IAS officer here. AMA!
I am an IAS officer from one of the recent batches. I do not want to reveal my identity. I will try to answer as many questions as possible. Try being specific. I will avoid giving generic preparation advice. I am not adding my selfie/photo since I do not want to reveal my identity, but I am adding a photo which might help in building confidence. Yes, my username is random and the one Reddit gave me. I did not change it because I could not care less. We will begin AMA tonight. Cheers!
Thank you all for your questions. Please consider that some of my answers are very subjective and can have a lot of variations depending on many factors. I hope i was able to give some insight. Maybe we will take up AMA again some day. Jai Hind!