UHY LLP Mock Interview

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Question 16 of 27

Working with our clients here at UHY LLP often involves some initial conflict with our clients. How would you rate your ability to handle conflict or disagreements in the workplace?

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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

When a consultant comes into an organization to help better an aspect of their business, there are many factors that can lead to initial conflicts with the consultant and their firm. Big egos not wanting a fresh new face and the fear of change are inevitable in this business and your interviewer wants to hear that you have the experience and ability to handle inevitable conflict that will come your way if hired for the position. While obviously rating yourself highly in this area, try to talk about a time where you handled difficult conflict on the job with ease.

Ryan Brunner

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

"In my role as a Project Manager with a large private organization, one of my first steps on any new project is setting a budget. Last year, I was leading the effort on a project focused on waste reduction in our manufacturing facilities. In the initial meetings for new projects, our CFO is always involved so she has a high-level overview of what the project will entail. In the meeting, she immediately berated me for the initial budget that I was proposing and vehemently insisted that the amount just wasn't correct or feasible. Rather than taking offense to her thoughts, I wanted to make sure that she, and the rest of the group, had a solid understanding of all that was taken into consideration for setting the budget. After I explained and showed line by line what the proposed budget broke down to, she was very thankful and didn't realize that team member labor was part of that equation. I think that my ability to understand why she was conflicted and my ability to keep a calm, cool head in that situation was vital and a perfect reason for me rating myself high on my conflict resolution skills."

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27UHY LLP Interview Questions & Answers

1.How do you stay organized and on track when working on a long-term project?

2.What would you say is the key factor for an organization to consider when building an action plan for growth?

3.What steps would you take in creating a new audit process for a client here at UHY LLP?

4.What logical steps would you take following an internal audit process with our clients here at UHY LLP?

5.Talk about a success story that you have in implementing an organization design change with an organization. How will your skills used here benefit the clients of UHY LLP?

6.Would you say that you are a goal oriented person on the job? Why would you say that?

7.At UHY LLP, our clients are looking for us to come in and provide sound leadership in their strategic planning and growth planning processes. What leadership style would you bring to our clients?

8.What interests you in joining the business consulting world here at UHY LLP?

9.Sometimes with our clients here at UHY LLP, we have to think outside the box when helping them develop a strategic plan. Do you have an example of a time where you thought outside of the box in developing a strategic plan?

10.At UHY LLP, you will have the opportunity to work with high level executives and leaders from the companies we contract with. What experience do you have in working with people at these levels?

11.How do you feel that your education and career to this point has prepared you to work in the international tax realm here at UHY LLP?

12.UHY LLP values philanthropy and community giving. How do you choose to give back to others?

13.Part of our responsibility in consulting in the construction industry is overseeing a budget. What experience do you have in managing a construction budget?

14.In the organizational design work that you have done in the past, how have you involved senior leadership with the organization's that you've worked with?

15.Talk about a time you had to use conflict resolution skills in a business setting. What was the situation and the outcome and how did you positively influence that outcome?

16.Working with our clients here at UHY LLP often involves some initial conflict with our clients. How would you rate your ability to handle conflict or disagreements in the workplace?

17.At UHY LLP, our clients look to us to help find new and creative ways to save tax dollars. Have you ever had a unique situation where you helped an organization save tax dollars through your work and insight?

18.If you are hired for this position here at UHY LLP, what do you think the biggest hurdle for you would be from the start?

19.At UHY LLP we seek to hire those who think outside the box. When was the last time you made a suggestion for workplace improvement? What was the outcome?

20.With some of our clients here at UHY LLP being hesitant to run an internal audit, what points would you use to sell them on the importance of conducting an internal audit?

21.Talk about a time that you successfully educated another individual or group in your area of expertise. What made your educational experience effective?

22.As a consultant here at UHY LLP, you will have the opportunity to work with many accounting departments on tax filing for their business. When called upon, how would you go about verifying the accuracy of an accounting department?

23.Being successful in the consulting industry requires adaptability and the ability to learn a business fast. What would be your approach to help you learn the ins and outs of a new client?

24.With this potential move to consulting in the construction industry, what unique things do you think you can bring to the clients here at UHY LLP?

25.Talk about a time you had to work with a very difficult person. What was the situation and how did you handle it?

26.Being successful in consulting and working here at UHY LLP requires the ability to work effectively with Type A personalities. What are your experiences in working with this personality and how did you make the relationships a success?

27.A key component to success here at UHY LLP is building solid relationships with new clients. How do you effectively get to know new people and lay the groundwork for a long lasting relationship?