Interview preparation
Practise the questions accounting interviewers actually ask.
Each theme below links to graded exercises. The career track adds the practical tests employers set, and the interview readiness exam puts them under time pressure.
- 01
“Walk me through a prepaid expense.”
Tests whether you understand deferrals, not just the entry.
- 02
“How does depreciation affect the three statements?”
The classic statement-linking question.
- 03
“Record a sale under a perpetual inventory system.”
Checks that you remember the cost side of the entry.
- 04
“The trial balance balances. Does that mean the books are right?”
Probes which errors a trial balance can't catch.
- 05
“How would you fix an entry posted to the wrong account?”
Correcting entries and the audit trail.
- 06
“Why can a profitable company run out of cash?”
Working capital and cash conversion.
- 07
“Talk me through a bank reconciliation.”
A near-universal practical test for junior roles.
- 08
“What would you do if a manager asked you to delay booking an invoice?”
Ethics questions are increasingly common.