What are your top three strengths?

- 1. Ability to cope up, 2. Ability to work with a team 3. Multi tasking

What are your top three weaknesses?

- 1. Insecure 2. Shyness 3. Lack of self-esteem

Are you open to growing in this role?

- Definitely

Can you describe your working style?

- Proximity as I prefer working with a team while maintaining my sole responsibility for a task and
supportive as I want to form a deep connections with my colleague to formulate a better results

What do you hope to achieve in this position?

- I see that this position requires someone who has the ability to multi-task, flexible and can work under
pressure and is committed for continuous learning. I am hoping for the opportunity to exhibit such skills.
I also want to improve my skills and gain additional learning as an audit staff. Along with growing
professionally, I'd like to see that your company offers a variety of learning opportunities and I want to
see myself growing with this firm.

Tell me about a time you overcame a challenging situation.

- Same with how do you handle stress

What is your greatest achievement?

How did you offer value in your previous role?

Tell me about a time you needed to use your leadership skills.

- I am part of a youth org. called Companion in the heart of Jesus and Mary and I was a servant leader. In
2018, a week before holy week. My servant council informed me that she would be late, she would
arrive on holy friday so it means I'll be the one who would solely lead my team and it was my first time.
Fortunately, I experienced to be a member before I became a servant leader however, I was a member
from a different team. I was so anxious that I might fail. So what I did. I double check all our checklist
task and I collaborate with other team to confirm if we already had all the materials needed for that
event. Also, another problem arised was when the priest we contacted suddenly decline to come due to
duties assigned to him by his superior so I asked him if he had someone he can refer to then I'll contact
that priest and sent an email to his congregation. During event, I corroborate with the priest if we had a
right flow of response for the mass. I even created a schedule B for the prayer warriors lest of the
person in charge was not available. Also, I always check my team and ask if they needed a help or if they
had inquiries regarding to their designated task.

If you could change anything about your past, what would it be?

- Nothing because the past is reason of what I am and who I am. Every failure, mistakes, drawbacks,
happiness and success are the reason why I am here today taking my final interview and answering your
questions.

What experiences have helped you prepare for this role?

Give me an example of a time you had to use an unconventional solution.

Tell me about a time you had to make a difficult decision.

What would you do in the first week, month and year in this role?

- Since I’ve never been held such a position before, it is my mission to understand the job and be
successful at it. I need to give my 100% even during training and never hesitate to ask questions if I have
any, and seek for an advice or tips that could help me in my job.

What techniques do you use to stay motivated?

How would you work with a difficult client?

What would you do if you didn't agree with a client's feedback?

- If I received an unfair criticism. I'll be open minded and, where possible, I'll be willing to own up to a
mistakes. Apologize, then I'll try not to dwell too much on it. Instead, I'll take any positives from it as I
can, and then move on.

How would you provide assistance to junior colleagues?

Why are you interested in this position?

What makes you a qualified candidate for this role?

What strategies do you use to diffuse tense situations?

How would you bring value to our team?

- By submitting high quality of work, of course by doing so, it will requires a extra effort to produce
higher quality work, but most employers and clients appreciate the dedication and higher quality. And
learning about your industry, of course, Learning more about the factors that affect the company you
work for can help you understand how to improve many aspects of the business. Like in ey I've read a
publication called: Audit quality: A globally sustainable approach where all the higher ups give their
insight on how they provide audit quality.

(Ex.) Rachel, I believe that audit quality is about understanding the why and how of what we are doing.

What education do you have that will help you as a staff auditor?

How do you think this position will help you reach your professional goals?

What do you view as the most important skills for a staff auditor to possess?

- Knowledge in auditing, communication, critical thinking and ability to work with a team

Can you discuss your communication skills?

Why do you think the role of staff auditor is important?

- Audit staff is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the financial reports, examining the
profit and loss, deriving conclusions based on the reports and making the necessary recommendations.

Why do you want to work in audit?

Explain about cross functional audits?

What are audit control procedures?

- Test of Control performed when the auditor believes that the control risk is low, enabling them to
verify this assessment. It have 4 categories: Inquiry - It is when the auditor ask the clients for their
control process, Observation - Observing a business process or transaction while it's happening,
Reperformance - It is whe the auditor might start a new transaction to repeat the internal controls used
by the client during this process. And lastly, Inspection: Tests of control - It is the examination of
business documents for any signs of review. Signatures, checkmarks, and stamps.

Sarbanes oxley acts

- It is a federal law that established sweeping auditing and financial regulations for public companies.
Implemented after enron scandal

What is CARO 2003? What do you mean by management audit?

- It means company audit report order 2003.It describes the matter on witch Statutory Auditors has to
report in their Audit Report

Do you prefer working in a team?

How would a lecturer describe you?

Do you keep your promises?

Are you a good listener?

Have you ever wanted to quit something?

Do you believe in talent or hard work?

What do you mean by amortization and impairment?

- Amortization is used to reflect the reduction in value of an intangible asset over its lifespan.
Impairment occurs when an intangible asset is deemed less valuable than is stated on the balance sheet
after amortization.

If you could be any animal, what would it be?

List some of you achievements?

What according to you was your greatest failure in life?

What do you mean by assessment year?

- AY is the year following the financial year in which you have to evaluate the previous year’s income and
pay taxes on it. FY is the year in which you earn an income.

What do you understand by total income?

- is the total amount of money you make each year before deductions are taken out of your pay.

How many heads are there under total income?

- 5 heads - income from Salary, income from house property, income from business profit, income from
investments/capital assets and income from other sources.

- FS can only be confirmed as fairly presented if it complies to all accounting standard unless immaterial
and won't affect economic decision making

- primary purpose is to give opinion for the fairness of fs and if the entity really comply with the
standards

- Do audit sampling in terms of collecting evidence or supporting documents. Ensure to obtain sufficient
and appropriate documents
Conceptual Framework

- It is a summary of the terms and concepts that underlie the preparation and presentation of Financial
statement for external users.