Ernst & Young: Interview & Hiring Surveys

Ernst & Young Interview Surveys Ernst & Young Workplace Surveys Ernst & Young Salary Surveys Ernst & Young Business Outlook Surveys Title of position interviewed for: Manager Approximate date of interview: 1/2003 Location: Major South East US City Submitted on: 04-Mar-05 Job Title Interview Survey Manager Initial contact: Contact from an outside recruiting firm. This was interesting because I got calls from 3 head-hunting firms in the exact same week in Q3 2004. After initial review, I had a screeing interview with HR. After HR was convinced I was not a psycho nutcase and as far as they could tell, my credentials appeared authentic, I was referred to a Partner for a phone interview. This was followed by an office visit where I had 7 or 8 interviews. Each interview had a 75% focus on previous business experience and 25% focus on behavioral questions. No case study questions. They also focused on asking me why I wanted to leave my previous firm and client. I had a very good case for this and had them convinced. I felt this was critical. Now I am involved in recruiting and understand that there is a heavy focus on Financial Services Industry experience which is not surprising considering that we hire people from the Federal Reserve and the SEC. This also brings in a good network that defintiely helps when it comes to selling work. There has also been an increased focus on hiring Staff level positions. (The career track is Staff - Senior 1,2,3 - Manager, S. Manager, then Partner, Director, or Associate Director). We make a heavy effort to focus on certain schools in the region where we can have deep realtionships with prefessors, deans, and career center to get the best students early. We focus on the schools that have the best track record at placing students in the cities we have our offices in. The end goal in to get a high rate of acceptance without getting into a bargaining situation. On MBA hiring for Senior positions, again the focus is on a few key schools in the area. We are meeting with Career Centers and Deans of schools and programs we are interested (MBAs and M.Acctg by the way)to id candidates early. E&Y Interview Surveys E&Y Workplace Surveys E&Y Salary Surveys E&Y Business Outlook Surveys Vault Employee Surveys: Read insider employee surveys to get the inside scoop on hiring and working at top employers. We have 55625 surveys for 5288 employers.