2013 Finance/Accountancy Internships

Woohoo! I passed the numeracy test. E-tray next - think ill find this v hard as never done one before.


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Yes, yes, it is. But they do have low thresholds as a result. You have to be in the 30th or above percentile in order to progress as they pass 70% of people (so you only have to be better than 30% of people that took the test). How many questions out of the 24 do you think you answered correctly?

Got an email saying I'd made it through to phone interview and they will contact me to arrange a date. Time to get those answers polished!

Anyone who thinks they fluffed their KPMG numericals... you probably haven't..

Also I applied for "The EY Global Student Exchange" - it looks really really good, will probably be uber competitive though.

Thought I'd aced pwc numericals as in 80%+ but turns out I haven't made it to the next stage.. Whatever, not too bothered. KPMG where I thought I was failed and was just guessing most of them, I apparently passed...

You didn't pass PwC numericals but passed KPMG's numerical? That's unexpected. I mean, compared to the KPMG test, PwC is a walk in the park. Ah well. I'm at the phone interview stage too but will not progress until they open regional offices: I'm applying/waiting for Edinburgh. They opened London a few weeks ago and they opened Plymouth today so that's some progress. Best of luck with your interview.

At the big four, can you apply to more than one location? E.g apply at PWC for Cardiff Audit and London Audit or is only one allowed?

Yes, yes, it is. But they do have low thresholds as a result. You have to be in the 30th or above percentile in order to progress as they pass 70% of people (so you only have to be better than 30% of people that took the test). How many questions out of the 24 do you think you answered correctly?

Hey guys sorry to barge in but i'm going to be in your position next year and I would just like to know what kind of work experience you guys got in your first year and does it have to be directly related to the job or is any part time work ok? and what other things can you do to make your application a bit better

thanks

God I just took it and it was insane. I answered 9 out of 24. I think I might have got all right, though, since I did them quite carefully. One thing I don't know is whether you're supposed to do them intuitively and make an estimate of the answer, then find the precise answer by looking at the options, or madly tap numbers into the calculator to get the exact result. Did you pass the numerical test? How many do you think you got right?

And verbal I answered 33 out of 40 before running out of time. I think that one should go well.

But I can't bear the wait! Ernst & Young rejected me after the aptitude test, but I think I might fit more into KPMG, so I don't want to screw up the application.

Nevermind. Got rejected. Considering suicide.

I've got E+Y numericals to do, how did people find them?