S.No.

Sector Company Round

1 Consultancy Corporate Executive Board HR Round

Technical Round

Hewitt Associates HR Round

Technical Round

2 Education IIFM HR Round

Technical Round

4 Investment Banking UBS Technical Round

 HR Round

5 Knowledge Services Capital IQ HR Round

Technical Round
5 Trading Futures First HR Round

Technical Round

Stress round
6 Others - HR Round
Technical Round
 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Questions
Why did you choose CBS over SRCC?
How do you think CBS, and Delhi has added to your personality in these 3 years?
Weakness or areas of improvement?
Plans about MBA and CAT?
Any specific learning experience from the College events ?
If CEB had to set up a new office, what factors you will keep in mind?
If you got a lot of edits in your projects, and took a lot of time and hard work to learn, and finally things were going
Questions regarding projects-flowchart of venture capital process
Why do golf players get paid more than their cricketing or footballing counterparts?

Estimate the number of commerical haircuts in India. The key here is to be Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exha
out). In doing the calculations, they wanted me to account for bald men, babies, sikhs, rural-urban divide, men-wom
Introduce yourself
Background
Achievements
Hobbies
5 examples to show you're hardworking/sincere
When do you plan to do an MBA
Subject-specific Questions
Market Sizing
Security Analysis
Summer Projects
Introduce yourself?
Your goals and where you see yourself 5 years down the line
Why a job, why not MBA?
Most important learning over the past 3 years?
Why do you want to join this company and how do your capabilities fit the job profile?
Why Finance/Marketing/HR in final year for BBS?
Estimation of revenues
Size of the market
Estimation of the cost
Basic concepts of demand and supply, pricing of the product, etc.
For companies with finance profile, basics of IPO, book building, Stock Market Terms, P/E Ratio, Return on Capital,
What is consumer behaviour?
How you should analyse sectors before going to start any new business?
How you tackle problems when you were organizing your college fests, parties etc.(it basically tests your team mgm
What business means to you: is it brand building or is it getting revenue?
What is the difference between a sales person and a marketing person (a sales person just disposes what its compa
Is developing business and marketing the same thing? Why?
Why do you think you are suitable for the job?
What makes you feel that you can generate revenues for the company in a crisis?
What will you do if your CEO tells you to do his personal work?
Some current affairs questions, for instance the nuclear deal, etc.
On which thing will you put in more time: your weakness or your strengths?
One very important question was asked how will you design Bill Gates' bathroom and mention 5 uses of an eraser (
Are you okay with relocation?
Describe yourself?
Illustrate your teamwork ability
Tell us about your strengths and weaknesses
Walk us through your CV
Questions on extra curricular
In-depth knowledge of hobbies (like about a football field if football is your hobby)
Career Insight:
Where do you see yourself 10 years down the line?
When do you plan to do an MBA?
Why an investment bank/consultancy/research?
Ratios are very important for AT Kearney and UBS (P/E, PEG ratio, EV, EBITDA, Interest Coverage, Return on Equity,
CAPM model (discuss)
Equation of security market line
Financial Accountancy: talking about Income Approach, WACC, ways to calculate ROE
Capital IQ tests terminologies like private placement, mutual funds, mergers, takeover, defenses, etc. They also tak
Case Studies:
If Rs/$ rate increases what will be the impact on Thomas Cook’s Revenue?
How many litres of paint are required to paint CBS?
How many tyres are there in Delhi
How many red lights are there in Delhi
Suppose you belong to Amritsar, discuss the revenue model of the famous Am Papad vaala
General Knowledge:
Sensex, fundamentals, reasons
Oil rates, currency and reasons for inflation
Fed rates
GDP and Income of India, China and US
Governor of RBI and Fed
Major CEOs
Questions about projects mentioned in CV:
Suppose you have worked on Treaury Bills, then what is Yield curve?
If you have worked on M& A then discuss Mittal Arcelor in detail like defense used, deal value, advisors etc.
Knowledge about the Company:
Must read the website of the company (know what they do), what is investment banking etc.
Have knowledge about your role
Describe yourself- answer should be tailor-made for each company.
Why do you want this job?
Further education
Basics of the given field of work
Financial ratios
Unstructured / absurd questions to check the extent of your problem solving ability.
Questions about your CV
Be aware of what the company does
Who are its competitors?
Who are its customers?
What are its plans in the near future?
Moreover the type of company would decide what you should prepare, for instance Bain doesn't ask any theory qu
 Additional Comments

your reporting manager changed, and again you started getting edits, how would you handle such a situation?

Answer can be varied. The ad-slots for golf are expensive and typically well off people watch golf games,being the r

Stress on the importance of getting work ex before an MBA rather than saying you're not going to do an MBA at all

If they ask you to question them, please do ask a question - which means do read about the company beforehand:
Try to show your interest in learning more
Know your resume in and out. If you are not sure of something then don't write it at all.
Know why you want to join this company, or the sector in which it is.
Your strenghts and weaknesses with examples.
Know your college

Know your specialisation subjects very well

Practise estimation questions very well.
Keep abreast with all the current issues

, CAPM, current happenings in the market, etc.

rers but a marketer understands the people's needs and then makes a product/service accordingly
reativity). Spontaneity is important.

estment etc.)

st (involving a little English, Maths and financial subjects)

 Why did you take the CAT this year if you wanted to do an MBA later?
Disqualify people who might have an attitude problem

Apart from the knowledge of various concepts, their application is important.

have their case studies.