Payroll Assistant Interview Question:

Basic Payroll Assistant Job Interview Questions:

Submitted by: Muhammad

☛ Define payroll. Mention the various payroll procedures conducted regularly for updating the payroll database?
☛ Name the payroll software you can access? Do you have knowledge of some accounting software as well?
☛ What's your experience level with Microsoft Excel and access?
☛ Do you have adequate technical knowledge of the computer software programmes and applications that will be required in your work?
☛ How do you make sure that employee records are entered and accurately and on time?
☛ A payroll clerk often has to face employees' ire due to a payroll error. How would you handle such a situation
☛ What are key tasks for Payroll…position?
☛ What made you choose to apply to Payroll…position?
☛ Describe steps to manage Payroll?
☛ How do you monitor your department's productivity or performance as a Payroll Administrator? Give some examples.
☛ Tell us the formula for calculating provincial income and social security taxes.
☛ Do you have experience of handling typical payroll issues raised by the employees? If yes, tell us about your strategy to deal with such a situation?
☛ Payroll is run every two weeks, which means a lot of pressure to meet the deadline. When have you had to work under pressure?
☛ What were the challenges you faced in payroll operations while following either company or government policies?
☛ Please tell us something about payroll tracking, reconciliation and reporting.
☛ How to maintain Payroll activities?
☛ What are top 3 knowledge/top 3 skills for Payroll…position?
☛ What are KRAs/output of Payroll…position?
☛ What are methods that are used to manage Payroll?
☛ What do you know about the regulatory standards, policies and procedures of payroll?
☛ Are you willing to work overtime or off-shift during emergency or special situations like auditing, financial year-end etc?
☛ What kind of training and certification, do you have related to payroll?
☛ What were the challenges you faced in payroll operations while following either company or government policies?
☛ What were the challenges you faced in payroll operations while following either company or government policies?
☛ What are some of the most important reports you have written? How difficult were they to write? Why? What reactions did they get?
☛ Payroll is run every two weeks, which means a lot of pressure to meet the deadline. When have you had to work under pressure?
☛ Describe your experience with the administration of electronic timekeeping.
☛ How to measure performance of Payroll activities?
☛ Describe steps to manage Payroll?
☛ What training or certification program have you gone through in this field?
☛ Tell me about the most complicated report you have to prepare related to personnel. For example, over time, these, headcount, retirement contribution and so on.
☛ What was the most complicated payroll you are responsible for?
Submitted by: Muhammad