I applied online. I interviewed at Forvis Mazars Group (Londres, Inglaterra) in Mar 2022
Interview
The initial telephone interview lasted for over 30 minutes. Asked around 20 questions and all were of behavioral type. We need to research well. I could perform really well as I prepared well for the same but got rejected. Asked Mazars for the interview feedback and during the interview feedback call they said I prepared well and performed well, but I should have said more about Mazars from an industry perspective and my answer to one of the time management questions was brief. I was like "really????"... and asked them if I got rejected only because of these 2 answers as I was confident about this interview. Then that person agreed and said they get a lot of applications for this position and the decision is purely based on the interviewer's judgment. :(
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Mazars
Why Audit
Why this program
What do u know about this program
what do u know about the professional qualification they support along with this program
Describe a time when u did something analytical?
Tools and methods used for doing that analytical work?
How we can effectively manage time?
Anything u specifically do to manage time?
Experience - teamwork?
experience - team management, especially when someone in the team is arrogant/not coordinating?
How do you learn new things?
Career goals/career plan?
Something recently happening in the Audit industry and explain the same?
Describe a time you got constructive feedback?
......and a lot more similar questions which I couldn't recollect now.
It was a telephone interview and it focused mainly on strength based questions and why I chose my role. They also asked about a current issue in the financial industry.
the interview was more about what i knew about the role, the sector and what i knew about Mazars. The interviewer was nice and made you feel comfortable. The main issue is that the interview was supposed to be competency based interview but it was mainly questions about the sector and the company.