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Unternehmen, die Controller einstellen, suchen Kandidaten mit unternehmerischer Denkweise, Buchhaltungserfahrung und grundlegenden Soft Skills zur Leitung der gesamten Buchhaltungsabteilung. Vor einem Vorstellungsgespräch für Controller sollten Sie sich darauf vorbereiten, Fragen nicht nur zu Ihren Buchhaltungskenntnissen, sondern auch zu Managementstrategien, Kommunikationskompetenz und Wissen über den Geschäftsbetrieb zu beantworten.

Typische Bewerbungsfragen als Controller (m/w/d) und wie Sie diese beantworten

Question 1

Frage 1: Was würden Sie machen, wenn Sie in einem von einer Führungskraft bereitgestellten Dokument eine Diskrepanz feststellen würden?

How to answer
So beantworten Sie die Frage: Ein Controller ist direkt dem leitenden Management unterstellt. Die Person kann direkt dem Vorstand oder einem CEO unterstellt sein. Mit dieser Frage möchte die befragende Person in Erfahrung bringen, wie Sie sensible Angelegenheiten wie diese behandeln würden. Denken Sie an die ethischen Grundsätze. Das einstellende Unternehmen möchte, dass Sie beim Umgang mit sensiblen Informationen starke ethische Grundsätze befolgen.
Question 2

Frage 2: Haben Sie schon einmal ein Buchhaltungs- oder Finanzkontrollsystem eingerichtet? Wie war das?

How to answer
So beantworten Sie die Frage: Konzentrieren Sie sich bei der Beantwortung dieser Frage darauf, wie Sie in früheren Positionen Kontrollen eingerichtet haben, um Betrug und Fehler zu vermeiden. Die befragende Person möchte wissen, wie Ihr Wissen und Ihre Kompetenzen dem Unternehmen zugutekommen würden, insbesondere in Bezug auf die Reduzierung von Betrug und Finanzfehlern. Falls Sie keine Erfahrung mit der Einrichtung von Kontrollen haben, können Sie Branchenstandards nennen und kurz ansprechen, wie Sie Kontrollen beim jeweiligen Unternehmen erfolgreich implementieren werden.
Question 3

Frage 3: Was ist Ihr Ansatz bei der Arbeit mit Ihrem Finanzteam?

How to answer
So beantworten Sie die Frage: Heben Sie bei der Beschreibung Ihrer Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Finanzfachkräften Ihre Führungsqualitäten hervor. Lassen Sie die befragende Person wissen, dass Sie ein Team motivieren und gleichzeitig auf finanzielle Präzision bestehen können. Demonstrieren Sie Ihre Soft Skills, denn Controller müssen das große Ganze, die Details und die Operationen des Finanzteams im Blick haben.

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Right to work in the UK (Asylum & Immigration Act 1996). I can provide confirmation that I am legally entitled to work in the UK. Please provide your National Insurance number Availability to work: Can you confirm that you are able to work the hours you are applying for? Have you been convicted of any criminal offence/s, which are not yet spent under rehabilitation? (offender Act 1974). Do you live more than 30 miles away from the Store/Distribution Centre/Dotcom Centre that you are applying for? Working as a customer assistant, you will often be interacting with customers who have high customer service expectations. How do you feel about that? Working as a customer assistant, you will be working during some of the busiest times. How do you feel about that? Working as a customer assistant, you will be working in a team and will often need to ask team members for help or advice. How do you feel about that? As a Customer Assistant, customers are your top priority. You will often be asked questions by customers whilst carrying out other important responsibilities. How do you feel about that? A customer asks you about their dotcom order, you don’t know much about it because that is a different department that you have not worked in. What do you do? You have just helped a customer find the crumpets and they continue to chat to you about what they have been doing that day. You need to finish refilling the bakery. How do you respond? A member of your team is preparing a customer promotion. She has just been asked to help on checkouts and asks if you could take over. You are currently helping a customer. How do you respond? You are tidying an aisle when you hear a couple behind you discussing prosecco for a party this evening. What do you do? You are still getting to know your team when your manager asks you whether you would like to help out in another department. How do you react? A customer asks about a particular type of corn flakes, we have sold out of that particular brand. How do you respond?
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Interviewed at Tesco

3.8★
Oct 26, 2018

Right to work in the UK (Asylum & Immigration Act 1996). I can provide confirmation that I am legally entitled to work in the UK. Please provide your National Insurance number Availability to work: Can you confirm that you are able to work the hours you are applying for? Have you been convicted of any criminal offence/s, which are not yet spent under rehabilitation? (offender Act 1974). Do you live more than 30 miles away from the Store/Distribution Centre/Dotcom Centre that you are applying for? Working as a customer assistant, you will often be interacting with customers who have high customer service expectations. How do you feel about that? Working as a customer assistant, you will be working during some of the busiest times. How do you feel about that? Working as a customer assistant, you will be working in a team and will often need to ask team members for help or advice. How do you feel about that? As a Customer Assistant, customers are your top priority. You will often be asked questions by customers whilst carrying out other important responsibilities. How do you feel about that? A customer asks you about their dotcom order, you don’t know much about it because that is a different department that you have not worked in. What do you do? You have just helped a customer find the crumpets and they continue to chat to you about what they have been doing that day. You need to finish refilling the bakery. How do you respond? A member of your team is preparing a customer promotion. She has just been asked to help on checkouts and asks if you could take over. You are currently helping a customer. How do you respond? You are tidying an aisle when you hear a couple behind you discussing prosecco for a party this evening. What do you do? You are still getting to know your team when your manager asks you whether you would like to help out in another department. How do you react? A customer asks about a particular type of corn flakes, we have sold out of that particular brand. How do you respond?

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