Sunil Phogat made everyone proud by achieving a feat possible only for a few. He scored AIR-77 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022. He hails from a small village, Jhinjar, in Haryana. He pursued his Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Engineering. The dream of becoming an officer was partly instilled in him by his father, who was his mentor throughout his journey, and partly through the prejudices he saw in the society. He wished to serve his nation to the best of his ability and thus started his journey.
Sunil gave four attempts in the CSE, finally cracking it in his fourth attempt. He got a whopping score of 812 in his mains exam and 190 in his interview round which ranked him 77 in the results. Sunil in his fourth attempt gave his best shot preparing not only for the Prelims and Mains but also for the interview which is a deciding factor in candidates ranking. After three previous attempts, he was looking for guidance for the CSE interview when he came across Disha’s Free Interview Guidance Program.
In January 2022, Disha had initiated a free of cost UPSC interview guidance program for candidates to guide them in their journey and provide feedback to improve their performance at the final interview. He sat in the Mock Interview which simulated real-like interview environment with experts and ex-bureaucrats from various fields.
While interacting with Sunil, we discovered that Disha’s Mock Interview played a major role in his success. Sunil said, “I appeared in 5 Mock Interviews at various places, but Disha Publication’s panel was nearest to what I faced at the real IAS Interview. Disha panelists were really cordial and their questions and feedback helped me a lot to prepare for my final interview.”
Furthermore, Sunil has also been using Disha’s Topic-wise Previous Year Solved Papers for Civil Services Exam by Mrunal Patel. Sunil specially emphasised the need for solving previous year papers and how it immensely helped him.
“If I could give just one advice to ace the Civil Services Exam, I would say solve the PYQs! They give you a solid idea of the exam and train you to attempt it with confidence. Questions might not repeat but the themes and similar topics are often repeated. Practice PYQs from a trusted and errorless resource only like Disha’s Topic-wise Previous Year Solved Papers by Mrunal Patel which I had used during my preparation and hugely benefited froṃ.” – Sunil