How to Answer: By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations, and environments.
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Auditor job interview.
21. By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations, and environments.
How to Answer
This is important in an audit because you'll most likely be traveling a lot. You'll have to deal with different types of people and situations. Auditors travel all over the world to do their jobs. You could be in California today and Tokyo tomorrow. You have to be able to adapt quickly and maintain the work standards you've always provided.
When faced with a question like this, you need to think of something you had to do that wasn't only hard but out of your norm. It can be work related or personal as long as it gets the point across that you can handle a wide variety of people in a unfamiliar situation or environment.
Entry Level
"When I was in high school, my dad got transferred from our small town in California to a smaller town in Arizona. I was put into all AP classes because those were the only classes not full, so I studied my heart out and passed all my classes. I joined the cross country and track and field teams and spent the last two years of high school focusing on getting ahead. That's why I got a scholarship for my grades and extracurricular activities."
Answer Example
"I was working for an audit firm and they had an international client in Spain. I speak Spanish, but the Mexican dialect, so they assumed I'd be able to quickly pick up the Spanish dialect. They sent me out and when I spoke, people would be able to understand me for the most part but I'd sometimes say the wrong words. I quickly learned the correct dialect and verbiage while completing my assignment. From then on, I was the go-to person for all Mexico and Spain travel, and eventually got to go to Italy to learn Italian."
Experienced
"I was transferred from a small town to a big city for work and that was the biggest change of my entire life. The people were always rude and the city itself was overcrowded. I had to learn that you don't make friends at the grocery store like in small towns because they're just different people. I learned and adapted to always working as the people there have no work/life balance. I quickly adapted to the changes and thrived there."