For_34th_BCS_VIVA_CANDIDATES

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Mashroof Hossain > BCS: Our Goal [Largest Job
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# For_34th_BCS_VIVA_CANDIDATES
Dear 34th BCS Candidates,
Congratulations on your success in the written
exam. Here is my tips for your VIVA preparation.
I wrote it couple of years ago but it is still
relevant:
# What_to_study_for_BCS_Viva_Exam :
(While preparing for viva we spend much time on
our appearance, confidence, speaking power etc
which are very important factors. However, it is
also equally important that you have a solid
knowledge base to face the interviewers. In this
article I have tried to give you an outline of what
to study to build up such a knowledge base. No
outline of such nature can be 100 percent perfect
so please feel free to add anything that you think
necessary)
# Introduction :
Ok folks, so you are here. You are the brave
souls who have fought through one of the
toughest battles of career and completed two-
third of the journey. The very fact that you have
the ability to come this far makes something
very clear-You DESERVE to be a BCS cadre.
However, since this is a competitive exam- you
need to put icing on the cake and blast the viva
board with your wonderful performance.
Qualifying the preliminary and written exam of
BCS is no joke, so I know you are ready to finish
this race with 100 metre sprint like Usain Bolt. I
know you have what it takes.
So, let’s get started!!
# Points_to_be_noted_first :
1. It is true that the major part of your exam is
over. Out of 1100, you have completed 900
marks the moment you saw your registration
number in the written result-sheet. Yes, it is time
to be happy. Yet, it is time to be serious too. In
the rat race of BCS difference of one mark can
decide whether you will get the job or not-let
alone 200 marks. So, wake up!!
2. The most common dilemma a BCS candidate
faces about viva is-
“There is no solid syllabus for viva, what the hell
should I study?? What if I am in a tough viva
board who will ask everything out of my
knowledge???
My dear friends, the above-mentioned thing has
happened before, and it will happen in your time
too. There have been hundreds of incidents that
the interviewer started asking questions out of
blue moon and made the poor candidate totally
dumbfounded. Now, DON’T YOU THINK THIS IS A
GOOD REASON TO STUDY HARDER? If you
prepare hard then this kind of situation might
hurt you but still you will survive. There will be
some easy questions even in the ugliest of
boards. Your preparation will help you to answer
those questions in a pressure-cooker situation.
Instead of failing, you will get average marks.
Who knows, combining with your written score,
this “average” viva score can be enough to get
your desired cadre!!
# What_To_Study :
The good news is, you do not need to study
anything new for the viva.So far what you have
studied for the preliminary and written exam
should be more than 90 percent of your viva
preparation. Remember, they are NOT trying to
see how much you know-for that written exam is
already there. They are going to see whether you
have the good appearance suitable for a BCS
cadre or not. All you need to do is to revise what
you have studied and keep them in your working
memory. Apart from what you have already
studied, there will be some additional subjects
too. I am coming to this later.
Questions that you should practice right now:
The following questions are the topics that are
important for each and every viva board no
matter what your cadre choice is. If you are in
the beginning of your preparation, please do
ensure that you have good answers for these
questions (I have written in bracket in which
points you need to specially emphasize)
# Describe_yourself (How to start the description,
what things to say, meaning of one’s name in
English, famous personalities of the same name,
what other questions might arise from the given
answer, what unnecessary information one
should avoid , what can be a standard answer
pattern)
# Why_do_you_want_to_join_civil_service ? (How
to avoid typical answer that might make the
interviewer angry/bored, what other questions
might arise from this question, what can be a
perfect answer, how to make the answer sound
strong and logical, what will be done if one does
not get the cadre, what are the things that must
be avoided while answering this question)
# What_is_your_cadre_choice ? (Why first choice
is a particular cadre, what is the relationship
between your chosen cadre and your academic
discipline, why you didn’t choose another cadre,
what will you do if you get your last choice, what
is your alternative plan in case you fail the BCS,
cadre related questions)
# Tell_us_about_your_favorite_hobby . (What is
your hobby, why do you like this particular
hobby, hobby related questions)
# Tell_us_about_your_family (What things can be
said about one’s family, speech about mother,
father and siblings separately, what things should
be avoided, family related questions)
# Tell_us_one_happy_incident , one embarrassing
incident and one sad incident of your life. (What
type of incidents can be said, how far one should
describe the incident, what situations should be
avoided, incident related questions)
# Tell_us_something_about_your_favorite
personality/movie/sports/book/best friend/
university/teacher/season(How to choose among
many, on what basis a personality/movie etc
should be favorite, how to justify one’s choice
about these things)
# Describe your own district/village/the place you
live in. (Description, important personalities from
the area, role of the place in our liberation war,
important institutions/rivers situated in that
area , what development plans you have for your
area, what are the problems of your area and
how to solve them)
# Suppose you are the chief of your cadre. What
would you do with your position? (What will you
do if you are the foreign secretary/Ambassador/
IGP/Cabinet Secretary/Secretary/NBR member,
how will you improve your department, what
steps will you take to make your cadre more
efficient)
# How_to_answer_personal /tricky questions (PSC
members often ask the candidates personal
questions/questions that are politically
motivated. Sometimes they ask unconventional
questions only to test how the candidates react.
Sometimes they even ask insulting questions.
You must prepare yourself accordingly)
# Question from your own discipline ( It is very
common that the interviewer will ask about the
subject you have studied in your bachelor
degree. Especially if you are from general
subjects like English, Economics, Political
science, Physics etc then there is high chance
that major part of your viva will be dealing
questions from your academic background.
Please have a solid preparation on the basic of
your discipline. For example, a student of
Economics is almost sure to face questions
about stock market crash, globalization,
definition of Economics etc . If you cannot
answer the primary level questions from your
own discipline, it will be very embarrassing )
# Liberation_war ( You must know the basic
information about our glorious liberation war as
a future BCS officer )
Current Ruling Party and its leaders ( I guess I
do not have to make you understand how
important this is for any BCS viva. Make no
mistake and have a rock-solid preparation in
these issues )
# Current Affairs (Important topics like
International Organizations, treaties, important
topics from the written syllabus for Bangladesh
and international affairs. You can read daily
newspapers , Economist website, BBC website for
this and watch BBC,TV news etc)
# Conclusion : What I have mentioned above is
the basic for BCS viva preparation that is needed
universally. Once you are equipped with these
topics you should start fine-tuning yourself.
Remember, as I said in the beginning, your
appearance, politeness, confidence, speaking
power, dress-up etc are also very important
factors .If you know everything above but cannot
produce them in from of the viva board-the
result will be zero. However, I believe that a
solid knowledge base will increase your
confidence level and you will be able to prepare
yourself as a complete package. Happy hunting,
tigers!!!!
Mashroof Hossain
BCS (Police)
28th BCS & 29th BCS

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