ACCOUNTING/ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Interview Questions & Answers

hi everybody my name is Richard McMunn from the interview training company past my interview calm and in this tutorial I'm going to teach you how to pass your accounting interview and in particular I'm going to give you a unique set of interview questions to prepare for and also sample answers so please stick around from beginning to end because I promise you this tutorial is really going to help now before I get into the sample questions and answers a very warm welcome to this tutorial my name is Richard McMunn that is me there on the right hand side and I've been helping people for over 20 years now to pass their interviews and in particular in this video I'm going to cover the accounting interview and give you specific questions and unique answers so you can't get these answers anywhere else apart from this video so like I say watch it from beginning to end because I feel it's really going to benefit you also don't forget to subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on any of the future video updates by clicking the red button below the video if you enjoy the content of my teaching I would very much appreciate it if you gave the video alike okay let's get straight into the tutorial so question one of your accounting interview what skills qualities and attributes do you have that are a match for this accounting role so in order to answer this successfully we need to know the types of skills and qualities that are required to perform this job diligently and professionally and I believe the answer that's about to come your way is the perfect response to this question so let's get straight into it what skills qualities and attributes do you have that are a match for this accounting role here we go I have studied the job description in detail and I feel confident I have the right skills qualities and experience to perform the role to a very high standard to begin with I'm totally customer and client focused and I understand how important it is to do a great job for your clients as the success of your business depends on them I also have excellent attention to detail and I will not make mistakes if I do make a mistake I will always hold my hand up I will admit the error and I will look to learn from it so that it doesn't happen again I can also be trusted with confidential client based information will always act positively when representing your company now finally apart from being a great team worker I can also work alone unsupervised and I will always work hard to meet deadlines and do my job with the utmost diligence and professionalism now I'm sure you'll agree that is a great answer it gets you off on the right foot on your accounting interview now if you'd like a copy of these answers please do stick around because at some stage I will tell you where you can get access to them and then you can use them during your preparation for your accounting interview next question how would you handle repetitive and monotonous tasks now if you are going to work in an accounting role then you have to handle repetitive tasks and monotonous ones and is how you deal with them that is important so here is my suggested answer to that question I feel that repetitive and monotonous tasks are one of the most important aspects of accounting roles therefore you have to handle them with professionalism consistency and have great attention to detail I would always have at the forefront of my mind that this is the time you are most likely to become complacent and therefore make mistakes which you can't do I would make sure my mind was clear and there were no distractions and I would always cross-check this type of work to make sure what I was doing was consistently accurate finally I would always have a positive mindset when dealing with repetitive tasks and I would view them as an essential part of my job if it wasn't for the repetitive and monotonous tasks so I basically wouldn't have a job so I would actually be grateful for them so that's another strong answer to one of the accounting interview questions let's take a look at another one for you describe a time when you made a mistake at work so the important thing here is honesty you put your hand up when you've made a mistake you know you admit your error you put it right and then you look to improve so it doesn't happen again so here's my sample response to the interview question describe a time when you made a mistake at work here we go to be truthful I very rarely make mistakes at work however there was one particular time in my early days whilst working in an admin role where I did make a mistake that affected the team I'd fail to spot an error in an important document that was due to be published to follow there and thankfully another member of the team spotted a I felt really bad as I had let my work colleagues down I immediately put my hand up apologized and I informed my line manager of the mistake I've made I then said about making improvements to the way I work to prevent it from happening again I'm pleased to say I've never made the same mistakes since if you ever make a mistake I believe it's very important to own up be honest apologize put it right and then make improvements so it never happens again so if you were interviewing someone you ask them that question and they came back with that response I would imagine you would be impressed I would be because they are demonstrating integrity honesty and they are looking to continually improve so the danger without that type of interview question is that you can you know you can run the risk of saying I never ever make any mistakes we all do but it's what you do that's important and that's what that question is trying to assess okay next question how would you deal with an irate client or customer so if you are gonna work in an accounting role then you are going to have to deal with irate clients and customers so I believe this is the perfect answer to that question how would you deal with an irate client or customer here we go in a previous admin related role I was required to often deal with difficult and irate customers and it didn't deter me at all from doing my job properly now the important thing to remember in accounting roles is that the client often gets confused or frustrated you should never take it personally and you should also have the maturity and the skills to either defuse a situation or provide them with some suitable information that will help them see things more positively whenever dealing with difficult or irate clients you have to remember they are paying for a service and whilst this does not mean you have to take abuse you should not take their comments personally and you have to focus on the job in hand I believe if you build positive relationships with clients they are less likely to become irate so that's a strong answer to that question let's take a look at Neville tell me about a time when you showed extraordinary attention to details or gain in accounting roles you have to have really good attention to detail let's have a look at the answer to this question only a few months ago I was assigned to work on a data collection task whereby I had to work through one 180 pages of a full sheets of paper to locate just two lines of information and these were needed by my line manager for an important time-sensitive project I had to meticulously work through the sheets hand by hand until I located the information of course I couldn't make a mistake and the sheets had to be checked carefully to save having to go back over them a second time after six days of checking I finally found the information that was needed much the relief of my manager I believe attention to detail is one of my strong points and I can be relied upon to carry out this type of work professionally and diligently okay now I hope you've enjoyed those questions and answers if you would like some more I'm gonna give you free access to my online interview training course if you click the link below the video or go to the website pass my interview calm it will take you to this website which is the one that I own it's got over 550 positive Trustpilot reviews I'm very passionate about helping people and pass their interviews and you can get free 30-days access to my free online interview training course where you can get these answers to the questions that I've just given you and also over 50 more interview training modules so I promise you if you get access to that the chances of increasing you know successfully passing your interview are gonna increase dramatically guys I hope you've enjoyed that tutorial and let me know what you think of it in the comment section below the video if you want to connect with me on LinkedIn I've got my LinkedIn connection in the dish sorry in the description below as well so say hi through LinkedIn thank you very much for watching watching and I wish you all our very best in your pursuit to passing your accounting interview thank you very much

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Length: 8min 17sec (497 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 15 2019