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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 14, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2008 (took a day)
Met with manager for face-to-face interview.
Manager's questions focused on my expertise, and skills required for the position.
Much to her credit, interviewer asked about my industry knowledge and technical skills, rather than about what I expected to be doing in five years.
Interview experience helped me to decide to accept offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Nov 3, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) (took 4+ weeks)
First a manager is asked to take an interview of the potential candidate, where he would inquire about the general background, the applicability of existing skillsets to the job, the reason for wanting to join EY etc.
Further the Group Head will have an interview with the candidate.
Technical questions are limited.
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Negotiation Details
There is a low margin of negotitation since salary bands are mostly fixed.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Presentation.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Oct 21, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Mumbai (India) (took 4+ weeks)
There were three stages
1st one was an HR round
2nd was Technical/Experience
3rd Partner Round
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Negotiation Details
Negotiation is totally dependent on ur exp in relation to the work profile u r applying for + your Education + Your Collg batchmates @ EY
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Sep 14, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 1 week)
Strength based first-interview in London for a graduate position in Advisory. This was a one on one interview with a senior consultant. The interview was quite laid back, with the interviewer displaying a good sense of humour and made me feel comfortable quite quickly. Typical questions were:
- Would you describe yourself as an effective person?
- Would your friends describe you as organised?
I believe they are looking for some self-analysis and to find out how you react to feedback. A few examples are beneficial and honesty is probably looked upon in a better light than answering all questions with a "yes, I am"
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Jul 2, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 in New York, NY (took a day)
Interviewed with 5 people including 2 Partners, Sr. Managers and a lunch interview with 2 Managers. Most of the interview conversations were around previous experiences and behavioral type questions. One of the partners asked a couple of situational questions as well.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Apr 6, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 in Chicago, IL (took 1 week)
The interview process is very straightforward when your resume was submitted to HR and the hiring manager by an internal channel (referrals) and you are currently working at another Big 4. This is the best way to get an interview and make a quicker line to promotions.
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Reason for Declining
It is extremely important to remember why you are interviewing. If you have issues with your current job and you work at a big 4 then you need to remember you are still working at a big 4 so your current issues will probably be the same at this firm. Never say anything bad about your current/former employer and don't lie about salary...they all know what the other big 4 firms are paying.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Mar 15, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 in South San Francisco, CA (took 6 weeks)
Recruiter contacted me after trolling LinkedIn. Completed on-line application. Had a one-hour phone interview with a manager responsible for P&L in that practice area expertise. Onsite interview about 4-6 weeks later. Surprisingly, no follow up contact. Overall experience seemed more like dealing with a staffing agency than a Big 4.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Jan 25, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took a day)
Was referred to the company through somebody i know. They saw my CV and called me on my mobile. The phone interview was easy and very basic. They said that they would like to meet me. The meeting was setup for about a week later at a restaurant.
The director interviewed me at the restaurant. He asked about my past experience, experience about living in Saudi, etc.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted Sep 7, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 (took 2 months)
I had an on-campus interview for Towers' healthcare division. The first interview was on-campus of my university. I was contacted a month or two later and went in for an office interview. It consisted of a math test followed by an entire day of meeting with everyone in the office. I received an offer less than a week after the office visit but declined.
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Reason for Declining
Salary was too low.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Consultant at Ernst & Young
Posted May 4, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 (took 2 months)
The hiring process at E&Y is extremely long. After rounds of interviews, they still want you to interview with more than 1 partner. They first screen you with telephone interviews with a manager then set up interviews with senior manager and a partner.
The people that I interviewed with were very nice.. I'm not sure if I believe that they are truly a 'people's' company.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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