Hi All, Many people lost their job due to mass #layoff in companies. Although it is not related to their performance , it does increase competition due to demand and supply of job. Many people pinged me on Linkedin requesting common interview questions not related to any specific technology but in general. I hope these 25 questions will help you in preparing for interviews: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. What is your greatest strength? 3. What is your greatest weakness? 4. Why should we hire you? 5. Why do you want to work here? 6. Tell me about a time you showed leadership. 7. Tell me about a time you were successful on a team. 8. What would your co-workers say about you? 9. Why do you want to leave your current role? ( in case of any role change) 10. Describe Most challenging project. 11. Tell me about something you've accomplished that you are proud of. 12. Can you explain your employment gap? 13. What are your salary expectations? 14. What do you like to do outside of work? 1...

Hi All, In Coupa, there is a Payment Due Date field ( internal id net_due_date) which populate date based on  Invoice Date and Payment Term. This field is visible only on view mode or read only mode in Coupa.   If Payment Due Date field is showing none or blank, check if payment term is selected or not. If payment term is selected, please Days For Net Payment under Payment Term. To go to Payment Terms:    Go to Setup > Financial Setup > Payment Terms> Open Payment Terms causing issue > Net Payment Settings > Enter Days for Net Payment> Save Thanks Abhishek Tripathi     Download Netsuite Guru Android App Follow us on Linkedin Our FB Page

Hi All,   I got overwhelming response for post Can you answer these question . One of my friend Pankaj Ingale suggested 15 more questions related to Netsuite. Here are 15 more Netsuite interview questions: 1. What is Netsuite one World? 2. What is an Elimination subsidiary in Netsuite and what is the use of Elimination subsidiary? 3. What is Inter-company journal entry in NS? 4. What is the difference between Assembly items , Kit Package and Item Group? 5. What is record to report cycle in Netsuite? 6. What is the use of auto generated numbers in NS? 7. What is the GL impacts of following transactions      A- Vendor Bill      B - Invoice      C - Credit Memo 8. What is the use of custom segments in Netsuite? 9. What is blanket purchase order , purchase contract in Netsuite? 10. What is memorized transaction? 11. What is a Amortization? 12. Does account number mandatory on Charts of Accounts? 13. What is the other record f...

Hi All,   Last week, one follower requested me to consolidate few important Netsuite interview questions. Netsuite interviews are usually very easy ( not like Java interviews), you can answer almost all question if you have good understanding of system, business process and good experience in Netsuite. There are cases where during interview process company might ask you questions related to every modules in Netsuite but in actual they might not need your help in every module. They might be using only some modules but they also want to make sure you know all module if they need your help. If you are working in any service based company, you might have experience in most of the modules but in product based company it is different. Some time developer/admin/BSA might be working on revenue side or non revenue side, or you might be developing new product using custom objects and rarely used SO or Warehouse management etc. So before every interview, brush-up you knowledge , revise al...

  Hi All, Salesforce CPQ is very famous but are you aware of Netsuite CPQ? Lets me provide brief description about Netsuite CPQ.    CPQ stands for Cost , Price and Quote. Netsuite CPQ is a customizable bundle which allows user to create customized product quotes based on detailed cost and pricing product information. There are 3 part of CPQ -CPQ Administration -CPQ configuration -Manage CPQ Products and CPQ Guided Selling. Benefits: 1. It eliminates chance of errors. 2. Fast Setup 3. Easy Maintenance 4. Create quotes in Netsuite and real time visible on E-Commerce website. 5. Easily Managed configuration rules 6. Pricing Logic 7. Guided selling Thanks Netsuite Guru       Download Netsuite Guru Android App Follow us on Linkedin Our FB Page

Hi All, In this post, we are going to talk about User Access Review in Netsuite. Our main focus will be what is UAR, why it is important and how to do it.  What is  A user access review is part of user account management and user control process which involved periodically review of access to confirm if employees, contractors and third party tools has proper rights/role. Purpose of user access review is to minimize data breach by limiting access to data and information. Why it is important to do UAR?  - help company to minimize leak of sensitive data by reviewing access periodically  - employee or ex-employee will not have privilege to access data out of their role and responsibilities.  - limit fraudulent activity involves an account with elevated privileges  - help company to release some licenses in case of role change or update of role  - for public listed companies UAR is important for sox purpose due to above reasons  - Important IT complian...

Hi All, As a student of business, Marketing and its core concepts are very important. Do you know core concepts of marketing? Lets discuss in brief.  1. Needs, Wants, and Demands     Needs are the basic human requirement like air water and food. These needs become want when directed to specific object that might satisfy the need. Demands are wants for specific product backed by an ability to pay. 2. Target Markets, Positioning, and Segmentation     Target markets can be a restaurants, movie theater, school, college , household etc. Market can be  based on demographic, psycho-graphic or behavioral.  he firms develops a market offering that it positions in target buyer's mind as delivering some key benefits. 3. Offerings and Brands     Companies through their product try to offer value. The intangible value proposition is made physical by an offering, which can be in form of services, products , information or experiences. A ...

Hi , To be a marketer, You need to understand what marketing is, how it works, who does it and what is marketed. What is Marketing? Marketing is about identifying and meeting human and social needs. One of the shortest good definitions of marketing is "meeting needs profitably". Marketing is the activities, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communication, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. What is Marketed?  Marketers market 10 main type of entities: goods, services, events, experiences, persons, places, properties, organizations, information, and ideas. Goods : physical goods constitute the bulk of most countries production and marketing efforts. Services : Services are the non-physical, intangible parts of our economy, as opposed to goods, which we can touch or handle. Events : Marketers promote time-based events, such as major trade shows, artistic performances, and company anniver...

Hi, Marketing is very important aspect of any business.Without marketing, it is very hard to increase revenue of any company. We do marketing to influence consumer behaviors but do you know what influences customer behaviors?  Consumer behavior is the study of how individual, groups, and organization select, buy, use, and dispose of goods, services, ideas, or experiences to satisfy their needs and wants. A cusomer's behaviors is influenced by : 1. Cultural factors: 2. Social Factors 3.Personal Factors  Do you agree with this? Comment below. Thanks Netsuite Guru   Download Netsuite Guru Android App Follow us on Linkedin Our FB Page

Hi,  Have you ever wonder how to find information related to billing? Netsuite provide all details under Billing Information page.  To access got to Setup > Company > View Billing Information  Billing information will provide you details about Product, Anniversary Date, Service Tier, Billable components, Add-on Modules, Add on Bundles, Provisioning History and Component Usage. Billable Components: Billable components contains list of components, current provisioned qty and current used qty. If you are not subscribed to any component, value under current provisioned qty will be 0. Add-On Modules: There are three type of header 1. Enabled, 2. Name, 3.Description, You can see all enabled add on modules here. if any module is enabled, you can see Yes under enabled option. Add On Bundles: This list all provided by Netsuite (ex: Fixed asset if Netsuite's Bundle).  Provisioning History: This list provide commutative quantity for each component. Component Usage: Th...

Hi There, In Netsuite, there are many features unknown to users. One feature is traffic health. Netsuite traffic page health help you in evaluating live incoming traffic data for Netsuite account. Based on the data, company can evaluate/understand changes required for Oracle Netsuite infrastructure.   To access go to setup > Company > Traffic Health.  You can see below options under Traffic Health features: 1. Netsuite UI: host, URL path, query string, referrer, response code and count. 2. Soap Web Services:     Host, Source IP, User Agent, URL Path, Authentication method, identity, response code and count. 3. Restlets: Host, Source IP, User Agent, Query String, Identity, Response Code and Count 4. External Suitelets: Host, Source IP, User Agent, Query String, Response Code and count 5.External Forms: Host, URL Path, Query String, referrer, response code and count. 6. Commerce: Host, URL Path, Query String, Referrer, response code and count 7.Inbo...

Hi, You might work under many managers, you might be influence by many qualities of your managers.A good manager is one who not only grow team, help company but also who can make path for his team members. Most manager ignore this and try not to change structure as much as possible. This can help in delivering task on time but can increase frustration among team member.   Making path does not mean to promote every one every year but working on what he/she can do or understanding potential of any employee and utilize it or helping employee in their shortcomings.  Making proper path is only possible if you have a good team, avoid over hiring/firing, understanding what your team can achieve over a period of time.      Thanks Netsuite Guru     Download Netsuite Guru Android App Follow us on Linkedin Our FB Page

Hi,  Do you know what are the mistakes managers make? Let’s discuss some mistakes which are known and can be corrected if practiced well.  1. Not establishing a great enough sense of urgency  2. Not creating a powerful enough coalition 3. Lack of vision 4. Not communicating vision properly 5. Not removing obstacles to the new vision 6. No systematic planning and not milestone(or small wins) 7. Declaring victory too early 8. Not implementing changes in the corporation culture.  Do you agree with these? Comment below your thoughts. Thanks Netsuite Guru Download Netsuite Guru Android App Follow us on Linkedin Our FB Page

Hi All, Suppose there is some issue, you are responsible to diagnose the problem and provide report to top management. Which approach you should consider? There are many models but in this post we are going to focus on focus model. This model helps us in understanding issue, discussion, gather all ideas and summarise before solving it. FOCUS MODEL: F – Find out what the problem/issue is?          F stands for finding real issue. We can not fix any issue until we don’t understand it. O –Obtain appropriate information relative to the issue.          O stands for obtaining all proper information related to the issue.We might get a lot of information       during finding issue but we have to scrap all non related information. C – Communicate effectively during information gathering           C stands for communication during information gather. As your task is find issue and fix it, yo...

Hi All, I am getting many comments regarding planing what works. Although I am not expert but here is what I found as perfect strategy. 1. Set Goals :           Always set your goal while planning.  2. Develop commitment:          Everyone who is involved should be committed toward that goal. 3. Develop Effective action plans:          Once you have goal and commitment, develop action plans. If more than one person are there, divide action plans. 4. Track progress towards goal achievement:          Track your (or team’s) progress at certain period of time or based on goal. You can even create milestones for the goal. 5. Maintain flexibility:          There will be always some challenges in achieving the goal, be flexible in revisiting or discussing plans again. Using these five points, you can either revise your existing plans or you can even use this fo...

Hi All, As a manager or even as a team member, you can see issue and want to make decision. There is basic model of ethical decision making which can help you in making decision easier. Steps: 1. Identify the problem:          What makes it as ethical problem? Think in terms of rights, obligations, fairness, relationships etc.           How would you define problem if you stood other side of the fence. Consider both sides. 2. Identify the constituents:          Who has been hurts? Who could be hurt? Who could be helped? Are they willing players or victims?          Can we negotiate with them? 3. Diagnose the situation:          How did it happens in the first place? What could have prevented it? Is it going to be worse or become better? Can the damage now be undone? 4. Analyse your options:          Image range of possibilities. Limit...

Hi All, Culture in any organisation is very important, companies always try to maintain the culture they believe in. Primary source of organizational culture is the company founder. Organization culture is sustained by organizational stories and organizational heroes. This is why most companies reward their employees. Keys to an organizational that encourage success: Adaptability  Employee Involvement  Clear Mission Consistency  Three levels of Organizational Culture: 1. SEEN: This is also called as surface level. This includes symbolic artefacts such as dress codes, workers and managers behaviours etc. 2. HEARD: This is also known as expressed values and beliefs.This includes what people say, how decisions are made and explained etc.  3. BELIEVED: This is also know as unconscious assumption and beliefs. This includes widely shared assumptions and beliefs, buried deep below surface, rarely discussed and thought.  How to change Organizational Culture? Behaviou...

Hi All, In your day to life as well as in professional life, you might heard about productivity slots. Do you know how to measure productivity and why it is important? Let’s discuss this in detail. Why Productivity is important? For Companies:      Higher productivity results in lower costs, lower prices, faster service, higher market share, higher profits.  For Countries:      Higher standard of living, increased wages, more charitable giving. For Individuals:     Getting more things done, might result in quality of life, work life balance. How to measure productivity?     There are many ways to measure productivity, we are discussing based on measurable input and output cost.     Partial Productive =  Outputs / (Single Kind of Inputs)      Multi-factor Productivity= Outputs / (Labour + Capital + Materials + Energy)  Measuring Companies productivity is easy as we know inputs and outputs, Measuring...

Hi All, We communicate with others in different means as verbal or writing , sign language and now a days emoji’s also. While communicating you should always know learning style of other person or in other ways you know know your audience. If you know your audience or person with whom you are communicating , you can pass your message easily and clearly. There are 4 type of learning styles: 1. The Tortoise      Person who likes a strong theoretical basis. 2. The Philosopher     Person who  learns from practical evidence. 3. The Hare     Person w ho prefers to learn from hands-on experience. 4. The Entrepreneur     Person w ho is not interested in anything but the bare facts. There is no good or bad here but different kind of styles. If you know you boss style and adapt to that style, you can become best employee for that person.  Let’s go deep into details:   The Tortoise:          They have slow and int...

Hi All, We often develop solutions in sandbox and deploy it to production. This solution can be anything like customization, scripts, workflows, custom objects, custom fields, custom scripts, saved search, report etc.  Do you know how many ways you can deploy from sandbox to production? 1. Simple Checklist: Checklist is simple document which contains detail about customization. Use proper heading to define customization type. Explain about each customization properly and if needed add screenshots.Use this format for reference.  2. Using Bundle: You can create bundle , include all objects and save bundle. Once saved, go to availability of bundle , click on shared , enter account id and save. Your bundle is ready to install. However Netsuite is going to stop bundle update soon. Bundling customization also has a challenge. if your work reference to any customization which is already in production, bundle install will try to install that again, there are 2 option either replace o...