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Merrill Lynch India Technology Services Private Equity/Hedge Fund/VC-Manager Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 8 Dec 2015

Merrill Lynch India Technology Services Private Equity/Hedge Fund/VC-Manager Interview Experiences

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I applied via Referral

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What type of discount rates would you use in a DCF model if you were assuming CAPM model to be true
  • Ans. 

    Discount rates in DCF model assuming CAPM model to be true

    • Use the CAPM formula to calculate the cost of equity

    • Add a risk premium to the risk-free rate

    • Discount rate = Cost of Equity

    • Example: Risk-free rate = 2%, Beta = 1.2, Market risk premium = 5%, Cost of Equity = 2% + 1.2(5%) = 8%

    • Use the same discount rate for all future cash flows

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  • Q2. About power sector valuation in general due to prior experience in the same.
  • Q3. Checked mathematical problem solving ability
  • Q4. Was given puzzles (probability based problem solving)

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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I applied via Freshesworld and was interviewed in Nov 2020. There were 6 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic questions on Java, mainly versions of Java , which is the latest version of java currently using. Rate yiur java skills out of 10?? Are you relocate, internship project deeply they ask question...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare before going to interview. Feel free, listen some music and peace full mind . don't afraid. Be courage.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Manual testing basics

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Its for FP&A process and the major questions were from the basics of FP&A. How it starts and how its ends and Previous job roles.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It's quite a moderate interview but be prepare for more rounds of technical interviews.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. C++ basic
  • Q2. Hh
  • Q3. Yy

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hh

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. SQL, Algo

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have you basics cleared in basic DSAlgo

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 18 Apr 2021

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Background
  • Q2. Expertise

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be to the point and list swot

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Aug 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. What are your client impressing skills?
  • Q2. Show us a live demo of a deal negotiation.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Dont try to be oversmart

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Tell them how passionate you are.

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding on java ,spring , hibernate

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java basics multithreading, inheritance, oops

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics in java, spring
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