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Finance & banking interviews
For accountants, finance officers, cashiers, auditors, bank and microfinance staff, and grants officers at NGOs. Four lessons: what finance panels score, the Excel test, and how to answer the month-end, the improper-payment and the budget-variance questions with real controls and real numbers.
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Lessons
- 1What finance panels look forUp nextAccuracy, controls and integrity; donor rules at NGOs; the Excel test; how to describe your systems truthfully; and the question about pressure to commit fraud.6 min
- 2“Walk us through your month-end close”The order of a controlled close, the bank reconciliation inside it, and what to say when the reconciliation does not balance.6 min
- 3“Backdate this payment” and other improper requestsThe integrity question every finance panel asks: how to refuse without a fight, what the channel is, and what to do when you suspect fraud.6 min
- 4Explain a budget variance to a non-finance managerBudget-versus-actual is the report every NGO and company manager reads. How to say what happened, why, what it means for the year and what you recommend, in plain words.6 min
Role guides
Pick the role closest to the job you want: its questions, technical topics and practical tasks.
- AccountingAccountant, accounts assistant, bookkeeper, junior accountant8 questions · 12 topics
- Finance officer (NGOs and projects)Finance officer, grants finance officer, budget officer, project accountant, finance assistant8 questions · 12 topics
- Banking & microfinanceTeller, customer service officer, loan officer, credit officer, mobile money and Islamic finance staff8 questions · 12 topics
Module quiz
10 questions drawn from these lessons. You see why each answer is right straight away. Your best score stays on this device.