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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 18, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 (took 6 weeks)
Began with a very short one-on-one interview on campus. Took approximately 15 minutes, which was worrying at the time but turned out was very normal. Was invited into the office for the Super day which consisted of two interviews and a case. All were very conversational and not question based.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Tax Staff at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 17, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 1+ week)
I got this interview opportunity through University career program. After that my resume got passed to have the first interview, I attended many company presentations and networked with many people from the company to get more real world information. The senior manager at Tax department came to my school to interview me.
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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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Business Advisory Program at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
After submitting resume and cover letter online there was a very informal on-campus interview which didn't include a case study - just simple Q&A which was very relaxed. They also required a 45 minute online assessment on your own time which was in the form of an essay that they gave you the topic on after you click start. The superday started at 8am and ended at around 3pm with lunch with the recent hires (i.e one or two years ahead of me). There were three 1 on 1 interviews and a case study which consisted of a packet with info, 3 of the 6 questions handed to me before i started reading then the other 3 were given to me after which didnt give me time to prepare. Not too hard overall but its important to stay composed and its encouraged to ask a clarifying question. Very nice people overall - best advice is to be genuine, dress sharp.
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Negotiation Details
The offer was very reasonable in terms of salary and signing bonus - I was also not in a position where it was beneficial to try to negotiate so I didn't try.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Tax Senior Associate at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 14, 2011
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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 Nov 2011 in Boston, MA (took 2 weeks)
The interview process started with a phone screen with a national tax recruiter. Afterwards, I had a short phone call (unofficial screen) with the regional tax recruiter who became my main point of contact. I was then scheduled for three one on one interviews with tax partners in the group I will be working for. I asked to speak to someone closer to my level, so I ended up with a fourth conversation at the last minute. I received a call later that day that they liked me and would be sending me an offer the next week.
There were no technical questions. The main topics were discussing my work experience and why I wanted to leave the accounting firm I was working for. The people were very nice, and the office has an amazing view.
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Negotiation Details
I did not negotiate as my offer was more than reasonable.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Advisory Senior Manager at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in New York, NY (took 7+ weeks)
Was contacted by a recruiter. After basic skills screening by recruiter, I had a technical interview by a director. As next steps, E&Y wanted me to come meet the team in person. Kept asking me to come to NY at a 2 day notice. Planned for a trip, did not know interview schedule until Wednesday eve. It seemed very haphazard.
I had 5 onsite interviews scheduled. The team had obviously not looked at the resume and had basic questions like have I published anything, which was clearly called out in the resume with names of publications, dates and titles. This was rather annoying.
Started by talking to one of the partners, who showed up 20 minutes late. I knew 10 minutes into conversation that the team simply would not be the right fit. The questions for me were very specific, technical screening type which was already done. He however did not want to elaborate on their plans and approach to support the aggressive growth targets and got visibly upset. Not sure if the expectation was that I would toss out some fluff questions and base a career decision out of that.
HR interview was not really an interview but compensation history, work authorization and salary requirements. Of the other 3 interviews, for 2 the questions were really the same as the first interview. One interview was with the director whom I had an earlier phone interview with.
The last interviewer did not show up, because of some client commitment. If I can take a break from my client commitments and take a day to come meet you, surely you can take 30 minutes out to do the same.
I have worked for one of E&Y's direct competitors and have had interviews in past with the big 4 and the overall experience with E&Y was not good. My immediate followup to the recruiter was that I was not interested in continuing discussions with this team.
At each step, they seemed unorganized, I was not impressed with the team which was too myopic in its view, and simply speaking the overall experience was severely lacking. E&Y is a good company, maybe it was this particular team, but this was the most underwhelming interview experience ever
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Reason for Declining
I declined to continue discussions with this team. Their focus is way too narrow and the people involved just did not seem to be people I would want to work for or work with.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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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 Nov 2011 (took 3 days)
I had a phone screen interview with the recruiter for the position. He was supposed to call me directly and ended up contacting me 25 minutes later than the scheduled time. He apologized though. The phone interview was pretty short. It appeared that I talked the majority of the time asking questions to get a better idea of what would be expected in the position. I was familar with some of the responsibilities, however they seems really broad and thrown together. The recruiter couldn't clearly answer any of those questions either. He said that the manager for the position would be better suited to answer my questions. We also discussed salary, however that's also still up in the air. I asked for the range for the position but didn't get a clear answer. It's always a tug-of-war for that question.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Assurance Staff at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 10, 2011
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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 Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
Got the interview by applying through my campus career services website. Had a 1st round on-campus interview and was invited to go to the city for an office visit. I had 2 interviews at the office and went out to lunch with a host. very friendly staff, very relaxed environment, interviews were mostly conversational.
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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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FSO IT Advisory at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 5, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Went through basic 1 on 1 campus interview after the pre-selected interview dinner the night before. Interview was very nice and fairly informal. Was sent an online writing assessment to complete a week later. Was invited to Superday in the Times Square office where I participated in 2 behavioral interviews and one case study. Didn't connect well to the first interview, who was fairly condescending at some points of the interview, though I'm sure it was designed to be like this. Didn't get the offer, but I'm sure someone else who was a better fit for the company got it over me.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Audit Staff at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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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 Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 6+ weeks)
Very typical campus recruiting process. First round was on campus, which included a prenight get-together and a one-to-one interview with a manager the following day. Quite casual, the interview only lasted 15 mins. The manager mentioned in the prenight that the length of the interview did not mean anything. He asked one or two behavior questions and mostly asked me to explain my experiences on my resume. Then I waited for entire two weeks until receiving notice of the next round office visit in New York.
Second round included two back-to-back interviews, an office tour, a free lunch and a background check. I interviewed with two partners in FSO. And neither of them asked me more than one behavior question. They talked about themselves, went through my resume and asked me to ask them questions.
Suggestions for second round. The interviewers will definitely focus on your resume, so make sure you could explain your experiences well. The interviews are like conversations, so do not be nervous. And prepare a lot of questions. My second interviewer let me take the lead after his self introduction.
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Negotiation Details
Tried, but failed.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Staff Accountant at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 6, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Very similar to the other big four. I had an excellent experience, all the people I met were great. I was flown out, put up in a hotel, and compensated for my expenses. The interview consisted of a information session, two interviews, and a lunch.
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I got the interview through a College or University.
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