Vijayawada: Aimed at bringing complete transparency in Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) recruitment, the Andhra Pradesh government has issued an order to abolish interviews for all State Public Service Commission examinations under all categories including Group-I services.
"Government after careful examination of the matter, with a view to maintaining utmost transparency... hereby orders to dispense with interviews for all APPSC examinations," said chief secretary Aditya Nath Das, in the order dated June 26.
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He said the move is aimed at gaining the complete trust of the competing candidates in the entire selection process. Following this move, there will be no interviews for popular examinations such as Group I, Group II, and others. However, this new rule will kick in for all the APPSC recruitment notifications issued from Saturday and beyond.