In 2026 expect a panel that drills into core subject fundamentals, your final-year project and any publications, and applied design reasoning (for example, which sensors you would fuse for a guidance algorithm and why). Interviewers value first-principles clarity, honest 'I don't know' over bluffing, and awareness of how your specialisation connects to space and defence applications. Because ISRO hires for long-term research careers, the panel also gauges motivation and awareness of the PSU pay structure versus private offers. Revise your core branch subjects and project cold, and be ready to reason aloud through open-ended design questions.
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Written examination in your discipline
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Shortlisting based on written score
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Technical interview (viva) before a panel
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Final merit list and appointment
What to expect in each round
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Stage 1
written exam in your engineering discipline (screening).
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Stage 2
technical interview/viva before an ISRO panel on fundamentals, project, and applied design.
Government / PSU questions ISRO asked
Sourced from 2+ candidate post-mortems. Hit Practice to answer any one with AI voice feedback.
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Hard
Why do you want to join the IAS specifically, and not the IRS or IFS where your optional subject would give you a better edge?
Practice free → - 02
Hard
You're posted as DM in a district where there's communal tension over a religious procession. The SP recommends imposing Section 144. What do you do?
Practice free → - 03
Medium
You're from <home state>. Tell me about a current administrative issue in your home state and what you'd do as collector.
Practice free → - 04
Hard
Critics say AI will eliminate clerical jobs in panchayats and tahsil offices over the next 5 years. As a civil servant, what's your stance?
Practice free → - 05
Hard
Your honest opinion: should India have a uniform civil code? Defend your position.
Practice free → - 06
Hard
Group Discussion topic: 'Should women be inducted into combat roles in the Indian Army?' You have 5 minutes; you're one of 8 candidates.
Practice free → - 07
Hard
GTO Task: Your team has 6 minutes to cross a 12-foot ditch using one wooden plank, one rope, and three drums. The plank is 8 feet. As Indicator, brief the GTO on your plan in 30 seconds.
Practice free → - 08
Hard
Personal Interview: You have 3 friends, your last grade was 68%, you didn't take any sports leadership in college. Why should we recommend you for the Indian Army?
Practice free → - 09
Hard
RBI cut the repo rate by 25 bps last quarter, but credit growth in MSMEs hasn't picked up. As a Grade B officer in DEPR, what's your diagnosis?
Practice free → - 10
Hard
Phase II ESI descriptive paper, 30 min: 'Discuss the trade-offs between financial inclusion and macroprudential stability in the context of India's UPI-led payments boom.' Outline your answer.
Practice free → - 11
Medium
GD topic for IBPS PO: 'Should small-finance banks be allowed to convert into universal banks?' 8-min discussion, you're 1 of 10.
Practice free → - 12
Medium
PI: Why banking, why this bank, why now? You have a B.Tech IT degree, why aren't you sitting for IT placements?
Practice free →