GD-PI Preparation Kit

An initiative of Corporate Communication and Public Relations Team

Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi

 Sample GD topics for Preparation

This list is given with an idea to cover topics or similar topics that might
be asked.
1. Future of Airline industry in India-Opportunities and Challenges
2. Is Social Media responsible for tearing social harmony
3. Is Universal Basic Income economically viable for India
4. Petroleum products in GST
5. India as space power (Operation Shakti and Mangalyaan)
6. Trend of protectionism in Global Markets and its impact on India
7. OBOR Initiative by China – Establishment of new colonial rule
8. Highs and Lows of India’s foreign Policy in last decade
9. Agrarian Distress –Causes and Solution
10. The best forms of victory are by subduing the enemy without physical
violence
11. Nothing is right, Nothing is wrong, everybody has a different opinion
12. Equality is a Myth
13. Attitude determines altitude
14. Minimum mandatory attendance in Educational Institutes
15. Improving relations between India And Israel
16. Sedition Law –Repeal or Reformulate
17. Abolishment of Section-377 of Indian Penal Code – New India
18. Resurgence of White Nationalism (New Zealand Terror attack )
19. Effects of Farm loan waivers on Economy
20. Dire Warnings About Climate Change Mount
21. Humanitarian Crises deepen (Yemen and Venezuela)
22. Official secrets act or RTI
23. The fugitive economic offenders bill 2017
24. Statue of Unity: Symbol of Pride or wastage of Public Money?
25. End of subsidy regime: Step needed to propel the wheel of growth
26. Terrorism: Is this the price we have to pay for democracy?
27. Me Too Campaign: Tool to Trap or Breaking Silence to Win the War
28. Does other sports become victim of India’s love for Cricket
29. Small is Beautiful
30. Governments Authority over Independent Institution’s (RBI)
31. Is MBA necessary to be successful in Business?
32. Professional CEO V/S Founder of startup
Interview Experiences
Interview Experience 1
Profile
• Education: B.COM (Hons), Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi
• Work Experience: Audit Associate: EY Global Delivery Services India Ltd (22 months)
Interview panel: 5 panelist

Tell me something about yourself

(with smile) Good Morning All, my name is Sheena Rana. I am B.COM (hons) graduate from
Daulat ram College, University of Delhi with 22 months of work experience in the auditing
sector. I had worked as an audit associate with EY GDS which acts an extended team to various
onshore regional teams of EY.

Talking about my family background, hailing from Delhi itself, I belong to a business family and
has completed my entire schooling from Delhi only. Regarding my interests and hobbies, I have
keen interest in learning new cooking recipes. Moreover, likes to watch various videos related to
history and sightseeing on YouTube. Other interests include hobbies and Sudoku solving.

Questions Related to Work Experience:

Various questions relating to work experience like what type of audit procedure you have
performed, can you explain step wise step methodology of performing audit on cash and forex
(main areas of testing during work exp) and various other questions relating to work experience.

Technical questions
Since background is B.com hons and have worked in one of the big 4, various accounting
questions like accounting ratios (ROE, ROTA etc were asked).

What is the difference between management accounting and financial accounting?

Economics: Difference between economic profit and accounting profit.

General questions (Current Affairs / Personal )

What is Brexit, how it has impacted Europe and if India how? What’s your say?
Do you use Paytm? What is the impact of digitization of payment methods.

Since you have worked in EY, and I guess EY sponsors CPA and ACCA as higher education
degrees, then why instead of doing the same while working, you want to pursue MBA
(Financial mgt)?

You have the opportunity cost of leaving a job and then joining MBA

Answer:

Yes Mam, you are very much correct, EY do sponsors ACCA and CPA as the professional courses
while you are working and definitely both the degrees are very good for making career in
Auditing. But I have set inclination for management as a career objective. Whereas before doing
any management degree I want to first see and learn the corporate life/ EY has not only taught
my significance of financial statements, what are the respective of frauds which needs to be
identified as an auditor but also various soft skills like team working, time management.
Working in a team of more than 100 people, working on clients with strict deadlines – these all
things have given me an at least starting exposure to corporate life and now with this exposure,
I want to start my MBA so that enter the Management world. And why specifically MBA FM
because in some sense academic knowledge of B.COM hons and work experience of EY provides
some basis to study the same.

Interview went on for around 15 minutes. Most of the interview was occupied by work exp and
accounting questions.

Credits:
Sheena Rana, Member - Placement Advisory Team
Interview Experience 2
Profile

• Education: B Tech + M Tech , Electrical Engineering , Andhra University College of

Engineering
• Fresher
Interview panel: 5 panelist

Tell me something about yourself?

Good Morning, My name is B S B Vamsi Krishna . I have done my graduation from Andhra
University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam and passed out with dis I was the student
coordinator for ECLAN team that organizes various activities and events for the Department . I
was also the student representative for AUSAC for the year 2012-13 . Apart from that I like
Carnatic Music … (Interrupted)

What does your name mean ?

Then ….

Why MBA after Engineering? Why in Finance?

The role of an engineer is changing. For an engineer to go up in his career he has to take mantle
of a manager . Industry needs professionals who can contribute to the company with their skills
set and ideas. Having come from my engineering background , there are several skills such as
problem solving that I have gained over years . In fact I feel that engineering was a journey that
taught me many skills and life lessons . And Why Finance ? It was in my third year that I started
getting interest in economy and Indian Financial system . I was particularly interested in the
business news , how the business was carried out and factors affecting various sectors . Also doing
MBA in Finance from DFS would help me gain the necessary knowledge as well as the exposure
required for the corporate world. Technical questions / personal questions

Question related to power electronics .

What do you know about stock market ? How does it impact the Indian Economy?

Do you know about currency rate and how it changes ?

How does RBI decide the policy rates ?

Questions from CV ( Leadership program attended in Infosys )

Hyderabad vs Delhi vs Bangalore (Climate , Industry , Food )

Question on Political atmosphere in Home state

What are your calls and what is your first/order of priority?

Credits :
B S B Vamsi Krishna, Secretary - Corporate Communications and Public Relations Team
Interview Experience 3
Profile
• Education: Btech , Mechanical Engineering , IGDTUW , Delhi
• Work experience : Senior Engineer – LG Electronics (8 months )

Interview panel: 5 panelist

Tell us something about yourself?

Good Morning , my name is Jaya Tyagi and I am a mechanical engineer and I graduated from
IGIT, Delhi in 2016. Post that I have been working in LG Electronics as an engineer in quality
team of research and development department. I completed my schooling from Delhi from DPS
xxxx and I belong to a family of academicians where in my father is a professor and my
grandfather a former school principal. I also have a younger sister who is doing.............
(interrupted )

Tell us about your experience in LG electronics ?

I have been looking towards the quality aspect of refrigeration department. I take care of the
issues on the conveyor line and suggest solutions which are implemented after some testing
procedure. I also run reliability tests for components as and when required.

Why MBA in Finance ?

Management is an art that requires practical experience along with the theoretical knowledge. I
have been inclined towards finance when I worked as an intern at a research lab where we also
used to see and maintain accounts of funds that were available for different projects. Moreover,
while working as an engineer, I was quite fascinated by how budget allocation was done for
each department at the starting of each year and wanted to learn the Fundamentals of the
finance world. After getting equipped with the required know how of finance from DFS, I would
focus on gaining practical exposure in the field.

Technical questions
Have you heard about the clausius clapeyron equation? (since my job was related to thermal
engineering)

What is the difference between quality and reliability?

What is equity/shares?

Do you know what is an IPO?

Credits:
Jaya Tyagi , Member - Alumni Relations Team
Interview Experience 4
Profile

Education: B.COM (Hons), Ramjas College , University of

Delhi Fresher

Tell me something about yourself

Good Morning All, my name is Aman Khurana . I am B.COM (hons) graduate from Ramjas
College, University of Delhi. I am coordinator for the commerce society at Ramjas College. Apart
from that I have a one month experience as an volunteer for Umeed . Also I was awarded 2nd
position in “Kohinoor of Commerce” which is a state level entrance test.

Why MBA in Finance?

I decided to pursue MBA in Finance after B.COM (Honors) because of the keen interest in finance
and also the curriculum here is the somewhat extension of which i have studied in my
graduation.

Technical questions / personal questions

What do you know about double entry system of accounting?

Can you differentiate between P and L account, Trail Balance and balance sheet ? Do

you think Demonetization did good for the economy? ( It was the burning topic then )

What do you know about different ratios used in financial analysis ?

How do you find Delhi Compared to home state/native place of yours ?

Credits:
Aman Khurana , Member - Alumni Relations Team
Interview Experience 5
Profile
• Education: B.Sc Mathematics , Hansraj College , University of Delhi
• M.Sc Mathematics and Computing , Indian Institute of Technology , Guwahati Fresher

Tell me something about yourself

My name is Syed Faisal Hasan. I did my graduation in Mathematics from Hans Raj College,
University of Delhi. Post that, I did my MSc in Mathematics and Computing form IIT Guwahati. I
like to read books and watch movies. These hobbies keep me motivated. MBA has always been
my dream because not only it teaches us to survive and excel in the corporate world but also
helps us to enhance our skills, enrich our learning’s and inculcate values of leadership which are
vital towards achieving success in life.

Why MBA in Finance?

It was my MSc in Mathematics and Computing in IIT Guwahati that introduced me to the world
of Finance. I did a course in Mathematics of Finance which influenced me to pursue my Project
work In Finance on a topic Brownian motion. As my short term goal was to enter into the
corporate world and as I had a little exposure in Finance previously, MBA (Finance) was the best
option for me to strive towards my goals. My experience in Mathematics coupled with MBA
(Finance) would help me achieve my long term goal of applying the immense knowledge and
practicality, which I would have gained in the Corporate, in Research and Development so that I
could find ways that will help drive the Industry towards sustainability.

You could have gone for your PhD i.e. academic side instead of going MBA and coming
for corporate world. Any particular reason for that?
I want to first gain corporate exposure in the field of Finance and then go for the academic side. I
find this better as corporate exposure would give me an insight on the practical side of the
classroom learning. This would help me in bridging the gap between academic as well as
practices in industry. Though academic side is definitely in my mind, I prefer going into the
industry first.

Technical questions / personal questions

Questions related my project in IIT .

How does mathematics and computing subject that you have learnt help you in Finance?

What do you think about the use of coding in Finance?

What do you think about the loss of the jobs due to automation in the field of

Finance ?

Credits:
Syed Faisal Hasan, Member - Corporate Communications and Public Relations Team
Interview Experience 6
Profile

• Education: : B.Com Honors from Acharya Narendra Dev College Fresher

Why MBA in Finance?

As i have seen the aspects of financial areas, this is one of the best option for exploring it more.
And doing job will not help one in long term career growth. I am particularly interested in
financial instruments and Markets.

Technical questions / personal questions

What is the difference between accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable?

What do you know about fictitious assets?

How do you summarize about the general health of any firm using its statements?

Why DFS for MBA in Finance ?

• ROI
• Curriculum for Core finance , include 24 subjects in finance
• Decent Placements and brand of DU Location Advantage

Credits:
Keshav Paswan , Member - Corporate Communications and Public Relations Team
Interview Experience 7
Profile
• Education: : B. Tech , Computer Science, VIT, Vellore
• Fresher

Technical questions / personal questions

Which computer language are you good at?

Questions related to my project in bachelors

Questions regarding recent budget, e.g. how many families does modicare

cover?

How many constituencies does your state have?

Credits:
Naman Jain , Member – Placement Advisory team
Interview Experience 8
Profile
• Education:
• Fresher

Technical questions / personal questions

Questions about Indian economy, e.g.- contribution of primary, secondary and tertiary
sectors.

Basic computer science questions, e.g. – byte vs bit

Take on PM’s policies, e.g. doubling MSP for farmers

What would you do to improve the economy?

Other calls -> Why DFS?

Credits:
Pranav Arora, Member – Placement Advisory Team
Interview Experience 9
Profile
• Education:
• Fresher

Technical questions / personal questions

What are efficient markets?

Asked to comment on India’s economic situation

Credits:
Simran, Member – Alumni Relations Team

Interview Experience 10
Profile
• Education: B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
• Fresher

Technical questions / personal questions

What is entropy, explain with examples?

Take on weightage of cat percentile in selection criteria?

Questions about open market operations and repo rates of RBI

“There are 3 classes of lever, which one is in your teeth?”

Asked to draw some free body diagrams

Credits:
Arpit Misra, Member – Placement Advisory Team
Interview Experience 11
Profile
• Education: B.E. , Information technology, SGSITS Indore, RGPV
• Fresher

Technical questions / personal questions

Why is c++ only called c++?

Basic rules of accounting

What do you understand by depreciation?

Asked to explain projects done in engineering

Credits:
Himanshu Khade, Member – Alumni Relations Team