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Job Interview Tips for Accountants

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Accounting Courses Data Analysis Courses Capital Budgeting Courses Financial Analysis Courses Financial Statements Courses Financial Reporting Courses Business Communication Courses Accounts Receivables Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn interview tips for accountants from a seasoned financial professional.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Overview of accounting roles
1. What do you consider the essential skills of an accountant to add value to an organization?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
2. How would you explain finance data or an accounting process to someone in a nonfinancial role?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
3. When you buy equipment for a company, what is the impact on the three financial statements?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
4. How would you evaluate whether to invest in a major piece of equipment?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
5. For several months, the receivables turnover ratio has decreased. How would you resolve this?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
6. A manager has been expensing transactions that you would have capitalized. Why is this relevant?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
7. Evaluate a project that takes two years to complete and offers five to eight years of profits.
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
8. How would you help leaders evaluate an initiative to see if it can deliver positive results?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
9. How do you define big data? Why is it important for accounting teams to have expertise in it?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback
10. Tell me about a time you made an accounting error. How did you handle it?
  • How to approach this question
  • Candidate answer and feedback

Taught by

Ajay Pangarkar

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