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Job interview questions

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Posted on by Jedt 75

Hello,

 I have an upcoming job interview and have been given a couple of GP questions to answer in preparation and since I've never used GP I was hoping someone could help me out.

1.    If the posting settings in Great Plains Accounting Software are set to “Post through to GL” What routine must you run before closing the month-end?

1.                  The following Companies require a consolidated report:

 

Company         Unit Code                   Title

 

ABCD             ABCD Holdings         ABCD Holdings

EFGH             EFGH MSI                 EFGH Management Services Inc.

XYZ                XYZ Inc.                    XYZ Trade Inc.

 

They have the following account structure.  XXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

     Cost –   Dept   - Account - Location

 

            What should the reporting tree for this consolidation look like?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

B.

 

 

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  • Victoria Yudin Profile Picture
    Victoria Yudin 22,769 on at

    But if we give you the answers, isn't that like cheating?  :-)

  • Jedt Profile Picture
    Jedt 75 on at

    Cheating? Please don't insult me. As I indicated I've never used the program and don't have access to it. Figured I would go to this site for help. Thanks for the great customer support Victoria,. I'll remember your wonderful response the next time i'm sourcing a financial package.  

  • Victoria Yudin Profile Picture
    Victoria Yudin 22,769 on at

    Just to clear something up in case there is a misconception - I do not work for Microsoft.  However, I spend a LOT of my time helping Dynamics GP customers and consultants for nothing gained except recognition and the 'warm and fuzzy' once in a while. 

    My interpretation of your question is that you are looking to obtain a job working with GP and you have been asked questions about it, however, you have never worked with it.  How does that work, does the employer know you have never worked with GP?  If so, why would they ask you such specific questions about it?  To see if you can figure out the answer without any available resources or training?  Well, that doesn't quite make sense.  Speaking as an employer, I cannot reasonably see how I would expect a prospective employee to answer these types of questions unless I thought they knew the product.  Which leads me to think that the employer is under the impression you know GP.  Which would make it worse than cheating for someone to give you the answers.  Certainly, as an employer, I would not want to be misled like this.

    In addition, the way both of these questions are worded makes me think that they are actually trying to evoke a discussion, because there are several elements to both that do not quite make sense as they are written.  If I were asked questions like this, I would need to ask a number of clarifying questions and that actually may be what is being looked for here.  If that is the case, no one is going to be doing you any favors by giving you a short answer, even if there was one. 

  • Gerbear Profile Picture
    Gerbear on at

    In some cases we work with new users who got jobs because they claimed they knew Dynamics....

    But they end up causing problems for themselves, their new employer and consultants like us who support them.

    Its better to get an an evaluation copy, take courses and read manuals...  

     

  • Leng Papio Profile Picture
    Leng Papio 855 on at

    I am with Victoria. Having a job to manage GP means you are handling financial data. If you are not that familiar with GP, you may compromise the data and you may get into trouble...

    I was in MS tech support before, I remember receiving a call from a customer asking if she can reverse Period Consolidation... She clicked on it out of curiosity and it wiped detailed data to summarize it in one entry, and she called support late in the afternoon .... so yeah... she was in trouble.. Another time, the company allowed a student "on the job trainee" to do year-end without realizing their backup was not working for a whole month already... and the student did not know to check other things like hd space, etc... and .. well.. yeah... ....

    If anything, I've always found Victoria caring for others as she selflessly shared and continue to share her knowledge in GP.  

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