Ernst and Young First Interview
12 August 2010 - 11:45pm
uclgraduate10
Hey,
I have a first interview with Ernst and Young on the 3rd September for the Advisory Consultant Programme March 2011. I had a first interview with KPMG on the 26th July for an Actuary position but was unsuccessful. My feedback was - which was very useful - was that my weak areas were Career Motivation and Business Focus. I knew I failed at the Business Focus portion because I had been travelling for 6 weeks and I couldn't keep up with the news adequately.
However I was surprised about Career Motivation. I was wondering what he was looking for when he asked
"where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
I really couldn't answer this, I said a fully qualified actuary. And he nodded encouragingly but I really couldn't think of any elaboration on this. Apparently I had not thought this through.
Also with Business Focus he asked:
"give me a company which has been growing successfully in the past 10 years and what would they advise them"
I thought I had given a good answer by saying Google, and he liked that. But I couldn't think of any advice.
All responses will be most welcome!
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Hi ifeyinwa,
I wouldn't worry about the KPMG interview too much. I think that the Ernst and Young first interview is very different.
If you read these forums, it explains that they now do a strengths based interview, and I do not think there are a lot of questions on Business Focus and Career Motivation.
I had a KPMG interview and assessment day but did not get the job - I am chasing feedback on this!
In terms of career motivation, I would just look at what the role entails and what you like about it and why you would be good at it.
I have an Ernst and Young interview coming up before 3rd Sept, so I may be able to give some more advice then.