I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at EY (Bengaluru) in Jun 2017
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I applied through an employee referral at the Bangalore RMZ Ecospace office and had a pretty poor experience during my interview process. There were basically three rounds -
First one was the aptitude test which had questions related to calculations, reasoning, MS Excel and English language. Though my test went pretty well but I was told I didn't make it through. Being the last candidate for the day, I was lucky that I got to see the answer key(solutions) for the test and it was found out that the answer key was wrong and I was told I will get to appear for the personal interview rounds after three days.
Second round was the HR interview round which went on pretty smoothly and took hardly half an hour and I was asked to come back after a couple of hours for the last round.
Last round was again a HR interview but with the team lead and it went on for almost an hour. It was pretty much like the previous round but comparatively it was more formally conducted. After this I was told I'd be informed about the result over the phone, mostly by the next day.
I waited for a couple of weeks and contacted their HR person several times after that who kept stalling me and eventually told me I didn't make it through because company is not ready for the compensation which I had demanded, whereas I had agreed to work at the offered compensation when asked by the interviewer in the final round.
On the whole, I'd say when a firm like EY which has such a global impact, fails to show even average levels of professionalism, it questions the integrity of the firm and what it stands for.
Interview process was a bit longwinded but not too difficult. Comprised of a mental maths/literacy test, followed by a virtual interview, then two face to face interviews, the second of which was slightly less formal.
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A lot of questions were situational and related to relevant experiences.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at EY (Riad) in Jan 2023
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first reason strong brand , one of the largest in terms in nreveune Ernest and young has got the most employees amoung the big four ALSO awarded as the most attractive place to work , largest clients : hp , Verizon , Coca Cola Hilton
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first reason strong brand , one of the largest in terms in nreveune Ernest and young has got the most employees amoung the big four ALSO awarded as the most attractive place to work , largest clients : hp , Verizon , Coca Cola Hilton
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at EY (New York, NY) in Jan 2018
Interview
I was referred to the EY recruiter from a friend who wasn’t interested in the position. I had a phone interview for 1 hour and spoke about the position and shared about my experience. It’s a unique mix of Financial/reporting analyst and project support analyst which is what interest me after hearing more about it.
Next step was a phone interview with the hiring manager. Spoke about the position and about my experience. I don’t recall hard questions. Just sound enthusiastic as I was after that first call with the recruiter.
Next call was a follow up from the recruiter to inform me of hearing great feedback from the manager! But since I was interviewing with other companies during this time, it just so happens that one was their client. I can’t share to respect the privacy of the client. I was told I’ll probably need to choose who I talk to. Of course I choose EY as it has continuous growth especially given that it’s a Big 4. You’re career is set if you can get in! The exciting part is that the team’s office is on the client’s campus. Great as you get to enjoy a tech company’s perks. Lol
Moving on, a week later I set up my onsite with a team of 6. Lasted 1.5 hours but I came in confident and brought the excitement with me as I was already pumped up after hearing good things about the company from the recruiter and hiring manager.
After I was done, I was given a mini excel test. Looking for answers using pivot tables, the average function, choice of vlookup or index function, and Sumif function. Know those and you’ll be fine. I’m not great at excel but it was straight forward. Someone on the team will assist you if you need more clarification and assistance.
Overall, Great vibes through the whole interview process. Had onsite close to the end of a week so I have yet to hear from them. Praying on that offer but even I don’t get the job, I have to say the team was wonderful and whoever comes in would be super lucky.
Be positive even if you don’t get chosen, look at every interviews as good practice for the next one. Good luck!
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Questions were pretty straight forward...tell me about yourself, questions on your resume, how do you deal with conflict on a team etc. Nothing too technical.