Junior Accountant Job Duties: Maintains financial records for subsidiary companies by

analyzing balance sheets and general ledger accounts. Reconciles general and subsidiary bank
accounts by gathering and balancing information. ... Accomplishes accounting and
organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Junior Accountant Job Duties:

Maintains financial records for subsidiary companies by analyzing balance

sheets and general ledger accounts.

Reconciles general and subsidiary bank accounts by gathering and balancing

information.

Provides financial status information by preparing special reports; completing

special projects.

Corrects errors by posting adjusting journal entries.

Maintains general ledger accounts by reconciling accounts receivable detail and

control accounts; adjusting entries for amortizations prepaids; analyzing and
reconciling retainage and accounts payable ledgers; preparing fixed asset
depreciation and accruals.

Secures financial information by completing database backups; keeping

information confidential.

Maintains accounting controls by following policies and procedures; complying

with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements.

Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading

professional publications.

Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results

as needed.

Junior Accountant Interview QuestionsGo Back

1. Would you be available to work extra hours if needed?
2. What have you done recently to become a better Junior Accountant?
3. What are your greatest strengths?
4. Why do you want to work for our company?
 5. Why are you the best candidate for us?
6. What are your career goals as a Junior Accountant?
7. Are you efficient with your time?
8. How have you monitored the regulations that affect your accounting
position?
9. Tell me about your math skills.
10. What are your greatest weaknesses?
11. How do you minimize the risk of errors in your work?
12. What do you know about our company?
13. Why did you choose to pursue a career as an accountant?
14. Tell me about a suggestion or successful contribution you have
made in your past job or in college?
15. Tell me about your computer skills.
16. What type of schedule are you looking to work?
17. What position in a team environment, do you normally take?
18. Describe a situation in which you received instructions with which
you disagreed.
19. How do you handle stressful situations?
20. What have you done at your present/last company to increase
revenues, reduce costs, or save time?
21. Do you work well under pressure?
22. What are the most challenging aspects of your work?
23. Take me through your latest budget preparation.
24. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
25. Tell me how you reacted when someone elses errors were impacting
negatively on your job.
26. What has been the most significant decision you made at work this
year?
27. How have you managed potential payment problems with your
customers?
28. How did you maintain confidentiality when managing information?
29. Describe a time when you helped reduce costs.
30. What makes you a great fit for this position?
31. Do you have previous experience as an accountant?
What have you done recently to become a better Junior Accountant?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
My studies have contributed in me becoming a better junior and also through
my eagerness to learn from seniors.

2.
I went through tutorial on Excel and Quickbooks software.

3.
Am working towards CFA designation.

4.
Try to find a course in acccountancy.

5.
I'm a fresher so wish to work.

View all Answers

Next Interview Question

Question
3 of 31
What are your greatest strengths?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
My strength is almighty god and parents.

2.
Passion for accounting, and I remember Stuff, so can gather information.

3.
Perfectionist, good mood, friendly,

4.
Being accurate and good time management.

5.
Organized, learn fast, interested in about everything, independent and team
player,

View all Answers

Question
4 of 31
Why do you want to work for our company?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Your company is reputable company as per the source I had searached.

2.
Because your company is growing day by day and good work atmosphere.

3.
Everyone want to work with reputed company like you. As well as my ultimate
aim is to work with you because you are the top company.

4.
I want to be part of the team who will help the company to get to the new level
and reach their goals.
 5.
I believe there is potential of growth in this company, so I want to grow
professionally .

View all Answers

Question
5 of 31
Why are you the best candidate for us?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I would not say that I am your best choice however I am one of the best
candidates and I guess the portfolio my mine fits to the responsibilities of the
job specified.

2.
Because I am honest, Ill never cheat with my work, or to any malpractices.

3.
I want to go further in accountancy and this will provide me a good good
opportunity.

4.
I am hard working, can work with no supervision, can work independently and
with a team without any issues or problems. Can multitask and punctuality is
very important to me.

5.
I am very eager to learn, very communicate, dedicated to work and I am a
result-oriented worker.

View all Answers

Question
6 of 31
What are your career goals as a Junior Accountant?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
My goal what I am do I doing right.

2.
To be efficient and good in every work I encounter.

3.
As junior accountant my short term goal is to get job in reputed company and
long term goal to get respectful position in accounts department of that
company.

4.
My target has to attain the blue chip company.

5.
I would like to grow with the company and apply for higher level if required by
the company.

View all Answers

Question
7 of 31
Are you efficient with your time?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Yes I am efficient. I have done an addon course while I was studying the
college apart from the college hours. I have the experience of managing the
time both officially and personally.
 2.
Not that much.. But Ill try to.

3.
Yes I m very punctual regarding my duty hours.

4.
Depends how many times I spent for the works.

5.
I am efficient with my time, Although I am a perfectionist.

View all Answers

Question
8 of 31
How have you monitored the regulations that affect your accounting
position?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
By keeping their records.

2.
I always take a look at this matters.

3.
I personally think that regulation should be mandatory because everyone
should get as much as he/ she deserves. The regulation helps to maintain a
honest policy in and around. Being up to date helps us to maintain the same
rapo.
 4.
I personally think that regulation should be mandatory because everyone
should get as much as he/ she deserves. The regulation helps to maintain a
honest policy in and around. Being up to date helps us to maintain the same
rapo.

5.
I try to stay up to date with the new regulations. I am.

View all Answers

Question
9 of 31
Tell me about your math skills.

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Till 10th my math was very good. But now it is not as good as then.

2.
My accounting is good i have grip on bodmas rule quardetic equations
eliminations addition and subtractions.

3.
I have done debt collection and invoicing which is the core of this post.

4.
I got an A+ in my university studies.

5.
I love maths, its really challenging, I believe its something everybody should
love, I love identifying differences and solving them.
View all Answers
Question
10 of 31
What are your greatest weaknesses?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Self critic as I m much concerning about doing my work error lessly.

2.
My weakness is that I can't stop working until they tell me to stop.

3.
I am a control freak and sometimes too strict.

4.
My greatest weakness is I may not concern on details as I am a picture
thinker. So,I will overcome this by list out every step before proceed
it.Moreover,I will also plan for each of the step and write down the details.

5.
I am not concern in details as I am a picture thinker.But, I will overcome it by
write down the step need before implement an decision.I will list out each of
the details in each step.

View all Answers

Question
11 of 31
How do you minimize the risk of errors in your work?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
By revising it after completion of work.

2.
By checking while doing them to make it in effective way and with complete
knowledge.

3.
By working effectively and efficiently.

4.
By reconciling the actual results with budgeted/previous records OR sharing
the opinions with most senior professionals before making the final results.

5.
Whate ever I do while working as junior accountant that time will work
correctly and check to avoid errors.

View all Answers

Question
12 of 31
What do you know about our company?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
It is an manufacturing company, which is good.

2.
As I gone through about you I have found its a travel agency dubai.

3.
Checking the internet about your company.
 4.
This a multinational company and improvement on life.

5.
By research and prior knowledge.

View all Answers

Question
13 of 31
Why did you choose to pursue a career as an accountant?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I love maths since my school days.. Also I graduated from Commerce only.

2.
Because I have done my MBA in finance and accountancy is in my filed
group.

3.
I wish to become an accountant being a mathematician. And also I feel like
every individual possess the quality of being an accountant at various stages
of life. I Just wanted to pursue a career and to be unique.

4.
My career growth of accountant because my stream accounts.

5.
Because I love to be an accountant. It's my passion.

View all Answers

Question
14 of 31
Tell me about a suggestion or successful contribution you have made
in your past job or in college?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I would narrate one of the happenings in my past job! At the time of joining the
team had backlog due to technical issue in SAP work environment. While it
took a long time to stabilize the volumes I contributed my team what all I can
be capable off. It helped me a lot to learn through the process at the time of
training.

2.
I was a topper of my own batch MBA and as an employee I m loyal and
hardworker.

3.
Not much to be said, only follow my superior's order.

4.
My last company work as a post of account executive and I m improve a
knowledge and good handling a work in a our pressure.

5.
Ive designed a spreadsheet for my boss to tract and adjust payments .

View all Answers

Question
15 of 31
Tell me about your computer skills.

User Submitted Interview Answers

 1.
I know ms word excel powerpoint windows operating softwares handleing as
per training.

2.
Microsoft office, every things state in my cv.

3.
I have a variety of computer skills, Outlook word excel etc.

4.
My computer skill word excel powerpoint tally. Erp9 busy typing english.

5.
Good, I also have a certificate in computer repairs.

View all Answers

Question
16 of 31
What type of schedule are you looking to work?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I do not generally prepare myself for the schedule. If one is prepared to enjoy
your work, you will not be scheduling the same. However I am flexible to work
at any schedules.

2.
Same as an office schedule.

3.
Normal working Hours 8 to 5, extra hours if need be.
 4.
I think schedule is depend upon work 1st we have to know importance of work
and I will arrange the steps to complete work.

5.
I would like to work with day shift.

View all Answers

Question
17 of 31
What position in a team environment, do you normally take?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I normally prefer to be jovial and friendly person who can make them laugh at
odd times and make the team work smooth. I just want to end to end about
the entire team. I possess some leadership skills too.

2.
I have good qualities to lead but I m flexible as subordinate aas practice and
experience make man perfect.

3.
Dynamic, result-oriented, very communicated teams.

4.
I like being a Team Leader although everybodys opinion and link counts as we
all part of a chain,

5.
I take the role of assessing the current state of the project. I listen intently to
any changes or modifications to affect cost and schedule.

View all Answers

Question
18 of 31
Describe a situation in which you received instructions with which
you disagreed.

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
It happens when I do not get out of those instructions. I tend to beleive that
knowledge is wealth and I do not push myself when there is nothing to learn
something new.

2.
As per rules and regulations and skills if somthing I see is not suitable so I will
disagree.

3.
Different opinion how to meet the clients request or expectation.

4.
According to situation work a handling.

5.
I disagree with unfair situations, most of the time was disagreed when person
took advantage of the position.

View all Answers

Question
19 of 31
How do you handle stressful situations?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I count back from ten, calm myself down. I think rationally and solve the issue.

2.
First I look for solutions.

3.
Well its the time when you are out of breath. I think outside the box at the
situations. I will take a break and start fresh and ease myself and taking a
break helps us to concentrate the work that is going to be done in the next few
hours.

4.
Stress can destroy anything so patience and efficincy can find a solution
easily.

5.
Stay calm, think solutions, don't panic and analyze the situations.

View all Answers

Question
20 of 31
What have you done at your present/last company to increase
revenues, reduce costs, or save time?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Implement stringent cost saving methods. revenues cannot be increased in a
npc.
 2.
I used very short cuts for.. Always find the short and time saving ways to do
things.

3.
Using computer can save your time.

4.
Before 6 month last company improvement 5 laks.

5.
Sometimes I worked all days and all nights, if it wasnt very necessary,
sometimes at the weekend too.

View all Answers

Question
21 of 31
Do you work well under pressure?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I worked under pressure before.. So I think I can do it here also.

2.
Firstly I can manage all pressure and hardwork as a account.

3.
Yeah sure I will to work under the pressure.

4.
Yes I do, I am a calm person and I always keep cool while working under
pressure .
 5.
I am pretty good at it and able to handle the stress.

View all Answers

Question
22 of 31
What are the most challenging aspects of your work?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Dealing with trainee accountants.

2.
The turn around time of the process in 7hours irrespective of the size and
complexity and volumes. Time management is one of the key factor to be
maintained with speed and accuracy simultaneously.

3.
The things I have no idea.

4.
Try to meet the expectation of different clients.

5.
I can finish work on time but some time I need more time to work on extra.

View all Answers

Question
23 of 31
Take me through your latest budget preparation.
User Submitted Interview Answers
1.
Income side-levies increased by 85 operating expenses - increased by 8%
Soft services - by 8%

2.
I plan a budget for every month considering the income and expenses for the
particular month, I place 60% of the resource to necessaries and 20% of
resource on savings and other 20% on Emergency fund.

3.
First I check how much capital I have how much will a new project can take so
balancing is all about budgeting.

4.
Sorry, my superior doesn't allow me to do this task.

5.
It was detailed, I work through how much money we made last year and made
preparation through counting and analyzing the growth of the service, how
much money we will need to be able to provide our service.

View all Answers

Question
24 of 31
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Running a successful Entertainment group of companies of my own.

2.
I see myself working in this company and already being CPA.
 3.
I should have assumed a group reporting function.

4.
I see myself as a charted accountant seated in one of the senior accountant
post with the end to end knowledge on it.

5.
To have more responsibilities, to contribute more for the company.

View all Answers

Question
25 of 31
Tell me how you reacted when someone elses errors were impacting
negatively on your job.

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Angry, but followed with an explanation.

2.
I have justified my self to my manager with out saying anything negative about
the other person.

3.
I would confront them alone about their carelessness if they were, if they were
negligent, I would confront them and get them to assist me in controlling the
outcome. That is helping them in their work so that it makes mine easier to do.

4.
Be postive it always take you to the peace.
 5.
It happens when you work as a team. I consider that if you can have their
positive impacts towards you as a team you should take the negative ones
and make them do the next time right. My idea was not to lose emotional
balance which may hurt them.

View all Answers

Question
26 of 31
What has been the most significant decision you made at work this
year?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
To assist the other financial controller with her work.

2.
To discontinue with Honours in Accounting and focus on building my goal and
vision.

3.
Well I have decided to start a career in the domain which I would like to
enhance my skills.

4.
Clear the messes which my superior made.

5.
Improve the inventory cycle.
Question
27 of 31
How have you managed potential payment problems with your
customers?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I was not exposed to customers paying in any experience of my own. I have
not come across such problems yet.

2.
Yep, the customer has accepted and kept to payment plan of levies.

3.
Try to reply in a friendly manner that we have got issues with the bank
transfers. Always friendly to our client.

4.
Firstly handling a work and customer handling the work on a behalf of
nomanclature.

5.
It take good negotiation skill and forcing company regulation in terms of
payment.

View all Answers

Question
28 of 31
How did you maintain confidentiality when managing information?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I am a creative speak. I read a lt into detail. I am able to creatively evade from
disclosing something confidential when put to a corner. Besides I never like
talking unless we are just having and making fun.

2.
When you sign an confidentiality agreement, you cannot talk about anything.
Papers that are confidential are printed on a separate printer. Banking
statements comes to my laptop.

3.
As per plicies and stratigies.

4.
Keeping them in confidential,

5.
Not share any information with anyone.

View all Answers

Question
29 of 31
Describe a time when you helped reduce costs.

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
I had to offer my experience for free.

2.
Recommended computerised order system.

3.
I reduce costs everyday. We use non-confidential paper again. We monitor
teas/coffees/milk. Internet has a limit on it. Telephone has a budget. If we go
over, we pay from our own pockets.

4.
When there ids no recession.

5.
Under the pressure, times is very precious.

View all Answers

Question
30 of 31
What makes you a great fit for this position?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Due to a diverse set oof experience and rigorous ttraing.

2.
I am a self-driven and ambitious individual. I am a creative person as well as
strongly analytical, critical. I am detailed and often referred to as an inquisitive
person. I am versatile and enjoy challenging experiences. It has been proven
by my previous experiences that I profoundly enjoy working in multiple work
projects at the same time.

3.
My interest my qualification.

4.
The portfolio of mine suits with the job responsibilities and I am flexible
motivated and committed team worker too.
 5.
The 4 or 5 repeated questions, don't want to answer the same reply...

View all Answers

Question
31 of 31
Do you have previous experience as an accountant?

User Submitted Interview Answers

1.
Yep, financial controller.

2.
I am afraid that I did not have an opportunity to work as an accountant.

3.
I do as a assistant of account, however it was in Kazakhstan and they use
IFRS and a only couple month by using GAAP

4.
Not really no. I have been exposed to some of the activities yes, however not
the actual Accountant Job.

Background:
Accountants work for organizations. They prepare financial reports and records of assets
and of any financial operations. Accountants do internal and external auditing and budget
development, revenue and expense assessment, and solve emerging financial problems,
often by developing new financial strategies.

Job interview Questions and Answers

for Accountants

Here are a few selected questions, although there may be more during the actual interview:
 Question: Tell me about your qualifications. Are you familiar with economic and business
principles necessary for effective accounting?
Answer: You can tell about your experience in analyzing current and future business
operations, costs, trends, and revenues. You may speak about giving advice in these and
other areas, such as budget forecasts, and developing solutions to financial problems in
general.

Question: What knowledge do you have in relevant government laws and state
regulations?
Answer: You can mention experience with taxes (taxes owed and tax return) and relevant
government regulations, your work with the tax authorities and Internal Revenue Service,
and any experience with government record keeping.

Question: Are you qualified (and experienced) in analytical and logical thinking?
Answer: This is best answered with examples of specific relevant responsibilities: analysis
of business operations, financial advice based on projections of current and future revenues
and expenses, specific problems solved, analysis and development of budgets, etc.

Question: What experience do you have working in a computerized environment?

Answer: Describe tasks done with applications like Microsoft Office, as well as services like
client support and representation through the internet, online research and communication
with colleagues, development and documentation of accounting and record-keeping
systems, etc.

Question: Are you able to compile and interpret accounting data and reports?
Answer: Talk about any reports and data analyses that you have done, including financial
analyses and reports, evaluation, inventorying, reports on equipment and real estate,
documentation of accounting systems, management of account tables and entries, etc.

Question: Tell me about your people skills: can you maintain a healthy relationship with
colleagues and clients alike?
Answer: You can describe anything that has to do with client service or cooperation at
work: team projects, team problem solving, client representation and support, auditing
services, etc.

Question: How efficiently do you manage stress? Can you maintain attention to detail
and efficiency working past normal hours with unusual work loads?
Answer: Be specific here. Mention projects which were difficult or had to be completed in
little time, or urgent problems you solved effectively. If you dont have an example from your
professional life, you can mention situations from your personal or public life which
demonstrate efficiency under pressure.