Interview Sheet

Date : _____________

Position:______________
Name:________________

Particulars Candidate Score

Marks Remarks
(Out of 10)
Pre- Interview Assessment from Resume
(i) Honest Information in Resume
(ii) Past Job Stability Factor
(iii) Stature of Past Organizations

Interview:
(iv) Overall first impression
(v) Candidate’s logic for why he/she can fit Alamak
(vi) His/her career goal & Alamak vis-a-vis that
(vii) Approach towards work
(viii) Clarity of thoughts
(ix) Competitors Knowledge
(x) Ability to adopt to new changes
Personal Leadership:
(xi) Listening Skills
(xii) Motivating Personality
(xiii) Team Player
(xiv) Has a personal vision
(xv) Result Orientation
(xvi) Win-win approach
(xvii) Decision making
From Case Study:
Planning & Strategizing
(xviii) Understanding the objective
(xix) Eye for detail
(xx) Creative approach
(xxi) Result Orientation
Present Salary
Expected Salary
Present Designation
Last Employer
 ALAMAK INFORMATION PERFORMA
(The information furnished herein shall be kept in strict confidence)

1. RESPONSE TO ADVERTISEMENT

a) In which newspaper/website did you see the advertisement for the position you have applied for?
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b) Did you see the advertisement in any other newspaper/website? If yes please name the same
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c) Did anyone else talk about the advertisement to you before you did to anyone else?
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2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICANT

a) Name …………………………..
b) Age/Date of Birth …………………………………………………………………………………
c) Educational Qualification………………………………………………………………………….
d) Hobbies & extra activities being pursued at present……………………………………………….
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e) Your greatest achievement in life…………………………………………………………………
f) Your worst failure in life…………………………………………………………………………..
g) Name the person you admire most……………………………………………………………….
h) Whether person in reference (g) is living…………………………………………………Yes/No
i) Please tell us brief about your daily routine…………....................................................................
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j) Do you know any employee working with ALAMAK……………………………………………
k) If yes, please give details & clarify the relationship……………………………………………….
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3. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENT FAMILY

Family Member Age Education Qualification Profession

Father
Mother
Spouse
Brother/Sister 1
Brother/Sister 2
Brother/Sister 3
4. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENT JOB

a) When did you join the present company you are working with?
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b) Give details and nature of job & responsibilities

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c) What are the reasons for you to seek change from/quit the present job
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d) If you are heading a department, please give your comment on the following:
(i) Did your colleagues give you full co-operation and attain results as per duties assigned
to them? If no why?
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(ii) Do you see yourself as a successful leader in your present position?

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e) If given a free hand, how would you make your present organization more successful?
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f) How do you see your present organization vis-à-vis competitors?

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5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

a) In a party do you like to make new friends and mix up with lot of people or restrict yourself to
one or two individuals who are known to you?
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 b) Do you ever take work as if it were a matter of life and death?
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c) How do you react to a project that cells for rapid action?

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d) How would you react to a work/project you do not believe in but your senior wants you to take
care?
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e) Do you attain performance when working alone or within a group?

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f) Please distinguish between leadership ability and leadership tendency?

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g) How would you like to see yourself professionally after five years?
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h) What career/work plans do you have for the next five years?
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Date

Place Signature of the Candidate

“ASPIRATIONAL ROADMAP”

Name: ……………………………………..

Date: ……………………………………….
1. Where do you wish to see yourself in the next 3 years, 5 years & 10 years?(Include your social
position, professional position, salary & perks, savings, worldly possessions your personality
traits now & at each milestone?
2. What would you like to pursue professionally based on your competence, interests & aspirations now
and how you would like t see yourself on these parameters in the next 3,5 & 10 years?
3. What training programs/interventions would you be keen to attend to achieve your above stated goals?
 Leadership Hiring
Impromptu Exercise

Q1. What do you think are your top 3 strengths that will help you in playing the role of a Finance
Head of an education company?

Q2. List three of your weakness (one each- technical, behavioral or personal) and a suggested
action plan to overcome each of them?
Q3. List down the 5 most important contributions to be made by the Finance & Accounts
department as a business support function?

Q4. What are the most important business and financial parameters that you will look for and
analyze while setting up;

a. new stream of business

b. An additional unit of an existing successfully running business.
Q5. What are the three best contributions you can personally make to the business development
team in setting up a new stream of business or an additional unit of an existing business?

Q6. How you will financially review and analyze an existing loss making unit/business? And list
down some suggestive changes to be adopted for turning it into a profitable venture?
Q7. Briefly list down in chronological order; the steps that you will follow while preparing the
Annual Budget of the Company for the next financial year.(Steps in the form of pointers are
preferred-elaborate process not required)?

Q8. What are the most important ingredients of a good Management Information/ Reporting
System? How frequently would you prefer getting MIS reports from multiple destinations/ units
across the country? Would you like to receive different information/ data at different intervals or
all at the same time/ frequency? Justify your response?
Q9. What information/data would you like to share periodically with a Private Equity Investor
who holds 5-10% of equity of your company? How frequently would you share this data? Will it
make any difference(both in the data and the frequency) if they hold 25% of the equity?
Q10. What will be the challenges faced by the Finance & Accounting team in migrating from a
non- ERP environment to an automated and ERP based accounting? How will you overcome
those challenges?

Q11. You require a funding of Rs. 40 crores to set up 10 new units of an existing successful
business line. Which type of funds would you prefer procuring from a bank/financial institution
and why? Do you think that inviting equity participation from investors for this purpose would
be a good option as that will save the company from the burden of interest cost?
Q12. When and why you would need to approach a bank for making an application for a cash
credit limit?

Q13. You run a profitable company with Rs. 200 crores annual revenue and 10% net profit (Rs.
20 crores). You come across two expansion options in your existing running business:

a. Gives you additional revenue of Rs. 50 crores with a net profit of only 50%(Rs. 2.50
crores).
b. Gives you an additional revenue of Rs. 20 crores with a net profit of 20%( Rs. 4 crores)

Which one would you go ahead with and why?

Q14. List 5 important areas/aspects on which you would like to provide training/mentorship
to the Accountants based at various units of the organization spread over the various cities of
the country?
Q15. What steps would you take control internal fraud/ defalcation of cash at the branch/unit
level by the persons handling cash/ DDs/cheques there at?

Q16. What is the significance of the term “ROFR” in the case of

a) Debt Instrument
b) Equity Investment (Investment Banking)

Q17. What are the rates currently prevailing in India for ECB’s including the Hedging Cost, if
any? (IB)
Q18. How is the terminal Rate/Value arrived at in making DCF valuation of a Project? What are
the various factors that are considered to arrive at the Terminal Rate/Value? (IB)

Q19. As per you, what are the 5 most critical factors for getting a sound valuation of a company?
(IB)
Q20. Can a company with negative Bottom line manage to get external borrowings? If yes, in
what circumstances and what are the favorable conditions to support the same?(IB)

Q21. How do you do “Sensitivity analysis” of a Project in MS Excel? What is the tool used for
that? (IB)
Q22. What is your view on the tenability of exit option clause in the Shareholder Agreement/
Share Purchase Agreement which speaks about compulsory “ Bay Back” by the company and /
or promoter at a fixed IRR of say 15%? (IB)

Q23. What are ‘Differential voting right’ and id it allowable in India? (IB)
Q24. Can shares be fortified in case of default by any Investor and/or the rights of the
shareholders be set aside/suspended in any event. If yes, please define when? (IB)

Q25. What is FCCB? Please list down the provision/ pre- requisite of relevant statues to be
followed by a Company to obtain FCCB’s? Is it recommended to go for FCCB options for a
domestic company? (IB)
Q26. Is simultaneous listing (listing at the same time) in NASDAQ and Indian Stock Exchange
allowed as per current bylaws? (IB)

Q27. What is ‘ PESTEL Analysis’? Can you please give your PESTEL analysis on a company
operating in the same industry as ALAMAK? (IB)
Q28. What in your view are various external and internal threats posed to a Company operating
in the similar industry as ALAMAK? (IB)

Q29. What is the rate prescribed by a recent notification of RBI for ‘ Put Option’, available to a
Private Equity Investor in an Indian company? What is your view on the aptness of such rate ?
(IB)