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Updated May 25, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 in Vancouver, BC (Canada) (took a day)

typical questions:

1200 applicants applied to the position and only about 80 got interviewed. It was a very friendly interview, but they seemed to have chosen their favorite candidates before the interviews had even started.

typical questions
1. tell me a little bit about yourself
2. tell me a time when you have had to deal with competing deadlines
3. most significant accomplishment within the last 6 months
4. what is you main weakness
5. how did you motivate yourself on a task you didn't enjoy

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when within the last six months have you shown leadership?

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how do you motivate yourself ?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 in Waterloo, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)

The interview was with a senior manager at EY, whom I’d gotten to know quite well through all the on campus recruiting events. This interview was at their office and it was about a half hour in length. The interview was your standard behavioural interview (tell about a time when you have an uncooperative group member, etc.) and was focused entirely on group work. There was also a question on time management. Marks never came up. The first question was “tell me about yourself”. I didn’t get an offer, but I think it was because I didn’t perform well in the interview.

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How effective is your time management?

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Tell me about a time when you had to work with an uncooperative group member.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 3 months)

Very lengthy process. When I thought it was my last interview they asked me to come in again. This happened 3 times.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took a day)

Good opportunity for an entry level position. The interview was consist of a good mix of both technical content and character content. The behavioral questions were tricky. The interviewers were nice. They were looking for someone with advanced VBA programming skills and good work ethics.

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What would you do if you accidentally sent a client's confidential information to another client?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Jan 2009 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 2+ weeks)

Typical HR/behavioral interview first, for just about 15 minutes. Then an interview with a partner and a senior staff, mostly technical but also some behavioral questions too. the second interview took almost 2 hours. It took them forever to get back to me.