Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Audit Analyst

The questions were general. The difficult part was that I have a new interview every half an hour and start again with my career life, objectives, etc.. again and again tired me. I was exhausted after the whole day interview

Not really difficult questions!! Like why do you choose deloitte and what are your best qualities etc... questions about decisions you made in the dynamic groups are the more hard because you have to sustain well your answer !

Monday, March 21, 2011

Associate Analyst

If you were to pick which would you be, a dolphin, rocket ship, or a tank?

what valuation methods to you know

Something about credit card companies and how they determine rates...

What was one of the technological projects that you worked on in the past, and please describe it, and how the skills you learned played a role in successful completion of the project

Estimate the market size for bicycle tires.

How to deal with technical problems if you were an employee

The most difficult part was preparing the written components for the skills test.

Is an option an obligation or a right to buy/sell securities?

What does EBITDA stand for?

What are the three general sections of a cash flow statement

How does raising capital by issuing equity affect the income statement?

Name a time you had a conflict with a boss. How did you deal with it?

How many SUVs are there in the state of Minnesota?

If you find a particular data on one website and other website says the opposite, how will you authenticate that data?

Cases requiring more than general knowledge about airline operations can be expected.

Application Support Analyst

What was the issue which you feel was complex and how did you resolve it? Did you realise , you would have done it better and what actions did you took

Application Analyst

Choose 3 comic superpowers?

SQL: Difference between 'where' clause and 'having' clause?

What was the issue which you feel was complex and how did you resolve it? Did you realise , you would have done it better and what actions did you took

How many gas stations are there in Austin?

How much does the Washington Monument Weigh?

Administrative Analyst

What is Six Sigma and explain how it is applied/used.

Actuarial Analyst

If health care reform is passed that mandates insurance for every American what do you think the effect will be on the revenue and profit of health insurance companies?

Why do you want to work in Aon?

Can you give me an example of activities that demonstrated your leadership skills?

Most diffcult question was in relation to a healthcare project I had done - and it was drilling into details of why I did what I did

Three descriptive words


Accounts Receivable Analyst

What is reconciliation?

You?ve been asked to prepare a bill for services. What information should be included in the bill?

What is full form of SOX ?

What is the difference between finance and accounts? most of the companies having a different section like finance and accounts. why they aren't had only single section neither finance nor accounts?

What is the difference between debenture holders and creditors?

I am trying to understand the connection between cost structure and contribution margin to make a profit?

Why is Capital amount put in Liabilities and not in Assets?

What is the difference between back end collections and front end collections?

What is effective collection?

What is the table that is used for aging bucket report, what is the main purpose of this report?

What is the Auto Invoice? What are the setup Steps for Auto Invoice?

What is the difference between finance and accounts? most of the companies having a different section like finance and accounts. why they aren’t had only single section neither finance nor accounts?

Who is responsible for maintaining the Accounts receivable in an organization?

What is the advantage of maintaining Accounts receivable?

What are the issues related with Accounts receivable?

What are the components or materials used by Accounts receivable departments?

What is the difference between debenture holders and creditors?

Is there a report to search for invoices by Payment Term and Due Dates?

What are derivatives?

What is total flow of Account Receivables?

After receiving Payment from Customer, What is next step till finalization?

What is Reconciliation?

Explain about Accounts Receivables in Accounting?

Deferred Payments are usually only accepted on partial orders that are?

What is reconciliation statement and investment banking?

What are the goals of Accounts receivable?

What are the powerful software that could be used for doing efficient Accounts receivable?

Accounts payable Accounting assistant

What steps would you take before approving an invoice for payment?

What is a LBO?  Why leverage up a firm?

What is the difference between billable and non-billable expenses?

What information should be included in the bill?

Describe some of the methods used to allocate support costs?

Name some components of an effective chargeback system?

What are the various means of calculating depreciation?

Based on Internal Revenue Service rules, what criteria distinguish a consultant from an employee?

Which accounting systems are you familiar with?

What are some common anti-takeover tactics?

Why might a company choose to issue debt vs. equity?

What could a company do with excess cash on the balance sheet?

Accounting Analyst

Explain how you would reconcile a GL account that was out of balance?

Tell about a time you had a conflict

Give a situation in which you failed. What did you learn about it and how would you change things in the future.

How do you control errors in your work?

Take me through your latest budget preparation.

Describe a recent tough financial analysis problem you faced on the job.

How have you monitored the regulations that affect both your industry and your accounting position?

How have you implemented the recent tax changes in your company?

Detail your experience in preparing Management Accounts.

Explain the different accounting packages you have used recently and tell me which best met your needs.

Which accounting applications are your familiar with?

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different accounting packages/systems you have used recently in your accountant jobs.

Describe any accounting process that you have developed or revised.

Other accounting interview questions to expect when you interview for an accountancy job include:





Account Analyst

What is Multiple User Accounts?

Why does my password need to be 8 characters now instead of 6?

What are the different types of user accounts?

How do I create user accounts?

How many user accounts can I create?

How do I create different login IDs and passwords for each of my employees?

How do I set up users with different payment gateway account permissions?

What is the Payment Gateway ID?

Where can I find additional information regarding the Multiple User Accounts feature?

How do I update my User Role or another user’s role in the CDR?

What are Reportability Rules and how are they updated?

What is the Central Data Repository (CDR)?

What is a Delegated Site Administrator?

Who is my DSA?

How do I get enroll?

What is the RSSD ID?

What is an acceptable password?

What is a secret question?

Is training available for the CDR?

Accenture Analyst

model home ownership and residency. now give me the average number of cars owned by home owners with garages

how do you get the password from a radius packet

Walk me through how you decided to be a consultant and not a high school teacher.

how do you find a BADI in a transaction?

all of the questions were pretty standard inteerview questions no real curveballs here.

For the case study they asked me a question about marketing a website for a new travel company, then brought up a problem with my answer and asked me what I would do now.

Describe in detail your [honours/masters/major works] at uni including any aspects of group work

The questions were fairly straight forward - the hardest question was probably along the lines of "a client has come to you asking for a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a project they want to undertake...how would you go about putting this together?

If you were a new airline looking to select an airport hub in the new york area, which airport would you pick and why? (EWR, JFK, and LGA)

case study on a production facility

Describe a situation where a project didn't go as planned and what you did to overcome the roadblocks.

Tell me about a project that had many obstacles.

Describe a time when you had more work than you felt you could manage.

Whiteboard out the SDLC.

Radio Communications Systems Apprentice

What are control system components ?

What are half adders n full adders ?

Compare CDMA and GSM in detail ?

How 2 design a mod 6 synchronous counter using jk flip flop ?

What do you mean by effect of noise on carrier signal & What is noise segment ?

Name one microprocessor that Works in the same Way as that of intel 8085 but of another company ?

What is the operating temperature range of the 74 series of ICs ?

What do mean by mnemonics in microprocessors ?

Which series of ICs are used for military applications ?

What is the reason that sometimes We get netWork busy message in mobiles While attempting a call ?

What is the difference betWeen generator differential protection and transformer differential protection ?

Why is there -48 v DC voltage use in CISCO Router. ? is there any advatage to use this type of negative voltage rather than positive voltage ?

What is the use for electrical c licence ?

Why gmsk modulation is used in gsm ?

What is the exact time required to set up a mobile to mobile call ?

What happens if We use limiter in AM receiver ?

What do you meam by analog instruments ?

Why Current conduction through electron ?

What is meant by overloading of op-amp ?

What is Active device and Passive device ?

Why does a capacitor blok dc but aloWs ac to pass through ?

What is Latch on ?

What is The Difference B/W Routine Backup & Quaterly Backup of sWitch ?

Is there any sectional cutoff and upper cutoff in the Test Pattern for the Airports Authority of India ?

What is the simplest Way to maintain the "poWer factor" of any system ? if you have many methods specify all ?

Wat you mean by harmonics ? Why you r using isolation transformer in digital ups or in normal means igbt ups ?

Which type of devices used for detection of radio active field in side the reactor building ?

What is normal radiation field out side the reactor building ?

What are the active Wastes in nuclear submarrine and How they disposed or dump ?     

What are the facilities for evacuation/sheltering in nuclear submarrine When any nuclear accident takes place in submarrine ?

Which type of communication used in nuclear submarrine for communication from capton to out side the marrine ?

What is the poWer capacity of nuclear poWer plant used in nuclear submarrine ?

Which type of control system used in nuclear submarrine neWly launched by Govt. of India ?

What is the difference betWeen noise and distortion ?

can any one tell us exact bandWidth of any AM poWer station ? ?

How to implement an inverter using single transistor ?

Why We are going for coding in communication signals ?

What is the present model of group1 and group 2 syllabus plz send the link ?

How is corona effect can be detected ?

What is the Difference betWeen Public IP and Private IP ?

What is the need of Super heterodyne tuning in AM receivers ?

What is the function of transformer ?

What is mean by branch predication ?

How to convert thermometer code in to binary ?

What kind of problem arise When tWo host share same HarWare address ?

Which is more dangerous AC current or DC current and Why ?

How many memory locations can be addressed by a microprocessor With 14 address lines ?

Which type of architecture 8085 has ?

Why cristal frequency is different in microcontrollers and crystal oscillators ?

What do you mean by junk yard,neo,meo,leo in satellite communications ?

What is PLC ? What it does ? What are its components ?

When & Where We use PLC & How ? What are its Pros & Cons over other things ? What are the main faults that occur in it ? What are other devices that are similar to it and How We can compare them all ? When & Where We say that here communication electronics gets involve ? Difference b/W communication electronics, poWer electronics, digital electronics, discrete electronics, analogue electronics & Mechatronics ? Where these are used & can be used  ?

What is SCADA ? What are its main components ? How it Works ? When We need a SCADA & Where ? Is there any similarities and comparison b/W PLC & SCADA ? What are its Pros & Cons ? What are the faults that occur in it most ?

When We design PI controller, When We design PID controller & is there any ID controller ? When We design PI controller, When We design PID controller & is there any ID controller ? Explain the Working of Incubator Box Which is a PI controller ?

What Will be maximum output and input current of 1KVA & 2KVA UPS ?

How to interface PC and 8051 microcontroller using bluetooth ?

When does transistor has poWer dissipation ?

Explain half-duplex and full-duplex communication ?

Explain the STMi and How many type STMi are used in telecomunication ?

Define the signaling massage in telecomincation ?

What Will be maximum output current of a 30KVA isolation Transformer ?

What do u mean by CODEC ?

Explain the bit format of flag register in 8086 ?

How to test SS7 ?

What tools are used to test TCP/IP ?

What are the test parameters to check the proper functionlity of TCP/IP protocol ?

What are the different types of Channels in GSM and their Function ?

What is the function of BTS ?

Why a transistor amplify ?

What is GPS & GPRS ?What is diff. among them ?

What is the features of GSM Technology and CDMA technology ?

What is the difference betWeeen FM and FSK modulation ?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of embedded compare to vlsi,dsp ?

What is conductor ? What is insulators ? What is semi condutors ?

What is BFU ? What is the Working of BFU in BTS ?

What is the difference betWeen noise and distortion ?

What other TCP setting can you modify besides MTU to shorten packets ?

What is difference betWeen fiber otical cable and cat cable ?

What the difference betWeen RUIM and SIM ?

What is the diff betWeen UPS and Inverter ?

What is Front End Tool ?

Why Visual Basic is referred to as "Front End Tool" ?

What is zenerdiode ?

What is the electron ?

What is the maximum range of a general Radar ?

What is the frequency band used for military applications ?

What is the difference betWeen linear and non linear element ?

What is hetrodyning ?

What is the need for modulation ?

How Nokia BTS Working ? What is TRX and DVJ Function ?

What is true for frame relay ?

What is Programmable logic controller ?What is its importance and Where itis used ?

What is call procedure ?

What is the frequency of impulse signal ?

How u Will measure the polarisation of antenna ?

What is polarisation o antenna ?

What is gain of antenna ?

What is radiation resistance of antenna ?

What is the Differance betWeen the diode and SCR properties ?

How video signals are produced ?

What is meant by shear resistance in concrete ?

What is the difference betWeen MOD Bus and Profi Bus ?

Who is the inventor of the Automatic Voltage Regulator ?

What is the bani fit of ss7 by using as a back bone for all other communication netWorks ?

What is the distance from an RF Transmitter that output poWer is determined ?

Which channel is used for SMS ?

What is DRX ? Why do We need it ?

What is DTX ? Why is it used ?

What is channel coding ?

Explain E1 T1 ?

Explain GPRS architecture ?

When do We need drive test ?

Explain the modulation technique used in gsm ?

What are emergency handovers ?

Explain various types of antenna diversity ?

What is the difference betWeen synthesised frequency hopping and base band frequency hopping ?

What are LAPD and LAPDm ?

What happens When a cdma user becomes as a roamer ?

What is the difference betWeen three point staret &four point starter ?

What are the advantages & disadvantages betWeen analogue & digital communications ?

What is modem ?

Where v see useful video in electronic circuits ? Which site it is free for doWnload ?

What is the total resistance betWeen points ‘A’ and ‘B’ in the given circuit ?

What is SSI ?

What is the value of TEI ist T1 ?

What is the chemical composition of the substance used as feed horn ? And How many types of feedor are there ?

Which is effective parallel or serial communication ?

What is pre-Warping in filter design ?

Why is 555 timer called so ?

Why the shape of OP-AMP is triangular not other shape ?     

Why the input impedance of OP-Amp is so high ?

What is meant by virtual ground in the op amp ?

What is the function of BIU ?

What's the difference betWeem Pulse dopler radar and MTI RADAR ?

What is the difference betWeen active poWer and reactive poWer ?

How do u say voltage in capacitor lags by 90degrees in an inductor ?

What is the physical need to find 3bd frequencies ?

What are the fiber losses,How to rectify it ?

How to convert SR latch using JK flip flop ?

What is the difference betWeen drift current and diffusion current ?

What is the difference betWeen forebay and surgetank in case of hydro electric poWer plant ?

Which language is not object oriented ?

What is the use of scr ?

What is reconfiguration of E1 ?

What are different type of routing protocols ?

How emergency call get through Without coverage but not other call at that time ?

What is the relation betWeen current and voltage ?

What is the representation of a discrete signal ?

Why ammeter alWays connect in series for measuring the current ?

Explain latch and flip flops ?

What is a MEMS sensor ? What is its advantage ?

What is E1 ? and How this is Work,What is data rate of 1 one E1 and Why ?

What is IGBT & How its Work & also it s used ?

Why do We use FM for sound and AM for video in TV transmisssion ?

What do you mean by EDGE and any link for possible intervieW questions on this topic ?

What is the maximum delay gnerated by 555timer and Why ?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of embedded compare to vlsi,dsp ?

What is VSWR ?

What is the GSM fundamental ?

Waht is polarization,explain verical and horizantal ?

What is protocol.What is tcp/ip,http/ftp protocol ?

What Would be main different environment in gsm and cdma core netWorking side ?

What is the use of combiner in gsm phones ?

What is integration,optimization of gsm corenetWork in practice ?

What is point to point connection ?

Which sWitch and driver is better for 20KHz output and sWitch able to handle 1000v of Vce ?

What is IMS ? What is its significance ?

CAN A GSM MOBILE TOWER ESTABLISH WIFI FACILITY ?

What is Pabx and epabx and What its use ?

What is meant by communication ?

What is code vector ?

What is the difference betWeen ASICs and FPGA devices ? Which one is better ? Which is being currently in use ?

Why ringing is very high in emitter folloWer and source folloWer ?

What is meant by interrupt vector table ? What it's use ?

What is the use of electronics in softWare company ?

What is advantage and disadvantage of rj45 mall mount plate

What is diffractive quality factor ?

What is meant by pre-emphasis and de-emphasis ?

What do you understand by microWaves ?

What is the differnce betWeen SCR and diode rectifier ?

Why should to management LAN ? What are needed in LAN to manage netWork ? Where is LAN use ? How to link LAN ?

What are the advatages and disadvantages of Ku-Band compared to Extended-C band ?

What is the use of matched filter at the reciever side ?

What is intersymbol interference ?

What is phase reversal keying ?

What is trimmercapacitance ?

What is the difference betWeen 5v capacitor and 5v battery ?

What is the flip flop ?

What is the typical data rate for Wavelength division multiplexing ?

What are the some advantages of using Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) as applied to commercial systems ?

Distinguish betWeen Angle modulation and Amplitude modulation ?

difference betWeen neutral ground and phase ?

What is antenna ?

What is the function of Horn antenna ?

Whcih antenna is better ommi directional or directional and Why ?

What is the diference betWeen High antenna gain and loW antenna gain and Whivh one is better and Why ?

What is function of IGBT ? How it Works ?

What is fixed bias With and Without decoupling capacitor ?

What is angle and amplitude modulation ? What is noise in modulation ?

What is selective flooding ?

What is a GPIB ?

What is the Working principal of diode

What are the components of LAN ?

What do you mean by ASCII, EBCDIC ?

What is microprocessor & How it is Work ?

Different types of communications ? Explain ?

What is sampling ?

State sampling theorem ?

What is cut-off frequency ?

What is pass band ?

What is stop band ?

Difference betWeen mobile and a cell phone ?

Explain RF ?

What is modulation ? And Where it is utilized ?

What is demodulation ?

Name the modulation techniques ?

Explain AM and FM ?

Where do We use AM and FM ?

How does a mobile Work ?

What is a base station ?

How many satellites are required to cover the earth ?

What is a repeater ?

What is attenuation ?

What is multiplexing ?

What is CDMA, TDMA, FDMA ?

What is an Amplifier ?

What is Barkhausen criteria ?

What is a feedback ? And explain different types of feedback ?

What is Oscillator ?

What is a transducer and transponder ?

What is an Integrated Circuit ?

What is crosstalk ?

What is a rectifier ?

What is conductor ?

What is inductor ?

What is diode ?

What is op-amp ?

What is a router ? What is a gateWay ?

What is Semaphore ? What is deadlock ?

What is Virtual Memory ?

What is packet sWitching and circuit sWitching ? What is the protocol used in telephone netWork ?

What is modulation ? Why is needed ? What are the various types ?Compare AM,FM, PM.Which Waves Will travel a longer distance- FM or AM and Why ?

What is the mode of transmission of television signals ?

Compare the bandWidth requirements of AM and FM

What do you knoW about antennae ?

Why is linking up frequency greater than the doWn linking frequency ?

Pharmacist

what is limit of FDS In Related Substances?

what is Invivo-vitro relatioship in Dissolution?

besides Signal & noise ratio how calculating LOD & LOQ?

How LOD & LOQ calculating?

which is universal base for making suppositories?

difference between temporary change control and deviation

what is the defination of Change Control given in various guidelines?

what is limit of FDS In Related Substances?

What should be Step wise the sterlization procedure for Dry Powder injection facility (from Starting)?

Pathologist

What is a "gene expression signature" for a tumor?

What is a pathologist?     
   
What is a forensic pathologist?

Health Physicist

How many systems r there in the body?

What is limit of FDS In Related Substances?

In KF Standardisation Why We using Disodium Tartarate?

What is Invivo-vitro relatioship in Dissolution?

BesiDes Signal & noise ratio How calculating LOD & LOQ?

Explain th function of the joints?

which is universal base for making suppositories?

Defference between temporary change control and Deviation ?

Define process validation?

What is immunity?

What is the difference between BirdFlu and Common flu?

what are the principles of immunisation?

financial management

What specific steps do you utilize in solving workplace problems?

What experience have you had in fixed assets accounting?

How can you create Budgets for daily pods?

How to use special and pair value sets?

What is consolidation ?

Why depreciation is not charged on land?

Can u explain me the flow in General ledger?

What is meant by group chart of accounts in sap fico ?

How important does Accounts receivable for small business and Why?

What are the goals of Accounts receivable?

What are the powerful softwares that could be used for doing efficient Accounts receivable?

What are the strategies to be followed for preparing Accounts receivable?

How debtors play its role in Accounts receivable?

WHo is responsible for maintaining the Accounts receivable in an organization?

How important is Accounts receivable to business?

What do you mean by Accounts payable cycle?

What is Trial Balance?

What is Difference between account payable and bills payable?

How to account freight cost, handling charges,purchase tax at the time of raising a Purchase Order?

What is Reconciliation Statement ?

What is company code?

Is it necessary to create Sundry creDitors?

What is the meaning of TDS? How it is charged?

What is interest on Capital?

What is Pool rate?

What the procedures or process involved in the preparation for the auDit?

What is Web AuDit?

What are the Different types of internal auDit?

What is the Difference between an internal auDit and the annual external auDit?

What is Internal AuDit?

What is meant by Single AuDit process?

Where is AuDit Data Stored?

What is meant by computer auDiting?

What are the reasons for getting auDited?

What do 'income assessed' and 'non-income assessed' mean?

What is autHorized share capital?

What is paid up share capital?

How much depreciation to be calculated for fixed assets older than 5 years?

What is accumulated depreciation?

What are the journal entries which get passed from asset purchasing to asset retirement?

What is fictitious assets?

What is the Difference between the Different depreciation metHods?

What are the activities present in payroll task?

What is Payroll Disbursements Journal?

What are the steps in Payroll Management?

What is the software efficient for carrying out payroll tasks?

What is the Difference between paycheck and Payslip?

How advantage is payroll for small business?

What is Payroll Journal?

What is minority interest?

What is finance management?

What is Difeerence between factoring and leasing?

What does equity means ?

What is meant by G L Accounting?

What is mean by OTC?

What is Money market & Capital Market?

What is Inventory?

What is mortgage processing?

What is crossover rate?

What is the entry for deprecation?

What is the Difference between asset management and invest management?

What is the internal rate of return(IRR)

What is the Net present value?

Differentiate investment and finacing decisions.?

Define optimal capital structure?

Explain the various sources of finance ?

Differetiate capital reserve and reserve capital?

What is Owners Residue?

What is Finance Function ?

What is Sub-prime Crisis ?

What is Predecessor Company?

What is debt recovery tribunal ?

What is bank interdetness?

Describe the pros and cons of globalization?

What is derivatives ?

What is minority interest ?

What is Difference between revenue deficit and fical deficit ?

What is sub-prime crisis?

What is capital adequate ratio ?

What is reconciliation of assets?

How is a Bill of Exchange Discharged?

What are collateral securities?

What is G.D.P.

Give an example of Backward & Forward integration?

Give an example of Vertical combination,Horizental Combination of Merger?

Diffferentiate between Horizental And Vertical Merger ?

Explain the Qualities of a smart investor?

What is Inflation Risk?

What is Portfolio?

What is the Difference between prepaid expenses and preliminary expenses?

Which Exchange determine Foreign Exchange/Currency Rate?

How will depreciation affect PAT?

What is an auction ?

What is exotic option?