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    Summers Finance Interview Questions

    Cadbury
    Why Corp Fin?
    Why Cadbury?
    Why not a finance role in a bank?
    Details of projects. If from Commerce or eco background, then questions on UG projects
    HUL
    NPV
    What factors would u consider to evaluate while putting money into a promotional campaign.
    How to go about doing resource allocation for product launch. lot of questions on depreciation impact on
    cash flows.
    how wud u measure the end impact of project,
    financial ratios;
    how wud u determine credit worthiness of a company to which you are considering to give a loan
    to...which ratios would you consider?
    what is P/E ratio? what if company is not listed? explain all ratios in layman's terms?
    explain wkg cap in layman terms?
    in depth ques on auto sector,
    evaluation of credit period to be given to a company,
    which ratios wud u use for this evaluation,
    case - 10% discount to be given on a product, evaluate feasibility - 2 scenarios - wen u r doing this
    discount wen competitors r doing or secondly wen u r initiating on own, impact of discount on contribution
    oligopoly, Relate oligopoly to FMCG sector; case - economy is in hyperinflation, demand falling, u r a fin
    manager of toothpaste category, what will u do?
    fixed cost v/s variable cost?
    one of the business segments is making losses, what factors wud u consider before closing it down?
    what is depreciation?why do u dep assets? why do we dep fixed assets and not currebt assets?
    GOLDMAN SACHS
    how are capital markets now? why are stock markets volatile? 3 biggest problems india is facing,
    difference between futures and forwards

    valuation, debt ceiling in US, difference between cashflow and net profit, P/E, IRR, NPV, Pharma sector,

    Axis Bank
    Banking in detail

    Avendus
    Valuation. If you have to invest in a sector, what would that be and why? How would you analyse that
    sector?
    Macquaire
    what is project finance? If starting a new project, how will you calculate cashflows?
    In depth questions asked about NPV and IRR What is risk team and what do they do? Deferred tax, DTA
    & DTL, Select a sector and how will you invest
    STAN C
    Transaction: What is transaction banking, why finance, Economic state of India, Short term long term
    goals in banking corpfin: Why corpfin, leadership roles held, five values of Stan C, DSCR, D/E ratio, How
    is the balance sheet of a trading company different from a manufacturing company
    Why financial markets, Inflation stagflation and rupee depreciation, QE, Raghuram Rajan policies, Interest
    rates increasing then how to deal with supply side problems, Debt to equity ratio
    BNP Paribas
    Q E Tapering.
    Lumis partners
    Project related to work, For a banking sector which ratio to select, What do you know about Private
    Equity?

    Additional Questions Summers 2014-15

    operating leverage
    fcff/fcfe
    ratio analysis
    How do you analyze balance sheet from borrower's standpoint?
    How important is corporate governance while analyzing a company?
    What are the key methods of company valuation?
    How do you go about analyzing a company's future prospects?
    Debt vs equity financing
    Define duration of a bond. What is duration of 10 year zero coupon bond? If price changes by
    10% how will yield change after 10 years in case of a zero coupon bond?
    Valuation

    Cost of Capital
    Draw payoff of long call option. What is the strike price at which I get zero payoff if I shot a call
    option and long a put option? (related to put call parity)
    If interest rate in US is 5% and in India is 10%, do you expect the currency to appreciate or
    depreciate. Do you know interest rate parity condition?
    Do you follow any sector? How will you decide which company I should invest in?
    Do you follow markets? What is going on in Sensex in past one month/six months? Why do you
    think it is falling? What was Sensex and Nifty today?
    Describe quantitative easing? Why has Euro crisis happened?

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