You mean Financial Reporting.

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This post has been edited by cospi03: Jun 25 2008, 12:21 AM

Yeah I think she meant Financial Reporting and not Finance.

Hi everyone,

I just got called for an interview from the Hr department yesterday, mind sharing with me how can i prepare myself for the upcoming interview?

Which HR Dept if you dont mind sharing? And I believe there are many threads on interview preparation already..

Anyway wish you best of luck.

The interview process is different for each company. Some companies will request you to write an essay (ie. how do you plan to contribute to the organisation in your first year?) while some may not. Sometimes the first interview is not a very technical or academic interview because the interviewer is from HR. Therefore they are looking at your attitude as well as how well you present and articulate yourself. More often than not, HR interviewers will ask very general questions such as "What's your biggest non-academic achievement?" or "Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?" or "Tell me a non-academic scenario where you were in a leadership role".

The best way to prepare for interviews is to search the internet to understand the common questions asked by interviewers. Prepare the answers for these questions in your head and constantly practice answering these questions with a friend or in front of the mirror. These will help you answer more smoothly and makes you look more sure of your answers. Of course you would have to learn more about the organisation as well as the positiion that you are applying for.

EY's Hr dept. yeah i've viewed a couple of them already but somehow, i think it'll be better to enquire those who have experienced big4's interview to get a clearer pic of their interview process.
anyway, thanks lots!

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Added on June 26, 2008, 9:50 pmfirst of all, really appreciate your advise
if i'm not mistaken, ur from EY rite?
do u mind sharing with me ur experience?
by the way, is there any test or assessment tht need to be done during the interview like PWC or KPMG?

This post has been edited by v86: Jun 26 2008, 09:50 PM

come on.. the pay for ACCA and degree is the same.... if ACCA haven't complete, means u don have qualification, hence ur pay is lower...

a completed ACCA pays the same as those accounting degree grad....

then.. if those accounting degree complete the last 5 papers of ACCA, then this will increase the pay as well which means it is higher... (please do note that not all accounting degree are exempted 9 papers of ACCA. for further info, refer to ACCA website).

unless during the completion of ACCA fundamental stage, u opted for OBU, and got a degree.

Rubbish.


You could get a masters and your pay would still be the same for fresh grads as a degree holder (without honours !!!)

unless you're someone on the dean's list or something if not masters or degree.. it's the same. You may find someone with masters getting more pay.. that's coz their results are good not coz they have the masters.


Yeah welcome to the real world.

hi there..

i am a fresh graduate of advanced diploma in financial accounting.. i am a ACCA students who awaiting for results to release on this August for my remaining papers.. i am also a trainee in EY..

do i have a chance to apply for permanent job in EY? As i heard that those Big 4 will only recruit degree holder and not advanced diploma grads..

I think they will take you if they need ppl. Since you are already a trainee there. and you are going to complete your ACCA. Good luck to you!

firstly, thanks for ur reply.

FYI, i was a trainee at EY last year. However, my main concern is that they might not accept me probably due to adv. dip. holder with less than 3.0 cgpa..

i'm not sure whether i shud give it a try as i heard from my fren that those Big4 would only recruit degree holder.

thanks in advance!

wuts the diff btw EY Damansara and EY Jalan Sultan Ismail??

If i'm not wrong there isn't a test or assessment if you're going for audit. But if you are going for BRS (Internal Audit) then there is an essay to be written.



This is quite a baseless comment. EY will only offer you a permanent position if you have completed your ACCA or if you already hold a degree.



EY Damansara is the Head Office housing the audit, tax and risk management departments. EY Jln. Sultan Ismail houses the Corporate Finance and restructuring departments.

Which position actually rank the top stressful position in Big4s?

u mean which position is stressful in big 4??? senior level... as ur junior only, there is no need to stress as senior will cover/settle every issue arises from ur engagement. of course, u have to help out with senior with those non critical audit issues.... other major issue, leave it to senior, they will now better....

senior bears more stressful position in audit firm...because he/she need to cover up for juniors, and report to managers, centre person between managers and client...

my fren fresh gred at EY got position AA2 @ RM2450, why no revised in this pay for fresh gred???

This post has been edited by cospi03: Jul 2 2008, 09:42 PM

Will Big4 employ a person who has only OBU degree in Applied Accounting(without complete the ACCA)?

They revised the salary already. Previously it was RM 2350. RM 100 better than nothing.