"I have over five years experience working with Quickbooks on a professional level with a small company. Quickbooks is perfect for small to even some medium size companies, but as the company grows, I'd suggest something closer to Blackline or Peoplesoft Financials. If using Quickbooks long term, it's great for companies that move around a lot with their app and ability to upload receipts immediately. It's easy to go in and put together Chart of Accounts, invoice clients, and update Journal Entries. Does this company have a growth mindset to have the capabilities of moving to a higher functioning accounting platform?"

The interviewer is asking how many years of QuickBooks experience you have. If you have none, then be honest. Perhaps you've used other accounting systems similar to QuickBooks. If you have no Quickbooks experience but have used other platforms like Waze or Sage, discuss how beneficial those platforms have been in your experience.

There are hundreds of Quickbooks tutorials on Youtube, and you can even download a beta version from the Quickbooks website and run through scenarios. Quickbooks is a widely-used product, so it's best to learn it to some capacity.

You'll note on the experienced response I've included a question to the interviewer. The greater your experience, the bigger the company you'll likely interview with, and sometimes during an interview you should challenge the company on their growth.

"I have ten years of experience in the field of accounting which has allowed me to work with a variety of software programs. I've used QuickBooks for business for four years. I like QuickBooks because of its simple user interface, speed, and accuracy. My overall proficiency lies in QuickBooks and NetSuite. I've used both programs to create balance sheets and financial statements. Additionally, I believe my computer literacy will allow me to learn any new accounting software very quickly."