Your GD/ Casestudy topic No of Interviews Core Reserch Role ( Interview Questions )

how will AI impact the workforce 1 NA

US-china trade war 1 Na
Should developing countries spend on 2 Nil
Whether to implement erp on cloud or 1 1.
NATake us through your career
2. Tell us in detail about your internship
Should developing countries invest in 1 3.
NAExplain the academic projects at IFMR
Which nation is getting benefit from bre 2 4.
NAHow will
Entirely CV you
based work in a team
5. Hobbies? What will you do in free time
ERP implementation 1 Tell
NA
6.
us about your internship
Ola,uber. Will youonsuggest a new company X to enter this cs
In internship topics IoT, Blockchain manufacturing sector
"Impact of A.I on the current workforce 1 7.
N.AKey ratios
KPMG six Sigmaand KPI 's of Pharma
certification industry
in detail.
Impact of AI on workforce 1 8.
NAAnyprojects
Acad question in for the panel
detail
9. Challenges
Some HR relatedfaced in the projects and how did you recover
questions
AI effect on Job force 1)
2 NA
10. Why
How this
willrole?
your friends describe your character. Give one re
Some
2) What personality
do you questions
consider your reasons inforyour
success are? will h
Na 1 11.
1.
3)
How
Tell
Name
will
us the
aboutyour
five
research
yourself.
most
experience
important economic
internship
indicators?
12.Factors
Thoughts on IoT on home devices market
US- China Trade War 1 2.
4)
13. Real-timeanalysed
Why researchcorporatefield
Jet Airways
situational academic
decisions project.
tests.
3. Biocon project on ratio analysis:
NA 1 a.What is interest coverage ratio
Will AI affect the current workforce e 1 NA b. Any internship
Summer ratio for R&D.
4.
SummariseGold
Zomato logout
financial campaign.
statements
Will AI and machine learning replace 2 NA
5. Any industry that you follow?
Key performance indicator of pharmaceutical industry
N/A 1 6. New trends in manufacturing
Qualitative and quantitative measure industry.
for a company
Na 1 Academic projects
Will AI affect current workforce 3 NA
Erp implementation 1 NA
Is US China trade war helping these 2 2 NA
Mission mangalyaan expenditure woth 2 N/A
US - China Trade War. Who is benefitti 2 None
Slow down in economy and brexit 1 N.A
Artificial Inteligence 2 NA
Xy brand 's legacy system failure and 1 NA
How AI is going to impact the current 1 na
Should India invest in Space programs 1 NA
Should developing countries invest in 2 None
Should developing nations invest in 2 NA
ERP planning and change management 1 NA
Should India invest in space exploration 1 NA
8) What is your biggest failure in MBA and how did you overc
NA 1 9) IFE, EFE, CPM Matrix explanations, where & how do you u
Is trade war useful? 1 NA
Internship based questions; Current industry happenings (aut
Should a developing economy spend o 4 Difference between enterprise, firm and market capitalisation;
Amount of money spent on Chandrayaan 1 NA
Effect of AI on current workforce 2 NA
Indian economy slowdown and Brexit 1 NA
N/a 1 Tell me about yourself? Tell us about your summe
ERP case study 1 N/A
ERP implementation case 1 NA
Trade war between china and US- Goo 2 N.A.
What did you learn in MBA?
NA 2 Any Questions
How AI will impact enterprises 2 NA
Machine learning/AI-Effect on workfor 1 NA
Should developing countries invest in 1 NA
Trade war good or bad 1 NA
Will AI impact workforce? 1 NA
ERP Case Study 1 NA
Reasons for slowdown of Auto Industry
US China Trade war 1
Should India invest in ISRO or Econo 1 NA
Crores of Rupees spent on Moon missi 2 NA
An XYZ company earning a profit of 2B 1 NA
Should developing countries invest in 3 NA
- Compare 2 companies from the same industry, compare the
None 1 - Tell me about the academic projects and the results obtaine
Based on ERP Implementation 1 NA
Related to ERP Implementation 1 NA

Implementation of ERP 1 Not Applicable

N/A 1 US-China Trade war and it's implication on Indi
AI impact on workforce 3 Na
Trade war 2 NA
Sip related

Academic project related

What would you prefer accumalating on your balance sheet, debtors or inventory?
Risk
What Role
What is ( Interview
is operating
quality Questions )
leverage?
of earnings? Consulting ( Interview Questions )
What is working capital? NA
How to calculate FCFF?
Difference between
Tell about your workquickex and and current rati Na
internship.
What is Biotechnology? (I did
Tell about your findings from the project.B.Tech Biotechnology)
Nil
Explain
1. Tell meUS FDA
about clinical
yourself research trial stages
NA
What
1. is Deloitte?
operating leverage? NA
2. Why
Work done in SIP and Learnings
What
2.
3. Whyis finance
accounts
Academic receivable?
role
projects after
andaoutcomes
marketing internship?NA
1.
3. Walk
Work through
done in your
SIP work-ex and internship experience.
4.
2. Basic
What
What financial
is business ratios
terminalvaluation,
is options market approach NA
4.
5. Explain
Option Greeks tovalue in DCF
a layman model
like of valuation?
a farmer.
3.
NA
5. What
Maximumis beta? Can
profits beta be negative? Tell me something which is not in ur resume;when can u se
6.
4. Why
What do you
is p/e thinkinyou
ratio?
casewillofbe
For how
call/put
suitable
much
options.
foris
period this
therole?
earning recorded?
6.
7. Strengths
Any questionsand weaknesses.
for us?money - explain. N.A
5. How do banks make
7. Walk me through your CV.
6.
8. What
Explainquestions do youworks.
how valuation want to ask to us? NA
9. How are weights for WACC selected? NA
Na Na
1. About Summer internship
1) Entirely CVprojects
2. Academic based, on was asked whatever
Accounting, N/Avaluation
FSA and
3.
NA What is Operating profit? NA
1.
4. Academic project selected
Finance subjects related questions
2.
5. Internship related
About research questions
paper( on ERP) NA
6. Net working capital NA
What did you do during internship and workN/A
N/A before MBA?
Explain academic projects
There were a barrage of questions. I am recollecting some of them here
Na
Option and Beta
swapand in derivatives Na
1- Levered Unlevered Beta - Explain this to a layman without using mathematical connotations.
Operating
Explain
2- Explain and
market financial
and income
Operating leverage
leverage approach NA
of valuation.
and Financial leverage using real life examples.
Finance and operation lease
NAIRR versus normal return without maths.Tell me something about yourself that is not in resume. ,
3-
Financial
4- and operational
Significance of Treynor
Beta leverage
to a layman.
Academic
Information
Call and Projects
put ratio.
option related questions.
ratio. LIFO FIFO NA
5- Canlike
Ratio Beta
P/E beRatio
negative.
and Operating Leverage and Beta.
American
Operating
6- and Bermudan
Financialleverage
model -vs swap
financial
Unable leverage,
to recall dN/A Heard it for the first time.
the name.
Questions
Systematic about internship.
and unsystematic riskreturns?
and how to calculate it.
7- Can a company have multiple None
Adjusted
8- FCFF and betaFCFE. Applications.
Capm and wacc
9- Business Valuation metrics. Most of us were N.A unable to comprehend the questions.
There were 15 questions in total which wereNA
asked in a rapid fire fashion. I am able to recall only 9.
NA 1. Tell something about yourself not in resume? 2. What
cv based
which , difference
is better between
mean or median?ROCE and na
Question on
Currency regression analysis project as NA
rates to what was the aim and how I did it?
None
NA
NA 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Explain your work experienc
Types of Business Valuation Models, CAPM NA
NA Long on call and long on put. Difference?
17. NA
18. Fun facts about you? NA
Internship
Q2. About IFMR academic projects. ImpactNA
related questions; Currency val of increasing distribution channel on income statement and balance sheet.
Q3. IFMR academic
6)Enterprise projects.
Valuation RatioValuation
and Equity analysisNAquestions. Difference between current ratio and quick ratio. Different types of turno
All questions were interlinked with each other, NA so have to be clear with basics.
NA
N/a N/a
N/A Swot Analysis on case study. Question related to my resu
NACovered interest rate parity
7) 1. Something about yourself other than resume. 2. Attitud
8) Operating leverage N.A.
NA NA
Go76 through your50 CV and explain internship NA
Which
6. Whatoption
is IRR? would
Howyou
do select?
you calculate it? NA
7. CV based questions. NA
What do you do in your free time
Internship related
7. Proficiency withquestions
tableau and excel NA
8. How was affect of rent calculated on dscr?
NA
NA 1. What you cannot do? 2. Whom will you select a person
NA
What is considered to be industry standard NA
Current Ratio? What if current ratio is less than that ?
5. How and Why we calculate NPV NA
6. How do we calculate Free Cash Flow NA
NA Asked me to introduce myself which is not mentioned in t
1. Beta calculation 2. Capm 3. Wacc 4. Marke
NA
None None
NA Tell me something about yourself?family Background? ques
NA 1. Family background 2. Why MBA after work-ex 3. Questio

Not Applicable Question1 :- Tell me something about your background? Q

N/A was internship?
How N/A
How does your
Difference salesforwards
between internship
andrelate with the
futures Na role Delloite is offering to you?
Which is better accrual accounting or cash NA accounting, why
Feedback/ Suggestions
NA
Na
Nil
I got out from gd, hence didn’t face interviews
Be clear with financial concepts.
NA
NA
None
Conceptual questions were asked mainly on valuation. The candidate should have basic knowledge on the topics covered till th
NA
Clarity on CV is a must.
None.
Nil
NA
None
There was a bit of disturbance for sometime due to signal issue during the interview.
Na
NA
It was a general HR interview
Faced some issues in business valuation questions.
Surprising results
None
.
Not sure what Deloitte was actually looking for in the risk role. Even after letting them know that BV course is mid-way, many qu
None
na
Business valuation was extensively asked throughout the interview and every answer was rebutted. Business valuation course
The people who are already out of the process should have been communicated asap.
NA
Case round: Systematic, clear and good execution. Interview: Very good. Many of these questions were not this direct.
NA
Everything was good.
NA
None
NA
NA
NA
Not that great, as I was not able to see any of the panalist and they even used to mute the mic from thier side, I answered so ty
N/A
NA
N.A.
NA
NA
NA
None
They were giving definitely importance for some good percentages or good relavent work ex or courses like CFA's in CV's, so a
None
Situation based questions
Interview was Focused on CV and current Market situations
The experience was very enriching and eye opening.
It was a good experience, but they expected more from us than how much we were prepared for.
It was a great/ smooth process. Case study was a mix of GD and presentation, which was on an ERP topic. Interview process w
It was lengthy
Earphones came out all the time and were very distracting during the interview.
Don't take stress.Process is smooth.Just build up some background stories to cover up each and every thing written on your CV
Candidate should be very thorough with his/her CV (especially projects and internship)

1. Prepare hard to crack

GD. Spent 10, 20, 30
days (how much ever it
takes ) and make sure
you don't get out in GD.
Because the next round
i.e. interview for most of
the companies are very
easy to crack.(So it is very
important to reach till that
place)
2. Be focused, energized,
and believe on yourself.
(Keep in your mind the
story of Arjuna, that how
focused he was while
aiming eye of the fish)
Some concepts about M&A and lectures on Tax system needs to be provided
Na
Needs to be better with BV basics.
dge on the topics covered till the interview date and also should be prepared on the points and details mentioned in the CV.

BV course is mid-way, many questions which were unheard of to us were asked. I found the panel really disinterested while explaining them

ted. Business valuation course should be given more priority and I feel more theoretical knowledge is required to crack such interviews rath

ons were not this direct.

rom thier side, I answered so typically it was one way communication it would be much easier if I would have been able to see them while I
courses like CFA's in CV's, so advance courses are utmost imp specially for freshers.

ERP topic. Interview process was a comfortable one . Overall enjoyed the process. Thank you Team Placecom.

d every thing written on your CV with Apt justification.

ails mentioned in the CV.

really disinterested while explaining them a valuation process. Even though I was going through each and every step the panelist seemed t

is required to crack such interviews rather than solving problems on excel. Proper focus on theory should be given in order to tackle questio

ould have been able to see them while I answer, facial expression and being able to see the person, and small gestures such as nods or ev
am Placecom.
ery step the panelist seemed to be really off and once I explained the process, the panelist was like I could not get anything. That was really

given in order to tackle questions in such interviews.

ll gestures such as nods or even any expression helps big time in any conversation.
t get anything. That was really frustrating and irritating at the same time.