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Accountant

Covers the month-end close, reconciliations, accounting treatment, controls and audit. Suits assistant, qualified and senior accountants. Follow-ups push for the actual entries, the evidence behind a balance and what the candidate does when someone asks them to bend a rule.

Suits: Accountant, Financial accountant, Management accountant, Senior accountant, Assistant accountant

Questions
7 of 17
Length
35 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Junior to Senior
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Technical accounting30%
    • Accuracy and controls25%
    • Close and reporting25%
    • Integrity and communication20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Technical accounting30%
    Applies the right treatment and can explain the entries.
  • Accuracy and controls25%
    Reconciles properly, protects controls and never forces a balance.
  • Close and reporting25%
    Runs an orderly close and audit-ready reporting.
  • Integrity and communication20%
    Holds the line under pressure and explains numbers plainly.
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