Bhubaneswar, March 29 -- Numerous IAS and IPS officers have stood firm against all odds and proved that hard work and consistency is the pillar of success.As millions of UPSC aspirants are all set to sit for their prelims exam in May, we bring to you the success story of Zainab Sayeed, who scored the highest marks in the UPSC interview round.

Zainab Sayeed, an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia has a record of securing 220 marks, out of 275 in the UPSC interview. The young bureaucrat scored the highest marks in the interview round in the last 8 years of UPSC.

As per DNA India, no candidate has been able to break the record of Zainab since 2014. A resident of Kolkata, he had secured 731 marks in the written examination and secured 107th ran...