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Updated May 15, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Feb 8, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 (took 2 weeks)
Interview process was great. I interviewed with a partner on campus at my university. She was a complete sweatheart. I heard back 1 week later that I got selected to attend the office visit. The office visit consisted of 3 "interviews" that wewre basically conversations with managers and senior managers. After the entire office visit, it took about 2 weeks to hear back from the firm. I accepted the internship position!
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Aug 9, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
Initial interview went well, recruiter nice and easy to talk to. Asked back for round 2. Began with swanky dinner with "real" employees to answer our questions. Next day was a trip to the office for some presentations, two more actual interviews, and another meal. Very impolite though with notification process. After informing the firm of another deadline I had, instead of informing me in promptly of their decision, I received an automatic response rejection email approx 2 weeks after the deadline I had told them about (lucky for me I accepted a position somewhere else). I feel a phone call was warranted though for how much time I had invested in the process. Just my opinion though.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Aug 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 Mar 2010 (took 2 days)
On campus one on one interview followed by a 2nd round superday at the local office
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no negotiation involved
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Mar 29, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Sacramento, CA (took a day)
The first interview was conducted on campus and was about 30 minutes. The questions were less (but still a couple) behavioral (tell me about a time when ...) and geared more towards personality, like a conversation. Very laid back. We began by introducing ourselves, then talked about my interest in EY and specifically the field of accounting and the position for auditing. Next, our conversation brought up topics about how my skills, experience, education and leadership (from my resume) communicated to the company and position. I highly recommend aligning your goals and visions with those of the company, research areas of interest and how EY has participated in these projects (search on reuters.com). Network with as many current employees as possible. Talk about those relationships to demonstrate your relationship building. Know the industries they service at the specific location you are applying.
The second interview was a full day at the office (breakfast and lunch provided). We began with a presentation, then had three 1:1 interviews with senior managers. Each interview had a topic: Leadership, Career Development, and People. In the first interview about Leadership we focused on skills and attributes for the position. Here's where you focus on selling yourself, tying in your experience and how that communicates to the position. The next interview for Career Development we talked about my future career goals, the five and ten year plan. We focused on training opportunities and continual learning, the interviewer shared information about EYU (web based training) and on-the-job training. The last interview we talked about People. EY is committed heavily to diversity and inclusion, focused on POSITIVE group work/ team-building experiences, and those that were not as positive and how you prevailed in redirecting the project and ultimately have a positive outcome (specifically YOUR involvement). We talked about the team environment and communication styles, understanding differences and how they can be beneficial to enhance the work environment.
Know their values: "People who demonstrate integrity, respect, and teaming. People with energy, enthusiasm, and the courage to lead. People who build relationships based on doing the right thing." Align your selling points on these values, focus on those areas of your experience in which (if asked) you can give a specific, detailed example.
Also, ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS! This demonstrates your interest and enthusiasm. Come prepared with questions and also jot down interesting information from the presentation at the beginning and touch on them in your three interviews.
Lastly, do not over prepare. Refrain from sounding like a robot or too informed, remember it's an internship, they don't expect you to know everything, and the interviews are going to take their own course - like a free flowing conversation.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Feb 13, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 2 weeks)
Quick recruitment process. Received offer withing 2 weeks of first application. First test included numerical and verbal reasoning test. Relatively strait forward. Second stage included an interview with HR and a professional test. Test included knowledge of local law, accounting, tax and some knowledge of IFRS. Next stage included an interview with a line manager and a parrtner. Strait forward questions about work experience and ambitions. All people I met in the company were very friendly and helpfull.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 9, 2009 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2009 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
partners and recruiters were both very convincing. made a tough sell for the company. got another offer from another big 4 firm and chose to go with that because of the signing bonus. i loved ernst and young, but the other firm just made sense at the time.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Nov 20, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Atlanta, GA (took 2 days)
E&Y did on campus interviews at my school. They had a dinner and presentation the night before formal interviews on campus. The formal interview consisted of behavioral type questions with a manager. I was interviewing for an intern position in their Risk Advisory services. In the end I was told I did not receive an offer because my background is in finance and leadership had decided they only wanted to hire accounting majors. Overall it was a good interviewing experience.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Oct 29, 2009
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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 Dec 2008 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) (took 4 days)
It was just one interview with a partner and an employee from the HR department. They asked why I chose their company and what I know about auditing. Then they made a small case study about what you have to watch especially as an accountant of a car company and as an auditor. Finally they wanted me to talk English to proof my skills.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Apr 8, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2008 in San Juan, PR (took 2 weeks)
I met the person in charge of Human Resources at the University of Puerto Rico Job Fair. There she took my resume and told me that she would call me for a first interview at the Puerto Rico Office. I got a call for the first interview on October 2008 where I met one of the Senior Tax Managers and told me what was expected of me as a Tax Intern. After passing this interview, I went on a second interview in December where I met one of the Tax Partners and was interviewed by three other different people. I passed the second round of interviews and got a call two weeks after telling me I got the internship during Tax Season.
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