Accounting and tax roles ask qualified accountants and finance professionals to evaluate AI on bookkeeping, technical accounting and tax workflows, or to discuss their tools in paid interviews. Postings in this group ask for credentials such as CPA or CA. These practice questions focus on standards and checkable answers.

Practice questions

These are practice questions written for this site to help you prepare. No platform has said it asks these exact questions.

  1. Record the journal entries for a prepaid annual insurance policy.

    A good answer covers: Debit prepaid asset, credit cash at payment; monthly debit expense, credit prepaid. Amounts correct.

  2. A model treats a lease the wrong way. How do you explain the error?

    A good answer covers: Name the standard that applies, the right recognition, and the impact on the statements.

  3. How do you reconcile a bank account?

    A good answer covers: Match transactions, list timing differences and errors, adjust the books, and document it.

  4. Write a technical accounting scenario with a single correct treatment.

    A good answer covers: Clear facts, the standard, the right answer and why the tempting wrong answer fails.

  5. How would you evaluate an AI assistant that prepares a tax return draft?

    A good answer covers: Accuracy of inputs and forms, current rules, flagged judgement calls, and a clear disclaimer.

  6. Explain accrual versus cash accounting to a small business owner.

    A good answer covers: Accrual records when earned or incurred; cash records when money moves. One example.

  7. What controls stop errors in month-end close?

    A good answer covers: Checklists, reconciliations, review and approval, and variance analysis.

  8. Which standards and jurisdictions do you know best?

    A good answer covers: Honest scope, for example US GAAP or IFRS, and specific tax regimes.

What the platforms say about the assessment

In the 9 October 2026 data, roles in this group came from micro1, Terac, SME Careers and Meridial. Each platform runs its own process, and steps can differ by role. Below is what each platform's public pages or postings say, followed by lines quoted from current postings in this group.

micro1

  • micro1's experts page describes four steps: apply for opportunities, take the AI interview, get onboarded, start earning.
  • Postings commonly list screening questions, then an AI interview, then in some roles a technical assessment, then a review by the hiring manager. Interview lengths stated in postings range from about 10 to 30 minutes.
  • Some postings ask you to complete the interview and assessment without outside assistance.
  • micro1's FAQ says certification does not guarantee immediate placement on a project.

Source: www.micro1.ai

Terac

  • Terac's expert docs describe signing in with LinkedIn, verifying your phone, connecting LinkedIn or adding a resume, and a short voice conversation of about 10 minutes that the docs say you can skip and take later.
  • Each opportunity then has its own steps, usually screening questions followed by the tasks themselves. Research postings describe remote video or voice interviews of 30 to 90 minutes.

Source: terac.com

SME Careers

  • Many SME Careers postings state: 'Selection process involves an AI interview, a domain-specific task, and an interview with a recruiter.'
  • Many postings also say there is no immediate project for the role, and that qualified applicants will be contacted first when relevant opportunities arise.

Sources: sme.careers, api.sme.careers

Meridial

  • Meridial postings describe the work and requirements but do not describe the screening steps.
  • Postings say contractors supply their own secure computer and internet connection, and recording roles add a high-quality microphone and recording setup. Company benefits such as health insurance do not apply.
  • We could not confirm Meridial's selection steps from a public page; treat the posting itself as the guide.

Source: boards-api.greenhouse.io

Steps were read from public pages and postings, not tested first-hand. Passing a screening does not guarantee a project, hours or pay.

Terms to know

Domain expert

Someone hired for professional knowledge in a field, such as law, medicine or engineering, to write or judge expert-level tasks.

Fact-checking

Checking each claim in a model's answer against reliable sources and marking what is wrong or unsupported.

Rubric

A written list of criteria and scores used to judge a response, for example accuracy, instruction following and tone, each with clear pass or fail descriptions.

Ground truth

The correct answer or label that model output is compared against.

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