Finance/Accounting Intern - Summer 2027
Posted Aug 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time you worked with numbers to help someone make a decision. What was the situation and what did you find?
whether the candidate can connect analysis to a real business decision, not just crunch numbers for their own sake
Describe a group project where people had different priorities. How did you get everyone pointed at the same goal?
cross-functional collaboration skills for working with Marketing, Sales, and Supply Chain
Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once and one of them had to give a little. How did you decide what came first?
time management and prioritization under real workload pressure
Tell me about a time you had to explain a technical or numbers-heavy idea to someone who wasn't a finance person.
communication skills needed to present findings to non-finance stakeholders and leadership
Why finance specifically, and why SC Johnson, given that you could intern almost anywhere?
genuine interest in the field and the company versus a generic resume-building motive
What's something you were curious about recently that you went and researched on your own, even though nobody asked you to?
the natural curiosity and independent learning the posting explicitly calls out
Technical
Walk me through how you'd build a simple budget or forecast for a product line if I gave you last year's sales numbers and a growth assumption.
basic grasp of forecasting logic and comfort translating assumptions into numbers
How comfortable are you with Excel? Tell me about the most complicated spreadsheet or model you've built.
actual skill level versus claimed skill level with the core tool of the job
Have you used SAP or any other ERP or accounting system before? If not, how do you usually approach learning new software quickly?
realistic expectations about SAP exposure and evidence of self-teaching ability
What does a P&L statement tell you, and what would make you look twice at one?
foundational accounting and finance literacy expected before day one
Situational
Imagine Marketing asks you to help figure out if a new product launch is worth the investment. What questions would you ask before you start building anything?
whether the candidate thinks about the business question before jumping to a spreadsheet
If you were three weeks into a 12-week project and realized your original approach wasn't going to answer the question your manager actually cared about, what would you do?
self-awareness, willingness to course-correct, and communication with a manager rather than hiding a problem
You're given a data set with some numbers that look off. Walk me through how you'd figure out whether it's a real problem or just a formatting issue.
attention to detail and a methodical approach to data quality, since interns often inherit messy data
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