Freshly certified accounting graduates when asked by the interviewer “Are there any questions you want to inquire?” generally respond with “What are my duties and responsibilities”

Be careful. Some interviewers intentionally do not mention something about duties and responsibilities to check the reaction of the candidates. Those much less assured will display on the face.

I generally respond to the candidate “You’re fortunate I am the interviewer and I am accountant by training. So I can tell you what are the duties and responsibilities of an Accountant… but what if I am the boss. I do not know something about accounting. A friend I know just asked me to get an Accountant as my business is growing. Now should’nt you tell me what the Accountant is meant to do. Is not it a profession? Did not they educate you stuff like that in business school. Picture if our company is hiring an in-house physician and the candidate asks “What is a physician suppose to do?”.

An additional favourite question by candidates to the interviewer “Are your accounts uptodate?”

I solution swiftly “No. They are quite backlogged and damn messy”. And view the reaction on the candidate’s face. Some display disinterest and some insecure. And then I include “if our accounts are so beautiful and uptodate we don’t require an Accountant do we?”

Candidates ought to just discover to pay attention carefully and spot any possible problems given absent by the interviewer during the interview. If there are, phrase your question carefully about the problem spotted and inquire this during the open session.

Do not believe about problems you might have heard, read about or what ever from someplace and inquire the interviewer. Just remember, after two or 3 years you perhaps the 1 sitting on the other end. Believe about what you like in a candidate during an interview.

James NK Khoo is the owner of Qwenkay Information http://www.qwenkay.com a company providing accounting and content material management methods software assistance. He is also the publisher for Go Uncle Web http://www.gouncleweb.com, a sensible online business and web oriented guide. James has been in the commercial and industrial sector for many years.

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