IDOT Staff Auditor
Posted Aug 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.
About your past
Tell me about a time you had to dig through a lot of detail to find one answer.
What they are checking: Patience and care with detail, which is most of what a staff auditor does each day.
Why does public sector auditing interest you?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real reason to want this work, which predicts whether they will stay.
Tell me about a time you received critical feedback on your work. What did you change?
What they are checking: Coachability, which matters a lot in a first auditing role with many review notes.
What would you do
A client's controller pushes back on an adjustment you proposed. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay respectful and fact-based without folding or arguing.
You find a cost that looks like it may be personal travel billed as overhead. What do you do?
What they are checking: Professional skepticism and knowing to raise concerns to a senior rather than decide alone.
You have two audits with overlapping deadlines and a senior is unavailable. How do you plan your week?
What they are checking: Whether they manage time and ask for help early rather than missing a deadline quietly.
About the work
What do you know about how indirect cost rates for engineering firms are audited under FAR Part 31?
What they are checking: Whether they have prepared for the kind of overhead work transportation audits often involve.
Walk me through how you would test whether a cost is allowable or unallowable.
What they are checking: Whether they can apply rules to real expenses and explain their reasoning in the workpapers.
How do you document your work so a reviewer can follow it without asking you questions?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that workpapers must stand on their own for review and later audits.
How comfortable are you with Excel for tying out schedules and reconciling totals?
What they are checking: Practical spreadsheet skill, since most testing lives in Excel at the staff level.
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