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Accountant Interview
Review the description for an
Accountant position. The
underlined keywords are either key job responsibilities/qualifications
or Interview Question Key Words© with links to possible interview questions.
Description: This
position is assigned to the benefits delivery team responsible for
health care and medical benefits. Responsibilities include:
evaluate and develop necessary controllership processes; reconcile
claims information; intra-company billing of health care claims to the
business organizations; accounting projects to
increase data
accuracy, efficiency and reduce costs.
Qualifications required include a
four year
degree in accounting or equivalent experience; experience in account
reconciliation preparation and analysis; project leadership
skills; interpersonal and communications skills; work
effectively with diverse business organizations; resourcefulness,
flexibility, creativity,
team focus; personal computer
skills.
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Search for current
trends and subject areas for your Accountant interview:
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Sarbanes
Oxley
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cost measurement and
pricing
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Federal Taxation
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internal control
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auditing
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financial accounting
and reporting
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corporate financial
management
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AICPA
Practice Accountant Interview
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Take me through your resume.
Tips on your interview opening.
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If we were to call your current
supervisor, in which area of accounting would he or she say is your
strongest?
Follow-up:
Which area would he or she say is your weakest?
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What unique skills or knowledge can you
contribute to our company?
What makes you unique? What sets you apart from the other
candidates? Industry specific experience? Depth or
breadth of experience? Accomplishments?
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What additional training or experience
will we need to provide you with in order to perform the duties of
this position?
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Tell me about your experience in
reconciliation.
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When do you plan on attaining your
CPA?
Follow-up:
What steps will you take to prepare yourself?
Be specific. Saying that you've been "thinking about
it" won't get you the job.
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Give us an example of how you have used
your creativity to solve a problem on the job.
Provide an example that is related to the job that you're
interviewing for.
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Tell us about any accounting process
that you've either developed or revised.
Provide an example that is related to the job that you're
interviewing for.
Follow-up: How would you
evaluate the effectiveness of your work? Provide
quantitative measures.
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Why have you chosen a career in
Accounting?
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What aspect of accounting do you dislike
the most?
If the Accountant position that you are seeking is in audit,
don't use audit as the aspect that you dislike the most. The aspect of accounting that you dislike the most
should be unrelated to the job that you are interviewing for.
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What salary are you seeking?
How does your experience and qualifications match up to the
job? Do you know how much other companies are paying?
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Do you have anything to add?
Tips on your interview closing.
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