Some important finance topics for the interview.

Hey guys ( Yasir, Faizan smarty, Faizan over smarty :P, AbdULLAH, Waqas, Sarah, and and and. sorry if am forgetting somebody, some soul) You should know what CAPM is? Default risk premium DRP Maturity risk premium Market risk premium Risk free premium Rrf Above four premiums and its application in T bills and commercial paper Capital structure theory, debt financing, equity financing, how the optimal financing is done etc All about bonds like discount bonds, premium bonds, there accounting treatment, yield to maturity, capital gains on bonds (You should know some of the very basic excel applications of finding Rates of bonds, payments, principal payments etc techniques etc from the function application box, the same goes for the stocks, if any. All about stocks and shares like common stock, preferred stock, differences, there treatment You are assumed to know each and everything about shares like types of shares, its application, rights, warrants, treasure stock, sinking fund, each each each each and everything that comes to your mind regarding this. Forwards, futures like call option, put option etc and there applications. Black Sholes asset (share) pricing model All about Cash flows (or cash flow statement) , extremely important, mainly direct method, (sir loves this) How to discount the cash flows, whats the reason to discount, free cash flows, uses of free cash flows WACC, cost of capital, cost of debt, incorporation of cost of debt and cost of capital in TAXES etc AGM annual general meeting and all that Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) Net operating working capital (NOWC) total net operating working capital (TNOWC) its treatment in working capital and tax purposes etc

Capital budgeting techniques, really important like: NPV, MIRR, IRR, PI, FCF, DFCF, ECF, UECF, PBP, these all are really important and sir will ask you that which is the most suitable method and why??? For you to have a take away from here, I can just say that NPV is the most viable way, now your call HOW, go find IT Also in mutually exclusive and independent projects, which method to go for, go find it You should know some of the very basic excel applications of finding capital budgeting techniques etc from the function application box. Expected rate on return, required rate on return, avg rate on return, its chemistry and decent differences Dividends (D), expected dividends (Do), paid dividends (D1), growth rate (g), floatation costs on issues etc IPOs, pre IPO`s, investment banking, underwriting techniques, IPO costs and al that (note that you are assumed that you know each thing regarding this, you need to present real world past and present examples of these things like for the sake of argument, Faisal bank issued new issue of 50m, with NIT on 14.5%, partially to general public and partially to reserved candidates etc) each and everything about these things. Monte Carlo simulation etc Hey hey hang on hang on guys, its not over yet, besides all these shit and crap, you should know all the very things about all the financial statements like balance sheet, IS, CFS, SRE, SOCI( statement of other comprehensive income) but the 1st three mainly. Each and every single technicality about that. This covers your accounting section mainly as well and the topics which I have laid down earlier covers your finance section which sir has taught us and he loves these topics but dont forget about the application side. Watch B-news, read articles etc and all that to know current B-news specially that of international banks and brands not for the interview only but for your own grooming etc. get to know the things with which you can talk REASONABLY, not illogically drab discussions. Sir hates these. And yeah really sorry for getting late (as per you because I think am right on time and track subsequently, not late because 12 days to go to interview as per my guesses so you have a lot of time to do it. I was just waiting for the right time to hand it over to you. So guys, I hand this over to you, do well, be yourself, be original, rock the floor, unleash yourself, break free the dance, start doing cut lose and make and pave your way. All the very best for the interview and for the rest of the journey. Happy hunting. Love.X Courtesy, Bilal