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PR: CFOs focus on personal attributes in job interviews

42% ask candidates about work habits, personal qualities; 34% concentrate on qualifications

By Other Sources | Updated on April 11, 2011

MENLO PARK, CA, April 7, 2011 — The resume helps land the interview, but when it comes to making hiring decisions, employers are looking for less-obvious clues that an applicant is right for the job, a new Accountemps survey reveals. Forty-two percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) polled cited their “go-to” interview questions as those related to personal attributes — for example, “What are your strengths and weaknesses?” and “Describe your work ethic.” Thirty-four percent of executives prefer to ask about qualifications, such as “Tell me about your previous experience” and “Why should we hire you?”

The survey was developed by Accountemps, the world’s first and largest specialized staffing service for temporary accounting, finance and bookkeeping professionals. It was conducted by an independent research firm and is based on interviews with more than 1,000 CFOs from a stratified random sample of U.S. companies with 20 or more employees.

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