☛ Define payroll. Mention the various payroll procedures conducted regularly for updating the payroll database?

☛ Name the payroll software you can access? Do you have knowledge of some accounting software as well?

☛ What’s your experience level with Microsoft Excel and access?

☛ Do you have adequate technical knowledge of the computer software programmes and applications that will be required in your work?

☛ How do you make sure that employee records are entered and accurately and on time?

☛ A payroll clerk often has to face employees’ ire due to a payroll error. How would you handle such a situation

☛ What are key tasks for Payroll…position?

☛ What made you choose to apply to Payroll…position?

☛ Describe steps to manage Payroll?

☛ How do you monitor your department’s productivity or performance as a Payroll Administrator? Give some examples.

☛ Tell us the formula for calculating provincial income and social security taxes.

☛ Do you have experience of handling typical payroll issues raised by the employees? If yes, tell us about your strategy to deal with such a situation?

☛ Payroll is run every two weeks, which means a lot of pressure to meet the deadline. When have you had to work under pressure?

☛ What were the challenges you faced in payroll operations while following either company or government policies?

☛ Please tell us something about payroll tracking, reconciliation and reporting.

☛ How to maintain Payroll activities?

☛ What are top 3 knowledge/top 3 skills for Payroll…position?

☛ What are KRAs/output of Payroll…position?

☛ What are methods that are used to manage Payroll?

☛ What do you know about the regulatory standards, policies and procedures of payroll?

☛ Are you willing to work overtime or off-shift during emergency or special situations like auditing, financial year-end etc?

☛ What kind of training and certification, do you have related to payroll?

☛ What were the challenges you faced in payroll operations while following either company or government policies?

☛ What were the challenges you faced in payroll operations while following either company or government policies?

☛ What are some of the most important reports you have written? How difficult were they to write? Why? What reactions did they get?

☛ Payroll is run every two weeks, which means a lot of pressure to meet the deadline. When have you had to work under pressure?

☛ Describe your experience with the administration of electronic timekeeping.

☛ How to measure performance of Payroll activities?

☛ Describe steps to manage Payroll?

☛ What training or certification program have you gone through in this field?

☛ Tell me about the most complicated report you have to prepare related to personnel. For example, over time, these, headcount, retirement contribution and so on.

☛ What was the most complicated payroll you are responsible for?