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Internal Audit Stakeholder Interview Guide (Word)

Ask the right planning questions of management: objectives, risks, changes, controls and past issues.

Free · CORAA original — SA-aligned
Updated 17 Oct 2026
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Planning stage
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Open questions
Output
Risks and requests
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Internal Audit Stakeholder Interview Guide — ___

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Use at the start of an audit or the annual planning stage to understand what matters to each stakeholder. Ask open questions, listen, and note exact words where useful. Do not promise outcomes.

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Common questions

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Who should internal audit interview during planning?
Process owners, senior management, the audit committee chair and people who run key systems or have seen past issues.
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