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Date of Interview: 22nd April
Board: TCA Anant
Background: Chartered Accountant
Home State: Maharashtra
Hobby: Playing cricket and watching football
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Chairman: asked me to remove mask and be comfortable
- Your hobby is watching football? Do you play football? Why not?
- You play cricket? Batsman or bowler? Which position you bat? Spinner or pacer?
- Why cricket is more commercialised than football?
- Even before IPL cricket was more commercialised? Reasons?
Member 1
- War on terrorism?
- Uyighur muslims? China’s policy? Why?
- Heard of Xinjiang? What imp. does Xingiang hold to China?
- Sri lankan protest…Political crisis because of economic crisis or economic crisis bcoz of political crisis?
- Why Sri Lanka has presidential system as compared to Indias parliamentary system?
- Whther India can adopt Presidential system?
- Maldives ‘India Out’ campaign? Why? Current govt’s policy towards India?
- China out policy in which country?
Member 2
- Since you are from commerce background? Why IPS over IRS?
- Accountancy bill? Your opinion?
- Money laundering? Stages? Process? What is India doing to counter it?
- FATF? How effective? Which countries in Black list and grey list?
- INTERPOL? counter agency in India?
Member 3
- Monologue on GST….issues in GST? What is rate rationalisation? Why not done yet?
- Monologue on Automobile sector? Reason behind India’s success?
- Semiconductor industry….what learnings from automobile sector can we implement in semiconductor industry to make it successful? Raw material used in semiconductor? Material used in conductor chip?
Member 4
- Monologue on big4 accounting firms and how they follow different accounting standards globally but not in India….what are deficiencies in Indian accounting regulations?
- Again long monologue on globalisation and now countries moving towards protectionism? Your opinion?
- Monologue on young generation moving towards consumerism, credit cards, computers etc….what do you think?
- Where does your heart lie….global or made in India?
- Drone Rules 2021…Don’t you think we are restricting the development of drones industry by putting certain regulations on them? Your opinion?
- Dollarisation of currencies? Issues?
Chairman:
Thank you. Your interview is over!!
2-3 questions not able to recall
Overall good experience…cordial board…few counter questions….members were nodding and encouraging throughout…Chairman not much expressive.
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