Rohan Sachdeva
| Name: |
Rohan Sachdeva |
| Course: |
MBA in Finance |
| College: |
IBS Banagalore |
| Year: |
2010 |
| Company: |
Phinnacle Wealth Managers |
| Package offered: |
6.7 LPA |
| Preparations: |
I devoted no more than 20 days to preparing for my placement session. Some might need more or less time as required. |
| Books Reffered: |
I paid attention to the subjects like Security Analysis, Investment Banking, International Finance and Trade, Management control system, Business strategy, B2B marketing, Mergers and acquisitions, financial risk management, Portfolio management. I would suggest by experience to go for core books like Relly and brown Investment analysis and portfolio management, Investment Banking Subbramanium. |
| Websites Reffered: |
On must also fully utilize the web resources. I went for Investopedia and of course Google! |
| GD, PI Preparations: |
For group discussion, our college used to have mock sessions for these. That was good enough practice for us. |
| The Written round: |
On the big day, the experience was like this; the written followed by GD and interview. From what I remember, questions were like, What is the basic fundamental analysis, How will you appraise a project, How will you manage the debt burden on the company, Basic concepts like Beta, variance, SML, CAPM…. etc… |
| The Group Discussion Round: |
Then thankfully after clearing the written round, came the group discussion, which I was well prepared with the mock group discussions we used to practice. On that day, we were given 1 minute to prepare after being given the topics. The topic for us was Commonwealth Games and IPL. Here my confidence paid off. I started the GD hence I got good appreciation. |
| The Interview: |
Another hurdle cleared, I went for the interview. Here I was asked both technical as well as HR questions. |
| Role of Internships and extracurricular activities: |
I really felt my past internship played an important role in my interview. But I cannot really say about extracurricular activities. That depends on company to company on profile basis or nature of job. |
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