FRESHER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS – HR RELATED:

 
1. Can you tell me about your career plans?

2. What kind of job opportunities are you looking for?

3. What are your immediate goals?

4. What are your strengths / Weakness?

5. Why did you choose BCOM/BBA/ BBM ?

6. Where do you see yourself in the next 2 Years in northern Trust

7. What motivates you ?

8. Do you plan to do higher studies? If yes, Why are you applying for this job ? What
assurance can you give me that you will work with Northern Trust for atleast 2 years.

9. Do you prefer a job with high salary or do you prefer to focus on your career.

10. How flexible are you to work in shifts & Are you willing to Relocate to Bangalore ?

11. How prepared are you to handle pressure/Stress?

12. How much time do you think you may need to adopt yourself to a new environment

13. Please talk something about your favorite subject or any topic of your choice.

14. What are your areas of improvement?

15. What do you know about Northern Trust ?

16. Tell me more about yourself. I would NOT like to know about your family
background-father/mother/siblings/place where you come from , but would want to
know more about you as a person.

17. Tell me more about the project you have done ?

ACCOUNTS RELATED

1. Golden Rules of accountancy?

2. What is depreciation? And what are the different types?

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3. What is a Balance Sheet?
4. Difference between Reserves and Provision?
5. What are equity shares?
6. What are preferential shares?
7. Difference between a balance sheet and Trial balance?
8. How do you calculate Dividend?
9. What is Cash Equity? Cash Equity ratio?
10. Situation based questions asking you to post a Journal Entry or a Ledger posting
11. Questions related to Single Entry & Double Entry?
12. What is Bank reconciliation Statement?
13. How do you rectify an error in BRS?
14. What is an outstanding income?
15. What is Index?
16. Define Market Capitalisation?
15. What is capital?
16. Define insolvent?
17. What is Net Profit?
18. Define Trade discount?
19. Who is a debtor?
20. Who is a creditor?
21. Define - Debit / Credit?
22. Define Closing Entry?
23. What are a debit note / Credit note?
24. Who is a consignor?
25. Who is a consignee?
26. What is proforma invoice ?
27. What is a suspense account?
28. Distinguish between fixed assets and floating assets?
29. Different between Bad debts and doubtful debts?
30. Difference between Trading A/c and P&L A/c?
31. Difference between Cash book & pass book?
32. Difference between returns inwards and returns outwards?
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33. Difference between cash discount and trade discount?
34. Difference between Cash invoice and Proforma Invoice /
35. Difference between Consignment & Sale?
36. Difference between closing entries and opening entries.
37. What is book-keeping?
38. What is journal?
39. What is ledger?
40. What is a bill of exchange?
41. What is bank overdraft?
42. What is petty Cash?
43. How do you balance petty cash under imprest system
44. What are the different types of errors in accounting?

FINANCE RELATED

1. What is a Share?
2. What is at Mutual Fund?
3. How do you calculate NAV?
4. What are debentures?
5. What is a Bond?
6. What is Dividend?
7. What are Swaps?
8. Which are the different kinds of Exchanges?
9. What is a stock?
10. What are Equity Shares?
11. What is a preferential share?
12. What is a Capital market?
13. Which are the different kinds of Capital Market? Define Primary Market, Define
Secondary market
14. Define Derivative
15. What are different types of derivatives?
16. What is a Hedge Fund?
17. What is discount factor?
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18. What is market data?
19. What is or define fixed-income?
20. What are financial derivatives or investment instruments?
21. What are futures?
22. What is option?
23. What is future option?
24. What is forward option?
25. What is basis?
26. What is the difference between the spot price and the future price?
27. How is the trading done on the exchange?
28. How is the premium of an option calculated?
29. What is Call Option?
30. What is in-the money option
31. What is Margin Call?
32. What is Mark to market?
33. What is Out-of-the money option?
34. What is option premium?
35. What is portfolio?
36. What is hedging?
37. What is swap?
38. Define Types of risk ?
39. Types of asset classes ?
40. Where would you invest among MF of FD?
41. Define Cash Ratio ?
42. Define Equity Ratio ?
43. Define debt Ratio ?
44. Define Equity ?
45. What is a Capital Market - Prepare completely on topics related to Capital Market
46. Kinds of Capital Market ?
47. What is a Money Market?

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