APPENDIX 2Interview Question

Human resources management

How do you calculate gratuity? When a company does not allow d/a so how will you calculate gratuity?

What is the different between paycheck and payslip? What is the employee salary structure at your Minconsult company?

What is the variance report in payroll? How to defined payroll in your Minconsult company?

What are the general deductions made while doing payroll for an employee in an organization? What is the process in end to end payroll?

What is exemption limit for gratuity? What are the benefits archived by computerized payroll system?

Adminstrator

What Is Your Experience with Computerized Payroll Systems or Software?

What Payroll Forms Are You Familiar With?

Do You Have Experience Processing Special Pay Items?

How Would You Handle an Upset Employee Whose Pay Is Inaccurate?

How Would You Handle an Employee Who Fails to Report Time Records Before the Payroll Deadline?

How Would You Assist an Employee Whose Tax Withholdings Are Inaccurate?

Are You Familiar With Employment Laws that Regulate Employee Pay? How Do You Stay Organized?

What Is Your Proficiency With Microsoft Applications? Can You Describe Typical IRS Forms Such as Form W-2 and W-4?

Financial

Tell us the formula for calculating provincial income and social security taxes? 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?

Please tell us something about payroll tracking, reconciliation and reporting? Are you willing to work overtime or off-shift during emergency or special situations like auditing, financial year-end etc? 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? Explain your role with payroll administration. Discuss the nature of problems generally occurred during the payroll record submission?

What steps are required to post payroll results to Accounting? Is the exact date of the payroll period for an employee determined by the payroll area or the payroll control record?

Difference between Offcycle payroll and retroactive account? . How does the system know when to trigger retroactive accounting for a particular employee?