This tool provides questions to consider while interviewing a director during a quality assurance review (QAR) of the internal audit department.

The questions pertain to the following areas of QAR: importance of internal audit, customer needs and wants, business partners, audit and operational expertise, technology in the audit process, reporting, quality management in internal audit, internal audit as an agent of change, and job satisfaction. Sample questions include: What do you consider to be internal audit’s role within the business? Do you think internal audit communicates its existing role adequately to the business? Is internal audit perceived as being supportive?