Truthful to the IO:- Be truthful to the IO. If you don’t know, tell openly sorry sir I don’t now. Its better to say like this than beating around the bush. Also the important point is dont say suddenly after the questions is ended by the IO, that sorry sir i dont know. Just try to give at least a single point of answer for the question. i.e. Think for a while and if you really don’t get the answer, say them politely sorry sir I don’t know.

 Keep smiling:- It is the key of success. Try to keep smiling all over the process.i.e from entering the room and till the end of the process. To keep smiling, you should be free by mind, to be free be honest to the IO. Else your artificial smile will be recognized as the fake smile. So you may lose your chance of getting selected. Please be calm and truthful in your replies by enjoying the process.

Don’t lose your ground even in tough questions:- Losing the ground with the IO is common
for all candidates. Since this is a oral war between the IO and the candidate. It is not an
easy thing to win over the oral war with the IO, as they have real war experience. To
avoid this situation, don’t argue with the IO. The IO expects that the candidate should not
lose his ground, and face all the situations tactfully. If you have sound knowledge in
subjects and positive replies you never lose your grounds. Tackle the questions with
presence of sense and show your knowledge and positive approach with the replies.

Analysing capability:- The analysing capability is one of the important quality of an officer. Most of the candidate have the analysing capability, But what they expect is the whether we are using our analysing capability even under pressure situations or tough situations. So the IO cross checks this quality with the candidate through out the process by triggering various questions at different situations.