Big Four Applications 2017

Has anyone been to an EY a/c? If so can you please tell me what happens on the day

Usual introductions + fact about yourself.
Pair up with another candidate while the assessment team walk around and chat with you.
Do the working day/intray task which is about 45mins with 4emails/2 reports.
Group exercise (this ones fun at EY)
Interview

the 3 activities can be in any order and after you've done em you'll usually eat lunch with current members of your chosen field.

Thanks for the insight. Can you remember the interview? Was it a grilling? Is there any presentation involved?

Usual introductions + fact about yourself.
Pair up with another candidate while the assessment team walk around and chat with you.
Do the working day/intray task which is about 45mins with 4emails/2 reports.
Group exercise (this ones fun at EY)
Interview

the 3 activities can be in any order and after you've done em you'll usually eat lunch with current members of your chosen field.

Thanks for this How did you find the group exercise?

We basically had two people assessing us, but it wasn't very formal and there was a lot of interaction between us and them.

They asked us 3 questions in the beginning about what sets EY apart, what should a new employees attitude be like etc. Then we got given a sheet of paper with 5 questions, each question had a different amount of time allowed to answer (you can't save time by answering questions quicker and using the remaining time for the next Q, if that makes sense). Exercise involved a pack of cards with strengths on each card (stuff like motivation, innovation, hard work, relationships, honesty). Each exercise built on the last, so initially we chose the top 10 strengths, then we got 10 scenarios and had to decide which of the strengths we chose fit into which scenario best without using each card more than once. After that we had to narrow it down to 5 (of course discussing why you think each one should be picked as a group) and finally create a presentation as a group and each explaining a strength + why it's important for the position we applied to. Each questions had a time limit of between 2-5mins and the last one I think was 10mins including the presentation part.

They asked some random informal questions after that to us as a group that we answered individually, mostly about how we would prioritise work vs study.

Overall I actually enjoyed it for some reason, nearly forgot that we were being assessed. The hardest part by far is the written exercise/intray thing.

Did u get an offer?

Nah, didn't do well enough on the working day exercise.

I've applied for EY consulting and currently waiting to schedule a phone interview. Do you think that at this stage I could ask them to transfer my application to Transaction Services (deadline for that is 31/10) or is it not possible to do that?

Hi everyone, need a bit of advice...
I'm looking to get into management/strategy consulting and I applied for the Performance Improvement consultancy role at EY. However for telephone interview I was given Financial Consulting - IT Risk & Assurance. I've got an AC comining up and want to work at EY, however I'm a little unsure on this role. I feel like the role will limit my experience to mainly IT/Data. I tried calling them up and they've basically said that there are no more positions available for Performance Improvement.
Assuming I get an offer, do I try the role I'm given? If I don't like it, perhaps I could try and switching service line while I'm there? Or alternatively I could look to apply again next year - however I would kick myself in the foot if I got rejected next year and I don't particularly like the idea of going through the whole process again.

Thanks

Been waiting for over 2 weeks to schedule my partner interview for a school leaver position at PwC. Anyone know how long it usually takes?

Has anyone scheduled/attended an assessment center for EY London - Sept 2017 Grad - Consulting Performance Advisory yet?

Same here! Fingers crossed for a positive outcome! Good luck!

We basically had two people assessing us, but it wasn't very formal and there was a lot of interaction between us and them.

They asked us 3 questions in the beginning about what sets EY apart, what should a new employees attitude be like etc. Then we got given a sheet of paper with 5 questions, each question had a different amount of time allowed to answer (you can't save time by answering questions quicker and using the remaining time for the next Q, if that makes sense). Exercise involved a pack of cards with strengths on each card (stuff like motivation, innovation, hard work, relationships, honesty). Each exercise built on the last, so initially we chose the top 10 strengths, then we got 10 scenarios and had to decide which of the strengths we chose fit into which scenario best without using each card more than once. After that we had to narrow it down to 5 (of course discussing why you think each one should be picked as a group) and finally create a presentation as a group and each explaining a strength + why it's important for the position we applied to. Each questions had a time limit of between 2-5mins and the last one I think was 10mins including the presentation part.

They asked some random informal questions after that to us as a group that we answered individually, mostly about how we would prioritise work vs study.

Overall I actually enjoyed it for some reason, nearly forgot that we were being assessed. The hardest part by far is the written exercise/intray thing.

Hi Yaboi, thank you for your insight and good luck with your job application. Do you mind sharing some experience about EY's written exercise please?