Interview Questions

1.
Tell us about yourself

Ahhh…the age-old question. People generally respond to this by walking
through their career history. Instead, humanize your answer by telling us
things like what makes you tick and why you love working in your
industry; go beyond the work history and infuse your personality into
this question to build rapport with the recruiter.
2. What does your ideal job opportunity look like?
Typical responses are scripted to match the job description, which
doesn’t truly reflect the individual person. The best way to answer this
is, you guessed it, be genuine. Know what you’re looking for, know what
skills you bring to the table and understand how this applies to the job
you are interviewing for. Try to link these together in an open
conversation with the recruiter so you can both get a better sense as to
whether this is a good fit.
3. Tell me about your weaknesses or your biggest failure at work
Too often we’ll hear responses like “I’m a perfectionist”, or “I try to
support my team to the point where I take on too much”. We’ve heard
these hundreds of times but they don’t get to the heart of what we’re
really looking for.
Instead, demonstrate your critical thinking skills by identifying the
failure, the actions you took to address it and how taking these actions
has helped you grow. As a recruiter, we’re not focusing on what the
weakness or failure is, but rather what you are doing to correct it.
4. What are your salary expectations?
Yes, this question can be uncomfortable, but remember that your salary
needs to work for both parties. That's why we ask – it’s not to nickel and
dime you.
Do research to find out the competitive salary ranges for similar roles
and determine what you are comfortable accepting for this role without
overpricing yourself. Provide a range that is no larger than $10K, but
ideally keep it to $5K. When you provide someone with this range, make
sure you are comfortable with the full range.
5. Have you ever done x, y and z?
A common response is, “No I haven’t, but if you give me a chance I’m
sure I can get it done”. A better way of answering is to say, “I haven’t
directly done what you’re asking but I did this in role A and this in role B,
which parallels what you’re looking for. I’m fully confident that I would
be able to execute that task.”
It’s ok if you don’t have the specific experience – just pause and take a
moment to think about what relevant experience and transferable skills
you do have that show you are the best fit for the role.
Other general questions are as follows:
6) Why (Company name)? For eg. Why Deloitte?

7) We have another opening in different department, would you be
interested? (Please do not get fooled by this question always stick to the
opening you have applied for you can politely answer my interest lies in
this but I can learn that)
8) What are your strengths and tell us the scenario where you have
showcased it?
9) What does leadership mean to you?
10) Why are you applying for this position?
11) Describe how you would manage your work load when busy? What
tools and approach would you use to priorities and ensure all work
deadlines are met
12) How would you handle difficult team member
13) Tell me about your internship experience or Job experience (if any)
14) Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
15) What are your expectations from this role?
16) Why should we hire you Deloitte?
17) Take me through your resume.
18) What are your hobbies?
19) Why did you choose (your specialization or degree)?
20) Can you work for more than 12 hours, 7 days a week, for
continuously 6 months?
21) Sometimes you will have to work overtime and even during the
weekends are you ready for it?
22) One of the best qualities in you.
Questions for Finance:
1. What is the difference between accounting and audit?

2. What are 5 heads of income? What is depreciation and types?
What is accrued interest?
3. What do you know about tax? Cost accounting vs managerial
accounting?
4. Items to add in balance sheet right after trial balance.
5. What is ratio analysis?
6. Difference between leadership and management.
7. Types of Taxes in India/ US
8. Why do we prepare cash flow statement?
9. What is Accrual Accounting?
10. Explain Deferred Tax Liability?
11. Golden rules of accounting?
12. What is financial statement?
13. Journal entry for any scenario
14. What is the difference between Journal and Ledger?
15. What do you understand by reserves?
16. Entry for Bad debts, prepaid income/expense, accrued expense,
outstanding expense and treatment
Excel Based questions
A. Tell whatever you know about excel

B. V Lookup, H Lookup and X Lookup
C. Very Basic excel formulas for Sum, Count, Conditions
D. How to run macros
E. How to take prints
F. Shortcut keys for regular use
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Tell us about yourself

Other general questions are as follows:

6) Why (Company name)? For eg. Why Deloitte?

Questions for Finance:

1. What is the difference between accounting and audit?

Excel Based questions

A. Tell whatever you know about excel

Do connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshjsanghavi

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