• What challenges are you looking for?
• Explain your approach to teamwork. Can you tell how you have had to adapt to work efficiently as part of a team?
• What have you learned from mistakes in this job?
• Describe a typical work week for a financial controller position?
• What is the most challenging financial project you have ever worked on?
• Explain about a time when you successfully dealt with a difficult and demanding client?
• What types of reports or presentations have you made for executive teams?
• Recall a time you had to motivate your team to complete a complex project under a tight deadline.
• How have you reduced expenses at previous companies?
• What are the financial strengths as well as weaknesses of our industry?
• Give me an example of a decision you made that benefited your company.
• What kind of accounting or financial reporting softwares are you familiar with?
• How have you increased revenues in previous organizations you have worked for?
• What is your approach to hiring financial staff?
• Recall a time you had to convince an executive team to make an important financial decision.