I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at EY (Auckland, ) in May 2014
Interview
I applied for an internship after meeting an EY representative at the Careers Fair. The person I spoke to was friendly and seemed to enjoy his role (he had recently started working as a graduate). After I applied I was contacted about a month later with an invitation to attend the Assessment Centre (AC).
The AC consisted of 3 rounds: Interview, Group Activity and Office Tour as well as some networking time in between. The group activity involved reading a 10-12 page case study without any highlighters, use of whiteboards or any writing on the actual case study. I recommend creating a SWOT analysis or having some sort of structure whilst you are making notes on the notepad provided.
My experience of EY was not as pleasant as the person I had met at the Careers Fair. I found the manager interviewing me to be boring and disinterested (wasn't sure if that was him normally or perhaps he was put-off by my bubbly personality) and during the networking time I felt like I was being 'suffocated' within the firm.
By the end of AC found I was just not a good fit with the EY culture. Although, I do believe the AC experience really provided me with valuable AC experience - which proved to be very helpful in securing an internship within another organisation.
The feedback provided by EY was critical and brutal - just the way I like it. This provided me with good ground on which to focus for self-development and I believe this was a critical success factor is my subsequent successful AC at a different organisation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Business Case was quite long - so definitely try and use some sort of technique e.g. SWOT to sort out your notes!
Two rounds interviews. The first was on campus and the second one was on site. There were both pre night event before two interviews for candidate to meet with companies staff or probably interviewers. I Interviewed with three people during the second round interview, manager, senior manager and partner that lasted half of the day. One interviewer asked a lot of behavioral questions while the other two were more conversational.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you have conflict with group members
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at EY
Interview
Basically, had a Group interview - it was really very chill. a lot of laughs and simple talk. There was two interviewers, and they were managers. Just enjoy yourself. got the job offer immediately after the interview at night.