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Accounting interview questions

A/ General accountant interview questions

1. Tell me about your self?


2. If we were to call your current supervisor, in which area of accounting would he or she
say is your strongest? Which area would he or she say is your weakest?
3. What unique skills or knowledge can you contribute to our company?
4. What additional training or experience will we need to provide you with in order to
perform the duties of this position?
5. Tell us about any accounting process that you’ve either developed or revised. How
would you evaluate the effectiveness of your work?

B/ Accounts payable interview questions

1. Tell us about an invoice dispute that you were involved in and what your role was in
resolving the dispute.
2. Tell us about your experience in accounts payable.
3. What is the difference between billable and non-billable expenses?
4. How many invoices have you handled on a monthly basis?
5. What steps would you take before approving an invoice for payment?

C/ Accounts receivable interview questions

1. To what extent were you involved in collections?


2. What are the strategies to be followed for preparing Accounts receivable?
3. How debtors play its role in Accounts receivable?
4. Who is responsible for maintaining the Accounts receivable in an organization?
5. You’ve been asked to prepare a bill for services. What information should be included
in the bill?

D/ Audit interview questions

1. Tell us about your experience in conducting audits.


2. How many methods to conduct an audit?
3. What are principles of audit?
4. What are the different types of internal audit?
5. What is the difference between an internal audit and the annual external audit?
E/ Fixed Assets interview questions

1. What experience have you had in fixed assets accounting?


2. What are the various means of calculating depreciation?
Payroll interview questions
1. Based on Internal Revenue Service rules, what criteria distinguish a consultant from an
employee?
2. What experience have you had in payroll?
3. What are the activities present in payroll task?
4. What is Payroll Disbursements Journal?
5. What are the steps in Payroll Management?

F/ Supervisory interview questions

1. How might quality problems manifest themselves in an accounting department?


2. What cost-cutting measures have you implemented?
3. Which accounting systems are you familiar with?
4. Identify some important steps to take during the conversion of an accounting system.
5. What percentage of discounts lost did you have in Accounts Payable? Did the
percentage increase or decrease under your supervision?

G/ Budget interview questions

1. You’ve been asked to reduce the budget by 8%. What criteria will you use in
identifying the budget reductions?
2. How can you create Budgets for daily pods?
3. Can u explain me the flow in General ledger?

H/ Costing management interview questions

1. What is the difference between Expenses & Expenditure?


2. Tell us about your experience in cost accounting.
3. Describe some of the methods used to allocate support costs.
4. What is charge back?
5. What is the purpose of charge back?

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