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50 questions across five in-demand areas.

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HR Interview Questions

  1. Tell me about yourself.
  2. Why do you want to work with our company?
  3. What are your greatest strengths?
  4. What is one area you are working to improve?
  5. Why are you looking for a new opportunity?
  6. Describe a challenging situation and how you handled it.
  7. What are your short-term career goals?
  8. How do you handle feedback from a manager?
  9. What are your salary expectations?
  10. Why should we hire you for this role?

Accountant Interview Questions

  1. Explain the difference between accounts payable and accounts receivable.
  2. How do you perform bank reconciliation?
  3. What is the difference between a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement?
  4. How do you ensure accuracy in financial entries?
  5. What steps do you take when an invoice does not match a purchase order?
  6. Explain the basic GST return process you have worked with.
  7. How do you manage month-end closing activities?
  8. What accounting software have you used?
  9. How do you identify and correct an accounting error?
  10. What controls help prevent duplicate payments?

Tally Questions

  1. What is a company in Tally and how do you create one?
  2. What are groups and ledgers in Tally?
  3. How do you create a voucher entry?
  4. Explain the difference between payment and receipt vouchers.
  5. How do you record a sales entry with GST?
  6. What is the purpose of a cost centre?
  7. How do you view a trial balance in Tally?
  8. What is bank reconciliation in Tally?
  9. How do you alter or delete an incorrect voucher?
  10. Which reports do you check before finalising accounts?

Customer Support Questions

  1. How would you handle an angry customer?
  2. Describe a time you solved a customer problem successfully.
  3. How do you prioritise several support tickets at once?
  4. What does good customer service mean to you?
  5. How do you explain a technical issue in simple language?
  6. What would you do if you did not know the answer to a customer’s question?
  7. How do you stay calm during a high-volume shift?
  8. How do you document a customer interaction?
  9. What metrics are important in customer support?
  10. How do you turn negative feedback into a positive outcome?

Excel Questions

  1. What is the difference between relative and absolute cell references?
  2. When would you use VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP or INDEX-MATCH?
  3. How do you remove duplicate values from a sheet?
  4. What is a PivotTable and when would you use one?
  5. How do you use IF, SUMIF and COUNTIF formulas?
  6. How can you highlight values using conditional formatting?
  7. How do you protect a worksheet or workbook?
  8. What is data validation and how do you apply it?
  9. How do you clean text using TRIM, LEFT, RIGHT or TEXT functions?
  10. How would you create a simple monthly MIS report in Excel?