Finance Interview Questions

Finance Interview Questions

  1. What is Net worth?
  2. What is RAROC?
  3. What are debentures?
  4. What is Trial Balance?
  5. What is crossover rate?
  6. What is Treasury Bills?
  7. What is Secondary Market?
  8. What is Retained Earnings?
  9. What is the punch line of job?
  10. What is accounting management?
  11. What is the entry for deprecation?
  12. When should a company buy back stock?
  13. What did the S&P 500 close at yesterday?
  14. What is Discount Cash Flow Management?
  15. Distinguish between speculator and hedger?
  16. Why would an investor buy preferred stock?
  17. What is Demat Account? What is the use of it?
  18. What kind of stocks would you issue for a startup?
  19. How has your portfolio performed in the last five years?
  20. Have you applied to any other areas apart from banking?
  21. Tell me about an experience in which you had to use tact?
  22. What is the internal rate of return (IRR) of eureka Forbes?
  23. Please give me the name of nationalise banks in 1980 only?
  24. Who is a more senior creditor, a bondholder or stockholder?
  25. What is the difference between real money & nominal money?
  26. What significant trends do you see in the future for our industry?
  27. What is the difference between JOURNAL ENTRY & LEDGER?
  28. What are the most important qualities for an investment banking career?
  29. What is the difference between asset management and invest management?
  30. When should a company issue stock rather than debt to fund its operations?
  31. How do you feel about committing yourself to another three years of exams?
  32. What is the difference between p & l ac and income & expenditure statement?
  33. Where do you think the DJIA will be in three months and six months – and why?
  34. Who are our major competitors and what differences do you notice in our products?
  35. Being the finance manager being of a company how will you make finance forecasting?
  36. If you read that a given mutual fund has given 50% returns last year, would you invest in it?
  37. What was the most challenging situation (with clients) that you faced during the stock market falls?
  38. Why would a company distribute its earnings through dividends to common stockholders?
  39. Is it true that Indian currency has to be converted in foreign exchange before going to other countries?
  40. Why did the stock price of XYZ Company decrease yesterday when it announced increased quarterly earnings?
  41. Is the dividend paid on common stock taxable to shareholders? Preferred stock? Is it tax deductible for the company?
  42. Why do some stocks rise so much on the first day of trading and others don’t? How is that “money left on the table?”