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Updated Feb 15, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Tax Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Feb 15, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took a day)
I sent me resume in to the HR department and within days got an email setting up a phone interview. The phone interview was very easy-took about 30 minutes and asked me questions like "why I chose my university" and "why tax". No behavior questions.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Associate at Ernst & Young
Posted Feb 13, 2012
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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 Dec 2011 in New York, NY (took 5 days)
One day I got a call from an HR and she asked me about me about my background and whether I was interested in E&Y - TAS. The call lasted for around 30 minute.
After that, I received a case study from a recruiting director. By this case study, they wanted to check my accounting and finance knowledge, and my analytical skills. I nailed the the case study and exceeded their expectations.
Finally, I was invited to E&Y Times Square office in NYC for the final round. The final round consisted of four one-on-one interviews. These four interviews was conducted by 2 seniors managers, the recruiting director and a partner. All of these interviews were behavioral. I think, they were checking my communication skills and fit. I wasn't asked a single technical question.
This process took only 4 working days.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Feb 4, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
The interview process was well formed and structured. First was a behavioral interview which was to be followed by 3 more interviews on-site.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Tax Intern at Ernst & Young
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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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 Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
Applied through my university and got the first-round interview. One on one where she asked me about things on my resume, mostly. Was asked to come back for second-round "super day." Each interviewee was assigned their own E&Y associate to guide them to their 2 interviews. First interview of the day was much like the on-campus one. About half an hour long. Then the 2nd interview involved more behavioral questions. After that, the company takes you out to a nice lunch, which was the best part of the day : )
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Tax Staff at Ernst & Young
Posted Jan 11, 2012
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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 Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
Applied for interview through On-Campus Recruiting. First round was one interview on campus with a partner from the tax practice. Partner spoke a majority of the time about himself. Asked 2 simple questions. Tell me about yourself and why accounting/tax. Interview took place at the end of Sept and took bout 4 weeks to hear back.
Round 2 consisted of 2 interviews at their office. Met with a senior manager and partner. Interview with partner was more laid back and more conversational rather then question after question. Interview with senior manager was a bit more intense because he seemed to be one of those guys who takes everything too serious. Majority of questions were asked based off a past internship I had. This interview took place mid Nov and got my offer 6 days after my interview.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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BAP at Ernst & Young
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Three 1-1 interviews, morning presentations, and lunch. Make you feel welcoming.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Senior Associate at Ernst & Young
Posted Jan 2, 2012
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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 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Interview consists of experience, behavioral and motivational questions. Most questions are easy and standard.
Negotiation Details
No
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Business Advisory Program at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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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 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.
Other Details
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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Advisory Senior Manager at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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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.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Assurance Staff at Ernst & Young
Posted Dec 10, 2011
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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 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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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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