Welcoming questions
- Can you tell us about yourself and what drew you to internal audit?
- Which audit engagement are you most proud of, and what changed in the business because of it?
Role-specific / technical competencies
- How do you build a risk-based audit plan? Walk us through how you would assess and rank our audit universe.
- Describe your approach to testing the design versus the operating effectiveness of a control.
- How do you document work papers so that another auditor could re-perform your testing?
- What is your experience with COSO, SOX, or other control frameworks, and how have you applied them?
- How have you used data analytics in audit testing, and where did it change your conclusions?
Behavioural & culture fit
- Tell us about a time management pushed back hard on one of your findings. How did you handle it?
- Describe a situation where you had to stay objective despite pressure from a senior colleague or a friendly relationship.
- How do you build cooperation with teams that see audit as the enemy?
Problem-solving / case
- During an audit you notice expense approvals that look like a manager approving their own reimbursements through a proxy. What are your next steps?
- You have four weeks and one junior auditor to review our procurement process for the first time. How do you scope and execute the audit?
- A finding you reported last year was marked remediated, but you suspect the fix is cosmetic. How do you verify it and what do you do if you are right?
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