One of the toughest exams that you can think of in India is the IAS or the Indian Administrative Service Examination, which is very challenging for the individuals appearing it. The IAS exam is considered to be the most difficult exam that one can concern, according to a research made on the several Civil Service examinations. It is as difficult as the French Civil Service exam.

The preliminary which is otherwise also known as the CSAT exam is the base level exam or the 1st level exam among the three stage civil service pattern. The date or timing for the exam is fixed; you can find the exam being held either on the 2nd or the 3rd Sunday in the month of May.

There are certain qualities that the officers look for the candidates during the selection process. As because they are strict the success rate for the exams is very low. There are a lot of individuals appearing for the exam every year in order to become a civil service officer, but only a few of them make it.

It is important to get the right concept about the exam in your mind in order be successful in the exam. If you are able to do the right preparation on a daily basis, success is not very far. Preparing for every stage wisely will definitely help you with an achievement in the first attempt itself.

Then the candidates are moved to the second level of the IAS exam which is otherwise known as the Mains Exam, this paper consists of 2000 marks in total. What you need to understand the scores that you have obtained in the preliminaries won't have any affect in the Mains. The paper just helps the individuals to qualify to the next round.

There are three levels of exam that the candidates have to go through, which makes the exam very difficult and also the most difficult examination to be cleared in the country. The first and foremost is the preliminary stage, which is also known as CSAT. It is held is in the month of May every year. The preliminary also comprises of compulsory papers which is of 200 marks each.

With the exams the officers are willing to measures ones personality and not just trying to judge the individual. As the personality of a person changes with time and it is a method to access the individual's interest. Therefore you must analyse yourself first to make sure you are right for the job.

The final stage of the Civil Service Examination is the Interview stage. People passing the mains examination are then taken for the Interview stage. This interview for the Indian Administrative Service is held by the Union Public Service Commission which is held at Shahjahan, New Delhi. The interview is held in the last week of March after the results for the prelims are announced. Only after you pass the interview you are commissioned for IAS services.