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Accounts interview questions, and how to answer them
Accounts interviews check that you can keep the books accurate and compliant: entries, reconciliations, GST and TDS, and month-end closing.
AmboAccounts interview questions
Pass the journal entry for goods purchased on credit with GST.
What they’re testing: Basic entries.
How to answer: Purchases A/c Dr, Input CGST/SGST (or IGST) A/c Dr, To Supplier A/c. Explain when IGST applies instead.
Why might the bank balance not match the cash book?
What they’re testing: Reconciliation.
How to answer: Cheques issued but not presented, deposits not cleared, bank charges, interest and errors. A BRS reconciles them.
What is input tax credit and when can it not be claimed?
What they’re testing: GST knowledge.
How to answer: GST paid on purchases offset against GST on sales; blocked for items like personal use or certain motor vehicles, or if the supplier has not filed.
What is the difference between provision and reserve?
What they’re testing: Accounting concepts.
How to answer: A provision is a charge for a known liability or loss; a reserve is an appropriation of profit.
How do you handle month-end closing?
What they’re testing: Process discipline.
How to answer: Record accruals and prepayments, reconcile banks and ledgers, review AP/AR, then prepare trial balance and reports on time.
How the interview usually runs
- Round 1Written or practical accounting test
- Round 2Technical round with the accounts manager
- Round 3Tally/ERP and Excel check
- Round 4HR round
Must-know topics
The follow-up they’ll use to test you
“What if the vendor has not uploaded the invoice to GSTR-1?”
Expect a compliance follow-up: ITC may be at risk, so follow up with the vendor and match against GSTR-2B.
Accounts interview preparation course
Ambo builds your Accounts course from your resume and the role you want: every must-know topic above, Interview Q&A at the end of each lesson and a deep dive on your own projects. Pick a crash course (10 days), interview perspective (14) or depth learning (20).
How Upskill worksAccounts certification
TickBig Certified Accounts. Three camera-proctored rounds: an objective test, hands-on tasks for the role and a voice interview with Ambo. Pass all three to earn a seal recruiters can verify, valid for 12 months.
Your projects will be grilled
Mention the volume you handled (entries, vendors, reconciliations) and one error or saving you found.
Accounts resume guideHow Ambo trains you for your Accounts interview
- 1Ambo reads your resumeYour skills, projects, years and the role you want next.
- 2Then where you’re interviewingAnd how interviewers there question people like you.
- 3It maps every topic they could askMust-know first, your own projects included, built into short daily lessons.
- 4You practise, then get certifiedInterview Q&A after every lesson, then three proctored rounds ending in a voice interview with Ambo.
Questions, answered.
Is Tally still asked in accounts interviews?
Yes, Tally Prime is widely used by Indian SMEs. Larger companies may ask about SAP or Oracle.
Do accounts interviews include a practical test?
Often: journal entries, a BRS or a small GST calculation.
How is this different from a list of interview questions?
A list is the same for everyone. Ambo builds your course from your resume, your target role and where you're interviewing, then writes every lesson from the interviewer's point of view: what they'll ask, a strong answer, and the follow-up they'll use to test you.
What is the certification test?
Three camera-proctored rounds that unlock one after another: an objective round, a hands-on round (coding or practical tasks for your role) and a voice interview with Ambo, who asks live follow-ups on your answers. Pass all three within 14 days to become TickBig Certified for 12 months.
Walk into your Accounts interview ready.
Ambo builds your course from your resume and trains you the way they’ll question you.