1) Well it depends. Perhaps A will be fine but when you changed your mind again and wanna go back to A sometime in the future, they might not accept you anymore to save their time and effort. This might be something you wanna consider.

2) KPMG there's an online English comprehensive and Maths reasoning test plus a EQ test. During face-to-face interview that day you will have another essay writing. Not sure for PwC.

I got rejected :'( Wanna ask them reasons for rejection.

About two weeks later hahah.

They notified by thru email. The only phone call we had was the very brief phone interview.
How much time to prepare as in....?

If you are asking for the duration, they will let you know thru the interview invitation email after you passed the assessment.

Oh and to add on, mine lasted for bout 4 hours+ from 8.30am to 12.30pm.
I arrived 1 hour earlier to familiarise myself with the environment and get to know people around.

The duration as in how long would the interview last. Her name is Ms Ezreena and nope she didn't mention. But you're ought to let them know your expected commencement date for work if you have.

I completed the online application in the mid of May, within that week itself I got a phone call from them, asking general questions and informing about the online assessment which they sent me a link thru email.

A week later, I got the email that I passed my online assessment and proceeded to the interview which is scheduled on the second week of June. The speed of them releasing the results of the interview depends, as I think they adopt an elimination method (I got the rejection at the end of June already but my friend who attended on the same day still hasn't gotten any replies yet).

Hi, I am going to start my career with EY soon in this coming August and I'm planning to open a new bank account soon for my salary.

I would like to ask if EY (KL office) has their own preferred bank for salary purpose?

Hey thanks for the reply! Yeah I recently just got a Welcome e-mail from them.
I bet you just got accepted as well?

Hey, I'm joining audit haha. Reporting to work this coming August Being a AA1.

You're in EY? Which dept? How is the life at EY like?

This post has been edited by Nickie6817: Jul 15 2016, 10:41 PM

If not mistaken should be FSO...my interviewer is from FSO I think.

I have one line to summarise: they looked friendly, but the questions they asked will corner you. So be prepared.

In case you do not know, the interview started off with a group presentation, where 4-6 interviewees are grouped together, given 10 mins of preparation and about 20 mins of presentation on a case study they provide. It's kinda easy, but the difficult part is the time pressure. Bring along a pen to jot down your notes for presentation.

After that it will be essay writing session, where you're given two very simple and direct question and you're required to write a simple essay, no word limit. So, a pen is needed again. They will provide papers but just bring along just in case.

Then the 2 to 1 interview, conducted by the same panel you faced in group interview, I'm not sure is it the same for all panels, but mine actually asked questions based on the group interview, such as "how do you think your team performed just now?" "what do you think you did poorly, and how to improve?" "who would you hire? why?", which is totally out of my expectations, instead of the general standard interview questions. I guess this is the part where I screwed my interview haha. So be prepared for the unexpected.

Remember to bring your file with all your certs of course, thou my interviewers didn't even look at it.

The rejection email states that after comparing my qualifications and experiences against other candidates, they are unable to offer me an employment. I took effort to ask for even more detailed reasons, but no responses are received.

Do let me know if you need anymore guides

Yeah it contains details on orientation/what to do on the first day. And it's only after my offer

The presentation topic is like you're given a case study of a project, so you should discuss whether or not to undertake it and present it to the interviewers in the capacity of consultants facing the board of directors. The presentation, well as I was the last person in the team to present so the time pressure I faced was tremendous.

The essay topic not sure whether should I disclose, but you shouldn't worry too much about it, it's one of the pretty standard interview questions you can get. My advice is, study the standard interview questions and prepare your answers, that will be good for the essay writing.

For the interview, nope 99% of the questions are based on the group interview in the earlier session. Do observe your peers, and also yourself most importantly, they might ask your opinion on the candidates. This was the trickiest already haha.

Nope they didn't ask anything at all from my resume. In fact they didn't even ask for it or look at it. My cert file was closed all the time.

Well you can, in fact there's one member in my team who's late for the interview, but arrived right before the group interview started. Thou they say it's ok but of course you won't want to leave a bad impression. Yupp the interview will not start at the stated time. In fact there's a briefing session first bout the life and benefits of being part of KPMG, which lasts bout 15-30mins I think, also the interview briefing.

Additional tips, mingle around and talk to other candidates, you might get new connections or information you never knew.

It depends on your hardwork. The more well performing you are, the more the senior will like you and book you, so different people has different portfolio depending on your performance. Quite unlikely that you're only given one client as each engagement only last for a few months max, impossible you would be rotting for the remaining months. Unless it's during off peak period, and worse if you're an intern, then it's possible that you might only have one client to work with.

1. FSO (Financial Services), DTC (Diversified Industries, Technology and Communications), HPI (Hospitality, Property and Infrastructure), NRG (Natural Resources, Gas).

2. You can talk to your mentor about this (everyone is assigned to a mentor), it's possible as they will try to retain you, depending on that industry needs, however most of the time the people in EY just remain as they are at.

Good luck to your interview btw

FSO mainly deals with banks, insurance and funds - Maybank, Ambank, Century Tokyo, Kenanga Investors, Bursa Malaysia etc. DTC mainly deals with telecommunications and media companies, not sure about the portfolio as I'm under FSO haha.

Well different industries have their own specialty, so the audit work and methodology used maybe different. For instance, in FSO you don't have stocktake because they dont have inventory! In EY we make you specialise in that particular industry. In FSO during the off-peak it can be very relaxing, but during peak hours can be crazy.

Hi guys, I'd like to ask for ACCA affiliates in Big 4, how do you obtain your membership?

In the current system, we need to write a reflective statement for every task, and get it signed off - how does it work in Big 4? Mind sharing your experience?

I really doubt so. I have colleague who did that, but has no time at all to even do research and write assignment, in the end gave up and quited the course.

While you can sign the offer letter, scan it and email back to them, regardless what, they need your original signature copy as their evidence of employing you.

Hahaha shouldn't take too long.
Important documents usually they use poslaju if not mistaken.

Be sure to follow up on it most importantly