The interview panel listens you well and allows you to speak. Except Mr. Ahmad Farooq and Ms. Nargis Sethi (who can unsettle you), rest of the members are easy going.

Most of the questions asked invite the opinion of the candidate, based on the current affairs topics. However, my experience of 2012 was relatively better.

In my case, they related to influence of Saudi Arabia, South China Sea, Junagarh (the question I dropped this time), Colonization of Japan, Whether Pakistan should adopt balanced growth or unbalanced growth, role of Statistics in current Census, Economic growth of Pakistan, Whether Gwadar/CPEC is a game changer or will result in colonization by China, politicization of bureaucracy, whether Faizabad issue was handled well or not, merits and demerits of internet etc. Rest was about my profile and prior job experiences.

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