Dear friends,
Best wishes to candidates appearing for CBLR’18
Oral Exam to be conducted on 24th and 25th of November 2020.
You have cleared one of the toughest online
exam and now become eligible to appear for oral test. During online
exam, no one was there to monitor you and you were able to select answers
quietly within given time line. But oral test will be totally different and you
need to equip yourself accordingly.
Duration of the oral test will be about 15 to
20 minutes and on an average approx. 10 to 15 questions including supplementary
questions will be asked by the panelists.
As you may know, all the panelists are top most
officials of Customs and you need to prepare such way to prove yourself. In oral
tests, panelists will throw questions, any of their choice from Customs Law and
procedures & allied Acts. If you are presently working in a Customs Broker
firm then you may expect few questions from your area of work profile and
related to commodities your CB firm is dealing with.
Sometimes panelists will say some commodity
name & will ask you to find out HSN code from the Customs Tariff Book kept
in front of you. Hence be familiar to find out HSN especially with important
chapters like machinery, automobile, plastics and chemicals etc. You need to be
100% strong with Customs Broker obligations including KYC requirements and be
thorough enough of CBLR18 which is holy book for a Customs Broker. Do not
forget to be updated with latest faceless assessment and CAROTAR’20 procedures.
At present this is the key to check whether a candidate is up to date in
practical or only bookish.
The candidates are expected to give content
rich and meaningful answers hence do not limit yourself to give only one word
answer hence give little elaborate answer when required. At the same time, If
you do not know the answer to a particular question, do not give wrong answer
and do not try to explain too much like an argument, to establish your side. Instead
of that you can politely ask for another question. No one is 100% perfect and not
expected to know everything in Customs Law and procedures. If
you are not able to answer one or two questions, do not get panic.
Oral tests are unstructured but answers should
be structured and to the point. If you are very familiar about a particular question
prove yourself to establish but do not give too lengthy answers.
Right from knocking the door to leaving the interview
hall, behave humbly and maintain good eye contact to the panelist to whom who
are answering. When supplementary question is asked by another panelist in the
same topic then turn your face and answer to the respective panelists i.e Do
not fix your face position to only one panelist. Turn your face and answer to
respective panelists.
Due to Covid 19 spread, wear face mask without
fail and do not try to shake hand of the panelists. Normally sufficient
distance will be kept with broader table to avoid physical contacts but now due
to Covid 19 pandemic social distance become mandatory and don’t try to move nearby panelists.
Do not give any personal appeals and do not try
to convince panelists for selection which will not be entertained and such
behavior will cause harm. Finally, CB license is given to entrepreneurs hence
right from your dressing to answering the questions, everything must be like a budding
businessmen.
Again all the best for your success !!!
With regards
Rajesh A
www.eximblogs.com
Date: 22.11.2020
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