5月2日 晚 简历面试班 作业

eugenesissi

What is your biggest achievement? (month-end example).
Start:
When I was first trained to do month-end reconciliation, my firm didn’t have a clear checklist & guidance in place. And by the time they started on the month-end process, the accountant was under so much pressure to close the books faster.  The monthly close used to normally take a week and a half.
Task:
As I’m a kind of person who is always looking for ways to improve my work efficiency, I made some suggestions to my supervisor to speed up the month-end reconciliation.
Actions:
The 1st thing I did was to perform weekly bank reconciliation rather than monthly. Every Monday, I Input transactions into MYOB based on the downloaded bank statement for last week.
Instead of close off accounts payable & receivable on the last working day, I suggested closing off accounts payable & accounts receivable at noon on the last working day with transactions in the afternoon carried forward to the first day of the new month.
After performed for a few times, I created a checklist for the month-end reconciliation to facilitate this process for team members in the future.
Result:
After implemented the suggested extra steps, the time of preparing month-end was halved.

Q3. Which one you will feel more comfortable in a team or work alone?  
What I have learned from the job description is: this position requires someone who can handle team projects which in turn requires great deal of independent work. I would like to work in an environment where there is a blend of both. It’s great working in teams while sharing and learning ideas with each other, but it’s also great to sit at my own desk and work hard productively. My career marks and positive feedback from my current employer shows my individual efforts. Moreover, I was the team member of Relay for Life – NSW Cancer council fundraising event, and my team was awarded the ‘Best Charity Fundraiser of the Year’ 2012. This also shows that I am an efficient team member.  So I am comfortable with both.

Q7. What motivates you in your work?
I’m very results-driven. Performing an excellent job and achieving the desired end result is my primary motivation. I am also motivated by the satisfaction & self-achievement received from getting my tasks done accurately and properly. I think it’s very important that I can give all that I have to my employer and pay attention to every detail so that all my work can be completed as accurate as possible. I guess this is my way to add value to my employer.

Q13. What is your plan in next year / next 5 years?
I strive to be the best at what I do and I want to work somewhere where I’ll have opportunities to develop my skills, take on new challenges, and work with people I can really learn from. I want to spend the next 5 years fully utilizing my soft and technical skills with XYZ, building my career here, and see myself growing with the company.

Once given my answer, take the opportunity to return the question by asking the interviewer: Do you mind if I ask where you see this position leading in the next three to five years?

Q14.  What new skills or capabilities have you developed recently?
In order to overcome my fear of public speaking and to better communicate and interact with others, I’ve joined Toastmaster recently. And I just did my 3rd 5-minute presentation last week. Although speaking in front of so many people is nerve-racking, I really feel that I’ve acquired a lot of soft skills over the past few weeks. Instead of wrapping myself up in my comfort zone, I’m now more willing to step up and to share my views with people outside my usual social circle. Moreover, public speaking has helped fine-tuned my everyday verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Now I’m feeling more confident to interact with other people and get my points across best.