Big Four Applications 2017

Any sports you can try your hand at to try and build some social experiences?

Yeah there's one or two . But I've been in sports clubs before , I don't get how to get social experience that sounds impressive . I remember going , queuing to play then leaving . Cos I wasn't good enough to be on the competitive team. At club socials I just felt weird and didn't know what to do . It felt like I was watching myself there with these people and became increasingly morose as people drank more .

There is no advice I can really give, unfortunately, other than to get out there and build those experiences.

Any invitations going on for EY AC? Passed the phone interview a month ago and still waiting. Rang them today and was told that they have had delay in scheduling ACs and I should keep waiting.

I passed my telephone interview on 12 December and after emailing my recruitment coordinator, I got my AC date around 11 working days later. I think you just have to keep pestering them to be honest.

Can you please remind me what is the email domain of the graduate recruitment coordinators? I changed my application email and I don't have the details of mine.

Hi guys, does anyone know how long it takes EY to give their decision after the final partner interview? I had my interview on Monday, I know it hasn't been long but the wait is agonising.

I heard it took someone 3 weeks! What service line did you apply for?

3 weeks Tech consulting within financial services

That's my service line too! But I've been moved to Jan 2018 intake. Are you September?

How was your interview? Was it informal or not? I've heard mixed things...

Really! Well, my interview was very strange - I arrived 40 minutes early as my interview was in the London office and I was travelling from York so didn't want to get late. My interview was at 2 but they didn't call me til 2:15 apparently the partner had problems booking a room. He asked me a few introductory questions: why EY? But I don't think I gave proper answers as I thought the interview hadn't started yet. Then he asked me to do my presentation which went fine (I think!). After that, he said the interview will last 45 mins and he's got a list of questions he's required to ask. He asked me one and then said he printed out the wrong sheet and doesn't have the other questions and so the interview ended there. All in all it only took 15 mins. The interviewer was a partner so I thought he might make up some questions to ask me but nope.

That sounds very weird. Well I hope you get it, if that was me and I didn't get it I would be pretty annoyed as it sounds like he didn't particularly give you a chance to show yourself off! Are you September or January intake? Also can I ask when you submitted your application? I thought I was quite early (September 2nd) so was surprised they had to move my application to January...

Aw thank you! I know I spent so much time trying to think of examples of strengths and stressing over it and then nothing was asked, that's why I'm so eager to find out the decision. I applied at the end of September. I'm applying for the placement which I think starts in July. Have you applied for the grad scheme?

Yeah I've applied for the grad scheme. Well keep us updated and best of luck!

Will do Have you applied to any of the other big four?

Yeah Deloitte but I really messed up the case interview so didn't get past first round, I wanted that one the most and nerves got the best of me during it. Yourself?