Situational Questions
Posted by Administrator on Jan 30, 2009
Your interviewer would more or less be sure to present you with situational questions that will check for your accounting problem solving skills. If you happen to have little or no experience in a presented question, say so and the interviewer may present you with a different question. If not, answer best you can for if you know your job, as we said, accounting is a very technical field which typically has the same principles that vary with their application. Questions regarding your job experience would also bring out your weak points so give all answers as accurate as possible. Never and we do mean never guess, for the one interviewing you may also be an accountant. For procedural questions, they would challenge your mastery of your skills in preparing spreadsheets, balance sheets and other information sets where you base your analysis of the cash flow presented. Your results may be challenged for real on-paper testing which they can choose to give you to see if you have the necessary skills for information presentation and analysis.
ビジネスのイメージ
Posted by Administrator on Dec 26, 2008
イラスト提供: hreoc.gov.au
ビジネスは、全くゲームのようなものです。 殆どスポーツと戦争の中間のようなものです。 戦略は戦場、またはスポーツで勝つ事ができるよう使う必要がありますよね。 そして、どんなスポーツをするにおいても、最高の装備で臨む必要があります。なぜなら、公平なチャンス、または競争相手よりむしろより多くの利点を持つ事ができるからです。 ビジネスでよくあるように、きびきびとしたビジネスのイメージが必要です。 それは、あなたが望む仕事やそれに伴うメリットを得る手助けをします。 人生の中で我々がコントロール出来ないことがあるというのは、避けがたい事実ですが、 我々の外見、イメージは正にコントロール出来るものです。 このヒントの罠を避けなければなりません。 あなたのイメージを重視してみて下さい。
魅力的であること。ビジネスライクに、同時にスタイリッシュな外見が必要です。 よくコーディネートされた服装をして下さい。
持っている洋服を識別して下さい。ビジネス趣向のもを、カジュアルなものから分けて下さい。 最低3着の、直ぐ着れてプレスされたスーツを保管して下さい。
仕立ての良いジャケットは、あなたの防護具です。 長袖が必要です。 ソックス、またはメリヤス靴下を履いて下さい。 これは交渉の余地はありません。
靴は、ただ履くだけの物ではありません。 それは、あなたが誰でどういう人間であるかということを、明確に表示します。 きれいに磨き、最高の状態であることを確認して下さい。
Accountancy Training
Posted by Administrator on Nov 26, 2008
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The training ground for an accounting career greatly varies. Sometimes, a degree in accountancy is not needed to be able to land the accounting job. Usually, accountants are evaluated with their length of work experience. Some accounting pre requisites include basic computer lessons in relatively general applications so they can be trained to use these programs which they will greatly use when involved in an accounting job or some related field. Computer classes often need to work with spreadsheets and some accounting softwares like Microsoft Excel and QuickBooks. Microsoft Word is the basic application you should be able to handle comfortably. Essentially, what an accountant needs after this is the aptitude for numbers.
応募者に何を求めるか
Posted by Administrator on Nov 14, 2008
イメージ提供: talentpen.com
応募者の面接は非常に苦労します。 会計士を探しているときは特に厳しいです。これらのポジションは正確さと見識を要求するものです。実用的な知識です。面接者のための、応募者を絞り込むいくつかの役に立つ情報があります。
応募者の何を見るべきか
- 誠実さ…..もし応募者が要求もしていないライバルの機密情報を提供すれば、あなたに対して同じ事をすると言えるでしょう。
- 正確さ…会計士はいつも正確でなければならない。 もし、面接中に彼が論理破滅しているようであれば、彼がこの仕事に向かないというサインかもしれません。
- どのようにダメージコントロールするか知っている… 問題はどんなビジネスでも仕事でも日毎に起こります。 大声でわめき出す人ではなく、よく考え、素早く問題を解決しする人が必要です。
- ポジティブな考え… ポジティブに考える人は、ほとんどの場合、最良の方法を見つけます。
- Integrity… If an applicant shares unsolicited private information about a competitor they have worked for, you can be sure he’s going to do the same to you.
- Detail Oriented… Accountants need to be accurate. If you can particularly tell that a person seems disorganized during his interview, that’s a good sign he may be wrong person for the job.
- Knows how to Damage Control… Problems come and go on a daily basis in any business or job. You want a somebody thinks well, fast and solves problems rather than rant about it.
- Positive Outlook… People who thinks positive almost always come up with the best solutions.
- DO come on early
- DO fill out forms completely
- DO pronounce the interviewers last name correctly
- DO show enthusiasm
- DO wait to be told to be seated
- DO listen carefully
- DO ask for a job description
- DO communicate sincerity
- DONT simply answer yes or no
- DONT pretend to understand
- DONT rely on your resume
- DONT make negative comments
- DONT over answer
- DONT ask about salary and benefits during initial interview
What to look for in an Applicant
Posted by Administrator on Sep 29, 2008
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Interviewing applicants are very difficult. Most especially when you’re looking for accountants. These are job positions that require precision and wisdom. Practical wisdom, that is. Some tips for the interviewer might help you narrow down the potential employee to a numbered few.
What you should look for in an applicant:
Accounting Job Search Secrets
Posted by Administrator on Jul 5, 2008
The accounting job market is not a level playing field and you may find it hard to land those rewarding accounting positions in top corporations unless you know what to do and how to go about it. There are numerous executive accountants who became successful not just because of their educational attainment and experience but they used job searching techniques.
The Accounting Job Search program will help you to apply some of those techniques to give you a shot at landing that profitable accounting position. This program is not based on your education or experienced but on what the market demands.
Dos and Donts
Posted by Administrator on Jun 3, 2008
So you have been invited by your chosen company to come for a job interview, will this be your big career move or are you going to throw it all down the drain? Here are some dos and donts to guide you:
Here are some donts to remember:
Accounting Job Interview Sample Questions (Part 3 of 3)
Posted by editor on May 30, 2008
by Chubs
General Ledger
1. Kindly share your experience with general ledger.
2. Explain the seven basic categories used in general ledger.
Payroll
1. Can you tell us about your experience in payroll?
2. Using the Internal Revenue Service rules, what criteria differentiate a consultant from an employee?
3. Have you experienced any disputes in handling payroll? How were you able to manage this conflict?
4. Were there any particular methods you used to ensure fewer discrepancies in managing payrolls?
Supervisory
1. Share any supervisory experience you had in an accounting department.
2. Did you ever use cost-cutting measures to resolve any problem within your department?
3. How were you able to monitor the performance of your department?
Accounting Job Interview Sample Questions (Part 2 of 3)
Posted by editor on May 26, 2008
by Chubs
Cashier
1. Can you tell something about your experience as a cashier?
2. Have you encountered any disputes during this experience? If you did, how were you able to resolve the issue?
Cost Accounting
1. Can you share with us your experience in cost accounting?
2. What are the methods you used to allocate support costs? How were they effective as methods?
3. Explain the purpose of a chargeback and name the proponents of an effective chargeback.
4. Have you experienced implementing or administering a chargeback system?
5. Define fixed costs, variable costs, and marginal costs.
Fixed Assets
1. Kindly describe any experience you had in fixed assets accounting.
2. What is depreciation? What are the ways used to calculate depreciation?
Accounting Job Interview Sample Questions (Part 1 of 3)
Posted by editor on May 23, 2008
by Chubs
It is always better if you have an idea of what questions will an interviewer typically ask an applicant for an accounting job. Here are some basic accounting job interview questions which are categorized according to specific fields:
Accounts Payable
1. Can you tell something about your experience in accounts payable?
2. How many invoices have you managed on a weekly/monthly basis?
3. What are the necessary steps you would consider before approving an invoice for payment?
4. What kind of information do you require before you approve an invoice for payment?
5. Have you experienced handling any invoice discrepancy? If so, how did you resolve the discrepancy?
6. Have you experienced getting involved in an invoice dispute? How did you manage the issue?
7. Can you tell the difference between billable and non-billable expenses?
Accounts Receivable
1. Can you share your experience in collections?
2. Let’s say you’re in a situation wherein you were asked to prepare a bill for services, what information do you think should be indicated in the bill?
Audit
1. Share your experience in performing audits.