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Career Interview Report

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Career Interview Introduction, Questions and Answers, and Reflection
Sanica Huang
Midwestern State University

Career Interview Introduction
My name is Sanica Huang. I am a student at Midwestern State University who is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting. My expected graduation date is May 2019 or May 2020 depending on the schedule of classes. I did a career interview with someone who works in the accounting field at a bank. The person I interviewed is Stephanie Owens, who is working at the First National Bank in Wichita Falls, Texas, as a certified public accountant (CPA). She is also the senior vice president of the bank. I interviewed this person for three reasons. One reason is …show more content…

When I took the CPA exam years ago it was a paper exam, not the electronic or computerized one accounting students have to take now. I believe the electronic tests are harder because the computer would find out which topic is your weak spot and keep asking questions on that topic, while back then it was just paper. What is on the paper test is it. There was no changing of questions or leaning of questions on one topic. I took a review session for the CPA exam in Lawton and took my CPA exam in Fort Worth because they did not have the CPA test here in Wichita Falls. The test that time had four parts like today, but instead of taking months to finish the CPA exam like now, at that time the CPA test only took two days with two parts on each day. At that time, you needed to pass both parts of the day to move on and pass the CPA exam. If you only passed one part and failed the other, you did not get to keep the part of the test you passed and it is like you did not take the test. You would need to take the entire test again. Now, I believe you can take each of the four parts again if you did not pass it. I do not remember the name of the four parts in my test, but I remember there was auditing, tax, and business law." (S. Owens, personal communication, March, 15, …show more content…

I can leave anytime if needed to do something or leave for an appointment. I can leave provided that I finished what needed to do for the day. Also, if I needed to, I can come back here on Saturday. Also, unlike other coworkers, I do not mind doing the quarterly regulatory reporting. This job is routine and I love routine work. I love this job and do not find much difficulty in this job, but occasionally there are time stresses, like needed to get things done on time and before deadline. But other than that, this job is not really difficult." (S. Owens, personal communication, March, 15, 2017).
7. What is a typical day like as a CPA? "I check reports for anything suspicious, see what stuff is posted on the ledgers, and write journal entries for transactions, approve invoices, do bond portfolios and reconciliations. I also work in the accounts payable section. I draw cash for bank if the bank needs cash. Sometimes, there are financial statements like income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements to be made that together could be at least 70 pages long." (S. Owens, personal communication, March, 15, 2017).
8. If you had any advice for a college student looking to get into this field, what would it

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