Lead Accountant Interview Questions
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Lead Accountant interview questions shared by candidates
What's your five year plan?
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I wanted to stay in Oklahoma and grow my career in oil and gas.
Name a time where you had to deal with a group of difficult people, and what you did to handle them?
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Went thru three stages of their interview process, didn't get the job and later found out that they hired an internal employee. Why waste my time if they had already had someone inhouse in mind. Should be a law against that. I had to take time off in order to prepare/conduct phone interview and then again when I went in for the inperson interview. The location of the interview was right in the middle of campus, drove around for an hour (yes I allowed an hour in order to find parking) and they finally allowed me to take a reserved spot. Avoid interview over the noon hour, best time would be first in the morning or near the end of the day. This way the parking lots, paid and otherwise will have more available so you can park. Less
Standard interview questions: "Tell me about a time you..."
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Applied my experience directly to the situation and skill in question
What is Fundamental and Technical Analysis
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I didn't know right answer. I answered in a made up story.
Did I have experience in preparing financial statements?
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What were my ideas on improving internal control for LCRA.
How I am a good fit for the role I have applied.
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I have explained about my previous experience and went through my CV.
What is the logic behind the deferred tax (I was not applying to a tax related position)
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I learnt ACCA by that time, so I knew the answer.