I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at RSM (Clive, IA) in Mar 2018
Interview
The interviews with the partner and senior manager were fine. The HR process before and after was a joke. I applied and had an initial phone screen with an HR individual based in Houston. She asked when I would have availability to do the screening and I responded within 30 minutes. I had to reach back out to her 2 days later because she never got back to me.
I did the screen and a few days later a different HR rep based in Omaha reached out to set up an in person interview with a partner in the Des Moines office.
I got the interview scheduled for 9am, I was not told where to park, where in the building the office was, and I was also not told there would be more than one interview.
The first interview with the partner was fine, we talked more about March Madness and baseball than the job. He didn’t seem all that interested in interviewing, as it concluded he told me I would be meeting with a senior manager next. That interview went ok as well, I asked her about the culture of the company and she gave me a 10-15 minute long-winded answer that ate up most of the interview time. I asked about timeline and they said the first HR girl based in Houston would get back to me ASAP. I left feeling pretty good, although I had to pay for my own parking.
Two weeks later I had not heard a thing so I emailed the Houston HR rep at 1:50pm at 1:58 she responded saying thanks for reaching out but they were not moving forward with me.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at RSM in Mar 2018
Interview
Personally believe that RSM has no idea what they are doing when it comes to interviews. The company culture does not appear great as the people doing the interviews did not know one another.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at RSM in Feb 2018
Interview
I had three phone interviews. The first was with HR, the second with a Director, and the third with a Partner. They were all easy. They asked about my experience and why I wanted to leave my current job. Then they tried to sell the job to me. The in office interview took about 2 hours. I met with 3 people- a senior, a manager, and a director, and they walked me around the office. Each interviewer met with me for 30 minutes and asked the same types of questions that the phone interviews covered. The manager asked more technical questions about my experience and led an easy case study. It involved looking at the financial statements of a company and determining which accounts, ratios, and fluctuations raised red flags. It was not bad. I was told at the senior level with no TAS experience, they just want to see you think through a few things. So it was low pressure and took about 15 minutes. Definitely review EBITDA adjustments beforehand. RSM’s website has some guides that explain what TAS does which I found helpful.