Statutory Audit Interview Questions

The First question you will be asked in any interview is “Tell me about yourself” or “Run me through your CV” and your response to this question may decide what all questions you may be asked during the whole interview process. 

Below is the Extensive list of questions. Read Carefully as It may decide where your interview is heading to:

1. Going Concern (Case study based question)

2. Audit Sampling. How to determine Sample size?

3. Fundamental assumptions of Accounting

4. The concept of Materiality. How will you decide Materiality?

5. Components of CFS

6. Analytical Procedures performed during the audit

7. Concept of Diluted EPS

8. Audit Opinion (Case study based question)

9. Subsequent Events (Both Ind as as well as SA)

10. How overall materiality is different from Performance materiality?

11. Audit Assertions (List of assertions related to Financial Statement Line Items)

12. Audit Risk. 

13. Audit Procedures for Certain Important Areas. (Most asked question for this role)

13(A). How did you performed below in your articleship?

  •  Audit cash and bank balance
  • Audit of fixed asset.
  • Audit of Revenue/Inventory.
  • Audit of Trade Recievables
  • Audit of Trade Payables
  • Audit of Payroll expense

14. Ind AS being the basis on which most of the Financials you will be auditing becomes one of the important question for this role. 

  • Scope of Ind AS 115 
  • Five step Model of Ind AS 115
  • Finance lease as per Ind AS 116 (Accounting of Finance lease)
  • Exemptions in Lease
  • Financial Asset/Financial Liability as per Ind AS 109 (How it is measured)
  • Capitalisation of interest on loan taken for construction of fixed asset
  • Amortization Vs Impairment
  • Indicators of Impairment 

15. Recent Amendments in Financial Reporting including those of Schedule III 

16. Why statutory audit?

17. Internal Controls Testing(with example) Including IFC reporting

18. CARO 2020 major amendments.

19. Why this organisation?

20. Comfortable working in deadline?

21. Have you been part of Limited Review of any company?

Must read the below SA’s:

Read SAs 200 240 265 500 501 560 570 700 701 705 706 before interview.

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