Role-specific questions
1. How do you allocate work to your team on a new engagement?
How to answer: Answer with a short framework (two or three steps), then back it with a specific example and the result.
2. How do you decide whether an audit difference is material?
How to answer: Answer with a short framework (two or three steps), then back it with a specific example and the result.
3. Describe a disagreement with a client and how you resolved it.
How to answer: Use the STAR method: Situation, Task, Action, Result. Close with a number and what you learned.
4. How do you stay within budgeted hours without cutting quality?
How to answer: Answer with a short framework (two or three steps), then back it with a specific example and the result.
Common questions for Audit & Assurance roles
Describe a significant finding and how you reported it.
What interviewers look for: Cover the issue, evidence, how you raised it, the client's response and the result.
How do you handle a client who is slow to provide information?
What interviewers look for: Show persistence, escalation through the right channels and professionalism.
How do you stay objective when you know the client well?
What interviewers look for: Mention independence, professional scepticism and documenting judgements.
Prepare a STAR story bank
- Situation: one or two sentences of context.
- Task: what you were responsible for.
- Action: what you did, step by step.
- Result: the outcome with a number, plus what you learned.
The Interview page in the app saves your own answers for each question and has a practice timer.