Finance & Accounting interview questions
The Finance & Accounting career pack is for accountants, finance officers, financial controllers, finance managers and CFOs. Its questions cover month-end close, reconciliations, budgets and forecasts, internal controls, reporting and working with auditors.
Each level has its own questions: graduates are asked how they would learn and apply the basics, professionals what they have delivered, and executives how they lead the function and work with the board.
Sample questions
Technical "What is a trial balance used for?"
Graduate · Finance
What the interviewer is looking for: Understanding the close process.
Technical "How does VAT or sales tax usually work for a registered business?"
Graduate · Finance
What the interviewer is looking for: General tax awareness.
Technical "What's the difference between a provision and a contingent liability?"
Professional · Finance
Behavioural (STAR) "Tell me about a time you explained financial information to non-finance managers."
Professional · Finance
Situational "The CEO wants to recognise a large contract's revenue this year, though delivery happens next year. What do you do?"
Executive · Finance
Behavioural (STAR) "Tell us about a time you influenced a major strategic decision with financial analysis."
Executive · Finance
The four answers to each question, and why one is stronger than another, are in the free practice.
Questions
What do Finance & Accounting interviews cover?
Technical, situational and behavioural questions on month-end close, reconciliations, budgets and forecasts, internal controls, reporting and working with auditors, alongside the general questions every interview asks.
Is there a pack for my level?
Yes. The Finance & Accounting pack has questions at Graduate, Professional and Senior Executive level. It comes with a 30-day pass, or as an add-on to a 7-day pass.
Are these questions with answers?
Each page shows real questions from the Interview Practice Suite and, for some, what the interviewer is looking for. The four answers to each question — and why one beats another — are in the free practice: 10 questions at your level with feedback on every answer.
Answer keys are written by EunoiaData from recognised interview practice and checked by a review panel. A practice tool: it scores the answers you choose, not how you speak in a real interview. Not designed for hiring, selection or promotion decisions.