☛ 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?