Interview Questions Flashcards
(134 cards)
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Tell me about yourself
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- final yr philosophy student
- studying part time alongside work as waiter and proofreader
- volunteering with charity bookshop
- throughout all of this I’ve enjoyed the analytical and numerical aspects the most, so I’m looking for a job which tests my abilities in these areas.
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How would you describe yourself?
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Analytical (both quant and qual)
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How might philosophy help you in accounting?
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- specialised in analytic philosophy: emphasises precision and clarity.
- analytical - checking for misstatements
- sceptical mindset
- communication - explaining complex ideas in simple terms.
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Why part time philosophy?
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Partly financial, I needed to work alongside to fund degree. Partly for enjoyment, because it would give me more time to audit other modules, engage with societies, and run reading groups
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Who’s your favourite philosopher?
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Diogenes the cynic (lived in a barrel, walked through the market holding a lantern proclaiming to be looking for an honest man)
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What is your main philosophical interest?
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ethics (ancient schools, EA)
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Why not pursue philosophy further?
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I want to build a professional career thats focussed on more practical problems.
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What is your main weakness?
What is your worst trait/fault?
Tell me your biggest failing.
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something my manager at work has flagged is that I’m not the best salesman - like if a customer asks about a certain dish I don’t rate, I’m usually honest and steer them towards something I rate more instead.
like being authentic, don’t feel I’m helping the customer if I’m not honest about the important things.
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What is your main strength?
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- analytical
- communication
- collaboration
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What makes you unique?
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Combination of quantitative and qualitative abilities and a strong interest in both. just as interested in writing as solving quantitative, numerical problems.
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What motivates you?
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- self-improvement: enjoy getting better at whatever I’m doing.
- helping others.
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How do you handle pressure & stress?
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- If stress is from struggling with a problem, talking with other people, seeking for their perspectives on how they might solve a problem in a different way.
- stress from balancing work & study (e.g. training contract), spread learning out over longer period, and incorporate it into daily life (e.g. flashcards on commute)
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Why a degree in philosophy?
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I’m interested in it, and looking at assumptions that come up in various subjects. Surprisingly applicable to audit.
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Why did you drop out of your first degree?
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health issues at the time.
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Why so many A Levels?
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My teachers encouraged me.
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Why did you take three years to do your A Levels?
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Didn’t settle as well into 6th form and ended up dropping out. Self-taught so took up extra a-level to show unis and employers that first yr didn’t reflect my capacities.
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How did you get the EAS job?
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Family relation
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How many hours do you work for EAS?
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project based, so some weeks not much, lots other weeks, 1 day/wk on average
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How do you think your EAS role will help you with accounting?
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- editing has strengthened communication skills
- proofreading has strengthened concentration and attention to detail - help with auditing when working through large amounts of data looking for any omissions or errors
- more broadly, balancing work & education will help me succeed on a training contract, as I’ve had to learn how to study alongside full time projects so that I keep continous progress with educational deadlines
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How do you analyse data in Excel for EAS?
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Using various basic functions to make the data useful e.g. conditional highlighting to illustrate vitamin or mineral levels in a supplement that are high or low compared to some benchmark. pivot tables to make data more presentable.
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What are your goals for the future?
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- Like to do a qualification
- eventually, I’d like to become an expert in NFP audit
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Why do you want this audit job?
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answer same as for “why do you want to work for us?”
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Why does honesty / integrity matter to you? How have you showcased the company’s “honesty” / “integrity” value in your past roles?
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- naturally an honest person, feel uncomfortable being dishonest
- also big motive is wanting to help others, can’t if dishonest
- specifically to audit, profession’s job is to provide honest assurance that company’s statements are free from misstatement, so auditor would be failing at their job if they were dishonest and bring reputational risks to the company.
- philosophy essays - I’ve score top of my class - big reason is academic honesty plays a huge role in how I write, don’t brush problems with my arguments but fully acknowledge and discuss them and potential solutions, appreciated by markers when students often try and make their arguments as strong as possible by being dishonest in their arguments.
- in job as proofreader, occasionally I get documents that cannot be fixed by simple edits and need a complete re-write. it’s key to my job that I’m honest in those situations even though I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, as sending documents to clients poses reputational risks.
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Why do you value impartiality / objectivity? How have you showcased the company’s “impartiality” / “objectivity” value in your past roles?
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- I enjoy problem solving and know that you’re more likely to reach a false conclusion if you don’t take an impartial perspective e.g. philosophy, can’t let your own biases influence your argument
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Why do you value "making a difference" / "caring"? How have you showcased the company's "making a difference" / "caring" value in your past roles?
One of my biggest motivators is helping others, making a difference in society. made a difference at bookshop:
- changing types and location of books in shop
- suggested an overhaul of the pricing team's structure
- suggested to benchmark threshold for online selling against book inflation.
or helping logic student
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Why do you value "working together" / "collaboration" / "teamwork"? How have you showcased the company's "work together" value in your past roles?
- really enjoy working with other people, one of my favourite aspects of work and study.
- STAR: floating at tamago
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Why do you value reimagining the possible? How have you showcased the company's "reimagine the possible" value in your past roles?
- helps solve problems
- fun, attracted me to philosophy
- question assumption that Phil Soc needs to be academic.
- made it fun and accessible (practical activities, collaborations).
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What's the toughest challenge you've faced?
Tell me a time about a challenge you've faced and how you overcame it.
S: two philosophy committee members stopped attending regularly.
T: took over their responsibilities (communication, debate facilitation, reading groups).
A: prioritised core society jobs, found someone in reading group to take lead.
R: couldn't replace their unique energy, but managed to keep society running smoothly for rest of year.
or overcoming anxiety with presentations (mention mind blanks initially to illustrate growth)
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Tell me about a stressful situation and how you dealt with it?
C: short-staffed at busy restaurant
A: trained in both roles, so took on the supportive role of supporting both remaining colleagues depending on need at time
R: able to meet all orders without significant delays
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Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict in a team?
S: phil soc struggling, wanted to make it accessible i.e. ethics, free will, but k didnt (e.g. is DL's GMR a good theory of modality).
T: compromise
A: technical for guest speakers, accessible for informal disccusions.
R: went well
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Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex
- Frequently do this in philosophy
- S: phil soc free will debate
- T: introduce debate starting point, make it accessible to non-philosophers
- A: avoided use of jargon, explained jargon that i needed to use, used examples to illustrate concepts.
- R: everyone understood and was able to contribute, useful for audit when needing to obtain complex info from firm.
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What does diversity mean to you?
- different perspectives/methods - better and quicker solutions to problems e.g. buddhist thought on personal identity
- only works if there's inclusivity, people are in an environment where they feel comfortable sharing those perspectives.
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Which adjectives would you use to describe yourself?
Analytical, empathetic, collaborative.
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Give an example of a time you have demonstrated determination
presentations are something that i get anxious about, keep taking opportunities to get exposure to then
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Give an example of a time you’ve been collaborative
S: short-staffed at restaurant, busy shift.
T: trained in front & back - offered to work both roles.
A: From experience knew when bottlenecks would occur, switched accordingly to ensure both colleagues felt supported.
R: Restaurant functioned smoothly despite shortage, positive customers experience.
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Why do you want to work for us?
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Why should I hire you?
- strengths.
- interest in role.
- interest in company.
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what past accomplishments gave you satisfaction?
- self improvement (presentations STAR)
- helping others (logic friend help STAR)
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What makes you want to work hard?
- self-improvement
- helping others
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What type of work environment do you like best?
A mixture of collaboration and independent work. Supportive atmosphere.
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Where do you see yourself in 5/10/15 years from now?
- I'd like to achieve official qualifications.
- I'd like to become an expert in NFP audit
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What qualifies you for audit?
- skill-set
- motivators
- interest
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How do you prioritise tasks?
flexibility, importance, time
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Describe a major change that occurred over which you had no control. How did you adapt to this change?
S: Chef suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital.
T: No chef, I’d been trained in role (interest in cuisine), so was able to step in.
A: Prepared the dishes, following the protocols I’d been trained with.
R: Customers were not affected by sudden staff shortage, we didn’t have to turn them out.
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Describe a project or idea that was implemented primarily because of your efforts. What was your role? What was the outcome?
S: Make Phil Soc more accessible (meet new people, get broader range of perspectives)
T: As events organiser, needed to design a schedule to appeal to wide audience
A: Talked to attendees early on in term to find out what they wanted, what would keep them coming back. Implemented variety (debates, fun, talks, walks, collabs).
R: Highest attendance in years.
Alternative: Bookshop
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Give an example of an important goal that you set in the past. Tell about your success in reaching it.
S: presentations, anxious, script
T: get better
A: broke it into steps: 1) put script on slides; 2) add improvised examples; 3) expand improvising.
R: Comfortable improvising to a medium extent, still got a way to go before its at professional level but proud of progress.
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Tell us how you keep your job knowledge current with the ongoing changes in the industry.
- keep up to date with financial news (particular interest?)
- follow trends in AI looking at how that could improve my job?
- subscribed to newsletters from regulatory bodies (relevant one for audit?)
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Give me a specific example of a time when you used good judgment and logic in solving a problem.
S: valuing team, backlog and bottlenecks.
T: nobody had solutions, thought outside box to solve issue.
A: realised we weren’t questioning our operating structure. Too specialised for part-time volunteers, creating bottlenecks at each stage. Proposed a more generalised approach, each volunteer sees whole process through. Also proposed increasing online selling threshold with inflation to reduce less-profitable workload.
R: more enjoyable, enriching roles for volunteers.
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It is very important to build good relationships at work but sometimes it doesn’t always work. If you can, tell about a time when you were not able to build a successful relationship with a difficult person.
S: new waiter with poor work ethic and social skills.
T: navigate working with him
A: Tested him on menu during quiet periods, gave him a more back-seat role to ease him into social situations.
R: He did improve, but I wasn't able to improve his work ethic. Ultimately let go.
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Have you ever worked in a situation where the rules and guidelines were not clear? Tell me about it. How did you feel about it? How did you react?
When I first started doing research for EAS, I wasn't given much guidance. So rather than sinking a lot of time into it, I did some brief research and then got their feedback to see if this was the kind of thing they wanted? If yes, then I knew I should sink more time in, sometimes no, then I asked for more guidance and changed tack accordingly.
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Describe a situation when you were able to strengthen a relationship by communicating effectively. What made your communication effective?
- Customers who apprehensive about japanese food
- find out why
- tailor my suggestions around those apprehensions, ask chef to avoid foods they dislike
- customers usually really appreciate it.
- personalisation and listening is effective
or philosophy presentation, making it accessible.
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When you have difficulty persuading someone to your point of view, what do you do? Give an example.
- assess assumptions (both persons and mine)
- introspect
- phil soc: kit wants academic, you want accessible, introspected, realised my assumption that academic would still occur may be false with current plans. compromised
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Describe a time when you realised you were deficient in a specific skill and took action to improve your capabilities in that area.
presentation skills are weak, so sought presentation opportunities to practice. still needs work but getting better.
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Describe a problem you encountered that required you to use unfamiliar or creative methods to solve.
S: valuing team, backlog and bottlenecks.
T: nobody had solutions, thought outside box to solve issue.
A: realised we weren’t questioning our operating structure. Too specialised for part-time volunteers, creating bottlenecks at each stage. Proposed a more generalised approach, each volunteer sees whole process through. Also proposed increasing online selling threshold with inflation to reduce less-profitable workload.
R: more enjoyable, enriching roles for volunteers.
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What's the best book you've found at the bookshop?
19th century Japanese book of flowers you had to translate
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What excites you the most about audit? How does that align with your goals?
Analytical, from acceptance (engagement risk), planning (inherent risk, internal controls), testing (mind bridge)
Collaboration - enjoy working with other people, solve problems better/quicker
Aligns with goal to become an expert in audit. Learn quicker.
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How will you ensure you use your time efficiently to attend all priorities in training contract?
Small amounts of study everyday throughout work deadlines (e.g. flashcards on commute).
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Would you describe yourself as someone who enjoys being given a lot of responsibility?
Yes - self-improvement (e.g. organisational skills running phil soc)
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How do you feel about incorporating new tech/data analytics into the audit process? How might the role benefit?
Excited - self-improvement, focus more on deeper, challenging work. Less on basic decision-making & info collection/processing.
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If you got this position, what would challenge you?
- Understanding complex regulations and new software - will take time, first few audits will be challenge, but excited for it.
- training contract
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What would a good day at work look like for you?
Collaboration, deep analytical work.
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What do you know about audit?
generally: good fit for skill set
specifics: go in depth about what you know about audit process
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Tell me about something recently that you're really proud of (and back-up topic).
1. Getting better at presentations
(Back-up: helping friend pass logic).
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What do you know about this company?
(say why you want to work for us)
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Give an example of trends you have researched for EAS
EC drafting max levels of V&Ms, EAS got leak and asked me to review whether V&M levels in Ireland would be affected (a more liberal market). took a sample of most popular supplements in a few categories (multivit, pregnancy, old age), used averages and conditional formatting to illustrate which V&M levels would be affected by new legislation. Info passed on to deloitte for more thorough impact assessment.
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What would you say is your second weakness (other than anxiety)?
Knowing when to stop / attempting too much e.g. philosophy
or
sales skills at tamago
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What's your biggest life achievement to date? Why?
Considering I work alongside my degree, I think getting a high first is something I'm really pleased with. Part of this grade has come from scoring really highly in presentations, which used to be a big weakness of mine and something I found anxiety provoking.
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what is something challenging you have worked on?
- overcoming fear of presentations
- a technical accounting topic
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What did you think of the budget?
NI changes will be tough for businesses that employ lots of part-time staff, although small (<100k) should be ok due to inc in employer allowance.
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tell me about a time you made a mistake
C: busy restaurant shift, forgot to input order into system
A: immediately put order in and asked kitchen to make it a priority. apologised to customers. Created systems like visual clues and phone reminders to avoid forgetting in future.
R: customers were understanding, delays were reduced, not made again.
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Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss / shown courage
S: boss convinced foreign students target market (consequences: adverts at uni, no menu online, only ig).
T: disagreed, did research.
A: told them my findings.
R: it's ongoing.
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Tell me about a time you overcame an unexpected analytical challenge
Overcoming an unexpected (analytical) challenge.
S: Assignment on problem of demandingness, surprisingly hard to pin down.
T: Explain exactly what the problem is in layman’s terms.
A: Tather than glossing over the ambiguity, I centered my assignment on analyzing and challenging different interpretations.
R: lecturer loved it, gave me the highest marks realistically possible in undergrad philosophy.
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How far do you align with the statement: I prefer having routines in my work to maintain consistency and structure.
- To a limited extent: Enjoy working in environments where I can keep learning, generally don't support macro-routines.
- Use micro-routines instead to support consistency that can be adapted to various situations e.g. morning prioritisation, feedback on a big decision or project, doing a final proof-read before submission, pre-shift preparation.
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Please describe a time when you have needed to weigh-up a number of options before making an important decision.
C: manager asked me whether it was worth advertising at uni
A: talked to lecturers to understand uni problems, also international students to find out their motives, researched online.
R: realised int student numbers are likely to remain low for foreseeable future, recommended we diversify our target market.
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Please describe a time when you had to bring together a range of information in order to draw a conclusion.
C: manager asked me whether it was worth advertising at uni, vs elsewhere.
A: talked to lecturers to understand uni problems, also international students to find out their motives, researched online.
R: realised int student numbers are likely to remain low for foreseeable future, recommended we diversify our target market.
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What are your top three strengths?
1. Analytical
2. Communication
3. Collaboration
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How many hours do you work?
Varies (zero hours), but including volunteer work maybe an average of 30hrs a week. Including my degree then 50hrs a week.
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Please describe a time in your degree when you had to bring together a range of information in order to draw a conclusion.
C: Philosophy degree, wrote essay on whether philosophy makes any progress, combined empirical data with logical argument to claim no.
A: borrowed data from a survey of philosophers on the big questions,
looked at level of disagreement and whether there was any correlation in answers amongst specialists in particular fields. largely no. Established existence of disagreement. Then combined empirical fact with logical argument to conclude that philosophy does not make progress.
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Tell me about a recent achievement you're proud of
Overcoming fear of presentations - got high first in last two presentations
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How would you handle poor morale in a team?
- depend on cause of morale
- if difficulty in certain kinds of work, see how I can support them (e.g. james struggling in logic)
- if general workload (e.g. busy season) generally having a positive attitude looking to support one another is how I've found managing busy periods in restaurant.
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Who are EAS?
Consultants who provide regulatory advice on the food, nutrition and health markets to companies and governments. Lots of technical expertise, but all but one are non-native English speakers.
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What do you do for EAS?
- sub-editor: improve phrasing and proof-read to ensure high level of accessibility and clarity. Audience often non-experts.
- research relevant trends and gather data for EAS's projects.
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Can you expand on EAS?
- who they are
- what you do
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What do you know about the ACA?
- 15 exams across Certificate, Professional & Advanced levels.
- knowledge intensive (flashcards)
- Certificate is largely multiple-choice, more written based at higher levels (30m/day on exam technique).
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Describe some documents you have proof-read for EAS
- guidance to handling adverse event complaints
- info on the manufacturing of supplements
- external economist hired for forecast for ASK DAD
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What does IADSA stand for?
International Alliance of Dietary Supplement Associations
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Who is IADSA?
Global association of the food supplement sector
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What would your fiercest critics say about you?
- manager at work points to my poor sales skills
- anxiety in certain situations
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Can you give examples of how you align to two of our company values?
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If you were successful in gaining this position, what 3 challenges would you face?
- accounting knowledge
- software
- training contract is a challenge in itself, but i am fully aware of that and will do my best to prepare for it.
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How do you prefer to learn?
- as efficiently as possible
- for knowledge-intensive subjects like ACA, flashcards (spreads learning over long period and embeds in LT memory, only repeats when I'm close to forgetting)
- build learning into day-to-day life to avoid cramming (e.g. flashcards on commute)
- post-certificate level, more exam technique, so maybe do 30mins/day before/after work
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You have just delivered a technical presentation and
you now have to deliver the same one to a non-technical group, what would you do to ensure they understood the content?
- avoid unnecessary jargon
- clearly define key jargon
- spell out any inferences/methods step-by-step
- encourage questions in case anyone isn't following.
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Tell me about a time
when you had more work
to do than time to
complete it
- overloaded at restaurant, short staffed
- honest with customers there will be be delays
- appreciated honesty
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When do you use the aggregate function?
Sum lists with error values (which it ignores)
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When do you use the dsum function?
If you want to total certain values in a table corresponding to values in a different column.
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What would you loudest champions say about you?
analytical contributions
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Give an example of an internal control you put in place to ensure a high quality in your EAS work.
proofreading:
- taking regular breaks.
- Align each line with bottom of screen so that you don't start skimming.
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Give an example of an internal control you put in place to ensure a high quality in your Tamago work.
- revenue system: minimising risk of mis-recorded orders by confirming orders with customers if I am not 100% confident that we fully understood each other (a lot of international customers whose English isn't great).
- revenue system: minimising risk that orders go unfulfilled: keeping tickets all in one place and not discarding until each item is delivered
- revenue system: minimising risk that goods are sold at wrong price point by confirming with manager before I issue discounts to certain customers.
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Give an example of an internal control you put in place to ensure a high quality in your studies.
essays:
- get second opinion on any key arguments.
- do a final proofread
- reconcile in-text citations against bibliography
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What is one thing you wish you could change about yourself?
get anxious in certain situations, like presentations, interviews, problematic clients, which can make the build up to those events a bit uncomfortable - wish I could avoid that.
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What would your tamago supervisor say you needed to work on?
something my manager at work has flagged is that I'm not the best salesman - like if a customer asks about a certain dish I don't rate, I'm usually honest and steer them towards something I rate more instead.
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What would your EAS supervisor say you needed to work on?
perhaps build more technical knowledge, if I were to be able to contribute more to the business (or learn a second language).
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What would your university supervisor say you needed to work on?
studying PT means it's been much longer since I studied certain modules with transferrable knowledge like metaphysics and Phil lang, so perhaps if I wanted to pursue philosophy at PhD, that would be their criticism.
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Can you tell me a time you received feedback on something, what was it and how did you respond?
Get feedback on all my essays, been really useful, especially for public philosophy pieces, since those were trickier to write to start with. early on I didn't use enough examples or assumed too much in my pieces, which I've learnt from. for the written pieces, style is something I'm still working on.
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What would you say was your work ethic to date?
(twist into: how do you handle multiple deadlines?)
- first, anticipate bottlenecks with deadlines
- second, prioritise
- third, use artificial deadlines as form of time-management.
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What would you say are the key differences between accounting and audit and why have you chosen audit?
- advisory vs forensic mindset.
- accounts: preparing FS, bookkeeping, business advisory about e.g. cash flow, debt management, budgets, regulatory compliance.
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Tell me about NEFS. What skills did you gain from it?
- wrote a weekly market-wrap up for that region, outlining significant economic or political developments
- communication skills
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Auditors often deal with complex or ambiguous situations. Can you describe a situation where you had to analyze information and make a decision without all the details?
Restaurant advertising campaign
or
bookshop re-structuring
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Tell me about a time you had to solve a problem under pressure
C: logic exam, had 5mins to photo answers, drag into word, then upload that. Practiced, but on day, no extra pages were opening so did not have enough space for photos
A: rather than trying to create more pages, I cropped my photos and fit 4 per page
R: managed to submit all but one Q, got over 80% despite that, instead of 10% if I had only submitted as many Qs as I had pages for
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How are audit thresholds changing from April 2025
Increase in line with small company thresholds, so needs an audit if it exceeds 2 out of three of:
- turnover ≤ 15m
- balance sheet ≤ 7.5m
- average no of employees ≤ 50
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Why do you care about sustainability?
Care equally about those who do currently exist and those who will exist in the future but not yet.
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What is RNI
reference nutrient intake (95% of the population's requirement is met) (UK)
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What is RDA?
recommended daily allowance (97.5% of populations' requirement is met) (mainly USA)
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What is NRV?
nutrient reference value - guidance for V/M needs for general health
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What is NRV's main use?
Used for food labelling internationally
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How do you find Canterbury?
I love it, I do lots of hiking and water sports so being close to the countryside and the beach is amazing.
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What do you think of University of Kent?
It’s really good, campus is amazing, lecturers have mostly been great.
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How do you feel about shutting Kent Philosophy?
Pretty sad, I was told philosophy is profitable but think its to free up funds for more profitable STEM courses. Taught by recent PhD grads which has positives, more engaged with students
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Did you enjoy your economics & econometrics degree at Nottingham?
Yes, but frustrated I didn't get a chance to explore assumptions in maths and economics more, big reason why I pivoted to philosophy
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How did you find Nottingham?
Nice, liked the tram system and architecture.
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How might ethics help with accounting?
Ethical principles can still be interpreted differently, help me reason through those differences
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Why didn't you settle into 6th form?
health issues
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How do you get on with customers at Tamago?
Really well, we’re quite lucky in that our customer base is mostly very friendly. Occasionally you’ll get a customer whose never happy and then you just accept it
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Tell me about a time you have contributed to a team goal or project
S: short-staffed at restaurant, busy shift, risk affecting team goal of positive customer experience.
T: trained in front & back - offered to work both roles.
A: From experience knew when bottlenecks would occur, switched accordingly to ensure both colleagues felt supported.
R: Restaurant functioned smoothly despite shortage, positive customers experience goal achieved.
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Give an example of a time where you have followed through on commitments
- commitment to myself to get better with presentations
- commitment to student to help them get better at logic
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Give an example of a time where you have admitted and learned from mistakes
C: forgot to put order through
A: bumped order forward, apologised
R: customers were appreciative, learnt to use visual signals or just wait in future.
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Give an example of a time where you have generated new ideas
Bookshop:
- revenue (went through the sales book looking at categories, online team increased threshold)
- operating structure.
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Give an example of a time you have demonstrated a strong work ethic
- Determination with presentations
- balancing multiple deadlines
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Give an example of a time you have exceeded performance targets
Personal goal of improving presentations - getting high firsts
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Give an example of a time where you have bounced back from a setback
lost staff member to illness on saturday night, had to cover in kitchen.
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Give an example of a time you have volunteered for additional projects or tasks
Volunteering for additional projects or tasks
S: at bookshop, valuing team shortage of staff.
T: volunteered to help.
A: came in on another day of week to value and photograph antique books.
R: allowed me to contribute throughout covid when bookshop was shut to public.
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Give an example of a time you have gone beyond your basic responsibilities
S: started at Tamago, Japanese vocab regularly appears on products, menus, etc.
T: Decided to learn some basics to improve my performance.
A: Used flashcards to learn the most useful vocabulary. Practiced identification at work, occasional speaking.
R: Have basic ability, appreciated by Japanese staff, allows me to make better impression on customers.
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Say something interesting about yourself
I play water polo
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