INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES-
PART 5
Where you have been able to get your CV to speak for you
and you have been called for an interview, you then have to speak for yourself
at the interview.
In the first blog on interviewing techniques, we mentioned
a few bullet points which we are continuing with in this blog.
AT THE
END OF AN INTERVIEW, ASK AT LEAST ONE QUESTION
Never say, no I don’t have any questions. Always prepare a
few questions about the role, about the accounting system or internal control
being adopted by the organisation.
I usually say, this is a final opportunity for you to throw
in a bit of accounting knowledge and accounting terminologies before you leave
the interview room. If the interview session has not given you the chance of
speaking about your accounting knowledge, then you may want to ask a question
that lets you show a bit of such. For example;
·
what is the sales invoicing system adopted by
the organisation
·
does the department use any books of prime
entries and are these manual or electronic systems
·
does the organisation maintain a purchase
ordering system and how effectively is this maintained. Will this be part of my
role?
·
does the organisation maintain manual salary
journals or are the payroll details electronically connected to the accounting
system (if this has any connection with the role)?
You will agree with me that these are not the usual generic
sorts of questions you will find an individual asking, but questions like
these, will make you stand out a little better.
Ha!, but how will you ask a question like this if you don’t
even know what a sales invoicing system is or what books of prime entries are
or what a purchase ordering system is or what salary journals are?
Then get on with it;
·
gain some experience,
·
learn about how accounts work in the real
world, and
·
start talking about accounts; and
·
the next interview will be a lot better
than the last.
WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST from:
THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE
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