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Supplementary Issue
Finance Batch 2006-08
(Placement Details As On 14th
Mar 08)
Compiled and Edited By:
Ravi Shekhar
Wealth Incorporation - A CCIM Finance Club Initiative Presents
…………..Tracking the Economy
16th MAR 2008
Company: AMBA Research
Profile Offered: Role of an analyst.
Round 1 - 10 multiple choice questions based on 2 paragraphs given and the options
are very close and confusing. The paragraph must be read properly before answering
them.
Round 2 - This includes many other sub rounds; we had to answer 4 sets of question
papers.
• First one will be on basic 5th std level maths,
• Second on financial accounting, everything related to finance in general,
• Third on ATD, i.e. attention to detail where one had to locate very minor
errors but which are important in this profession like different font size,
wrong totals, etc.
• Fourth the most important is the essay writing to check our grammar and
comprehensive way of English writing. It is usually on very dumb n simple
topics like the best movie, favorite sport, role model, place I last visited
etc. students who don pass the English test can’t go further even though
they score highest in the other 3.
Round 3 - If selected, one is interviewed by the VP or AVP Vice president or associate
vice president before being ushered to this interview one is required to solve a case
study (usually same case given to every batch). Based on the case solved by you the
interview goes on. Questions are asked on the case and also on the line items of any
financial statement. One should be confident with it ratios and other finance concepts.
Round 4 - Another case study. Basically financial statements are given P&L A/C, cash
flow statement and Balance Sheet. The financial strength has to be analyzed. More of
an open end case. Based on this case we were interviewed by the SVP senior vice
president. Grilling on concepts the reason behind and conclusion on the case.
Once one clears this they get the offer letter n have to give a small excel test as a
formality.
Students joining:
HARDIT SINGH [email protected]
K SANAL ksanal30@yahoocom
PEETHI RAMMOHAN [email protected]
Company: AXIS Bank Profile Offered: Management Trainee for one year as relationship manager
Selection Process:
♦ Group Discussion will be conducted if the number of people interested is large.
♦ The procedure followed in the year 2007 was direct interview. ♦ The interview lasted for about 10mins. ♦ The interview was personal interview and some of the questions asked
were as follows:
1) Background profile of the applicant? 2) Why are you interested in the Banking sector? 3) Why are you interested in this profile? 4) Where do you see yourself after a period of 3 years from now? 5) Which are the other departments that you are interested in the bank? 6) Reasons for you being interested in that department? 7) Details on Summer Internship project?
ASHISH SHARMA [email protected]
Company: Axis Risk Consulting
Profile – Consultant
Selection procedure
1. Group Discussion 2. Personal interview at the office 3. Telephonic interview with the partners
All rounds are elimination rounds
Preparation required
1. Knowledge about financial concepts 2. Knowledge about current affairs 3. In-depth insight about the summer project – interview questions were based on
how to reduce the risk element in the project or the concerned firm 4. Knowledge about accounting concepts
Additional requirements
1. Confidence 2. No issues about traveling 3. No issues about salary (salary disclosed after final selection)
Selected candidates:
MANDAPAKA RAVI SEKHAR [email protected]
ANSHU AWASTHI [email protected]
ROSHIN ANNA MATHEWS [email protected]
YASHAS KOTHARI
Company: CB Richard Ellis (CBRE)
Position: Associate, CBRE Consulting group.
Profile: As a part of Strategic Consulting Group (SCG), I will need to prepare reports
about various projects and assignment which have to be presented to investors and
interested parties in various real estate projects. I will also need to monitor the FDI/FII
flow into the country particularly in the real estate sector to spot a potential investor. I
will also be involved in research activities pertaining to different projects of the
company. Consulting with clients will also be part of my job.
Interview/selection process: The selection process involved a GD followed by a
series of interview rounds.
The interview consisted about ones profile, interest in the company, in the sector and a
bit of knowledge about the basics of consulting. The technical part of the interview
consisted of questions on Financial Management (NPV, IRR, W.C management, basics
of accounting) and SAPM.
The interviews also quizzed me on my knowledge in MS Excel and SPSS. The HR round
consisted of questions on attitude, commitment levels and ability to work for long
hours.
Students Joining:
SOUMYA RANJAN MOHAPATRA [email protected]
DEEPTI AGARWAL [email protected]
Company: Centurion Bank of Punjab
Profile Offered: Management Trainee for one year in Foreign Exchange Solutions
after which the profile will be Marketing Manager.
Selection Process:
♦ Group Discussion will be conducted if the number of people interested is large.
♦ The procedure followed in the year 2007 was direct interview. ♦ The interview lasted for about 10mins. ♦ The interview was personal interview and some of the questions asked
were as follows:
1. Background profile of the applicant? 2. Why are you interested in the Banking sector? 3. Why are you interested in this profile? 4. Where do you see yourself after a period of 3 years from now? 5. Which are the other departments that you are interested in the bank? 6. Reasons for you being interested in that department? 7. Details on Summer Internship project?
Student Joining:
VERNON PATRAO
Company: DE Shaw
Designation: Analyst
Job Profile: Either in Financial Operations or Research
Selection Procedure: 1) Written Round
2) Personal Interview
Topics to Cover: 1) Financial Management
(Written round) 2) Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
3) Derivatives
4) Forex (basics required)
Written Round: 30 questions time allotted 30 minutes. Divided into three sub
Sections. Section A (15 questions) had more theory and section C (5 questions) had
more problems. And though we didn’t know break up of marks for each sections it was
generally assumed that section C carried more marks than the rest. There were few
questions on GK also in the paper. 10 people were short listed for the interview round.
Interview Round: Lasted for half an hour. Questions pertaining to my summer internship were asked. And other questions on derivatives and financial management were also asked. Then they also asked me What would I want to know from them and with this interview ended.
Student Joining:
NIKHIL.D.THAKKAR [email protected]
Company: FutureFirst
Job Profile: Derivatives Trader
Selection Procedure: Two rounds of Aptitude Test followed by Interview
First round of test consists of 30 questions and time given is 6 mins and the questions
will be fully numerical ability.
Second round of test consists of 40 questions and time given is 30 mins ant the
questions consists of Analytical and Reasoning ability.
The interview is a personal interview with no stress on technical questions.
Other Details:
The company is looking out for candidates who are risk taking ability, with hard working
nature and a bend of mind to analyze and interpret the current situation and take
future positions.
Student Joining:
LOHITH G [email protected]
Company: GMR
Profile: - Project Analyst/Corporate Finance/Strategic Finance
As an Executive trainee for 1 year
After one year as Associate Manager
Selection Process:-
Written Test: - Quants+Analytical+Verbal
Case Analysis:- Any company Balance sheet,P&L Account and Share Price will be
given ,analyze how company is performing, is the company healthy and financially
sound, is it good to buy or sell the shares of the company.
Personal Interview: - general question, mind twisting general question, some
financial aspects, about you and your family
Other details:-
One should have 60 %( cumulative of all semester)
Offer letter will come within one month
Students Joining:
DEEPAK MANTRI [email protected]
JEN SAMUEL [email protected]
SWATI SINHA [email protected]
VINAY SINGAL [email protected]
RAJESH GV [email protected]
Company: HDFC Bank
Profile offered: Relationship Management for HNI clients
About the Profile:
Liaison and Portfolio Management for High Net worth Individuals (HNIs). It involves requirement of strong marketing skills plus acute awareness of market movements as well as macro as well as microeconomic developments. For this particular profile, the locations include the metros as well as other important cities in the country. As part of HDFC Bank’s tie-up with CCIM, we also underwent a certification program in
Relationship Management (Retail).
Selection Process:
Our selection process was quite simple. We had just one single round of direct Personal
Interviews, which were stress and concept based.
Students Joining:
SIMI THOMAS [email protected]
AISHWARYA VISWANATH [email protected]
AVISHEK DEY [email protected]
KAVITA JOSHI [email protected]
NILRATAN DASGUPTA [email protected]
RUMELA BANERJEE [email protected]
CIJO JOSEPH [email protected]
Gayathri Ramdas [email protected]
GOPAL PAI M [email protected]
JEYASHRRI.G [email protected]
JOSEPH S KYNADI [email protected]
NAVEEN KUMAR [email protected]
PRIYANKA MALHOTRA [email protected]
AVINASH SHIVA [email protected]
DANNY RAJU THOMAS [email protected]
VINIT KUMAR [email protected]
GINTO THOMAS [email protected]
Company: IndusBank
Profile Offered: Management trainee with a probation period is of 1 year after
successful completion will be placed as Asst. Manager for branch location not specified.
Selection Process: It consists of two rounds
a) written test- aptitude A) Verbal ability B) Arithmetic with data interpretation one thing that is important is that there are minimum marks u have to get in order to qualify
• One has to crack 80 questions altogether in 30 minutes. • No negative marks. • No sectional cut offs.
b) Interview they asked me all areas from marketing, hr and project (summers). Only fundamentals for cracking it is to have good knowledge on all streams that is basics of marketing and human resources management.
Students Joining:
AJAY KUMAR [email protected]
PANKAJ JAIN [email protected]
Company: I-Flex Solutions
Profile: Associate Consultant/ Business Analyst
Selection Process: GD and Interview
Other Details: One needs to have a thorough knowledge of the 3rd, 4th and 5th
trimester finance subjects. The interview will be thorough grilling session of all the
concepts and no beating around the bush.
ANJANA PAUL [email protected]
SRINIVASA REDDY M [email protected]
SANA JAMEEL HASHIM [email protected]
NEEMA JOSEY [email protected]
Company: Infosys
Profile:- Equity Research and Analytics
Selection Procedure:-
Short listed the students based on their resumes followed by an interview.
The interview was technical as well as HR interview..they mainly focused on the
Summer Internship Project. They also asked questions on various NSE Exams that were
given by the students. In finance, they asked about CAPM Model, basics of capital
budgeting like NPV, IRR, Pay back period methods etc. they also asked discounted cash
flow method to the firm as well as equity. The main stress was on the summer
internship project and also they gave some situations as how to handle them.
MATHEW A THOMAS [email protected]
NITEEN P RAIKAR [email protected]
RAMESHWAR LAL SONI [email protected]
SHESHACHAL K PUROHIT [email protected]
ABHILASH PANICKER [email protected]
RITESH VERMA [email protected]
SOMU SHASHANK [email protected]
SUBHAJIT MITRA [email protected]
PRIYANKA JAIN priyanka.ccim@gmailcom
SUNITHA C [email protected]
Company: KPMG
Profile Offered: Executive Internal Audit Services
Selection Process: One round of Group Discussion, and two rounds of personal
interviews at the office.
Other details: Be thorough with your CV, your subjects. Be confident and show them
that you really want to be part of the organization
SAVITHA CHACKO [email protected]
Company: Maersk Logistics
Profile offered: MISE trainee – Finance
Selection Process:
1st round – Aptitude test consisting of verbal, mathematical, logical reasoning questions.
There were 50 questions to be answered within 12 mins
2nd round – Personality index test (written round)
3rd round – Aptitude test of slightly higher level (50 questions within 12 mins)
4th round – Tougher aptitude test (50 questions within 12 mins)
All the aptitude tests can be easily tackled if you are quick in you calculations and if you
know the basic formulae of Mathematics. Some questions based on solids and figures
will also be there
5th round – GD
6th round – Interview with the All India HR and the North East Area Manager in
Bangalore at the Maersk office
7th and final round – Interview in the Head Office of Maersk, Worli, Mumbai with the
CFO of South Asia, the All India Head – Finance, and the Area Manager of Mumbai
Other tips: Maersk values the Personality Index test a lot. The only way you can clear
the test is to be completely honest. They value frankness, honesty and ethics the most.
Be thorough with the resume.
Student Joining:
RIYA SEBASTIAN [email protected]
Company: Mindtree
Profile: Business Analyst
Designation: Associate in competency C2
Selection process:
1. Case Study analysis 2. Group Discussion 3. Personnel Interview
Suggestions:
Case study has to be solved with lot of IT implications. Analytical skills were analyzed in
the interview. Be honest while answering.
Student Joining:
SMITHA D [email protected]
Company: Motilal Oswal
Company: Motilal Oswal Securities Limited (MOSL)
Profile offered: Management trainee for Entrepreneurship. The training period is for
a year. After one year of training in each sector of operations of the company, the candidate is supposed to become a sub-broker or a franchise for the company in a preferred location.
Selection process: GD and Interview. (As there were very less candidates who were interested in the profile only interview was conducted). In the interview questions were asked regarding managerial skills, marketing and also willingness to be an entrepreneur, relocation. Family background also played an important role.
Details: Entrepreneurial skills
SINDHU B NAVALI [email protected]
USHA V [email protected]
DEVANSHU OZA [email protected]
Company: Mphasis (an EDS company)
Profile:
The Business Analyst plays the critical role of interfacing between the client and the
technical team. Their role extends from understanding and documenting client
requirements to demonstrating domain awareness; and from resolving functional
queries to assisting in the ‘change management’ process
Interview procedure:
Group discussion on some general or specific topic, if the number is more or else it will
be a direct GD
Personal interview consisting of questions mainly based on summer internship and
general knowledge like past events of significance, e.g. Enron issue. There were also
questions about willingness to be located anywhere in India and abroad.
Preparations required for the interview:
One should be thorough about the summer internship topic and any other related topic
which one thinks might have relevance. Also knowledge about past events and current
happenings is quintessential. One should also be prepared to be placed anywhere.
Though I was not asked personal questions like “Tell me about yourself”, it would be
prudent if one is prepared for such questions
KARTHIK.B [email protected]
Company: Odessa Technologies
Profile: Business Analyst
Profile Description: A business analyst is required to interact with the client to
understand their business requirement and to document it in a fashion where they can
be understood by the development team. He/she will be required to do need gap
analysis for the client.
Selection Procedure:
• Round1 – Group Discussion
• Round2 – Creative Writing (By looking at a picture) – 5 Mins.
• Round3 – Personal Interview
• Round4 – Interview with the MD (At Odessa Office)
• Round5 – Interview with the Chief Business Analyst
Preparations required for the interview:
A Decent communication and written skill for the GD and the written round should do.
For the interview, brush up basic financial concepts like leasing, securitization, etc. and
be aware of the current affairs. And most of all, be confident.
R.SRINIVASAN [email protected]
Company: Pipal Research
Profile: Research Analyst (Research on M&A, IPO, Valuation, Financial Returns)
Selection Process: 1. First basic criteria of short listing are the students having 60% through out the
academic career. 2. Short listed students will have Two or Three rounds of personal interview.
Preparations required for the interview:
1) Confidence. 2) Strong in fundamentals
Students Joining:
ERIC MALCOLM SAMUEL [email protected]
TEJASVINI.K.B [email protected]
Company: Reliance Life Profile: Operations or life advisor
Selection Procedure:
a) first round was group discussion
b) second and final round was personal interview
Other Details: Preparation was as follows I had to prepare on insurance and I had
already cleared IRDA exam so it was sort of easy
Student Joining:
GANAPATHY [email protected]
Company - SBI LIFE
Profile - Operations/marketing/IT
(Asst. Manager after the training period of one year)
Selection Procedure –
Aptitude test + Psychometric test + GD + Interview
Student Joining:
ANURAG BEHL [email protected]
ASISH PHILIP [email protected]
Company: Standard Chartered Bank
Profile: Personal Financial Consultant (PFC). In PFC, the employees have to sit in the
bank branch cabin and attend to customers and sell them products.
Selection Process:
First round of Group Discussion, based on which students were shortlisted for interview. The GD was followed by 2 rounds of interview.
Suggestions:
1. Be prepared with current affairs for GD. 2. Be confident for the interview. Be clear about the profile. Don’t be
averse to sales. 3. Clear NCFM- AMFI and Derivatives modules.
Students Joining:
MILU MARY GEORGE [email protected]
SHWETA SHRIDHAR [email protected]
Company: Standard Chartered Bank
Profile Offered: RM with SME's
Selection Process
1st Round: Group Discussion 2nd Round: Personal Interview
Other Details
• Good communication skills • Clarity and Justification for profile opted for and to stick
with it. • Proper answer to basic questions - Introduction, Future
Plans etc • A bit of aggressive approach particularly for RM profile.
DIVYA J [email protected]
TANVI KANSAL
TARUN GUPTA
Profile: Underwriting
Selection Process
Same as above
Other Details
• Good communication skills • Clarity and Justification for profile opted for and to stick
with it. • Proper answer to basic questions - Introduction, Future
Plans etc • A bit of aggressive approach particularly for RM profile.
Students Joining:
SIDDHARTHA KRISHNAN [email protected]
SWAGATA PALHARYA [email protected]
Company: TATA AIG Life Profile offered: Management trainee for project management. There will be an on
job training for a year.
Selection process: GD and interview
Other Details: Important things are to know about the company and the projects
done by the candidate. Apart from that, one has to be thorough in financial subjects and statistics. They look for a fit between the organizational role and the skill set of the candidate. Candidates should be ready to face the challenges in the course of job. The right attitude is crucial to selection.
Student Joining:
ANAND NIRAJ [email protected]
Company: TCS
Profile: Business Analyst
Selection procedure
Written Online test ( CAT, MAT entrance based) Personal interview at the office
All rounds are elimination rounds
Preparation required
Knowledge about financial concepts Knowledge about current affairs In-depth insight about the summer project – interview questions were based on how to reduce the risk element in the project or the concerned firm Knowledge about accounting concepts
Other Details:
Confidence No issues about traveling Basic computer knowledge
Students Joining:
JOHN THOMAS [email protected]
NIVIN MATHEWS [email protected]
SRINIVAS PRASAD N [email protected]
MINI JAIN [email protected]
TARUN BHAYA [email protected]
Company: ThoughtWorks Profile: Business Analyst
Selection process: One round of written test to check the candidates analytical ability and two rounds of interview where in they test the candidate' knowledge in his/her field of specialization, attitude, communication skills and personality fit for the role of business analyst.
Other Details: I personally feel preparations should start from day 1 of MBA and not on the day before placement. Be honest, don’t try to fool around and finally be confident
Student Joining: VINAY P T [email protected]
Company: Vijaya Bank Profile Offered: Probationary Asst. Manager
Selection Process: a) First round is a GD round which is not an elimination round b) Next round is an Interview round, and based on the GD performance the
students are preferred in the interview c) By the end of the 6th trimester the candidates joining must have 60% above in
MBA all throughout the MBA
Other Details:
a) Students should have thorough knowledge about banking sector b) Opt for banking related topic for summers and try to concentrate on the topic
and gain thorough knowledge c) All finance concepts must be clear d) Current Affairs e) Accounting concepts
Students Joining:
AMITH C SHETTY [email protected]
LACHAMAPPA R NARER [email protected]
MALLIKARJUNA GOWDA [email protected]
RAMYA R [email protected]
SANGITA ROY [email protected]
MANJUNATHA S S [email protected]
SANDEEP G N [email protected]
Company: WIPRO EAS (Enterprise Application Services)
Profile: Business Consultant.
They have 7 verticals in this division namely Ariba, i2, JD Edwards, Oracle, Peoplesoft, SAP, Siebel. I will be getting one of these after joining.
Selection Procedure: Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
Other Details:
In PI they see your communication skill and general knowledge. If you are a non engineer they may test you on systems knowledge. My PI was for around 20-25 mins.
SOMARDHA SHEKHAR HOTA [email protected]
