Quick answer
A job-ready accountant can enter vouchers accurately in Tally, reconcile bank and party ledgers, prepare GST and TDS data, use Excel for reconciliation and reports, spot errors in a trial balance and communicate clearly with seniors and clients. This checklist turns those skills into questions you can test.
Core skills to test
| Area | What a job-ready person can do | How to check |
|---|---|---|
| Tally | Enter vouchers fast with correct ledgers and GST | Give 30 mixed entries and check for errors |
| Reconciliation | Reconcile a bank statement and a party ledger | Hand over a statement with 3 planted errors |
| GST | Explain GSTR-1 vs 3B and reconcile 2B | Ask for a worked example |
| TDS | Select the right section and prepare data for the return | Give 8 expense cases |
| Excel | Use lookups, pivots and clean data | A small data-cleaning task |
| Accuracy | Review their own work and flag doubts | Check whether they find the planted errors |
Soft skills that matter
- ✓Asks when unsure rather than guessing.
- ✓Documents what they did and why.
- ✓Meets deadlines and flags delays early.
- ✓Communicates clearly with clients and other teams.
Use it for onboarding too
Score each area at the start and after 30, 60 and 90 days. Our new-hire programme uses the same idea with a baseline test, module tests and a capstone, and gives you a scorecard per person.
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