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1⟩ Explain me do you work well under pressure?

I see pressure in a different view. Pressure is something which cracks you and helps you to identify yourself. Pressure should be seen as a challenges faced and the challenges faced will assist you the next time. I think its always better to Face everything and rise instead of forgetting everything and run.

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2⟩ Explain me are you efficient with your time?

Yes I am efficient. I have done an addon course while I was studying the college apart from the college hours. I have the experience of managing the time both officially and personally.

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3⟩ Explain me about a time you handled a complex financial project with a tight deadline that required precise data collection and analysis. Give me an example of how you keep track of things requiring your attention. What work objectives did you set for this year and what steps have you taken to ensure you will achieve them?

In your answer show how you are able to develop specific objectives and plan and prioritize systematically to accomplish these objectives within set time frames. This includes scheduling, identifying and allocating resources and the use of appropriate organizational tools.

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4⟩ Tell me what items are included in Profit and Loss account?

☛ Salaries

☛ Rent

☛ Rates and Taxes

☛ Interest

☛ Commission

☛ Trade Expenses

☛ Printing and Stationery

☛ Advertisement

☛ Carriage out, freight out, carriage out

☛ Repairs

☛ Travelling expenses

☛ Samples

☛ Depreciation

☛ Apprentice premium

☛ Life insurance premium

☛ Insurance premium

☛ Income tax

☛ Interest on capital and drawings

☛ Loss or gain on asset sold

☛ Discount received and allowed

☛ Trade discount

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5⟩ Tell me what are the accounting concepts?

Accounting concepts are the basic assumptions on which the process of accounting is based.

☛ Following are the accounting concepts

☛ Business Entity Concept

☛ Dual Aspect Concept

☛ Going Concern Concept

☛ Accounting Period Concept

☛ Cost Concept

☛ Money Measurement Concept

☛ Matching Concept

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6⟩ Explain me about a suggestion or successful contribution you have made in your past job or in college?

I would narrate one of the happenings in my past job! At the time of joining the team had backlog due to technical issue in SAP work environment. While it took a long time to stabilize the volumes I contributed my team what all I can be capable off. It helped me a lot to learn through the process at the time of training.

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7⟩ Tell me what have you done at your present/last company to increase revenues, reduce costs, or save time?

Sometimes I worked all days and all nights, if it wasn´t very necessary, sometimes at the weekend too.

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8⟩ Please explain why are you the best candidate for us?

I think I am the best candidate as I have alot of experience in the accounting field, I am a fast learner as well so you wont have any trouble wasting time, its my dream title and I am studying towards it, I will do my very best not to disappoint you, and I will always strive to do and be the best, I feel that its important to love your job.

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9⟩ Tell me how have you monitored the regulations that affect your accounting position?

I personally think that regulation should be mandatory because everyone should get as much as he/ she deserves. The regulation helps to maintain a honest policy in and around. Being up to date helps us to maintain the same rapo.

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10⟩ Explain me how you reacted when someone elses errors were impacting negatively on your job?

It happens when you work as a team. I consider that if you can have their positive impacts towards you as a team you should take the negative ones and make them do the next time right. My idea was not to lose emotional balance which may hurt them.

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11⟩ Please explain about your qualifications. Are you familiar with economic and business principles necessary for effective accounting?

You can tell about your experience in analyzing current and future business operations, costs, trends, and revenues. You may speak about giving advice in these and other areas, such as budget forecasts, and developing solutions to financial problems in general.

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12⟩ Tell me a time when you helped reduce costs?

I researched for another suppliers from different country who could sell us raw materials less that we bought.

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13⟩ Please explain what experience do you have working in a computerized environment?

Describe tasks done with applications like Microsoft Office, as well as services like client support and representation through the internet, online research and communication with colleagues, development and documentation of accounting and record-keeping systems, etc.

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14⟩ Explain nominal account with examples?

Nominal Account is an account of incomes or expenses.

☛ Types of Nominal account

☛ Salary Account,

☛ Commission Paid/Received Account,

☛ Telephone Expenses Account,

☛ Wages Account,

☛ Printing & Stationery Account,

☛ Interest Paid/Received Account.

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15⟩ Tell me what is bank reconciliation statement? What are the steps to prepare it?

Bank reconciliation statement is a statement prepared at periodical intervals, with a view to indicated the items which cause disagreement between the balances as per the bank columns of the cash book and the bank pass book on any given date.

Follow the below steps to prepare a bank reconciliation statement

Take the balance either as per cash book or as per pass book as a starting point.

☛ Compare the items appearing in the bank column of the cash book with the item appearing in the bank pass book.

☛ Tick off the items in the pass book with the entries in the cash book. A list of unticked items either in cash book or pass book will be found.

☛ Add or deduct items from the balance which has been taken as a starting point.

☛ The resultant figure will be the balance as shown by the pass book or vice versa.

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16⟩ Explain me what is the difference between Cash discount and Trade discount?

☛ Cash discount is an allowance made by retailers to the customers for prompt payment. On the other hand, trade discount is an allowance made by the wholesaler dealer to retailers off the catalogue or invoice price. This allowance is made between purchasers and sellers engaged in the same class of trade.

☛ Cash discount is always allowed or received when payment is made. Trade discount enables the retailers to sell the products to customers at catalogue or price list issued by the wholesaler.

☛ Cash discount is an allowance in addition to the trade discount made by the seller to the buyer.

☛ Cash discount is recorded in account books while trade discount is not shown separately.

☛ The main purpose of allowing trade discount is to enable the retailers to sell the goods at list price while the purpose of providing cash discount is prompt payment by the debtor to the creditor.

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17⟩ Tell me what is convention of materiality?

This convention proposes that while accounting for the various transactions, only those transactions will be considered which have material impact on profitability or financial status of the organization and other insignificant transactions will be ignore. In keeping with the principle of materiality, unimportant items are either let out or merged with other items. Sometimes, such items are shown as footnotes or in parentheses according to their relative importance.

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18⟩ Explain the errors which affect Trial Balance and errors which do not affect Trial Balance?

Errors which affect the agreement of trial balance:

☛ Wrong totaling of subsidiary books.

☛ Posting on the wrong side of an account

☛ Omission of posting an amount in the ledger

☛ Posting of wrong amount

☛ Error in balancing

Errors which do not affect the agreement of trial balance:

☛ Error of Principle

☛ Errors of Omission

☛ Errors of Commission

☛ Recording of wrong amount in the books of prime entry or subsidiary books.

☛ Compensating Errors.

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19⟩ What is trial Balance. What are the main characteristics and uses of a trial balance?

Trial balance is a list of all balances standing on the ledger accounts of a firm at any given time.

Following are the main characteristics of a trial balance.

☛ It is a statement prepared in a tabular form.

☛ It has two columns: one for debit balances and another for credit balances.

☛ Closing balances as shown by ledger accounts are shown in the statement.

☛ It is not an account but only a statement of balances.

☛ It is prepared on the basis of balanced accounts.

☛ It is a method of verifying the arithmetical accuracy of entries made in the ledger.

☛ It helps in preparation of Trading account, Profit & Loss account and Balance Sheet at the end of the period which exhibit the financial position of the firm.

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20⟩ Please explain about your people skills can you maintain a healthy relationship with colleagues and clients alike?

You can describe anything that has to do with client service or cooperation at work: team projects, team problem solving, client representation and support, auditing services, etc.

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66 Junior Accountant Questions And Answers

1⟩ Explain me do you work well under pressure?

2⟩ Explain me are you efficient with your time?

4⟩ Tell me what items are included in Profit and Loss account?

5⟩ Tell me what are the accounting concepts?

6⟩ Explain me about a suggestion or successful contribution you have made in your past job or in college?

7⟩ Tell me what have you done at your present/last company to increase revenues, reduce costs, or save time?

8⟩ Please explain why are you the best candidate for us?

9⟩ Tell me how have you monitored the regulations that affect your accounting position?

10⟩ Explain me how you reacted when someone elses errors were impacting negatively on your job?

11⟩ Please explain about your qualifications. Are you familiar with economic and business principles necessary for effective accounting?

12⟩ Tell me a time when you helped reduce costs?

13⟩ Please explain what experience do you have working in a computerized environment?

14⟩ Explain nominal account with examples?

15⟩ Tell me what is bank reconciliation statement? What are the steps to prepare it?

16⟩ Explain me what is the difference between Cash discount and Trade discount?

17⟩ Tell me what is convention of materiality?

18⟩ Explain the errors which affect Trial Balance and errors which do not affect Trial Balance?

19⟩ What is trial Balance. What are the main characteristics and uses of a trial balance?

20⟩ Please explain about your people skills can you maintain a healthy relationship with colleagues and clients alike?

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66 Junior Accountant Questions And Answers

1⟩ Explain me do you work well under pressure?

2⟩ Explain me are you efficient with your time?

4⟩ Tell me what items are included in Profit and Loss account?

5⟩ Tell me what are the accounting concepts?

6⟩ Explain me about a suggestion or successful contribution you have made in your past job or in college?

7⟩ Tell me what have you done at your present/last company to increase revenues, reduce costs, or save time?

8⟩ Please explain why are you the best candidate for us?

9⟩ Tell me how have you monitored the regulations that affect your accounting position?

10⟩ Explain me how you reacted when someone elses errors were impacting negatively on your job?

11⟩ Please explain about your qualifications. Are you familiar with economic and business principles necessary for effective accounting?

12⟩ Tell me a time when you helped reduce costs?

13⟩ Please explain what experience do you have working in a computerized environment?

14⟩ Explain nominal account with examples?

15⟩ Tell me what is bank reconciliation statement? What are the steps to prepare it?

16⟩ Explain me what is the difference between Cash discount and Trade discount?

17⟩ Tell me what is convention of materiality?

18⟩ Explain the errors which affect Trial Balance and errors which do not affect Trial Balance?

19⟩ What is trial Balance. What are the main characteristics and uses of a trial balance?

20⟩ Please explain about your people skills can you maintain a healthy relationship with colleagues and clients alike?

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