant. It is what it is. Thats exemplified British bureaucracy running in the veins of Indian Civil servants who are framing these rules.Nevertheless, I got an email from CBP about receiving successful background clearance from my home country exactly five months after my RPO visit in India. The email suggested scheduling an interview appointment at any CBP Field office here in the US to provide biometrics and other details which I did the very next day.I got the GEP application approved during the interview appointment and was told by the CBP officer that I can start using the PASSID as the Known Travel Number (KTN) for TSA Prechecks effective immediately. It subsequently takes about a week to receive the card via postal mail.I have to acknowledge that entire process both over here in US and at RPOs in India goes through super fast in a matter of very few days (less than a week in most cases).The delay bottleneck is due to invisible clearances from Ministry of Finance & IB under Ministry of Home affairs in India which sit on these application for several months. It is annoying when it is an invisible delay but it is what it is.I have to say that I am more than reasonably satisfied with the whole process as it got completed in less than 6 months (primarily due to my India travel plans in the midst of it) considering that it is a collaborative process between US & Indian governments.

First of all it is 2nd year lateral entry program. But for applying into it you must have completed 2 year B.Tech program, i.e. one year back.It is conducted in 2 stages :1. Written Examination2. InterviewFor written examination, I would personally suggest you to study all topics of your all 4 semesters properly.Here is the official link for syllabus, go through it, and give extra attention to those courses when they might be covered in your college. (or if you study separately) :Lateral Entry after Second Year BE (or) B.Tech in CSE/IT/ECE/EEQuestion Paper(Never ask for question paper of last year, as you would never get it... :Pi.e. they are taken back as soon as exam is over.)You can expect question paper to be completely logical without any derivation etc etc. The main motive of the written examination is to check understanding of your concepts at the first place.The break down and other details are given on official link shared above.Bonus: In subjective question you can expect questions as (at least at my time):Algorithms - 2Mathematics - 1Operating System - 1Rest others…EDIT: The question paper pattern has been modified. The 2017 exam only had MCQs. There were 60 questions to be solved in 180 minutes.If you did the written properly it would be followed by a INTERVIEW.Here are few of interview stories which you can use to get a gist of what would be going to happen inside in front of panel of 5 expert teachers.. :PPlease continue reading below if you are applying for CSD.ECD related interview story can be found here. Few interview transcripts are shared on the Facebook group as well. The link is at the end of this answer.INTERVIEW STORY 1Hi all,This is all about Questions in my Interview Experience :1. Where do you study right now?2. What is your Research Interest? (which lead to my present Internship)Ans. Sir I am presently working on "Algorithms to minimize Submodular Functions in Strongly Polynomial Time".3. They asked a few questions on my Internship Topic and related that topic to others to check how much basic knowledge do I have on the Topic.Ques a. What is Modular and a Submodular Function?Ques b. Whether Probability is Modular or Submodular?(This was how they tried to check the Basic Concept that lies in the Definition of a modular function itself)4. What is the Domain and Range of Probability Functions?Ans. Domain : Set of Possible Cases.Range : 0 to 1.5. What core courses have you covered in the Last Semester?Ans. Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, Discrete Mathematics6. How do you define a Tree? (Course : Discrete Mathematics, Topic : Graph Theory)Ans. A graph with no circuit or self edge. Alternatively A graph that becomes disconnected if we remove any Vertex.7. What is Functional Dependency? (Course : Database Management Systems, Topic : Dependencies and Normalization Forms)Ans. Functional dependency is a relationship that exists when one attribute uniquely determines another attribute8. What is your Favorite Course?Ans. Data Structures9. What is a Stack and how does it differ from an Array?Ans. As Stack can also be implemented using an Array Therefore Stack can be defined as an Array with few conditions on it.10. Give an example where the Time Complexity is Good and Space Complexity is not and another where Space Complexity is good and Time Complexity is not?Ans. There can be many examples to this. I explained it using a Sudoku Example with 2 different Implementations covering both cases.11. A practical Question related to Basics of Linked Lists.(You have a Linked List A->B->C->D and you are having the address of C. Remove C. You dont have the address of Head and it is a Singly Linked List)Ans. Copy the Data of D into C and Remove D afterwards. So the linked list looks like A->B->D.12. Anything else that you would like to tell us.( I told them about my standings at ACM ICPC 2013 Amritapuri Region and my interest in Competitive Programming)INTERVIEW STORY 2My memory is bit of a blur when I try to recall what happened in the interview. When I think about it now, I think it was quite disappointing. The interview didn't last for more than 15 min if I remember it correctly.As soon as I got in, I was asked about the courses I took in the last semester. I mentioned Engg. Mathematics and complex numbers, and was replied with a question- How would you say that a function is analytic? I think I only half answered it by saying that the function has to follow the Cauchy Reimann equations and explained what the equations are and what they meant.Thereafter I was asked to explain binary search and derive an algorithm for ternary search. I was asked to write the recurrence relation for the same and explain how I arrived at the logarithmic running time.Those two were the only technical questions asked to me. Finally they asked me why I wanted to go for research and that was it.INTERVIEW STORY 3--In which college do are you studying right now?--Which courses you did last semester?(Then they picked Discrete mathematics(To which I had the least affinity) from the 3 subjects I mentioned)--What have you studied in this course?(Set theory was a part of the topics I said)--Do you know what is cardinality?Now If I have a set a of Real No.s and a set of real numbers between 0&1.--Then will they have same caridnality?(I said I cannot compare two infinite values)--Then they asked, "Are there infinite real numbers between 0&1?"(I said yes)--They asked how so?(I gave a little explanation that I if you say there are N numbers only then I can always find a real number as average of any two)--Then they asked which would have more cardinality?(I again said that I cannot two equate 2 infinite values)--Then he said that the set containing real numbers between 0&1 is a subset of all real numbers so it would have lesser cardinality......--Now, if I have a set of natural numbers and a set of even numbers will they have same cardninality?(I said I cannot compare)--Which one will have lesser?(I said as the even number set is subset of natural numbers so it should have less)--Ok what else did you study last sem?(I said Op. sys and DBMS)--What did you study in OS?(I told them topics and also told that I studied system/cyber security as well)--Then as I mentioned a exploit of windows XP, they asked what type of vulnerability, what is a vulnerability, how was the exploit done, how was it threatening and I don't remember 1 or 2 basics more?(I explained them best to my knowledge)--Then they asked from my SOP that I have interest in NLP, have you studied it?(I said yes, just the basics, and the project I'm going to work on)--Then they again switched back to OS, and asked what is a race condition?--What are semaphores, mutex?INTERVIEW STORY 4As I entered, they gave me this question on a paper having a traversal routine in a matrix. They told me to come up with recursive code to do this. I told them the logic as to how the code would work, but couldn't write the code on the spot. They asked me to tell the constraint of n. I first told it must be an even no. definitely, then I told its a perfect square, finally they told its a power of 2.Then a prof. pointed out that my college was doing research in security. So why did I come here. He concluded that I was not interested in security as an area of research, even though I had mentioned it in my SOP as an interested. I told him frankly how us Btech students weren't allowed as it was mainly for Mtech, Phd students.Next they nailed me on my cgpa dip. I told them frankly that it was because of my fluctuating interests and that I wanted to dive into everything all at once which took a toll on my gpa.I answered my favourite subject to be data structures. They asked me to come up with recursive code for factorial, and its complexity, difference between recursive and iterative calls and which one would be better.Then I explained about my interest for research in real world data structures on the web, since this was what I was researching/reading on for most of the time in the past 1 and a half years and wanted the opportunity of a research project. I mentioned how standard memory representation with utf and unicode and latest challenges for unstructured data to be handled in the modern day, etc etc. I also wanted to tell them the security side of data structures implementation in the real world as well, butthey asked me what was unstructured data and asked me to leave.INTERVIEW STORY 5There were four teachers in the room.They all kept on throwing questions at me even when I was trying to answer. I was already very nervous and they tried to confuse me a lot during the interview.The questions they asked were.Which all subjects were taught in last semester ?What is the meaning of probability distribution ?Whats the difference between a pdf and the standard distributions ?What is a heap ?How do you search in a heap ?Then they gave me a move statement in 8086 and asked me if it was valid or not ?Then they asked in which field of research was I interested.INTERVIEW STORY 6well, my interview was a little shorter and straight to the point. on going inside the cabin, there was a panel which consist of 5 teachers. i handled them the file i had prepared which included all the certis, marksheets, resume along with the badges/icard i had on the top of different technical hubs in my college. at first i showed them those badges somewhat intentially too.. :PHe asked questions on all badges, that what i did in that hub, etc. Just after that there was resume which was written properly (two pages) containing details of all the past achedemic and personal projects i have done, and all other details. After that one teacher was reading it and going through certificates, others started the interview. I got the first question as which is your fav. subject. Answer was as decided programming, oops and algorithms. Next question was of favourite task in it, to which i replied "compression algorithms", further asked about which in it. Then i explained about "Huffman Coding". After which i explained completly on paper for about 3 minutes with example. (Consider the answers were given, it is long if I type answers too.. :P )They asked about where i know about what is morse code, he told it is used widely why not huffman if it is better. Later i explained them why the frequency matter, why it is useful, and about its time complexity. But they said that i am not correct repeatdly, and i just explained that no i am correct, and litterary started fighting over it (ofcause by being calm and trying to explain, forgetting that i am giving interview). finally they were not ready to accept, so i said that sir maybe i would be wrong and stopped this question. (This all went for about 10 mins overall) After it they said you told compressions but you have written CODE OPTIMIZATION in your form. Then i said yes i am working in it, and told about 2-3 things like for loop is faster than while, also like accessing global variables take more time than local, etc. (To these all things too they were behaving like they aren't accepting, and i am speaking wrong) Soon after it they saw my last project which was 2-wheel standing robot, asked questions related to it. Soon he started going into deep into manual robotics, to which i humbly replies that, i am into robotics since last 6 months only and basically autonomous one.. This all was what happened in my interview. I was completely blank till last what I did, weather i really spoke wrong or right.. :PBut yeah am selected, so i guess i had done right by not letting them influenze my answers.. :DYeah, i forgot about the conference i volunteered, has also told about that experience and it as main motivation in research to them...INTERVIEW STORY 7Interview duration: ~20 minutes— Which college are you studying in right now?— Then they asked about what research meant in general, and asked me to explain why research is undertaken by people, and how it benefits the society as a whole.— I was given an equation and was asked to find what the figure was. It was a parabola, and was asked to find its vertex. They changed the equation and asked me to identify it. It was a circle this time :P— Next they asked a puzzle. ‘Assume you have perfectly cylindrical container completely filled with water. Without using any tool/instrument, reduce the volume of the water to half of its value’ The solution has been explained <a href="If you have a cylindrical glass 100% full of water, how can you make it 50% (half) full, without using a scale or any type of measuring instrument?">here</a>.— They asked about the courses I had completed in my previous college. They asked a few questions on Formal Languages course, which I had in my 4th semester.—‘Design a DFA for the given table” (the table was drawn on a sheet of paper)—‘Convert this epsilon NFA to DFA’ (the diagram was drawn on a sheet of paper)— Then a few questions were asked about data structures.— ‘You are given a singly linked list containing numbers in the range 1 to n. The numbers might be repeated. It is missing a number. Find the number of comparisons required in the worst case to find the missing number.’ ‘What is its time and space complexity?’ ‘What if the elements in the linked list were sorted? What is the number of comparisons required to find the solution now?’— ‘What is a heap? What are its applications? What are time complexities for different operations?’— ‘What are the data structures that you use everyday in your life?’— They asked about my research interests, and asked a few basic questions about them.I didn’t think my interview went good. The results said otherwise :)Make sure you clearly understand the question. Clarify any doubts that you have.Hope it helped... :)Update:I will request everyone selected for Lateral Entry interview, to join this Facebook group. It compromises of all selected Lateral Entry students, and would be of great help to you, instead of approaching every person one by one. :D A few more interview transcripts have been shared there.

The Interview is a subjective assessment of the candidate. The things that aspirant must keep in mind is that it totally depends upon the board members to have an assessment of.The assessment is done through, different combination of questions which determine different type of Interview:Structured and Unstructured Interview - A structured interview is when all questions are prepared in advance. This is in contrast to an unstructured interview, in which there is no specific set of predetermined questions, and the interviewer is able to change the questions at any time and ask follow-up questions to the interviewee's responses. The aim of this approach is to ensure that each interview is presented with by and large similar pattern of questions and roughly in the same order.The Interview can begin with meaning of your name, relevance of birth date for you, significance of the place where you were born, why you have chosen one specific set of subjects, why is your preference for IAS first, how do you pursue your hobby etc.Structured interviews are mostly based on DAF analysis, which the candidate can always prepare.Structured interview questions can be open-ended or closed-ended. Closed-ended questions ask candidates for specific pieces of information, and often require the respondent to choose from a list of given alternatives. A closed-ended question might be, Bihar is backward, Do you agree with it or not? The answer can be yes or no. Interviewer does not leave any room for elaboration.Open-ended questions are those that can be answered in many ways and allow the respondent to give elaborate, thoughtful answers. An open-ended question might be asked is, ‘Do you think reservation policy has done good for the country?' The respondent could choose saying anything in favour or against, and are not limited to a few responses.Lead interview - This interview is based on the answers and the lead given by the candidates, who can use their answer to guide the Interviewer towards a question that the candidate himself/herself wants to be asked. For example, in response to a question on himself the candidate can answer question that he believes in wisdom more than knowledge, leaving scope and curiosity for the Interviewer to ask questions on differentiation between knowledge and wisdom. Then the candidate uses a term local and global wisdom, the Interviewer will ask questions differentiating both, and thus the Interview will go on…….Stress interview - It is to evaluate the stability in psyche of the candidates. Questions are put in such stressed manner in order to evaluate the thinking of the candidate. Since, in a career many stressful events take place, so it is highly suitable to judge student in this regard. Normally, this type of Interview is done on those candidates where there is a slight doubt whether the candidate can withstand such a load of stress or not, or if the candidate is very good, then the interviewer wants to reinforce his viewpoint that the candidate is very good and can withstand any amount of stress.Guidelines for InterviewTo be successful in interview of any type and for any kind of position, one may follow the following guidelines:1. Frame your Attitude Right Before You Create First Impression.Interview is the test of your attitude, a test of your personality, a test of how you think, why you think, a test of where you use your heart, where you use your mind, where you have to think of your country, where for yourself, etc. Interview is all about being in an equilibrium state of mind, heart, perception and reality.The interviewee or the student must realize certain aspects before they think of making their first impression.i. The interview board members are gods for the student on that day. They are all Gods in one - Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, Allah, Christ, Guru Nanak and what not.ii. Students are at the mercy of the board at the whims of the board, if the board wishes to exercise these aspects.iii. The purpose of the board is to select you, not reject you and their job is to select the best one suited for the job.iv. The board members are very knowledgeable, experienced and much smarter than you. They know why you are behaving in what manner and what the pattern of your behaviour is. They have seen many kids like you. They have kids like you in their family and they know each and every of your move. Whatever you are doing now, they would have already done that before.The First Impression“In an interview, interviewers form their opinions about interviewee in first few minutes; rest of the time is used to reinforce those opinions.” This happens because of the effect of first impression. First impression or subsequent impressions is a matter of perception of the interviewers about you. First impression is the chemistry that you develop with the board when you have your first rendezvous. This perception is formed on the basis of ensemble of your personality that you reflect the moment you enter the interview room and your nature of interaction with the interviewers within first few minutes. The interviewer will first observe you from outside and subsequently probe you inside.What makes a good first impression?· Way of entry into the room· The walk, whether confident or hesitant from the door to the chair,· Appropriate body language. Etiquettes and manners show a lot about the character, upbringing and ‘sanskar' or values of the person. What the candidate needs to show is that these traits are a part of his/her character not tact.· The attire, whether Elegant and sober, and whether one is able to carry it.· Posture on the chair, upright or relaxed.· Eye contact with the interviewer who is asking question.· The tone and tenor of the language. Use sweet and polite tone neither too loud nor too soft while talking to the interviewers or answering their questions.· How much do you respect the views and differing perspectives?So keep these points in mind:i. Never be arrogant in front of the board. No wants to be…but you do not know whether your language is arrogant or not. For example-Can you please repeat it? Yeah… Elaborate on the request….ii. Do not argue on any matter with them.iii. Never try to bluff them.iv. Do not sulk.v. Do not ever react, always respond to the question.vi. Never be negative, in front of them, andvii. Don’t develop an aversion. Constant scolding….You must always show your seriousness about the job and interview process. If getting an opportunity make them feel that you are a learner, then you will learn whatever be the outcome of the interview.All this, as you try to make a first impression.2. Comprehension of the QuestionIn an interview, one has to comprehend the question very well and that begins by being a very good listener. This will serve two-fold objective, firstly, when you listen attentively, you tend to understand questions correctly. This understanding will help you to answer the questions. Secondly, when you listen attentively, it will impress the interviewers that you are taking genuine interest in whatever they are asking about and that you are a learner. In the listening process, your expression should be such that you are taking active interest in what an interviewer is saying, your expression must be backed up by your body language and your words.3. Communicate EffectivelyAn effective communication is one, which sends the subject-matter of the communication in a way that the receiver of the message understands it and in the same way as intended by the sender. Besides sending the subject-matter, effective communication also involves putting higher emphasis on more important matter. In written communication, this is done through underlining the more important matters or putting them into italic or bold form. In the case of oral communication, this is done by changing tone style supported by body language. In order that you make your communication clear and communicate what is intended to be communicated follow the tips:· After an interviewer has finished his questions, pause for a moment and organize your answer in a correct manner.· You have a glass of water in your front. At least in the guise of drinking that glass of water, you can take your time to answer your questions, organize your answers, use your words carefully that shows your attitude of becoming an administrator.· If the question is of a technical nature, technical words may be used, but for answering a non-technical question, it is not necessary to use technical words.· The questions have to be answered in a very specific way.· You have to follow question, not allow your answer to be deviated away from the question.For example, if you have been asked to define a term, limit yourself to its definition only. Similarly, if you have been asked to enumerate the features of an object, just mention the various points, if you have been asked to discuss the feature, follow your answer accordingly and if asked to analyze, do it accordingly, and do not enumerate. If the interviewers ask for detail of any point, explain it in detail.4. Understand their QuestionIf you have been asked a question which you could not comprehend properly, for any reason, it is better that you politely ask interviewer to repeat his question again.Similarly, there may be possibility that an interviewer may ask a question whose comprehension and meaning is not as precise that you can think of answering. In such a case, you simply say, “Sir, this is the way that I have understood your question. Am I right?”Do not feel shy that the interviewer will feel bad. On the contrary, he will be happy that your approach is precise and this will enhance your image. It is always better that instead of giving wrong answer to a question, ask for repetition and clarification. However, this practice should not be repeated frequently, as it may become annoying.5. Discuss but do not ArgueAt the outset, you must understand the meaning of different words—debate, discussion, conversation, gossip and dialogue.Debate generally ensues that you prove your point. It is never done with your elders, and when done without any basis, any logic it can be very unpleasant.Discussion is generally done to know something, strengthen any conclusion, or to come to conclusion, or to solve any problem in a definite direction. It is by and large very constructive.Conversation is a means of communication to express yourself in a manner that conveys you.Gossip is a meaningless conversation and has more of entertainment value and that too in a negative manner. You cannot do that with Interviewer.Dialogue is more about equality of conversation where the two parties share conversation at equal level at equal status and is aimed at knowing the stance of each other.It is suggested that you treat an interview as a discussion forum and not an argument forum. Discussion involves deliberating on issues that may emerge from a question. In order to sort out the issues, it is possible that there may be questions over questions, particularly in an in-depth interview. If an interviewer expresses an opinion on an issue, which you do not feel agreed, you gently express your perspective in a mode that is very sweet and gentle. You have a right to differ but only when you have a perspective built on variables that are very well known and very-very solid.If the interviewer does not agree with your view and still persists on their earlier stand, it is best to retreat, rather than take a stand to prove the interviewer wrong.If you (so called) take a stand, that you can't prove, this will lead to argument and counter-argument, which may go against you.Whenever, you have to give your opinion, always ask the interview board for a permission to give your opinion as it is ill mannerism to give your opinion in front of someone very senior or who knows much more than you on that subject.6. Be Humble, Admit ShortcomingsAlways remember, the Interviewers have been chosen by the UPSC, as they are an authority, an authority on the subject, an authority over the issue and have an experience in public domain that is far-far ahead of you. More importantly, they are in a position to determine your future and their job is to choose the best candidate suited for the services.Apart from anything else, the interview must be a learning experience for you; you must show that you are a learner.If in answering any question, you make a mistake and the interviewer points it out, accept your mistake. A mistake is a wrong judgment of a situation and acting on that. Therefore, committing a mistake is not very unusual phenomena while, but persisting on that mistake after it has been discovered is a blunder. Therefore, if you commit any mistake during the interview process, admit it and offer an apology.The best response under such situation and circumstance will be to let the board know that you have learnt from the mistake and thank the board to have made you learnt something. Allowing yourself to be corrected helps you in some ways: (a) It shows that you are amenable to mentoring (b) that you are a learner (c) that you are wise.Understand certain things logically. You have certain set of variables on the basis of which you make a conclusion, but the number of variables with senior board members will be much more to draw conclusions from as they have seen much more than you, they are better informed, their information quality is better, and they have seen the world much more than you. And also remember no one likes an arrogant person, everyone likes people with humility. Do not bring your ego, which is indicative of your immature mentality7. Be Sauvé and PoliteIt pays to remain polite throughout the interview process. Even if any unpleasant situation is created by an interviewer (this may be done deliberately to test your patience), do not lose your frame of mind.If you show anger, and express displeasure to protect your ego, you may be treated as a vacillating person, devoid of objectivity. These personality traits are not considered suitable for any job. Being polite in the interview conveys that you have respect for other's perspective; you are open-minded to accept new ideas and change yourself accordingly, as per the demands of a given situation. Remember, the most important sign of an intellectual mind is to engage an idea without actually agreeing to it.8. Display Proper Etiquette and MannerInterview is a formal process though, sometimes, the process may be conducted by the interviewers in such a way that it appears to be an informal process. This is sometimes done deliberately to put a candidate at unease and encourage him/her to force reveal some traits about her/him. If such a situation arises before you, do not forget to display the etiquette and a manner of a formal interview process. Etiquettes and mannerism are signs of your upbringing, ‘sanskar', values as well as your civilization. Also, when you respect someone, it shows that you are strong. It may also happen that during your interview, some refreshment is brought to the interviewers. Generally, on such an occasion, refreshment is also served to the candidate sitting in the interview room. If such a situation comes before you and the interviewers ask you to take refreshment, do not deny this offer as it is against etiquette. If you do not take any particular item of refreshment served (many persons do not take tea or coffee at all), even then do not say no. Remember if one tea or coffee can help you get extra 10-50 marks, isn’t it worth it?9. End it on a very Pleasant, Sober and Lasting NoteIt is in the last stage that the chairman of the board strengthens his markings on your answer sheet, so do not do anything terrible that the chairperson changes his mind and retreats from giving you the desired marks that he may have thought of. If you have been able to carve a niche for yourself in the interview so far and have not done anything terrible, then do not do anything that goes on to become so.There are several things that you can think of:· Submit yourself to the board as if you are a learner and will always remain to be.· Make them feel that you have been a very good son and/or daughter.· End it on a light note, with a smile even if you feel defeated. This will make the board feel that you are a learner and you are taking something back with you.· If you think that you have spoiled your interview, you can make them realize that you have realized it. There's no harm now and you do not have anything to lose.· Do not make the board feel that you are boisterous about your interview and that has been very good. Let them feel that they are gods and that you are also not a novice, and someone who is always willing to learn.Remember, there is a thin line that separates confidence from arrogance, and intelligence from cleverness.