Accounting Clerk Mock Interview
Practice 25 Accounting Clerk interview questions covering reconciliations, accuracy, and accounts payable processes.
Question 3 of 25
As an accounting clerk, you'll act as the receptionist for the accounting department. What reception experience do you have?
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Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.
"I've never worked as receptionist, but I'm good at customer service and am a people person so I can definitely handle calls. I keep a very tidy filing system at my house and could definitely handle whatever tasks come along with that part of this job."
Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.
"While I've done it in the past, I'm more focused on the accounting tasks included in this role. I'd be able to handle whatever receptionist tasks that come along with this role with no problem. I was an office manager for a few years, so my ability to multitask and organize is high level."
Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.
Some smaller companies use accounting clerks as receptionists as well. This is a question you'll have to be prepared to answer. Accounting clerks must cover a wide variety of functions beyond financials, so having some reception and human resources knowledge is helpful.
Being too proud to answer the phones or do no accounting tasks could cost you a job that could turn out to be an amazing opportunity. There are personal assistants that make six figures that started as accounting clerks. They took on various tasks and worked their way up to the highest tiers of the corporate ladder in this role.
Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.
"I have some reception experience with answering phones and directing calls. I handled the phones at a small marketing company for a year in college and it was fun. I didn't have to do much apart from direct phone calls and foot traffic when it came in."
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I have twelve years of experience working as a receptionist.
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Nice! Beyond telling the interviewer how many years you've worked as a receptionist, consider providing some more details to make your answer more memorable. For example, what type of receptionist were you (i.e., what industry)? What are some of the skills you possess that allowed you to be successful in this role? How do these skills fit the position you're trying to get?
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