How to Answer: Describe a time when you had to work with a large team auditing team and how you handled it.
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Auditor job interview.
23. Describe a time when you had to work with a large team auditing team and how you handled it.
How to Answer
Auditing is a team sport. You'll never be in it alone. You'll have supervisors, subordinates, and clients everywhere. It's essential that you can adjust to the various personalities you'll be working with and maintain a professional relationship no matter how stressful the situation may become.
If you struggle with this, then the suggestion would be to work on a reserved attitude. You never want to come off as unwilling to work with a client or vendor because of personality issues. That reflects poorly on you, rather than them, most of the time.
Written by Samantha Hamilton on January 25th, 2019
Entry Level
"I've never worked professionally with a large group, but in high school I was in student government. I was president of our senior class and ran all the government meetings. We planned dances, prom, the graduation process, and class trips. We met with various clubs within the school to coordinate programs and fundraisers. I had to work with just about everyone in the school at one time or another, which can be difficult considering the attitudes and concerns of teenagers."
Written by Samantha Hamilton on January 25th, 2019
Answer Example
"I had a contract to work as a temp with nine other people. We sat in a conference room together for almost a year on this project. We shared birthdays and holidays even decorated this tiny little tree we named Tim. It was like a Charlie Brown Christmas. We grew very close and although the company only hired three of us, we stayed in contact with many of the others and made great friendships from of the experience."
Written by Samantha Hamilton on January 25th, 2019
Experienced
"I've worked with several teams over my career. The biggest team I worked with was a team of one hundred and twenty people. We were handling an audit for a rather large international company. There were so many moving parts. It was like we were constantly in meetings to gather the information to present to the senior management so they could see what we needed or what was complete. It was stressful and everyone felt like they didn't know the complete story, but as we presented the information, it all came together."
Written by Samantha Hamilton on January 25th, 2019