hi everybody my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company past
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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
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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
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