Accounts Receivable Clerk Question:

☛ What interests you about working in accounts receivable at a company like ours?
☛ What training or experience has prepared you for the role of accounts receivable clerk?
☛ In your own words, explain the accounts receivable process.
☛ What are the most important goals of AR?
☛ What types of financial statements or reports do you routinely prepare?
☛ What are the steps you would take to close the AR period?
☛ Describe your familiarity with accounting software. Which ones have you used?
☛ Describe a time you found a billing discrepancy. How did you resolve it?
☛ In as much detail as possible, describe the journal entry process from the time of generating an invoice to receiving payment.
☛ What is your role, if any, in the collections process?
☛ What’s the difference between back end collections and front end collections?
☛ What types of information do you include in a bill for services rendered?
☛ Recall a challenging problem you encountered as an accounts receivable clerk. How did you resolve it?