PATNA, Jan. 22 -- The first phase of the interview process for the 70th Combined Competitive Exam conducted by Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC), got underway on Wednesday, and will continue till February 28.

BPSC has this time initiated a new innovation to give the candidates the chance of choosing the board they would face, through a lottery system.

There are usually 4-6 different boards and candidates are called for interview in batches on a particular day. With questions raised over the way marking is done by different boards, now it has been left to the students to choose their board through the draw of lots.

"It is a new process incorporated this year. Earlier, the randomisation was done through computers, but now it will be...