Preparing for an accountancy interview

Preparation is everything and the careers service at the University of Kent can really help you be prepared, particularly for an interview with an accountancy firm. Luckily you don’t need to have gone to the University of Kent or even live in Kent. All their advice is online including tips on how to answer more than 150 common interview questions – specifically for accountancy graduates. They also list questions asked by specific companies such as Deloitte or Grant Thornton. General advice includes reading the finance papers of a good quality broadsheet and if applying to a smaller local firm, trying to find out who the firm’s clients are. It also lists qualities and requirements looked for by some of the big names in accountancy – for example the core competencies required by KPMG such as business focus and problem solving. For more comprehensive advice on your first, second or third interview visit the website at http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/ivaccountancy.htm