Top 20 sap fico interview questions and

answers
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Tell me about yourself?

This is probably the most asked
question in sap fico interview. It
breaks the ice and gets you to talk
about something you should be fairly
comfortable with. Have something
prepared that doesn't sound rehearsed.
It's not about you telling your life story
and quite frankly, the interviewer just
isn't interested. Unless asked to do so,
stick to your education, career and
current situation. Work through it
chronologically from the furthest back
to the present.

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What is the difference between updated project

and end to end project?
Some organizations select to
implement SAP module by module,
thus gets updated as per their
convenience / schedule. This is called
as updated project.
Some organizations simply plan all
integrated functional modules and
decide to go-live with all functional
modules and take their entire
operations on SAP. This is called as
End to End SAP implementation
project.

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What Can You Do for Us That Other Candidates

Can't?
What makes you unique? This
will take an assessment of
your experiences, skills and
traits. Summarize concisely:
"I have a unique combination
of strong technical skills, and
the ability to build strong
customer relationships. This
allows me to use my
knowledge and break down
information to be more userfriendly."

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What is SAP APO?

SAP APO stands for Advanced
Planner and Optimizer, which is one
area of SCM and application
component of MySAP product. Its is
designed to provide solutions for
companies in Demand planning,
network design, supply network
planning, production planning and
global available to promise,
transportation and scheduling.

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What is the difference between profit center

accounting and Profitability analysis?
Profit center accounting is basically done
for internal controlling purposes. It lets
you determine the profit and loss using the
cost of sale approach or period accounting
approach. Here you can find the profit
from an "area of responsibility or person"
point of view. This is account based
costing.
Whereas in Profitability analysis, market
segments based on product, customer,
order or any combination of these are
studied to find what the profit is. PA
provides information to the marketing,
sales and planning department so that they
can make decisions. PA has two forms
account based and CO based.
Both these are tools for profit
management, and both are alternative.
They are not same.
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In real time, How listing and exclusion is used ?

Listing and exclusion is used in
chemical and pharma industries for
ex:-Particular customer is not having
a valid license of selling some
chemical/Medicines and he is
ordering the same. in this case listing
and exclusion is useful

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What is the work relation between SAP-MM, SD

and fi/co modules?
SAP is the integration of all the
modules and the topics are very
relevant to each other because
basically its management skillset
group - from manufacturing the
product/goods/services to reaching
the customer. All the transaction
process is depending on sales area,
sales doc, item proposals, shipping,
delivery and billing.

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In SAP-HR, What is the landscape of your

project?
Landscape in SAP consists the
following: 1. IDES = Training Server2.
Development Server* Configuration
(200 client)* Sandbox (210 client)*
Data Change (220 client)3. Quality
Server* Standby (300 client)* Testing
(310 client)4. Production Server* PreProduction (400 client)* Real
Production (500 client)

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What is the role of abapers? What is the Work

Bench?
Abaper is a application programmer
who retrieves the data from the
database and show it to the end-user
with the help of report..out of three
layers of SAP the abaper position is on
Application Layer in which SAP
programs are develop and then
transported to the Production server...
Workbench... The ABAP Workbench
contains several tools that allow you to
edit specific repository objects. like
ABAP Editor , Menu PAinter etc...

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What is difference between business area or cost

centre?
Business area is a place where the
product or the produced components are
valued in group or for the total
transactions carried out, Right from
procurement, production and sales of
goods.
Where as Cost centre is a particular area
where the production or the project is
taken up and expenditure is identified
separately with a separate GL account

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What is the difference between business area

and profit center?
Business area is where the total business
is valuated as a whole
Whereas Profit centre is an area where
the company/work place allows the
outside agency to use its machinery for
external profits (example: A CNC
machine which can run 24 hrs a day is
utilized in our company for 15 hrs and
the balance 9 hrs is let out for addition
to the company's profit) is known as
Profit Centre.

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What is Legacy System Migration Workbench?

How it can be carried out in SAP SD?
LSMW is widely used by EDI
programmers. EDI Programmers
connect the SAP system to Non
SAP system. During this Data
migration is a necessity. When
data migrates from source to
destination the destination code is
different from the source code. So
what LSMW does is * Converts
the data in to batch files* Then
converts the batch files in to
source code batch files * and then
migrates data. Standard Interfaces
like BAPI or Idoc are used in this
process.

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How do you create movement types? What are the

steps involved? When will you recommend a new
movement type?
A movement type can be created using T
code OMJJ. Copying an existing movement
type and modifying the field contents can
create a new movement type.
The SAP system is delivered with some predefined movement types from 100 to 899.
900 onwards can be used for customized
movement types.

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What is meant by access sequence? When it is

used?
Condition type has an access sequence assigned to
it which determines which tables to access for data
and in what sequence. This has a sequence of table
based on the most specific to most generic. It can
be used for any new condition type creation.

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How does the PO pick up the pricing schema?

The pricing procedure assigned to a
vendor has a calculation schema
attached to it. This schema defines
the various conditions prerequisite, calculation & sequence in
the PO. Generally, only one type of
pricing procedure is followed for all
the vendors.

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What is meant by consignment stock?

Consignment stock is the material
which is lying in the premises but is not
owned by the company. It has no value
assigned to it until it is taken into own
stock. Once it is used in production or
to be sold, it is taken into own stock.

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What are the steps involved in consignment

cycle?
Consignment cycle is similar to a
standard purchase cycle. The difference
it that no accounting document is
created at the time of goods receipts
only QTY is updated. It is settled once
the same is utilized.
Tell me about the subcontracting cycle.
When the material is sent for
subcontracting i.e. some value addition,
it is converted into a different material.
It needs a BOM to define the
components of the finished item being
received.

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How are the byproducts taken care of in

subcontracting?
Byproducts can be taken care of by
defining them in the BOM
Tell me about the various movement
types and usage.
101 GR in unrest. use103 GR in
Blocked stock105 Release from
Block to Unrest. use stock.122
Return to vendor from unrest. use
stock.124 Return to vendor from
blocked stock301 - Plant to Plant
tfr.309 Material to Material tfr.311
Tfr. from stg loc to stg loc261 Issue
for consumption.411 Taking
consignment stock into own stock.551
Withdrawal for scrapping.Etc.

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How does the system calculate taxes?

Based on the calculation schema of that
condition and based on access sequence
assigned to it.
What are the cutover activities
performed infinal preparartion phase ?
This activity involves- Master data
upload for objects like customer
masters including partner function
assignment, customer material info,
pricing, outputs and credit masters.
How to create a Purchase Order to a
vendor who got best rating in Price
comparision session (me49).

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How the Price determination process works in

SAP-MM?
Price determination process:Create a
Price schemaAdd a condition type if
requiredAsssign Access sequence to the
condition type.Create a condition table
and specify flds required.Create a cond.
rec. The price schema for the particular
mat. has a cond type. This pricing will
trigger the Price determination process.
Basically the access sequence assigned
to the cond type will search the cond
table to find the particular cond. rec.
and determin the price.

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Top 6 tips for job interview

Tip 1: Do your homework

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You'll likely be asked difficult questions

during the interview. Preparing the list of
likely questions in advance will help you
easily transition from question to question.
Spend time researching the company. Look
at its site to understand its mission statement,
product offerings, and management team. A
few hours spent researching before your
interview can impress the hiring manager
greatly. Read the company's annual report
(often posted on the site), review the
employee's LinkedIn profiles, and search the
company on Google News, to see if they've
been mentioned in the media lately. The
more you know about a company, the more
you'll know how you'll fit in to it.
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Tip 2: First impressions

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When meeting someone for the first time, we

instantaneously make our minds about various aspects of
their personality.
Prepare and plan that first impression long before you
walk in the door. Continue that excellent impression in
the days following, and that job could be yours.
Therefore:
Never arrive late.
Use positive body language and turn on your
charm right from the start.
Switch off your mobile before you step into the
room.
Look fabulous; dress sharp and make sure you look
your best.
Start the interview with a handshake; give a nice
firm press and then some up and down movement.
Determine to establish a rapport with the
interviewer right from the start.
Always let the interviewer finish speaking before
giving your response.
Express yourself fluently with clarity and
precision.
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Tip 3: The Hidden Job Market

Many of us dont recognize that hidden job
market is a huge one and accounts for 2/3
of total job demand from enterprises. This
means that if you know how to exploit a
hidden job market, you can increase your
chance of getting the job up to 300%.
In this section, the author shares his
experience and useful tips to exploit hidden
job market.
Here are some sources to get penetrating
into a hidden job market: Friends; Family;
Ex-coworkers; Referral; HR communities;
Field communities; Social networks such
as Facebook, Twitter; Last recruitment
ads from recruiters; HR emails of potential
recruiters

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Tip 4: Do-It-Yourself Interviewing Practice

There are a number of ways to prepare
for an interview at home without the
help of a professional career counselor
or coach or a fee-based service.
You can practice interviews all by
yourself or recruit friends and family to
assist you.
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Tip 5: Ask questions

Do not leave the interview without
ensuring that you know all that you
want to know about the position. Once
the interview is over, your chance to
have important questions answered has
ended. Asking questions also can show
that you are interested in the job. Be
specific with your questions. Ask about
the company and the industry. Avoid
asking personal questions of the
interviewer and avoid asking questions
pertaining to politics, religion and the
like.
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Tip 6: Follow up and send a thank-you note

Following up after an interview can
help you make a lasting impression and
set you apart from the crowd.
Philip Farina, CPP, a security career
expert at Manta Security Management
Recruiters, says: "Send both an email as
well as a hard-copy thank-you note,
expressing excitement, qualifications
and further interest in the position.
Invite the hiring manager to contact you
for additional information. This is also
an excellent time to send a strategic
follow-up letter of interest."
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