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发表于 2013-2-28 00:40:00
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Hi Selina, Firstly, I would like to thank Coco for my reference check.Now after a long wait I have joined Ernst & Young as an entry level TaxAnalyst.After graduating in 2009 I was finding it difficult tolocate a good job in Australia. So I continued working in Retail, but wheneverI got an opportunity to learn something new, just grabbed it. During theseyears I managed to join ITP(Income Tax Professionals) Tax training School forTax consultant training, even though that was on personal taxation it has madeit easy for me to understand the procedure followed for partnership andprivate-equity, this was early 2010. I did not continue with ITP as tax wasseasonal work and I wanted something more permanent. Then kept applying forjobs but no response from the employers. I was almost giving-up on hopes, theni came across Florian's Assistant Accountant Training program but couldn't joinstraight away as i had no money. After 4 or 5 months i went back and joinedFlorian Training program in January 2011, and then I decided to come back toIndia and try for jobs. I then had thoughts that i have again wasted my moneydoing the training with Florian, but I was so wrong as that knowledge helped mewith my SAP FICO training(again thanks to Coco for encouraging us to learnSAP), i was able to understand the customization much better and the reason whyit was required. Then at interviews even without much preparation i was able toanswer questions related to AP/AR and many others. I am now back to believingthat no education goes waste, it will reflect at some point in your career. Now about the interview process: I applied for the same position in Deloitte first, that wasin November last year where i qualified the first 4 rounds and had to go forthe next two rounds of face to face interview which never happened. Deloitte/ EY Interview process(online): 1. Basics of finance & Accounting : Questions like Golden rules of Accounting/Principles ofAccounting, when to debit when to credit, methods of Depreciation, cash/accrualbasis- all together there were 20 questions 2. Financial statement Analysis:Questions were some what related to capital markets - 5questions 3. Logical Reasoning and Numerical Ability: one can findsamples and practice online 4. English Reading & letter writing(e-mail) 5. Communication skills/verbal ability : Listening test overthe phone in a separate closed cubicle where you have to listen and repeatthe same words or sentences. The above rounds of interview were same for both, the onlyother round was an introduction round with EY, where we had to talk aboutourselves for 2 minutes. After these rounds I was called the next day by EY HRpersonnelfor the next two rounds, which happened after 2 days of theonline test. HR round went for around 10 minutes, I was asked about my expected salary for which Ianswered - as per company standards. why have you chosen to work in Taxation- Taxation has always interested me for its variety, no twocases can be similar. I enjoy applying different legislation to a casesand decided solution that best favor a client. why I came back from Australia? and few othergeneral questions. Technical round(Panel of 2 Senior Managers) for around 30minutes,Panel: Introduce yourself, Tell us somethingabout your previous company and how did the company benefit from you?Panel: Have you applied for any other job and do you haveany other offer in hand - Me: I have applied for Deloitte too and have cleared theonline test but haven't received any call for the next rounds. Panel: Deloitte processing takes longer and then asked,now that you have cleared Deloitte rounds too who would you join if u get anoffer letter from both the companies? Me: I have not come across such an event in my life andthat would be difficult to answer. Panel: Do you know Deloitte pays better that what we do?Me: YesPanel: Ok, if you get offer letter the same time and theyhave offered you better package who would you choose?Me: Deloitte, as i need the money to pay back myeducation loan.Panel: Thanks for being honest with us.Panel: forwarding a paper and pen, show us how a balancesheet looks?Panel: after my sketch, how would it lookotherwise? before i answered they started asking me two threequestions to stress me. I was actually confused which one to answer first. Ijust returned a smile.Panel:what are the sub-divisions of Assets & Liabilities in a balance sheet?Me:currentAssets, property Plant and Equipment, Investments.....current liabilities, longterm liabilities......was stopped in-between and was put with the nextquestions. Panel:When youwill be working on two to three client engagements at the same time how wouldyou manage your time?what willyou do when 2 managers have given u a task that has the same deadline but oneengagement is very time consuming and would take-up all the time?Our clientis based in US when you leave for the day they come to work, how will youmanage to communicate your work with them? There weremany other questions that I can't recollect now. But my belief is just to bemyself in an interview, as the panel is much experienced and has been throughthe same process during his career and if one fakes he would know it easily. Somy suggestion is to just be yourself when you think the question is to trickyou. I againthank the whole Florian team. Thanking You& Kind Regards, |
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