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Accounting Clerk Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Accounting Clerk interview, here are 25 interview questions and answer examples.

Accounting Clerk was updated by on February 4th, 2019. Learn more here.

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Do you enjoy working with deadlines?

This is a straightforward question. Most accounting positions have strict deadlines for the majority of their work. If you can't work with a deadline or are consistently late, that adversely affect your career if it hasn't already. Be honest if you struggle with deadlines and explain that it's something you're improving on daily to ensure you meet your company's timelines.

Talk about your time management system so they know you have something in place to help you meet all deadlines.

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25 Accounting Clerk Interview Questions & Answers

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  • 1. Do you enjoy working with deadlines?

  • 2. If a vendor called and tried to demand payment two weeks early, how would you handle it?

  • 3. If a customer came to you and asked you to alter their account without payment, how would you handle that situation?

  • 4. What's your career plan and how does the accounting clerk role fit into it?

  • 5. Give an example of a time you had too many extra duties and had to delegate or reject taking on extra duties.

  • 6. Give me an example of time you had to fix the journal entries, how you found the error, and how you fixed it.

  • 7. Give me an example of an ethical dilemma you experienced regarding your work and how you handled it.

  • 8. You may have multiple deadlines to complete your tasks. When have you been in such an environment and how did you handle it?

  • 9. If I were to look at your home office, or previous work station before you left, what would it look like?

  • 10. What is your personal method for double checking your work?

  • 11. When you make a mistake, who usually notices? You or the auditor?

  • 12. Are you proficient using the 10 key pad?

  • 13. Outside of inputting sales and expenses, what other accounting tasks have you completed before?

  • 14. Give me an example of a time you handled documentation preparation for an audit. How did you ensure you had everything required?

  • 15. How proficient are you with Excel? Please share some projects you created and regular accounting tasks you completed on Excel.

  • 16. What accounting tasks did you perform at your former job?

  • 17. What do you do when priorities change quickly? Give one example of when this happened.

  • 18. In your previous accounting experience, what's the toughest group you had to get cooperation from? How did you handle it?

  • 19. Give me an example of an accounting goal you set for yourself and achieved.

  • 20. What do you hope to achieve in the accounting clerk role?

  • 21. When given a new bookkeeping assignment, how do you approach it?

  • 22. Give an example of a time you were helping on a project but maintained your normal duties as well.

  • 23. What made you decide on a career in bookkeeping?

  • 24. As an accounting clerk, you'll act as the receptionist for the accounting department. What reception experience do you have?

  • 25. Give me an example of time you caught an accounts receivable error and how you fixed it.