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Interview kit for an accountant: job ad, questions on bookkeeping, month-end and accuracy, scorecard

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Interview kit for an accountant: job ad, questions on bookkeeping, month-end and accuracy, scorecard

Example result

Example for the Standard package

Interview kit: barista for a busy city-centre coffee shop

Short job ad

Barista, full-time, city centre. $18–20 an hour plus tips, shifts from 6:30 am, two weekends a month. You'll make coffee for about 600 people a day, keep the bar clean and remember what the regulars drink. Six months behind a busy bar is enough; we'll teach you our recipes.

Stage 2: main interview (4 of 18 questions)

CompetenceQuestionA strong answerA weak answer
Working under pressure"Tell me about your busiest shift. What did you do when the queue reached the door?"A real shift, a clear order of tasks, asked for help earlyTalks in general terms, "I just work faster"
Care for guests"A regular says their flat white tastes different today. What do you do?"Asks what is different, remakes it, checks the grinderDefends the drink, or remakes it without asking
Teamwork"How do you share the bar with a colleague when you're both making drinks?"Clear roles, calls out orders, cleans as they goPrefers to work alone
Reliability"Our shifts start at 6:30. How would you get here?"A concrete plan and a back-upNo plan

Scorecard (weights)

CompetenceWeightScore 1–5
Working under pressure30%
Care for guests25%
Coffee basics20%
Teamwork15%
Reliability10%

Files: Word and PDF. Every question is about the job: none asks about age, family plans, health, religion or origin. We never search for or contact candidates, and the choice of whom to hire is yours.

Client: Morning Fold, a coffee shop with 9 staff and about 600 orders a day. Task: hire a barista who stays calm at the morning rush and is friendly with regulars. Standard package: a job ad in two versions, a phone screen and a main interview, 25 questions and a weighted scorecard. Excerpt below.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

An accountant is hired for accuracy and trust, and a friendly chat rarely shows either. This kit gives you a job ad and questions on the work you describe: bookkeeping and invoices, reconciliations, month-end and year-end, payroll or reports if they are part of the job, your accounting software and how the person catches and owns mistakes. Notes show what strong and weak answers sound like, and a scorecard keeps candidates comparable. Premium adds a practical task on made-up figures with a checking guide. Accounting and reporting rules differ by country, so the questions follow what you tell us, and your chief accountant should check the technical points. The kit gives no accounting or tax advice. We never look for or contact candidates and never say whom to hire.

What is included

  • What you getA Word and PDF kit for an accountant role: the job ad, questions by competence for each stage in your package, what to listen for and a scorecard. From Standard, a short screening call on experience and software, a short ad for job boards and a weighted scorecard; in Premium, a third stage, a practical task on made-up figures with a checking guide, and reference questions.
  • Core accountingEntries, invoices, reconciliations and closing the period
  • Your softwareQuestions tied to the accounting software and spreadsheets you use
  • Accuracy and deadlinesHow the person checks work, finds errors and meets reporting dates
  • ScorecardKnowledge, accuracy, reliability and communication on one scale
  • Fair questionsAbout the job only, nothing on age, family, health or beliefs

How it works

  1. 1
    BriefYou describe the duties, software and reports
  2. 2
    KitWe write the ad, the questions, answer notes and the scorecard
  3. 3
    DeliveryYou get the kit in Word and PDF on the order page
  4. 4
    Your interviewsYou interview candidates and have the technical points checked

What we need from you

The level (junior, accountant, chief accountant), the duties: bookkeeping, invoices, payroll, reconciliations, reports or filings, the country and rules you work under, the software and spreadsheets you use, the size of the business, must-have and nice-to-have skills, the pay range and conditions you really offer, and how many interview stages you plan. You may attach your job description or an old ad, up to 3 files. Please do not send candidates' CVs, real financial records or other personal data.

We will ask you:

  • What level of accountant do you need?
  • What will the person do day to day?
  • Which software and rules do you work with?
  • What do you offer?
  • How will you interview?

Compare packages

PackagesBasicAd and 10 accounting questions$12StandardScreen call and technical interview$24Premium3 stages and a reconciliation task$40
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Job adfull versionfull and short versionsfull and short versions
Interview questions102540
Interview stages123
Competences coveredup to 4up to 6up to 8
Scorecardsimpleweightedweighted, for each stage
Test task with a checking guideNoNoYes
RoleAccountantAccountantAccountant
Order BasicOrder StandardOrder Premium

Payment protection

You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.

  • Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
  • The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
  • Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
  • Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
  • Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
  • Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
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Questions and answers

Will the questions match our country's accounting rules?

We build them on the rules, reports and software you name, but we don't check them against current law. Ask your chief accountant or adviser to review the technical questions.

Does the test task use our real figures?

No. It uses made-up figures that look like your work, such as a short bank statement to reconcile, so no real financial data leaves your company.

Is this advice on accounting or tax?

No. The kit is a set of interview documents only; it gives no accounting, tax or legal advice.

Will you find or contact candidates?

No. We prepare the documents; you post the ad, invite candidates and interview them yourself.

Will you tell me whom to hire?

No. The scorecard helps you compare candidates on the same points, but the decision is always yours. Every question is about the job, with nothing on age, family, health or beliefs.

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