Interview Questions:

Background of the Company

1. Can you give a brief background on the history of the company?
a. Was there a shift in the products sold or an expansion?

Organizational Structure
1. What is the organizational structure of the company?
2. What are the departments involved revenue and expenditure (payroll, purchasing)
cycles?
3. How many employees are there in the company?
4. What are the different responsibilities or job descriptions for each department?
5. Are you currently using a data processing software for all of the processes within the
company?
a. If yes, how does it help your processes be more efficient? Is it integrated among
all the departments or is it department specific?
b. If no, what are the reasons for you to not use a data processing software?

Revenue Department
1. Can you walk us through your revenue cycle
a. What are your sources of revenue?
b. What are the documents used in your revenue cycle?
c. What are the roles of the people involved in this department?
2. Are there any major problems that you encountered relating to the process?
a. What are the control systems in place?
b. Who oversees the control system?
c. In cases of deviation of employees from the control systems such as fraud or
misconduct, what are your protocols for such things?
3. Which part of the process do employees have a hard time with?
4. When was the current process established?
a. How often do you change your process or review for proposal on changes?

Purchasing Department
5. Can you walk us through your expenditure (purchasing) cycle?
a. What are the documents used in your expenditure (purchasing) cycle?
b. What are the roles of the people involved in this department?
6. Are there any major problems that you encountered relating to the process?
a. What are the control systems in place?
b. Who oversees the control system?
c. In cases of deviation of employees from the control systems such as fraud or
misconduct, what are your protocols for such things?
7. Which part of the process do employees have a hard time with?
8. When was the current process established?
 a. How often do you change your process or review for proposal on changes?

Payroll Department
9. Can you walk us through your revenue and expenditure (payroll) cycle?
a. What are the documents used in your revenue and expenditure (payroll) cycle?
b. What are the roles of the people involved in this department?
10. Are there any major problems that you encountered relating to the process?
a. What are the control systems in place?
b. Who oversees the control system?
c. In cases of deviation of employees from the control systems such as fraud or
misconduct, what are your protocols for such things?
11. Which part of the process do employees have a hard time with?
12. When was the current process established?
a. How often do you change your process or review for proposal on changes?