Manager, Internal Audit
Posted Sep 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about an audit finding that management pushed back on. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can stand firm on facts while keeping a working relationship with the business.
How do you manage and develop staff auditors or co-sourced partners?
What they are checking: Whether they can lead a team and keep quality high when work is spread across people and firms.
Tell me about a time you found something serious during an audit. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they escalate properly and protect the company when an issue is real.
What would you do
How do you work with the external auditors so their work and yours fit together?
What they are checking: Whether they can coordinate reliance and timing, which saves the company time and money.
How do you follow up to make sure management actually fixes audit findings?
What they are checking: Whether they track issues to closure, since a finding with no follow-up changes nothing.
About the work
Walk me through how you plan a risk-based internal audit for a manufacturing site.
What they are checking: Whether they focus audit time on the biggest risks rather than checking the same things every year.
What is your experience with SOX testing at a public company?
What they are checking: Whether they can lead control testing that supports the company's public filings and external auditors.
How do you decide whether a control deficiency is significant?
What they are checking: Whether they can judge severity and likelihood in a way that holds up with external auditors.
How do you audit areas like inventory, purchasing or revenue at a plant?
What they are checking: Whether they know where errors and fraud tend to happen in manufacturing operations.
How do you make audit reports useful to leaders and the audit committee?
What they are checking: Whether they write clear findings with real risk and practical fixes, not long lists of minor issues.
How do you use data analytics in your audit work?
What they are checking: Whether they can test full populations of data instead of relying only on small samples.
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