List of questions asked by the companies in Interviews

Accounting & Finance

The Smartcube
Five important ratios you would use to assess the performance of the
company. (Accounting)
Items included in the balance sheet of a Bank (Accounting)
Interest Coverage atio (Accounting)
!ow does a Bank earn its Income"
atio Analysis # Complete basics (formulas) along with its applications.
$g. %&$ atio' Interest coverage atio' CA etc. (Accounting)
$(uity esearch # )ividend )iscount *odel (Corporate Finance)
Cash Flow +tatement , Analysis (Accounting)
)ividend %olicy' distribution and decision making (Corporate Finance)
Capital +tructure-$(uity .&s )ebt (Corporate Finance)
Cost of Capital eg. Cost of )ebt' Cost of $(uity-Calculations , impact ,
implications of /nancial decision (Corporate Finance)
0ime .alue of *oney # %resent .alue .&s Future .alue-e1ects , cause in
the business (Corporate Finance)
inancial Analysis of 2otak Bank (on summer internship) (Accounting)
ICICI Securities Limited
3hat is %&$ ratio and use of it. (Capital
3hat is mutual fund" (Capital *arkets)
3hat is last closing point of +ense4 and 5ifty" (Capital *arkets)
3hat did you do in Indian Capital *arket %ro6ects" (Capital *arkets)
3hat is the di1erent between the +hare !olding patterns between ICICI
Bank with other banks which you have mentioned in your pro6ect in the
C." (Capital *arkets)
3hat is insurance. (Capital *arkets)
)i1erent between +tock , *utual fund" (Capital *arkets)
0ypes of shares. (Corporate Finance&Accounting&Capital *arkets)
Capital IQ (A Division of Standard & Poors)
7evel of +ense4 and 5ifty that day (Capital *arkets)
3hat is *arket Cap" (Corporate Finance)
7atest I%8 (uestion (Capital *arkets)
7atest *,A (uestion (Capital *arkets)
3hat is market risk" (Corporate Finance)
!ow many Companies form +ense4 and nifty" (Capital *arkets)
5ame few private e(uity players" (Capital *arkets)
Other Questions Asked
3hat is the use of accounting in marketing" !ow do you account for a
large promotional e4penses that is going to yield sales over the ne4t few
years" (Accounting&*arketing)
Corporate Finance
3hat do you mean by derivatives" (Corporate Finance)
)i1erentiate between hedging and speculation. (Corporate Finance)
)i1erentiate between call option and put option. (Corporate Finance)
)i1erentiate between forwards and futures. (Corporate Finance)
)e/ne the concept of Arbitrage %ricing 0heory. (Corporate Finance)
Comment on the intrinsic value of a stock. !ow do we compute it"
(Corporate Finance)
In fundamental analysis' what are the factors we take into consideration"
(Corporate Finance)
Comment on e9cient market hypothesis. (Corporate Finance)
!ow do we evaluate the performance of a portfolio and portfolio
manager" (Corporate Finance)
3hat are the various ways for the evaluation of e(uity" (Corporate
Finance)
Comment on duration and its signi/cance. (Corporate Finance)
!ow is CA%* di1erent from A%0" (Corporate Finance)
3hat is an opportunity cost" (Corporate Finance)
3hat is the marginal cost of capital" (Corporate Finance)
)i1erentiate between +*7 and C*7. (Corporate Finance)
3hat do you understand by /nance" (Corporate Finance)
3hat is cost of capital" !ow is it computed" (Corporate Finance)
!ow would leverage govern the fund raising e4ercise" (Corporate
Finance)
)e/ne the relationship of risk and return. !ow is it measured" (Corporate
Finance)
Comment on the optimal capital structure. (Corporate Finance)
:iven the choice of 5%. and I' which you would prefer and why" 3hat
are the practical di9culties associated with I" (Corporate Finance)
Accounting
3hat is the di1erence between Financial Accounting and *anagerial
Accounting" (Accounting)
3hat is the di1erence between $4penses , $4penditure " (Accounting)
0ell me the information about cost sheets. (Accounting)
3hat does the name costing mean and what are the importance of
costing" (Accounting)
3hat is the di1erence between cash ;ow statement and funds ;ow
statement (Accounting)
<cost accounting has become an essential tool of management <- 3hat
is your opinion (Accounting)
3hat is B$%" (Accounting)
3hat are /4ed costs" (Accounting
3hat are variable costs" (Accounting)
3hat is a di1erence between hypothecation and mortgage" (Accounting)