Senior Auditor, Finance Internal Audit
Posted Sep 30, 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 finding you raised that the business owner pushed back on. How did it end?
What they are checking: Whether they can hold firm on facts while staying a partner the business still wants to work with.
Tell me about a time you challenged a peer's work or a peer challenged yours. What happened?
What they are checking: Whether they welcome peer challenge as part of quality work rather than taking it personally.
What would you do
You are testing a control and the documentation is incomplete, but the control owner insists it was performed. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that undocumented controls cannot be relied on, no matter how sincere the owner is.
Midway through fieldwork you notice something that looks like it could be fraud. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they know to escalate quietly through the right channels instead of investigating alone or alerting the subject.
About the work
Walk me through how you plan a risk-based audit of a finance process, starting from a blank page.
What they are checking: Whether they scope audits around real risk instead of testing every control with equal weight.
How do the IIA standards shape the way you document and support an audit finding?
What they are checking: Whether they know that a finding must be backed by evidence that would hold up to a skeptical reviewer.
Which finance processes in a large pharmaceutical company would you consider highest risk, and why?
What they are checking: Whether they think about revenue recognition, rebates, reserves and similar judgment areas rather than only routine transactions.
How have you used data analytics in an audit, and what did it show you that sampling would have missed?
What they are checking: Whether they can use full-population analysis tools rather than relying only on traditional sample testing.
Explain the difference between a design deficiency and an operating effectiveness deficiency, with an example of each.
What they are checking: Whether they have the core control-testing vocabulary needed to write clear, accurate findings.
How would you write an audit finding so senior management and the Audit Committee understand why it matters?
What they are checking: Whether they can tie a control gap to business impact in plain language that executives will act on.
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