How to Answer: Give an example of a time you had too many extra duties and had to delegate or reject taking on extra duties.
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Accounting Clerk job interview.
5. Give an example of a time you had too many extra duties and had to delegate or reject taking on extra duties.
How to Answer
This is important as there will be times when you're overloaded with work and will need a break or someone to help you. The interviewer is trying to determine if you know when to admit you need help and that someone needs to help you.
If you like to please people, this becomes difficult because you don't want to stop taking on more or helping out, but then you can't say no when it's necessary.
Written by Samantha Hamilton on February 4th, 2019
Entry Level
"When I was in high school, I was on three different sport teams, coached my little sister's soccer team, had a part time job at a fast food place, and was concurrently enrolled at a nearby college. When it was time for finals, I had to make some choices. I took three weeks off of work to study for all my finals and missed about a week's worth of practices. My mom covered for me on the coaching standpoint so that I could get all the study time I needed for both high school and college."
Written by Samantha Hamilton
Answer Example
"I was doing month-end duties and my boss kept signing me up for training events and extra projects. Finally, I had to sit down with them and let them know that I couldn't take on any more tasks as I was getting in at 6am daily and leaving at 7pm. I wasn't getting any time with my wife and kids so I had to take a step back from some of the tasks."
Written by Samantha Hamilton on February 4th, 2019
Experienced
"This happens sometimes. We had an audit going on during year end and month end came around way too quickly. Aside from that, I was managing multiple projects at the time. I had to put a few of the projects on the back burner and month end had to be pushed out a little farther than normal because we had to focus on year end and audit inquiries. You have to make the tough call of deciding what's most important."
Written by Samantha Hamilton