Psychological interview
 

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Psychological interviews and Group Discussions are going to start in September. Mine is on 3 October. As it is my first attempt, i wanna ask all the seniors to please guide me about the interview. What kind of interview it is? What kinda questions will they ask from the candidates. How to prepare for it?

Senior guys please guide us.

Go through these links to get an idea about psychological tests and interview

[url]http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-interview-psychological-tests/psychological-tests/[/url]

[QUOTE=wellington;1036417]Go through these links to get an idea about psychological tests and interview

[url]http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-interview-psychological-tests/psychological-tests/[/url][/QUOTE]

Thanks dear. but these interviews experiences are of CSS. Are psychological tests and viva for PMS conducted with the same pattern? Isn't there any difference? All those aspirants who have gone through this process in KPPSC, please share your experiences and test pattern.

[url]http://www.cssforum.com.pk/kpk-public-service-commission/kpkpms/96772-please-share-pms-2013-final-panel-interview-experiences-here.html[/url]

Group discussion
 

Today's Group Discussion topics:

20 minutes for each topic were given and we had a great discussion.

Urdu: Pakistan ki kharja policy

English: Money insure hapiness and prosperity

Interview with Psychologist:

Introduce yourself
Why join PMS if you are already serving as DAO ?
Your weakness
How these weaknesses effect your relatioships ?
Your strengths
Give justification (about your strengths)
If apointed how will you handle political pressure ?
What make you angry ?
That is all, Thank you.

[QUOTE=darksider;1038034]Today's Group Discussion topics:

20 minutes for each topic were given and we had a great discussion.

Urdu: Pakistan ki kharja policy

English: Money insure hapiness and prosperity

Interview with Psychologist:

Introduce yourself
Why join PMS if you are already serving as DAO ?
Your weakness
How these weaknesses effect your relatioships ?
Your strengths
Give justification (about your strengths)
If apointed how will you handle political pressure ?
What make you angry ?
That is all, Thank you.[/QUOTE]

Thank you Darksider for sharing your interview experience with us. Tell us about the panel how many members were there? 2ndly did you get the call letter for the final interview there? or it will be given later to you? If yes then what is your final interview date?

[QUOTE=Tauqeer Yousafzai;1038150]Thank you Darksider for sharing your interview experience with us. Tell us about the panel how many members were there? 2ndly did you get the call letter for the final interview there? or it will be given later to you? If yes then what is your final interview date?[/QUOTE]

There were two female psychologists. Those candidates who's document were complete got their final interview letters and their interview will be on 19 September. However, in my case, they lost my DPC, that is why I couldn't get my final interview letter. I provided them my DPC and then they said they will dispatch my letter via post. My interview date will be most probably on 28 September.

Darksider bro!

You had also qualified last time. What was your score and merit number? 2ndly How do you compare your last experience with the recent PMS2016? Which one was tough and how? What do you think about marks in written portion of PMS2016, as i heard people saying marking is low.

Other members of the forum are also requested to kindly share their experience of group discussion topic and psychological interview.

[QUOTE=Tauqeer Yousafzai;1038555]Darksider bro!

You had also qualified last time. What was your score and merit number? 2ndly How do you compare your last experience with the recent PMS2016? Which one was tough and how? What do you think about marks in written portion of PMS2016, as i heard people saying marking is low.[/QUOTE]

My score in PMS 2013 was 642 in written and 130 or so in interview. As PMS 2016 was my second attempt and most questions in most of my optional papers was repeated from PMS 2013, I guess the exam went OK for me as compare to last time. Exam seem to be easy for me this time except for Pakistan Affairs paper. This time optional subjects like Psychology, Indo Pak History, IL, English Literature and Sociology etc seem to be hit pretty hard, and almost every other candidate must have atleast one of these subjects so it is natural that score might be moderate this time. Because, I remember, last time majority of failed DMC had 700+ marks, and this time I have seen only a very few DMCs of failed candidates who crossed 700. But you never know about the passed one. There will be some brilliant candidates who might score 760+ this time too.

[QUOTE=darksider;1039105]My score in PMS 2013 was 642 in written and 130 or so in interview. As PMS 2016 was my second attempt and most questions in most of my optional papers was repeated from PMS 2013, I guess the exam went OK for me as compare to last time. Exam seem to be easy for me this time except for Pakistan Affairs paper. This time optional subjects like Psychology, Indo Pak History, IL, English Literature and Sociology etc seem to be hit pretty hard, and almost every other candidate must have atleast one of these subjects so it is natural that score might be moderate this time. Because, I remember, last time majority of failed DMC had 700+ marks, and this time I have seen only a very few DMCs of failed candidates who crossed 700. But you never know about the passed one. There will be some brilliant candidates who might score 760+ this time too.[/QUOTE]

What are your optionals? papers of Indo pak history and Political science were tough enough. I did well in Indo pak though. How your interview went in 2013? why such a low score?

[QUOTE=Tauqeer Yousafzai;1039117]What are your optionals? papers of Indo pak history and Political science were tough enough. I did well in Indo pak though. How your interview went in 2013? why such a low score?[/QUOTE]

My optionals are:
Psychology
Journalism
Muslim Law
Public Administration
International Relations

My final interview went really well, as most of my interview was related to my job. However, my interview with psychologists and group discussion went terrible (in my opinion), I think that might be the reason.

[QUOTE=darksider;1039123]My optionals are:
Psychology
Journalism
Muslim Law
Public Administration
International Relations

My final interview went really well, as most of my interview was related to my job. However, my interview with psychologists and group discussion went terrible (in my opinion), I think that might be the reason.[/QUOTE]

How did your psychological interview and GD go terrible? Please tell us in detail where you went wrong?

[QUOTE=Tauqeer Yousafzai;1039126]How did your psychological interview and GD go terrible? Please tell us in detail where you went wrong?[/QUOTE]

Well I took the psychological interview and group discussion very lightly and went there totally unprepared. I had no points what so ever to add in group discussion and also when the psychologists were asking questions I couldn't answer convincingly.

PMS Psychological Interview / Interview
 

May you please share some of the questions you were asked by the panelists?

[QUOTE=Sohail KTS;1039235]May you please share some of the questions you were asked by the panelists?[/QUOTE]

I have already shared my interview experience, you can find it on CSS FORUM.

[QUOTE=darksider;1039169]Well I took the psychological interview and group discussion very lightly and went there totally unprepared. I had no points what so ever to add in group discussion and also when the psychologists were asking questions I couldn't answer convincingly.[/QUOTE]

Dear as per the psychological interview questions you have shared in this thread, it seems very easy to answer as these are just normal personal questions. How could you fail to answer such questions?
Secondly one of my friend who appeared last time told me that he came late to the group discussion and couldn't know what was going there for a while. so he participated very little there yet scored well in Viva.

[QUOTE=Tauqeer Yousafzai;1039291]Dear as per the psychological interview questions you have shared in this thread, it seems very easy to answer as these are just normal personal questions. How could you fail to answer such questions?
Secondly one of my friend who appeared last time told me that he came late to the group discussion and couldn't know what was going there for a while. so he participated very little there yet scored well in Viva.[/QUOTE]

I am not talking about the recent questions asked, I am talking about the questions asked in PMS 2013. And may be this is my thinking that my score of interview is low because of bad performance in overall psychological interview and GD. May be there were something else, but it didn't matter. Because my score in written was also very low, so it wouldn't have made any difference even if I had scored 200+ in the interview. Another thing I would like to mention is that majority of candidate's scores in interview were low in PMS 2013. Most of them scored between 120-140 marks in interview. Overall, the top score in interview was 190.

[SIZE="4"][I][B]Got 165 in interview in PMS-2013.[/B][/I][/SIZE]

My Psychological Interview:

i. Introduce yourself.
ii. What are your strengths/weaknesses?
iii. How would you describe your own self?
iv. Why do you want to join PMS?
v. Why are you single?
vi. What qualities would you like to have in your life partner?
vii. What professional challenges will you face as an officer?

In between all these questions; some topics were discussed in detail.

Regards.

[QUOTE=aquila;1039692]My Psychological Interview:

i. Introduce yourself.
ii. What are your strengths/weaknesses?
iii. How would you describe your own self?
iv. Why do you want to join PMS?
v. Why are you single?
vi. What qualities would you like to have in your life partner?
vii. What professional challenges will you face as an officer?

In between all these questions; some topics were discussed in detail.

Regards.[/QUOTE]


Thanks aquila for sharing this. What were your GD topics and how did you participate in it? What is you serial no. and Zone? and when are you appearing for the final viva? please let us know