Mercury Marine: Accounting Intern
Posted Aug 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time you had to reconcile numbers that didn't match up. How did you figure out where the difference came from?
real experience with troubleshooting discrepancies, even from coursework or a part-time job, and persistence
Give me an example of a time you had several deadlines at once, maybe classes, a job, and something else. How did you decide what to work on first?
ability to prioritize and manage a full workload, since month-end close means everything is due at the same time
Tell me about a group project where you had to depend on other people's work to finish your part. How did that go?
collaboration skills needed to work with accounting and finance teams that hand off information to each other
Describe a time you found a better or faster way to do something repetitive, whether in school, a job, or an organization you were part of.
genuine interest in process improvement rather than a rehearsed answer to fit the posting's language
Tell me about a time you had to learn a new system or software quickly with little guidance.
adaptability, since interns are dropped into existing accounting systems and expected to get up to speed fast
Technical
Walk me through how you'd explain the difference between an asset addition and an asset transfer in fixed asset accounting.
whether the candidate actually understands basic fixed asset concepts rather than just having seen the terms in a textbook
What does depreciation actually represent, and can you name a method for calculating it?
baseline accounting knowledge expected from someone who has completed intro accounting coursework
How would you set up a pivot table to summarize a large list of intercompany transactions by entity and account?
actual Excel fluency versus just listing it as a skill on a resume
What do you understand about internal controls, and why do companies care about them?
whether they grasp the purpose behind controls, not just the vocabulary
What does GAAP stand for and why does it matter for a company like Mercury Marine that reports to a public parent company?
whether they understand the regulatory context of the work, not just memorized the acronym
Situational
Say you're doing a physical asset verification and you find a piece of equipment on the floor that isn't in the fixed asset system at all. What do you do next?
practical judgment on handling discrepancies and whether they'd escalate rather than ignore or guess
If you noticed a journal entry that seemed to violate one of the company's accounting policies, but the person who made it is more senior than you, what would you do?
willingness to speak up about compliance issues without being paralyzed by hierarchy
If you were given a stack of account reconciliations due at the end of the day and you realized halfway through that one number was off by a large amount, what would you do with your remaining time?
how they balance thoroughness against deadline pressure and whether they'd flag the issue instead of hiding it
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