Inshallah...Keeping my fingers crossed...But I would say after a whole year of preparation has given me lot of confidence and I loved it all the way..This was one of the best phase of my life..I am full of praise and prayers for Sarfraz shami who invoked the urge inside me to appear in CSS..Before him I always thought CSS is an impossible task...But now I regret y I didnt appear early..No worries though now I will push my children and grand children for CSS now in the upcoming life...:happy

Chairman sahab: you have done BBA. Your group preference is DMG.how can your degree help you in DMG?
Me: District Management Group obviously needs management skills and I already have that primary set of management skills acquired through BBA.
Chairman: your background is business studies, but you have opted for International Law, because it is easier to cram it?
Me: I have not crammed any subject really. My sister has done her Master in IR and she used ro discuss topics of International Law with me.The subject interested me and my sister could help me in too. So I chose to opt it.
Chairman: Have your of ICJ?
Me: yes sir
Chairman: what does it do?
Me: International Court of Justice plays its role in settling international conflicts and disputes and provides basic legislation for Intl Law?
Chairman: it makes legislation?how?
Me: actually international law lacks formal legislation so whatever treaties are agreed Upon in ICJ act as legislation or deriving force for the other relevant disputes.

Chairman: what would ICJ do if a party refuses to come to the hearing?
Μe: It would try to resolve the dispute peacefully.
Chairman: but if the party refuses to be part of the whole dispute. Then would ICJ be able to force it?
Μe: there can be sanctions and embargos but not use of force for any international person.
Chairman: person or country?
Me: a country is an international person too.
Chairman: ok
Then by another member, a lot of questioning on government,governance,democracy etc. A lot of confrontation. Why have you selected for DMG?who does policy making?
Questions on government,democracy,military coup,musharraf era etc. By aonther member.(both these members were left to the chairman sahab)
Rhe one right to chairman: which city modern olympics in 19th century started?
Me: sorry sir I do not know.
Same member: which city has Mona Lisa's museum?
Me: sorry sir i cant recall.

Few more questions from the same member. Cant recall

Madan Batool: why is America interested in India?
Me: the whole region is important. Where China is friends with Pakistan,Amsrica would want to be friends with India for the balance of power.
Madam Batool: Due to China's booming economy.
Madam Batool: one simple asnwer. What is the difference between the mission of a business and that of a government?
Me: business is profit oriented. Government is people oriented.
Madam Batool seemed satisfied by the answer.
The one to the extreme left: you failed in 2011. How.
Me: I failed in essay.
Were you expecting it
Me:no sir. I was expecting to pass it.
Him: do you think you have improved this time?
Me: yes sir. I believe i have improved.
Him: do you think you deserve it this time?
Me: ye sir i deserve it.
Ok.
Chairman sahab;
Thank you. It was very nice meeting you. Have a nice day.

Me: thank you.same here. ALLAH HAFIZ
(I HAVE FORGOTTEN SOME OF QUESTIONS AND CONFRONTATIONS)
but it was no easy job. A lot of stress and speediness to be handled. Hope I did it well. Do pray for me guys.

Thank you. What were your optionals other than I Law?

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Islamic History
Sociology
Accounting

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Ahan but their focus remained on I law. Don't worry you will be allocated iA.

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they didn't ask direct questions out of Intl Law. they just asked me argumentative questions. but after all that is what their job is!

Thank you for the wishes. I hope when is your interview?

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Insha Allah i hope so thanks a lot. Yup m expecting anything. The interviews are getting tougher day by day. Yesterday someone's interview lasted for 45 mins.

@all qualifiers.
has somebody with background of english literature gone through the interview? Please share your experience.

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I entered the room with a smile. All the members were smiling as well. They greeted me and then asked me to sit down n then the interview began.

Chairman:
Q-You have come from sargodha?
Q-Your schooling is also from Sargodha?
Q-You did graduation in 2009, what have you been doing since then?
Q-Oh sorry you've also done masters. It's not written here, let me add it. Which year?
(ma'am asked here from sargodha uni?)
Q-you did fsc? With bio chem n phy? pre medical right?
Q-Then why did you switch to literature?
Q-You've mentioned reading as your hobby. What do you read?
Q-Any particular thing?
Q-What sort of novels?
Q-Fiction of which particular writer?
Q-Do you read newspapers? which one?
Q-why dawn?
Q-You have heard?? but don't you read it. You should have judged yourself.
What do you find in Dawn?
Q-certain people write columns n articles in it. Can you name a few of them?
Q-what does Mr. Najam write about?
Q-He has a certain opinion of his own. What is his stance, his point of view on foreign policy?
Thank you!

Mr. Najib:
Q-Being a student of science which is quite interesting and then switching over to as boring a subject as English literature, what were the factors behind it. Why did you particularly choose literature?
Q-So you found it interesting? Or did you think you were good at english language?
Q-why was literature easy for you to study?
Q-So which field of literature do you like the most?
Q-who is your fav among the romantic poets?
Q-what are the chief characteristics of Keats' poetry?
Q-What is that particular feature for which his odes are famous?
Q-Define satire.
Q-which is that particular satirical work you would have read at school n then even at masters level?
Q-Yes. Who is the writer of Gulliver's travels?
Q-How would you rate Swift as a satirist?
Q-What has he shown us through Gulliver's Travels? Had he been effective?
Q-ok tell me what was the English society like during Swift's age?
Thank you

2nd Member on the extreme left:
Q-Have you heard the name of northern areas and of gilgit baltistan?
Q-when and why was the status of these areas changed? what were the reasons?
Q-IMF loan, is it unconditional or are there some conditions?
Q-what exactly are those conditions if you can elaborate?
Q-Why this loan is so important or is it really necessary for us to take this loan?
Q-What is the total amount of this loan?
Q-%age of total trade deficit?

3rd member:
Q-tell me in percentage the contribution of oil, gas and hydal power in our energy sector.
Q-what is the total area of pakistan.
Q-ok you remember it well. now tell me the total area of balochistan.
Q-Which are the major rivers of Pak?
Q-Why have you named only five? there is also river kabul. then he told me from where it passes and where it joins indus.
Q-why have not we constructed kalabagh dam?
Q-what are those concerns of other provinces?
Q-Does kpk think it would be deprived of water or is there any other reservation?
Q-Which two cities of kpk?
Q-what are the reservations of sindh?
Q-a water accord was signed between the provinces. when was it signed?
Q-Tell the clauses of that accord.

Ma'am Batool:
Q-What is this kashmir issue? how did it originate?
Q-is it still an issue? You think it is still there?
Q-But why was kashmir given to pak?
Q-why is kashmir important?
Q-which areas constitute kashmir?
Q-I did not ask you to name the cities or districts. tell me which particular areas. then she told me from where kasmir begins n where it ends.
Q-Is azad kashmir included in it?
Q-can you tell total area of kashmir?
Thank you.

Chairman: It was very nice meeting you. good luck and have a nice day.

I hope i have not missed anything. I am not satisfied with my interview. i think i coul not do well. I request all the forum members to pray for me. I'll be obliged.
Regards.

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@Bukhari!

First, I wish u best of luck,may your reap fruits of ur hard work.

I think they drag you a bit too much, at least to my comfort level, in issues like boundries of kashmire and G Baltistan and Dawn newspaper.

Can you share your optionals?

It was a good interview in my opinion. They asked you so many questions related to your major yeah but questions on area of balochistan are kind of unexpected. For how long did your interview continue?
Best of luck :-)

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