Grant Thornton Interview Questions

i had my first round telephone interview today and they drilled me on how i managed my time, how i prioritise my time, how i prioritise my work and social life etc.

hey i have a telephone interview coming up, do u remember what sort of questions they asked you? thank you

Hi,

I am having a phone interview with Grant Thornton on Monday and it's also my first ever phone interview. I would be grateful if you could tell me what were the questions asked and how you found the overall experience.

Many thanks! :)

Hi,

Melissa, how was the interview? Hope it went well. What sort of things did they ask you, was it mainly competency based, or about the company or general market awareness etc??

Thanks

Hi Allmodcons,

Below are the questions I got asked at the telephone interview:

Why you chose the university? Why chosen degree of subject? Run through work placement stated in application form and explain what skills gained. Why the summer internship? Any area of tax you are interested in? How did you hear about us? What are you involved in outside university? Run through work experience and the skills gained Example of taking initiative from WORK PLACEMENT Example of Successful teamwork project- obstacles faced- why it was successful? How do you plan your day to day procedure? How do you plan social and work balance? Example when planning didn’t go well? Why are you suitable for Grant Thornton?

I hope this is useful! There were no questions on commercial awareness whatsoever. The person on the phone was extremely friendly and kept the conversation fluid and relaxing. Just be yourself and relax. When are you having your phone interview?- Good luck!!

I got through the phone interview round and will be attending an assessment centre tomorrow!

Anyone can share their assessment centre experience with me? What was the group exercise like? What was the face to face interview like? Was it similar to the phone interview questions?

Many thanks! :)

Thanks for the advice, my interview was yesterday eve so just in time! I think they have a pretty set script because I had pretty much exactly the same questions. Although they did also ask me where I read information about the industry? why I wanted to join GT? why I wanted to join the department I had applied to? I guess I'll find out in a few days or so whether I've got through or not. Hope the assessment centre went well Melissa.

I had my first round interview with Grant Thornton last wed (oct 7) ...I have yet to hear back from them, whom do you think i should contact to find out whether they completely discarded me or if I am still an option for a second round? =(

I've just received an email from Grant Thornton saying I passed the tests but that my application is placed on hold for them to sort out those at further stages than me and to refer to their website if I want to change to another location. Has anyone received the same email?I applied for the London office, does this mean I should change the office location?

Hi K_panye

I received the same email a few days ago. From past experience I would advise transferring your application otherwise you risk missing out all together.

Hey mdbmt, I've emailed them beginning of this week about transferring but still haven't heard anything back yet. Have you been contacted ?

can anyone tell me which uk office location has the greatest number of audit trainee positions?

Any ideas about the assessment centre?

What are the expected questions and the recent business issues?

What is the case study like?

Hi

I have just recieved an offer from Grant Thornton which I have accepted. I have 2 more accountancy interviews lined up for smaller firms, and I'd much rather work for Grant Thornton than either of those firms. I was just wondering on whether anyone could advise me on whether I should attend these interviews (one is tomorrow) - I am just waiting for my GT contract to be posted out as I only got offered the job on Thursday, and have an email with an offer which says it's conditional upon references (which I don't see why I would have any problem with my references as they are both good ones). Should I attend this interview tomorrow? I also have another one in Febuary to fall back on to if I needed....?

Thanks

Hi pinkpenguin,

Congrats on getting the offer.

What did ur assessment centre consist of? I got told that mine will be an interview with an audit manager and maybe also a partner's interview and a case study. Did you have a group exercise as well?

Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

Hi, I have a telephone interview with GT very soon.

Can anyone, who has been through it recently, give me some advice on what to expect? I gather most of the questions will be competency based, but any other tips?

Also, to the questions "why GT? Why this line of work?" Can I simply tell them what I put in my application form?

Thank you.

Hi, everyone,

I also have a telephone interview coming up this week, just wondering if anyone can give some comments about theirs, and the questions which may come up. I will be very grateful.

Thank you

Hey I successfully completed the online tests and just received an email saying that they're putting my app on hold so they can deal with applicants who are at further stages in the process. Did anyone recieved this email too when they applied - if so how long did you have to wait until hearing from them?

Thanks

Hi grad2009,

unfortunately I had the same email in November and literally just got invited to an interview. Unless you have applied for a vacancy outside of London and its suburbs it is unlikely you will get to an interview. I say this because I personally applied to London but was offered an interview in kettering. It seems GT are just trying to fill the last few places.

At the moment Grant Thornton have literally no vacancies left according to graduate recruitment. My advice to you would be to chase up grad recruitment otherwise your chances will be slim. Alternatively, try and move your application to an office that still has vacancies. Chances are these will be in tax.

Thanks for your reply mdbmt,

When I started the application London was my preference, but I didn't apply to that location because those were all completely full up already. Thanks for your advice - I'm going to call the recruitment line to find out which locations/offices still have vacancies left.

Good luck with your interview!

Hi, I work at Grant Thornton so maybe can help about being on hold and jobs as the posts are half right.

The grad recruitment is nearly done - but only definately finished for London. Theres quite a few people on hold for this position who are now being contacted to see if they want to move to other locations.

Other locations are also getting pretty full but there are some roles left. The problem is that there are applicants ahead of new ones with arranged interviews already. If you move to that location though at least you are in with a chance though if any other interviews come up.

Ways to go about this...

- if you are totally 100% flexible on location then consider those we are still encouraging applications like Kettering, Norwich, Ipswich and potentially Sheffield and Leeds.

- if its audit you want, have you considered public sector audit where we need more applications in Leeds and others for example. and like the previous person said - there are tax roles still available...like slough, gatwick, cambridge etc

- call the recruiter in the office of interest...the numbers are all listed on the website or in the brochure...http://www.grant-thornton.co.uk/careers/graduate_opportunities/more_about_us/where_you_could_work.aspx?city=Norwich