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Given how important your financial details are to your success, it is important to find the very best accountants \u2013 and the ones that are going to successfully thrive in your company.<br \/>\n<strong> Behavioural Interview Questions for Accountants<\/strong><br \/>\nMore and more companies are using behavioural interview questions as a way to determine who is prepared for the job. These questions ask for real life scenarios to see how the person handled them, and they force people to think back to experiences they are unlikely to have prepared for so that the interview is more genuine.<br \/>\nFor those that need help finding behavioural interview questions for accountants, consider the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight deadline. What steps did you take?<\/li>\n<li>Describe a time when you had to work with another team member. What was your role and why?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about a time an error you made was discovered. What actions did you take?<\/li>\n<li>Describe your most difficult client.<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about a time an unexpected problem came up during an important project. How did you respond?<\/li>\n<li>Describe the steps you have taken to make sure that a report is completed with attention to detail.<\/li>\n<li>Describe a time you had to ask for help on a project. What steps did you take?<\/li>\n<li>How would you manage multiple projects that are due at the same time?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about a time you had to lead an accounting project.<\/li>\n<li>Describe a time you felt really stressed about work and what you did to overcome it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can use these questions as a reference to determine your own accounting interview strategy. Applicants that answer these types of questions well are the ones that are most likely to respond to similar situations well while at your company.<br \/>\nRecruitment involves asking questions that help you determine how someone will do at the job. 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