What are the things asked in the personal interview for an MSc in finance of JBIMS?

The things you are questioned about in the PI round for an MSc in finance of JBIMS have broadly categorized into

• Self-awareness: Your personal attributes like strengths, areas of improvement, hobbies, interests, passion, goals, and unique traits.

• General Knowledge: Your interest in what’s happening around you and your opinions on the same.

• Academics: Your familiarity with the subject you have specialized in, your favorite and least favorite subjects, the projects you have worked on, and why you chose that particular domain

• Extracurricular background: Your participation in extracurricular activities and related questions

• Why JBIMS MSc Finance? The most important question they are going to put forward is why did you go for this specific program and why not MMS/MBA Finance from JBIMS or any other institute

• Skill based: They will question you about your soft skills by asking you to share instances where you portrayed team skills, communication skills, ability to multitask, leadership skills, negotiation skills, etc.

• Experience: questions regarding your current job, roles, achievements and what you have learned so far.

• Finance questions: They might ask some basic finance questions like What is SENSEX, assets, liabilities, what is credit/debit, what’s a balance sheet/P&L, what are equities, CRR, SLR, repo and reverse repo, how does the banking system work, what is FD, mutual funds, etc.

These are some of the areas you will be questioned about. Prepare well and deliver the answers confidently.