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Updated 1 Oct 2022

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Fund Accountant Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 1 Oct 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Sep 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Assignment Round

Mostly asked about the basics of derivatives and corporate action adjustments in the books

2

Technical Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. What was the journal entry for prepaid rent which has paid at beginning of the month for the whole year and entry at the end of month ?? Which is entry affects ...read more
  • Q2. Why RBI increase Repo rate to control inflation ?
  • Q3. What was difference between options and future?
  • Q4. What impact do share price have on issue of dividend ? And what was the reason behind it?
  • Q5. What is the entry for share purchased today which will be credited into demat on T+2?
  • Q6. What is the technical term we use for the bond interest
3

Behavioral Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What was the developments that you would like to make in yourself
  • Q2. Describe yourself in three adjectives
4

HR Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Why should we hire you?
  • Q2. Why you chose Morgan Stanley?
  • Q3. Why you were interested in this role?
  • Q4. Why you chose this industry?
  • Q5. If you were offered more pay would you go to the competitior?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Morgan Stanley Fund Accountant interview:
  • Derivatives
  • Bonds
  • Mutual Funds
  • Accounting
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well for technical round and practice more for behavioural questions

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

There was one online exam

2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Type of derivatives
  • Q2. What is NAV and its formula
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Basic accounting questions

2

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is financial market
  • Q2. What is investment banking
  • Q3. What is Net Asset Value
3

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Journal entries
  • Q3. Talk on current affairs

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn much about financial markets, securities, primary and secondary markets
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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2

HR Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. What are your job location preferences
  • Q3. Tell me about your expectations about salary and hike
  • Q4. Can you briefly tell me about your past experience
  • Q5. If you got selected for job then in how many days you will take to join us?
3

One-on-one Round (19 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Discussion on various points which are in resume
  • Q3. What is fund accounting?
  • Q4. What is NAV calculation, how to calculate NAV?
  • Q5. What is asset and liability? What are subcategories and formula to determine asset and liability?
  • Q6. What is GAV? How it is differ from NAV?
  • Q7. What is equity, and bond?
  • Q8. What is capstock? Explain subscription and resumption
  • Q9. How can capstock affects the NAV?
  • Q10. What do you know about management fees and performance fees?
  • Q11. What are accounting rules? Both modern and traditional?
  • Q12. Explain dr and cr? Explain ledger and subledger?
  • Q13. What is corporate action and it's various types
  • Q14. Your expectations from job
  • Q15. Why should we hire you?
  • Q16. What you find interesting about state Street corporation? What is the majore reason to choose state street corp
  • Q17. Do you have any knowledge about MS-excel?
  • Q18. Questions about ms Excel formulas
  • Q19. Discussion about salary, appraisal, working hours, work life balance, leaves and other

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to not fake, hiring manager knows where you are faking
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself
  • Q2. Finance related questions
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Hedge funds related ,Derivatives

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare concepts apart from process you are doing

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There will be 3 rounds of interview. Manager round, AVP round and psychometric test. The hiring process is quite lengthy and it takes months.

Fund Accountant Interview Questions

Bnp Paribas Securities user image Venkata subramanian Yerraguntla krishnan

posted on 10 Sep 2020

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2020.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep the interviewer at the place of investors to have a better connect on the concept for the questions asked.

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Dec 2019.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. What is swaps , equitys , bonds , mbs , rmbs , cmbs, ETF , valuations View Answers (1)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just ask them what are their shift timings. They most probably give u late night shifts and those are too hectic to handle.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Make sure to gather information about mutual funds, private equity , hedge funds and NAV calculations

Morgan Stanley Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Morgan Stanley Fund Accountant interview?
Morgan Stanley interview process usually has 5 rounds. The most common rounds in the Morgan Stanley interview process are Resume Shortlist, Assignment and Technical.
How to prepare for Morgan Stanley Fund Accountant interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Morgan Stanley. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Morgan Stanley expect are Financial Services, Fund Accounting, Auditing, Investment Banking and Financial Statements.
What are the top questions asked in Morgan Stanley Fund Accountant interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Morgan Stanley Fund Accountant interview -

  1. What was the journal entry for prepaid rent which has paid at beginning of the ...read more
  2. What is the entry for share purchased today which will be credited into demat o...read more
  3. What impact do share price have on issue of dividend ? And what was the reason ...read more

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