Accountant Interview questions:

Competency tests:

https://www.teststeststests.com/microsoft-office/excel/tests/4-formulas-and-functions/2-copying-form

ulas-cell-references/index.html

https://www.teststeststests.com/microsoft-office/excel/tests/9-working-with-data/7-VLOOKUP-INDEX-

MATCH/results.html

https://www.teststeststests.com/microsoft-office/excel/tests/4-formulas-and-functions/6-nested-IFs-S

UMIFs-COUNTIFs-in-functions-advanced/results.html

https://www.teststeststests.com/microsoft-office/excel/tests/4-formulas-and-functions/7-using-nested-

functions/results.html

Questions:

● What Motivates you, what makes you tick, what’s important to you, and what drains your

energy?

● How would you describe your leadership style and working with subordinates?

● What would previous coworkers and managers say about you?

● What do you know about our company, our competition, and our industry as a whole?

Role-specific questions

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LEVEL

● 3 or 4 most important aspects of financial management?

 ● What are key elements you would be looking at to evaluate how the company is doing?

● What kind of financial reporting would you put in place and why?

● Please name three types of financial statements and describe their purposes.

● Are you comfortable creating and presenting financial reports?

● Are you comfortable making and advising on important financial decisions?

● What has been most significant financial advice you’ve ever given, and what was the outcome?

BOOKKEEPING LEVEL

● What processes would you put in place to ensure the accuracy of accounts?

● Tell me about your experience preparing and managing budgets.

○ What is your ideal process for setting up budgets?

○ What has been the biggest budget you’ve managed to date?

● What is working capital?

● Is a cash flow statement enough to tell whether a company is doing well?

Cashflow

● Can you tell me about a time you had to communicate to executives that an error/loss had occurred?

What happened? What did you learn from this experience?

● Tell me about your experience with risk management.

● How has your previous experience prepared you for this role?

● Are you comfortable working independently and having this level of responsibility? Please explain

why.

● What appeals to you the most about this position?

Operational and Situational questions

● How would you prioritize multiple issues, knowing that you cannot get them all done in

time?
 ● If one of your subordinates made an error, how would you handle it?

Behavioral questions

● Have you ever disagreed with senior management?

● What has been some of the most significant conflict you have had to deal with in your

career and how did things play out?

● Give me an example of a time you creatively solved a problem or came up with a

solution, to ensure goals were met

● Describe a time where you showed initiative regarding a financial matter

● Can you give me an example where you improved the quality/timeliness of the financial

information?

● What is your greatest achievement?

What would you do in the first 3 months of starting in the role of Finance Manager?

How would you deal with conflict within a team between two people?

Tell me about a time when you had to adapt your approach to work in order to complete a task or project?

Describe a time when you had to relay difficult and constructive feedback to a colleague?

Why are you leaving your current job?

What are your salary expectations in the role of Finance Manager?

What hurdles or obstacles have you overcome?

What can you bring to this role that you’re certain other applicants can’t?

What motivates you?