26 Finance Interview Questions & Answers
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Here’s the FULL LIST of FINANCE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Q1. Tell me about yourself and why you want this Finance position?
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“I am a highly motivated, professional, and standards-driven employee who realizes how important this finance role is to the success of your organization. Over the years, I have worked hard to build up my experience, my skills, and my qualities to enable me to be a high-performing member of any finance or accounting team. For example, in my last job, I often won praise from senior managers for my strong work ethic, my ability to manage multiples tasks, and also my strengths in respect of building positive relationships with both internal team members and external clients and stakeholders. I have spent time reading and analysing the job description for this finance role, and I believe I am a strong candidate for the position based on my experience, my hard-working nature, and also my ability to quickly fit into teams and departments seamlessly.”
Q2. Why do you want to work for our company in this Finance job role?
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“I am looking for long-term employment with an organization that has ambitious plans for the future, and also one that has a team of passionate people who all want to work to high standards. In finance, there is no room for either substandard work or a lackadaisical approach to tasks. Having researched your organization comprehensively before applying for this finance position, you are clearly ambitious due to the vast client base you have built up, you set high standards, and you also want to carry on growing and developing. If I am successful, I feel this somewhere I can not only contribute to the wider company objectives, but I can also stay here long-term and become an integral part of the finance team.”
Q3. Describe a time when you had to develop a strong collaborative relationship with someone to achieve a goal. What steps did you take to make sure it was a success?
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Q4. In your opinion, what skills and qualities are needed to work in Finance?
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Q5. Explain a situation when you had to work exceptionally hard to provide great service to a customer or client. What did you do that was so effective?
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Q6. Why should we hire you for this finance role and nobody else?
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Q7. Working in finance requires the ability to work under pressure. Describe a time when you completed a challenging task whilst under pressure.
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Q8. Explain how you would handle the repetitive and monotonous tasks that come with this finance role?
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Q9. What steps would you take to ensure the information and data you were using was accurate in this finance role?
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Q10. If I was to ask you which financial measure you would use to assess the health of a particular company, which one would you choose?
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Q11. Tell me what you know about the term EBITDA?
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Q12. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Q13. What factors would you consider when making financial decisions or recommendations that have a wide impact across our organization?
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Q14. What would you do in the first four weeks of starting in this finance role with our company?
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Q15. Attention to detail skills are essential in this finance role. Describe a time when you made a mistake at work?
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Q16. What would you do if you didn’t get on with someone in the finance team?
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Q17. How would you deal with a difficult or irate client of ours in this finance role?
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Q18. Tell me a time when you had a positive impact on a team or organization?
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Q19. Tell me about a project or task you worked on where you had to demonstrate extraordinary attention to detail?
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Q20. How do you keep your finance knowledge up-to-date?
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Q21. How do you approach risk?
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Q22. What’s your view on working late? Is it a good thing, or a bad thing?
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Q23. Why do you want to leave your current job?
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Q24. Where do you see yourself in 5 years' time?
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Q25. What are your salary expectations in this finance role?
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Q26. Do you have any questions you would like to ask the panel?
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Yes! I Want To Pass My Interview!Finance Job Description and Responsibilities
The role of any finance job position is to improve and develop the financial processes, practices and procedures within an organization. It is also the responsibility of finance employees to follow all financial rules, regulations and legislation. There are numerous roles within finance, including Finance Manager, Finance Assistant, Accountant, Auditing Managers, Financial Planner, Financial Analyst, Investor Relations Associate, Budget Analyst, and Credit Analyst.
To work in any of the above finance job roles you will need attention to details skills, exceptional planning and organizational capabilities, interpersonal and communication skills and also an analytical approach to all tasks and duties.
Finance Jobs Core Responsibilities
- Ensuring all finance-related tasks and projects are completed on time and to the relevant standards;
- Collating financial data and information to assist the organization in achieving its commercial goals and objectives;
- Using suitable financial software tools and applications to carry out your duties efficiently and competently;
- Assist in financial auditing processes by extracting data as requested;
- Organize and compile financial reports for senior managers and company owners as and when requested;
- Assess financial accounts and records for anomalies and errors and take the necessary steps to put things right;
- Assist co-workers and managers regarding financial regulations and policies and assist them in carrying out their duties.
5 TIPS FOR PASSING A FINANCE JOB INTERVIEW
TIP #1 – Prior to attending your finance job interview we recommend you study both the job description and the person specification for your chosen role. You must consider how the acquired skills, qualities and experience you have gained is a match for the essential aspects of the position.
TIP #2 – During any finance job interview, you will be asked a series of behavioural questions that assess your ability to perform to a high standard in the role. Think of times in the past when you have demonstrated attention to detail skills, provided outstanding client or customer service, worked as part of a team and also utilized strong analytical skills to complete financial reports or audits.
TIP #3 – It is important, when answering any behavioral or situational interview question, that you use the STAR method. Simply structure your answers using the format of situation, task, action, result to gain the highest scores possible.
TIP #4 – During your preparation for any finance job interview, think of three genuine reasons why you want to work for their company, and also make sure you look into their products, their services and the type of industry or sector they occupy. If they ask you the interview question, tell me what you know about our company, you will then be best placed to answer it with confidence.
TIP #5 – We have conducted extensive research into the type of interview questions asked during finance-related job interviews. All of the questions we recommend you prepare for are listed on this page. Please make sure you prepare answers to all of the 26 questions listed.
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