tests their ability to handle real-world problems, communicate solutions, and take ownership

Interview Structure:

1. Deep Dive on Past Experience (20 Mins)

• what level of ownership were you taking in each role?
  • Walk through their resume, and dive deep into each role they had — look for a clear graduation / escalation in responsibilities throughout their career
  • What were your top responsibilities in each role?
  • How did your boss define what doing a “great job” looked like in this role?
• Is this a person who will feel like they were thrown into the abyss if they can’t come to Austin make decisions on most things?
• How do they handle ambiguity?
  • how did you handle missing invoices or tax documentation?
  • tell us about a time you had to resolve an issue with a vendor or contractor payment
• Accounting experience
  • have you ever worked with external accountants? how did you collaborate?
  • What about internal accountants?
• how did you ensure tax payments (federal, state, local) were made on time?

2. Live Problem-Solving Exercise (20 Mins)

we’ll give them real scenarios they’ll deal with in the role and see how they approach them

• scenario 1: a contractor was paid in USDC, but we never collected their W-9. what do you do?
• scenario 2: a $5,000 payment in Xero has no attached invoice. how do you resolve this?
• scenario 3: our tax advisor emails us about a discrepancy in reported crypto balances vs. our actual holdings. how do you investigate?
• scenario 4: we’re planning a team offsite. what’s your step-by-step process to budget, book, and handle reimbursements?
• scenario 5: you log into Brex/Xero and see an integration failure—transactions haven’t synced in 3 weeks. what do you do?

3. Candidate Questions (10-15 Mins)

• let them ask about the role, team, or company
• this is a chance to see how engaged they are

🚩 Red Flags:

• struggles to explain past work with specifics