Conversation Between hypercaine. and ahsanjk

Hi mate! I was successful in the telephone interview! thanks a million. I spoke about reading the Economist, the Times and watching the news daily. I spoke about the Eurozone crisis, mainly Greece.
What stage of the application process are you at?
I also saw one of your posts on an EY school leaver thread.
I've been invited to the Assessment Centres at both PwC as well as Ernst & Young. Have you been through them yet?

If I remember rightly the only things they asked me were what do I do to in terms of 'wider reading' so I just talked about reading the FT, Accountancy Age and various other newspapers/news channels and then I was asked about a recent article I found interesting. I prepared for the second part of the question as I was expecting something similar but I hadnt really for the first part.
Regarding the first part I dont know whats good to say and what isnt, obviously for the second part do read something and maybe write some notes about the article so you can talk about it, I went for the recent audit reform in the EU and was asked what I thought about it and how it might affect those involved (specifically PwC).

hey man, i saw your thread on the Pwc telephone interview?
Mine is tomorrow. Just wanted to know what competencies did they ask you?
and how did they check your commercial awareness? like what business news did they ask you?
lemme know soon mate! cheers