There are a few things I must share about the entire process.

1. The syllabus content has a wide range. The 15 marks portion of secretariat
instructions, office procedures and the rules of business 1973 offer relatively straight
questions. Its very easy to score 15 of 15 in this portion. But what I had observed was that
the majority left the portion on luck and considered it generally easy. I remember there
were candidates who told me on the test day that who would study 129 pages of secretariat
instructions? and those who studied, just went through the content and took it light.
Questions were very simple, and that made them confident on their perception about the
subject that it was just a matter of "common sense". The result proved them wrong later
on. Secondly, its a common concern of most of the candidates having non-management
related degrees that this portion will be easier for candidates having management related
degrees. That is not true. Because there are manuals available on the subject which can be
studied and understood by anyone, doctors, engineers, bio-scientists, anyone!
2. The portion of business communication is again very general, they ask you questions
mainly from the pearson editions, available on the internet.
3. The management portion covers the basic management: very little about the basics of
management, and a lot from the project management. Many questions were picked from
the sample questions of PMP certification available on the website of PMI
4. English portion is the game changer. Most of us do not really understand the art of
precise writing. Our writing at essay is again very weak. Anyone who gets 20+ in the
english (subjective) section has a good chance to stand out in the competition
5. Interviews are very short, and disturbing. But the criteria is quite different, still not
very clear. They will consider your degrees, and experience and a lot of other things too.
But most of all, your score in the written. If you have topped in the written exam, you'll not
have to worry about the interview at all. Maybe, you will think you haven't performed well in
the interview but trust me, if your written score is good, like if you are among the top 5
candidates, you'll get the offer of appointment.
6. The process takes time. After the result, you'll have to wait a lot for the interviews, but
not more than one and a half months.
7. The process is purely on merit. Don't worry about nepotism and favoritism

Last but not the least, don't worry about the difficulty level, the merit goes accordingly.
There are only a few of this large pool of candidates who would clear the test with flying
colors anyway.