Financial Analyst Interview Questions 

A financial analyst is someone who makes business decisions for an entity based on studies of market conditions, a company’s (or companies’) financial position, and the expected outcomes of a specific form of transaction. Analysts are numbers-driven individuals who are comfortable analyzing data and making decisions based on that data. They usually have a business, finance, or accounting background.

Here are few interview questions for a financial analyst:

• What motivates you to pursue a career as a financial analyst?
• Why do you want to work for us over others?
• After being a financial analyst, what is the next step you want to take in your career?
• When it comes to making financial reports, what are the go-to tools?
• Do you actually hold any industry certifications or licenses? If that’s the case, why did you pursue them?
• What financial methodologies do you have experience with when it comes to performing an analysis?
• Have you ever come across financial inconsistencies in a company? What steps did you take to deal with this situation?
• Can you tell me about a time when you and a coworker disagreed about an assignment?
• Do you have some benchmarking experience? If so, when did you last use it?
• How can you justify solvency to someone who has never dealt with finance before?
• What will happen to the income statement if a company’s debts start increasing?
• What factors do you think of before even taking out a loan?
• To upper management, how would you explain positive cash flow?
• What financial statement would you use to track the amount of cash your company has to put against current liabilities if you could only use one, and why?
• If a rise in accounts receivable occurs, what happens to a company’s cash flow?