The process took 3 months. I interviewed at EY (London, England)
Interview
Standard online application followed by numerical and situational judgement tests, as well as a couple of pre recorded video interview questions. An assessment centre followed which was a bit of a shambles. Around 120 people attended but some had been told to arrive an hour later than others, meaning I and many others had to stand around for that time. The AC was an all day event but tasks only took up about 2 and a half hours. Fewer people and a shorter time (either just morning or afternoon) would have been much more efficient. I passed the AC but then had to wait almost two month me for a final partner interview, despite being told this would be arranged within two weeks. I found the student recruitment team to be particularly unhelpful during this period and there was minimal communication I.e. not answering emails and scripted telephone responses. My partner interview was a pleasant experience; I had to give a short presentation and then there was a 20 minute discussion about myself, my aims and aspirations and why I wanted to join EY.
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at EY (Leeds, England) in Jun 2019
Interview
I really enjoyed the interview process. I enjoyed completing the online assessments (even though they took me longer than the suggested time to complete). I was invited to attend an experience day in London in June, which was very different to what I expected. There was a variety of quick paced tasks at the experience day which we completed in groups. The others in my group had applied to different roles/locations so that took the pressure off in terms of competition - we even played pictionary using a VR head set during one of our breaks.
The day after my experience day I was invited to a final interview with 2 partners at the location I had applied for. This was relaxed and I had to prepare a 5 minute presentation for this. I enjoyed all the parts of the application/interview process up to this point.
It then took EY 26 days to give me an outcome. This long waiting time is the reason I have rated the process as neutral rather than positive. I emailed several times getting vague responses with no clear response as to when I would expect to hear back. I felt a bit like I was being fobbed off and I can see little reason as to why it should take them so long to reach a decision, especially as I know people who have received offers on the same day as their final interview for graduate roles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were mainly context based in relation to case studies that EY provided.
We had to first fill in an application form. In the second stage, we were given information and date in the form of graphs, articles and videos and we had to answer questions regarding those. Next, we were told to write an email to a fictional person, answer some numerical reasoning questions before doing a video interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How technology can be used to increase efficiency in our chosen service line?