Corporate Interview Checklist PDF

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Companies Act

S.No Topic Detail Check


1. Types of Companies
2. Directors, KMP , Independent Directors
and Women Directors
3. No of Members required in different types
of companies
4. AGM 96, CA
5. EGM 100, CA
6. Types of Resolution 114 CA Onwards

7. Types of Shares
8. Types of Rights under CA 2013 –
Veto/Special/Affirmative
9. MOA
10. AOA
11. Differences between MOA/AOA
12. Public Offer
13. Private Placement
14. Draft Red Herring Prospectus
15. Bills of Exchange
16. Prospectus
17. Shelf Prospectus
18. Rights Issue
19. Private Placement
20. Preferential Allotment of Shares
21. Sweat Equity & ESOP
22. Allotment of Securities
23. Voting Rights
24. Payment of dividend
25. Redemption of shares
26. CCPS
27. Investment and loan by Company 186, CA
28. Capital Reserve
29. Duties of Director
30. LLP vs. Company vs. Trust vs Section 8
31. Disclosure of Interest 184, CA
32. Annual Return vs Financial Statement 92 vs 137, CA
33. Reduction of share capital 66, CA
34. Issue of Bonus shares 63, CA
35. Debentures 71, CA
36. Types of Debentures
37. Issue of Debentures
38. Buy Back of Shares
39. Capital Redemption Reserve Account
40. Company Register
41. Global Depository Receipt 41, CA
42. Declaration of dividend 123, CA
43. Corporate Social Responsibility 135, CA
44. CSR Committee
45. Auditor’s Committee
46. Board of Directors
47. Inter Corporate Loans
48. Related Party Transactions
49. Amalgamation 230
50. Fast Track Merger 233
51. Cross Border Merger 234
52. Minority Squeeze Out 236
53. Oppression and Mismanagement 241
54. Class action 245
55. Winding Up
56. Special Courts
57. Registered Office
58. Beneficial Ownership
59. Company by shares and guarantee
60. Securities Premium Account and Free
Reserves

Mergers/Acquisitions
S.No Topic Detail Check
1. What is Merger
2. What is Acquisition
3. Demerger
4. Tag Along
5. Drag Along
6. Convertible Notes
7. FEM NDI Rules
8. Offer of Sale
9. IPO
10. FPO
11. What is Charge
12. FEM Cross Border Merger Reg
2018
13. Business Transfer Agreement
14. Slump Sale
15. Asset Sale
16. Asset Purchase Agreement
17. Share Purchase
18. Shareholders Agreement
19. Share Subscription Agreement
20. Share Purchase Agreement
21. Capital Reduction
22. Joint Ventures
23. Procedure for Merger
24. CAA Rules 2016
25. Takeover Code
26. ICDR
27. LODR
28. Prohibition on Insider Trading
29. Creeping Acquisition
30. Types of Mergers
31. Off Market Transaction
32. Minimum Offer Size
33. Types of Due Diligence
34. Outbound Merger
35. Inbound Merger
36. Tax Implications for Corporate
Restructuring
37. Connection between Insolvency
and Merger Route
38. Recent Amendments
39. Recent Mergers/Deals
40. Defence Strategies against
Hostile Takeover
• PAC MAN
• CROWN JEWEL
• SLICING AND DICING
• GOLDEN PARACHUTE
• POISON PILL
• WHITE KNIGHT
41. De-SPAC Listing
42. Exit Options
43. Buyout- Leveraged and
Management
44. Call and Put Option
45. Fair Market Value vs Book
Value
46. Competition Act – Abuse of
dominant position and
anticompetitive agreements and
Monopolisation through
horizontal mergers
47. Merchant Bankers
48. Underwriters
49. Employees objection to M&A
50. ROFR & ROFL
51. Offer for Sale
52. Anti-Dilution Methods – Full
Ratched & Broad Based
Weighted Average
53. Types of Investors – Angel,
QIB, Institutional, Anchor, HNI

SAST (Takeover Code) Regulations


S.No Topic Detail Check
1. Voluntary Offer
2. Competing Offer
3. Person Acting in Concert
4. Market Purchase vs Negotiated
Purchase
5. General Exemptions
6. Triggering Point
7. Public Advertisement
8. Competitive Bid

SEBI Regulations (To be read from ICSI Capital Market Module – Executive
Entrance)

SEBI Issue and Disclosure of Capital Regulations(ICDR)


SEBI Listing Obligation and Disclosure Regulations(LODR)

SEBI Contracts Regulation Act (SCRA)

Foreign Investment
S.No Topic Detail Check
1. FII/FPI/FDI/FVCI
2. Automatic Route
3. Approval Route
4. Foreign Portfolio Investors
5. Overseas Direct Investment
(Updates from ODI 22)
6. FEMA Regulation
7. NRO & NRE
8. Authorised Dealer
9. FCCB and FCEB
10. ECB
11. NDI Rules 2019
12. FC-TRS & FC-GPR Form

Funding
S.No Topic Detail Check
1. Type of Investments
2. Venture Capital
3. Bridge Financing & Seed
Funding
4. Types of VC Fund
5. Hedge Fund
6. Bootstrapping
7. Series of Funding
8. Private Equity Instruments
9. Difference between VC and PE
10. Preferred methods of
investments in start-ups

Important clauses in an agreement and key terms under ICA


S.No Topic Detail Check
1. Warranties and Representation
2. Difference between W&R &
Guarantee
3. Force Majeure
4. Indemnity Agreement
5. Break Fee
6. Appointed Date
7. Effective Date
8. Condition Precedent
9. Condition Subsequent
10. Lock In
11. Vesting
12. Sandbagging and Anti-
Sandbagging
13. Recitals
14. De-Minimus
15. Non-Compete
16. Confidentiality
17. Waiver of Right
18. Recitals
19. Disclosure Letter/Schedule
20. Frustration of Contract
21. Jurisdiction
22. Pledge, hypothecation and
mortgage
23. Bailment
24. Types of Agency
25. Contract without Consideration
26. Chapter under ICA on restraints
27. Types of Damages
28. Novation and Recission

Other Miscellaneous Items-


• CV Revision
• Brush up on Publications
• Indian Contract Act
• Recent Major Deals
• Recent Amendments
• Recent Major Charges in the practice area
• List of Important Sections

Case studies –
Success –
1. Tata-Starbucks
2. Maruti Suzuki
3. Adani Wilmar
4. Jio BP
Failed –
1. Ranbaxi Daichi
2. Mahindra Renault
3. Tata NTT Docomo
Others
1. L&T Mindtree Hostile Takeover
2. Patanjani Ruchisoya Leverage Buyout
3. Tata Mistry
4. Vodafone Idea Tax Issue
HR INTERVIEW CHECKLIST

Question Check List


About the company
Principles / Moto of company/values
About the role (Explain in your words, avoid using the words
in JD)
Hierarchy in the organisation (do this in the end)
Why are you perfect for the job
Why XYZ is best for you
What the company does (Very basic but explain this in depth
and with clarity)
How are you doing in life
Favourite Subject
What's your relationship building style
Tell me a time when you persuaded a group
How well do you gel with others
Do you get nervous?
Have you failed at anything
Why M&A ? / Why Law? / Why specific subject
Strengths and weaknesses
Tell me a project/ work where you applied analytical skills
What's the biggest challenge while working in XYZ
What experience do you wish to do over again and how
differently
What difficult decision you have taken in last one year/ever
What attributes would you bring to the team
Important leadership skills
Future plans
Current problems in the industry + solutions

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