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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore

Bangalore, Karnataka

What if you can't knock at your Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore seniors' door for advice? Read their placement interview questions and crack your next interview. 🏆

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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore Placement Interview Questions

Updated 15 Apr 2024

38 interviews found

Associate Interview Questions

user image Ankit Agarwal

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I knew the company history well and had good answers for why ChrysCapital?
I had done a lot of research on the company (knew background of all employees, fund raising history etc)

What went wrong/right:
Wrong: I was extremely nervous in the beginning
Right: 1) I knew the company history well and had good answers for why ChrysCapital?
2) Allowed the second interview to go towards Macro eco instead of hard numbers. Could discuss in depth about oil for half an hour.
3) Was able to work with numbers (Finac fundamentals) in my head (under stress) quickly. Was able to look at its business implications.
Tips
Tips: Prepare well on company history.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Second round was to focus on discussion about a particular company in depth to see the finance skills but went to a higher level with a half an hour discussion focussing on macro economy and oil prices and the business of investing.

Allowed the second interview to go towards Macro eco instead of hard numbers. Could discuss in depth about oil for half an hour.

I think they were looking for:
1) Interest in finance in general, the PE industry and the company in particular
2) Personal and professional fit with the company (since there are small teams, this is very important in PE)
3) Ease with numbers and business /economic sense
Tips: Read newspapers regularly/had strong views about macro eco
Be very strong with 2-3 sectors and have a basic idea about 6-8 sectors.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The third round was a panel interview taken by both MDs together wherein I had to calculate the ROCE for a tech company. It went in a case like manner but I had to remember all the numbers in the mind.

Was able to work with numbers (Finac fundamentals) in my head (under stress) quickly. Was able to look at its business implications.
Tips: Practise atleast a few case interviews even if not interested in Consults. It helps in structuring the interview better.

Skills: Mental Math, Macroeconomics
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Private Equity/Hedge Fund/VC-Manager Interview Questions

user image Shamiroh Tikoo

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. What type of discount rates would you use in a DCF model if you were assuming CAPM model to be true
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  • Q2. About power sector valuation in general due to prior experience in the same.
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  • Q3. Checked mathematical problem solving ability
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  • Q4. Was given puzzles (probability based problem solving)
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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: While I was not able to come to a final numerical answer, ability to break the problem into parts and structure how to solve the question seemed important.
I think they were looking for a guy with experience in valuation for this role.
Tips: Preparation
Think before you talk. Special Prep: Corp Fin, Various Modelling Techniques.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for:
Common sense, analytical ability, trying different approaches , sound Corp Fin fundae
Tips: what helped me in the interview:
Corp Fin, Knowledge of DCF modelling and prior work ex. at SDG

Skills: Approaching A Problem, Analytical Skills, Common Sense
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Investment Banking Interview Questions

user image Kaushik Sriram

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1st interview was with Markets head.
Tips: Smooth talking, had already attended a few interviews so standard responses to questions

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This interview was with senior folks from Corporate Finance team.
They were looking for Interest in IBD, ability to take on long hours, communication skills .
Kept talking and was well versed in the working of IBD through past experience.

Skills: Verbal Communication Skills, Work Experience, Interest In The Job
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Risk Management Interview Questions

user image Rajarshi Mukherjee

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interviewed for 15-20 mins
No. of Interviews 1

They were looking for people who would be interested in working in Analytics. In addition they give importance to college CGs. Quantitative skills are especially important as the role demands it,.

The comfort level was high in the interview. Also being able to solve the problem helped.
Tips: Preparation on the standard interview questions as the HR plays a major role in selection

General Tips: If interested in Amex, do not explicitly mention marketing or finance as your interest as analytics is considered an independent field. The role does not require any specific finance or marketing related knowledge. Express interest in quant, stat, puzzles etc. Marketing jargons or NPV, Derivatives etc should ideally be kept out of the conversation.
Skills: Quantitative Aptitude, Analytical Skills, Probability
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Associate Interview Questions

user image Ishita Verma

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: No. of Interviews: 1
I think they were looking for Mathematical and analytical ability, Awareness about and aptitude for finance related stuff (news items, their analysis, my understanding etc.)

Tips: Being prepared: In markets there is no substitute to knowing your stuff. You can‟t faff your way through as the questions will be technical

Skills: Financial Markets, Aptitude, Analytical Skills, Mathematical Aptitude
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Investment Banking Interview Questions

user image Arun Manohar

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think what they were looking for was strength in acads and academic achievements on resume, thought process, conversational skills
Breaker was the guesstimate bit in this interview

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: No. of Interviews 3
Tips: Know your finance very well, corporate finance and financial account Financial cases and guesstimates help

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Breaker was the persuasive selling bit in this interview.
Case interview prep helped a bit
Tips: Know your finance very well, corporate finance and financial account Financial cases and guesstimates help

Skills: Guesstimation Cases, Persuasive Skills
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Interview Questions

user image AAKASH AGRAWAL

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. On the work experience front it was mainly on my patents, research papers & main assignments in last job.
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  • Q2. About my role in the family business.
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  • Q3. Discussion about my real estate investments.
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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Other Interview
Experience: Interviewed for: 20-25 minutes
No. of Interviews: Only 1 Interview

According to me they were looking for the below characteristics:
1) Strong educational background.
2) Relevance of work experience to the role they were offering
3) Energy or Drive to succeed in the finance industry. For a trading desk it boils down to your passion for making money.

The things which went right for me in this interview are:
1) They didnt ask me any puzzles. I did a big mistake of not preparing a single puzzle for finance interview. But i would surely recommend others to not make this mistake. 2) I was given enough opportunity by the interviewer to talk about my strenghts.

Tips: One of the most important things which helped me during my interview was my strong personal preparations. For a person with work experience (>= 3years) in non finance industry, it is all the more important to be very thorough with his personals because according to me the interviewer already has negative perception towards them which you have to get over during the interview.

Dos:
1) Puzzles (atleast a few is mandatory)
2) Basic knowledge about finance (BL Sheet, PnL etc)
3) Basic Financial instruments knowledge (Call, Put, Black soles etc)

For the interviews i specially focused towards things which i felt will interest a finance company. Like the work assignments which reflected my analytical skills, my risk taking attitude etc.

General Tips: Preparation Dos:
1) Puzzles (atleast a few is mandatory)
2) Basic knowledge about finance (BL Sheet, PnL etc) 3) Basic Financial instruments knowledge (Call, Put, Black soles etc)
Skill Tips: 1) Knowledge of VBA programming is a must
2) Profifiency in Excel will also be useful
3) Regression analysis may also be required
Skills: Regression, Excel VBA
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Commodity Trading Manager Interview Questions

user image ANUJ LADHA

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: i think they were looking for cultural fit as I had 2 personal round interviews.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for guys having some general funda about the whole industry especially interest rates and currency.
Tips: Mostly basic financial funda were solid along with macro economics funda helped
helped you in the interview a lot. Puzzles were tricky but was simple as i had done them before which impressed 1 panel.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for guys having some general funda about the whole industry especially interest rates and currency.
I think that's why I was put in FX trading desk.
Tips: Mostly basic financial funda were solid along with macro economics funda helped
helped you in the interview a lot. Puzzles were tricky but was simple as i had done them before which impressed 1 panel.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Puzzles went right. Had some problem solving currency questions

Skill Tips: Quick, calm and amazing learner
Skills: Quick Learning
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Interview Questions

user image T S ARUNA

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: No. of Interviews 2
Both the panels had only 1 person each. Both of them were MDs. One of them was the MD of the desk where I interned.

Both rounds had similar questions.

I think they were looking for Some quantitative ability; Having an idea and opinions about current economic scenario; Analytical ability in terms of projects/any earlier work.

What went right was that I was very confident throughout the interview. Wrong: when they asked me if I had a location preference, I said yes- but couldn‟t explain why. So, they said they would decide the location and let me know.
Tips: Barclays will ask you to choose your preference order (Sales/Trading/Structuring/ Research/Quant) when filling the application itself. Remember that order and have a reason ready for the same.

Skill Tips: Enthusiasm to learn. Enthusiasm about markets. Some analytical ability. And of course, you need to ask questions and network.
Skills: Analytical Skills
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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Equity Analyst Interview Questions

user image BHARAT BHUSHAN

posted on 8 Dec 2015

I applied via Referral

2 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for people who could work on equity research; good analytical skills.
Tips: Talk of strengths in which you are really very confident

Skill Tips: Analytical ability; familiarity with Excel
Skills: Analytical Skills
College Name: IIM Bangalore
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