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Ernst & Young SENIOR Consultant Interview Questions & Reviews
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Interview Experience 40 Ratings
Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
No Offer – Interviewed in Sydney Aug 2010 – Reviewed Sep 09, 2010
Interview Details I got a phone interview first for their risk management consulting jobs - it was just about my background and skills. A face-to-face interview with scheduled about 1-2 wks after the phone interview. It was a panel interview - a company director and a line manager. I talked about my broad knowledge in risk management consulting and community service work. However, the role was targetting specifically on AML, which I had some exposure but not a great deal. It went about the 45mins. I got rejected after few hours of the interview. Some feedback was provided a few days later - they needed someone with very strong AML background. That's about it.
Interview Question – Have you been seriously ill in the last few years? View Answer
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 03, 2013
Interview Details
Round 1: In-person interview
Round 2: 4 interviews: 1 technical, 1 case, 1 writing, 1 behavioural
Interview Question – Lot of focus on behavioral questions, soft skills, people skills Answer Question
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 23, 2013
Interview Details For experienced guys you will have unpredictable number of interviews. It's absolutely unspecified what questions you will be asked. You may expect some variances of case-like problem solving questions and some brain teasers. However it's 10X times easier than even a first round in MBB.
Interview Question – How to estimate a minimum number of respondents for survey? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – You can raise you salary up to 25% easily.
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on New York, NY (US) Nov 2012 – Reviewed Apr 22, 2013
Interview Details First over phone by HR person, then over phone by senior manager on experience, what I am looking for and some of the challenges faced. Then office interview with various managers. Based on my resume, various questions on ERM, process improvements, internal audits and controls.
Interview Question – None Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Easy
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 21, 2013
Interview Details Had a telephone interview as first stage which was quite a general chat about experience to date, why EY, scenario about how to infuence people etc.
Interview Question – None Answer Question
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in May 2011 – Reviewed Mar 19, 2013
Interview Details Friendly and typical interview questions about your education and experience. One telephonic HR round and a super day with 4 back to back interviews with senior manager and partners.
Interview Question – None really Answer Question
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 10, 2013
Interview Details Hiring was done through a employee referral. Met the service line head for one to one discussions. had telephonic technical interview followed by HR interview.
Interview Question – Nothing Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 22, 2013
Interview Details Interview process was a bit scattered, but the day I met people - it was a breeze. The case study was fun
Interview Question – Nothing I couldn't answer Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No, out of school hire
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 16, 2013
Interview Details Mainly asked about my past experience and my technical skills. Was asked some case study questions to know my way of working
Negotiation Details – No much. They matched the other offer I had at that time
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Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
No Offer – Interviewed in Jul 2012 – Reviewed Feb 13, 2013
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My application was submitted through experienced hire recruiting by a referral who was my former senior manager. The entire process took about 3 months which surprised me since I interned at EY a few years ago and performed well enough to receive a full time offer years ago.
First, I had a phone interview with a recruiter, which mainly consisted of questions about my work projects and interest in EY. Then four weeks later, I had a phone interview with a senior manager, which consisted of mainly behavioral questions. They called this a technical interview. Then after about two weeks from my second interview, I followed up with the recruiting team regarding next steps.
Once I did so, the recruiting team scheduled me to fly in for an office visit where I met with three advisory team members for 1:1 interviews. The 1:1 interviews mostly consisted of learning more about my past experiences, leadership characteristics and some of the changes at EY since I was employed there. There was also a mini case question where the manager was trying to understand my thought process. One of the interviewers did ask me why I did not have an EY partner recommendation. I did not realize that I would need one to come back, otherwise, I would have made sure to have one as a returning EY employee.
A few weeks later, I learned that I did not receive an offer. My advise to anyone returning to EY is to get a referral or recommendation from a partner. Mine was through a senior manager, which was not enough.
Interview Question – Why didn't you get a partner recommendation? View Answer
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