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Crack your Cost Accounting interview with these 21+ commonly asked questions and answers.
This video covers core concepts and practical explanations — highly useful for both freshers and experienced professionals aiming for cost accountant or analyst positions.

Whether you’re preparing for a bank, corporate finance, or consulting interview, these questions are commonly asked and will help you show up prepared.

📋 Questions Covered in this Video:

1. What is Cost Accounting?
2. What is the difference between Cost Accounting and Financial Accounting?
3. Are there any limitations to Cost Accounting?
4. What is Product Cost and Period Cost?
5. What are Sunk Cost & Shutdown Cost?
6. Is there a difference between Cost Reduction and Cost Control?
7. What are the different types of costs?
8. When do you use the following methods of costing?
i.) Job Costing
ii.) Batch Costing
iii.) Process Costing
iv.) Contract Costing
10. What is Cost Plus Method of Costing?
11. What are the different techniques used for costing?
12. What is Departmentalization of Overheads?
13. What is the difference between Cost Centers and Cost Units?
14. What do you understand by Allocation & Apportionment of Overheads?
15. What is Overhead Absorption Rate?
16. What is Machine Hour Rate?
17. What are the various components of Cost?
18. Is there a difference between Cost of Production and Cost of Production of Goods Sold?
19. What is the difference between Periodic and Perpetual Inventory System?
20. What is Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)?
21. What is Economic Batch Quantity (EBQ)?
22. What do you know about the following in inventory management?
i.) Maximum Level
ii.) Minimum Level
iii.) Re-order Level
iv.) Danger Level
v.) Lead Time
23. What do you know about the following inventory valuation methods?
i.) FIFO
ii.) LIFO
iii.) HIFO
iv.) Average Method

🎥 Who Should Watch This Video?

✅ Freshers preparing for finance or accounting placements
✅ Professionals appearing for Cost Accounting / Cost Analyst / Finance interviews
✅ MBA Finance students looking for practical Q&A preparation
✅ Anyone aiming for Cost Accountant or related finance roles

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