There are usually two interviewers on the panel. The questions are particularly designed to test the IQ and EQ of the candidate, which helps to understand their state of mind. Questions related to long-term goals, awareness of current affairs, all about your resume, and inclination towards PGDM are asked. The questions are not complex as they are designed based on the profile of each candidate.

Students can apply for loans from their hometown as well, but if they are looking for facilities from the institute, then there are tie-ups with Yes Bank, SBI Bank, Credila Financial Services Pvt. Ltd., Bank of Baroda, Central Bank of India, IDFC First Bank, and Canara Bank for educational loans, which offer various benefits. A branch of Canara Bank is very near the institute, which is why students prefer to get their loans from Canara Bank. Also, there is a camp for students who want to take loans set up during the orientation program to offer students various options.

The overall expenses for accommodation vary for both girls and boys based on the choice of AC or non-AC rooms, whereas the fees for meals are the same for all. For MBA batch 2024–25, girls are charged 80,000 for non-ac rooms and 1,35,000 for AC rooms. For boys, fees for AC rooms vary between 60,000 and 75,000, and fees for non-AC rooms vary between 1,05,000 and 1,30,000 based on occupancy. 

Mess charges are $7,000 per month, which is a charge on a half-yearly basis for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The rooms are well furnished and have wardrobes, beds, and study tables with proper light and ventilation. The mess area is also well-ventilated and is cleaned before every meal.

The final placement season usually begins in October with the Pre-Placement Talks (PPT), where the company introduces themselves to the students and their job roles. Companies start coming to the campus and begin with the interview process after that.

Talking about the academic assignments, students are given ample time to prepare and present the assignments to the professors, and in the meantime, they can visit the faculty for any doubts and queries. Looking into live projects, the students are offered a duration ranging from 15 days to 3 months for various roles, including research, HR, digital marketing interns, etc.

IMI Bhubaneswar is known for its specialization in the marketing domain. Despite this, companies are also looking for other domains where finance holds the second-highest share of placement opportunities. For batch 2022–24, 38.1% of the opportunities were from Fintech and the BFSI domain. Out of 130+ recruits, 23.1% offered roles in finance, with some of the roles being financial analysts and advisors. Big brands like Arcesium, Axis Bank, South Indian Bank, Federal Bank, Mahindra Finance, ICICI Bank, etc. visited the campus to recruit students for finance roles.

DFS DU offers hostel facilities for students through the University of Delhi hostel system. There are separate hostels for boys and girls. The boys' hostels are named Aravali and Saramati, and the girls' hostel is named Geetanjali. DFS DU offers a residential program and after admission, students are required to apply for a hostel. There is a gym, water heating, proper furniture, a common room, a garden, and many more amenities in the hostel. There are negligible hostel charges of around Rs. 26,000 yearly covering everything. The cost of a hostel is pretty low compared to other B-Schools.

The Department of Finance isn't an independent college with its campus. It's a department within the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Delhi. The University of Delhi itself has a sprawling campus spread across 300 acres, but DFS DU students generally attend classes and participate in activities across various buildings within the South Campus, which is approximately 69 acres. The campus has an auditorium, library, hostel and canteen, football ground, cricket ground, and badminton court.

DFS DU does not have any tie-ups with banks. The college fees are already low compared to other colleges i.e Rs. 48,500 therefore students generally don't take a loan. Public banks like SBI, BOB, Union Bank, etc as per their policies can provide up to only 7.5 lakhs of rupees for student loans without collateral irrespective of the course and country. This loan includes hostel fees, mess charges, the cost of a laptop which is vital for an MBA, education loan insurance, a security deposit, and other charges put by the college.

The course fee of DFS DU is INR 26,000. The other charges include the admission fee, which needs to be paid at the time of admission. Along with the admission fee, the total fee amounts to INR 48,500 for the general category. There is an additional enrollment fee of Rs. 50 for non-DU students. For students under the PWD category, the fee is INR 12,125.

The application fee for the general category is INR 2,000 and for SC/ST/PC candidates the application fee is INR 1,000. Hostel accommodation fees come after completion of the admissons category. The hostel fee is INR 26,600 for men's hostels and for women, it is INR 23,600.

There is no written ability test conducted for admissions to DFS DU. The weightage for the CAT percentile is 60%. Marks obtained in 10th and 12th are 5% each. There is a 25% weightage given to PI. Female candidates get a 2.5% additional weightage. If the applicant is from B. Com (Hons.), B. A. (Hons.) (Economics), B. A. (Hons.) (Business Economics), BBE, BBS/BMS or BFIA/BBA (FIA) they get additional weightage of 2.5%. Therefore DFS DU is not highly reliant on 10th and 12th scores and there is no additional weight given to work experience.