8 Accounting ProfessorInterview Questions
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Why do you want to be an educator?
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- "I want to share my knowledge and helping people."
- "My background and experience have equipped me with the skills to influence student with the knowledge skills in accounting."
- "Share knowledge develop minds and skills."
- "Because this is the field in which I can be in touch with the young blood and teach them with new way as well as learn from them new ideas."
- "I have a passion for working with people of all ages, especially young people. I have a passion and enthusiasm for my subject that I would like to pass onto others."
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What three words would your students use to describe you?
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- "Enthusiasm, teachable, creative."
- "Diligent, confident and self motivated."
- "Serious, discipline and straightforward person."
- "Technically competent. Approachable. Well organised."
- "Passionate, patient, fair."
- "Dedicated, friendly and knowledgeable."
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What is your philosophy towards work?
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- "Learning is an ongoing activity. I believe in a two way communication and going to the level of understanding of students to make them understand topics. Task given is task done."
- "Always, plan for the eventualities and be committed."
- "The antithesis of Jerome K Jerome. I break down any project into manageable pieces so that it can be achieved rather than thinking "I need a week before I can start x""
- "Teaching is my passion. So I use it as my Prayer and hobby not as job."
- "I have a strong work ethic and believe you have to work hard to reap the rewards."
- "I have an excellent work ethic and am willing to take the time to help the students to learn and understand."
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As an Accounting Professor, what do you believe is your best asset?
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- "To understand my students level of knowledge and conduct classes accordingly."
- "My experiences using accounting principles."
- "Motivate people to use their logic to understand things."
- "Enthusiasm. Work has an impact. Develop students and research."
- "Years of experience teaching accounting."
- "Love of my subject and skills for explaining it in a simple easy to understand way."
- "Perseverance and commitment to see student succeed."
- "My explaination skill, making a hard concept an easy by examples and all. My confidence and technique to teach as per demand of the students."
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Why do you want a career as an accounting professor?
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- "My background and experience have have e."
- "Experience and knowledge skills to assist students develop proper accounting knowledge."
- "Impact on students, research and therefore policy and practice as well as academic thought."
- "I want to help anyone interested in a Business Major be ready for their introductory accounting classes."
- "I look teaching and inspiring young people. I love the subject of Accounting and the real life skills you can gain from it. Being an accounting professor is the best of both Worlds."
- "This is the only profession where I can get results immediately. There is an immense satisfaction in teaching the subject you like the most."
- "It's something I am comfortable with and I know I can do it to become the best in it."
- "This is my favourite subject and this is the main subject which directly relates with the live practical exposure. So I like to deal with the young blood to give them new as well as to get something new from them."
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Give me an example of a performance assessment.
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- "Active participation in class, quality of questions asked."
- "Evaluation based on class ..."
- "Give the student a task to complete and have them present their findings to the class."
- "A student will be asked to complete a specific project to demonstrate their knowledge."
- "Advanced financial - doing a consolidation, ais developing a video with a company to talk about issues related to SDLC, doing group work around reasons for AIS failures, using a real case study."
- "When the students ask the questions like what is the applicability of AS-14 in the merger of TATA and Corus etc. Show that they are having good performance not only in study but also in applicability."
- "I assess my own performance as an educator by engaging in critical evaluation of my teaching and my students results based on my teaching. I assess my students based on team projects, peer correcting & learning and individual exams based on topics studied."
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Other than tests, how do you assess student learning?
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- "Quizzes, discussions, case studies."
- "Quiz and review during the class."
- "Essays (I have a number to mark at present), in class through discussions/interaction, other types of assignments, lab work."
- "Verbal questioning in class. Getting my students to demonstrate answers on the board. Collaborate learning and assignments through online platforms."
- "Ask specific questions and giving projects for demonstration of skills."
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How do your life experiences prepare you for teaching?
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- "Change is the only constant and this keeps me to change with times and help me connect better with students in every way."
- "Education, work experience."
- "Life experience help me to adapt to changes."
- "I have taught in the business, world, given lectures and made presentations."
- "They made me confident that I can motivate people, convince them, understand them and teach."
- "Very good. Sharebroker. Link to professionals (continuing)"
- "Basically I am belong to teaching background family. I face problems like I was not having interest in what teacher teaches or the method they use, so I started my own to learn the way and then I started to teach others in a same way."
- "I was trained as a accountant and I worked in the field."
- "While putting myself through College, I with people of all ages and I can relate to everyone."