my cgpa is fine,3.50 out of 4.0,had working experiences in sales line and decent leadership positions in several clubs although i never done internship before and i just graduated and 26 this year.............both ey and pwc pg rejected me thru email after i called them up.........had a tax interview with kpmg thru friend's connection which i talked well and showed good knowledge but got a feeling they aint gonna hire me cuz interviewer said i was more of an outgoing dude who loves to meet ppl instead of sitting in computer all day and i screwed up the tax computation part a bit altho i told interviewer where my mistakes were............should i start from small firms cuz i got few offers with em?but it aint gonna look good if i apply as experienced hire in later stage.............. ..............guess deloitte is the last resort but i gotta find out where the wrongs at 1st b4 applying to them.....anyway bdo still hasnt replied me too

This post has been edited by Danielyo: Jan 23 2016, 09:04 PM

Depends on your uni as well. Managed to get interview at the Big 4 and a few in the remaining top 10 with a CGPA of 3.20. Only member of clubs in university. How bout you send me your resume and I'll try see where you went wrong

i did a twinning program which the partner university is among top 10 in australia,im clueless

No idea about that bro, could be that the job market is bad right now

how?i dont wanna die without a reason

Try Mazars or Baker Tilly as well.

tried all the top 10 no reply at all,only got offers from small firms

This post has been edited by Danielyo: Jan 23 2016, 11:02 PM

I'm not in the Big 4, but I have seen my bosses reject candidates who graduate at a later age than the usual 23-24. To them, it is a red flag.

no other way to break into it?can i make it up with my past working experiences and maybe 3-4 months in small firm?cuz friends at my age got into mnc with 2 pointer cgpa....................

This post has been edited by Danielyo: Jan 23 2016, 11:12 PM

n i also had a political background could that be a reason?

why need to red flag based on age? That's stupid! I'm guessing your bosses are that of chinamen mentality.

Some people took a gap year between studies to enjoy some life, instead of rushing into the rat race that you're not gonna escape till 56 years old.

Some people aren't so fortunate; they had to work their arse first to get money to fund their studies. So they entered university a little later.

This post has been edited by hirano: Jan 23 2016, 11:21 PM

Yep, personally entered the work force a little later than the average fresh grad as I had to take care of my family in my earlier years. In fact, had a friend who entered KPMG at 25 with me.

The big 3 have always been picky with hiring.

Did you go through their IQ and personality testing regime?

Because;

1) You're older and thus a generally have a higher expectation for wages
2) If you took 6 years to grad instead of say 4, you must have been an idiot
3) Gap years are for the aimless and for people with no goals, large companies want eager blood

If you say you spent the first 4 years doing an apprenticeship or vocational training at work and then you moved on to a uni degree, usually most would hire you on the spot even if you are older.

It generally boils down to what you did with your time, HR people look at this closely. HR people especially don't like gaps in your career or studies.

Did you try CH?

is it possible for me to reapply for ey n pwc again?i think it might be they are using older version of microsoft word to open my resume which was done using word document 2010 that caused alignments and all out of lines..........just realized that

r u tokin' to me?i spent 3 years working b4 i kicked off my uni life

If I had 10 years of sales experience and tried to join my current company, they'd laugh at me and tell me to bugger off because it's irrelevant to what they hire for. But if I had 10 years of sales experience and asked for a sales engineer job, I'd most likely ace it.

Also if you send resumes, don't use word, use PDF, comes out nicer looking due to set look and the anti aliasing that PDF uses makes it easier on the eyes. Also use contextual grammar and vocabulary.

You should give the recruiter every reason to believe your personalized your resume and cover letter combo just for them. I never just send a resume named "Resume.pdf", I always add context by using "Resume XXXCO XXXPOSITION DATE". Fine details make the difference.

thx for the words bro,do u think working few months in small firm would land me a job at big 4 eventually?

I think so. Because when I graduated 5 years ago, to get into a large oil and gas company you generally had to have flat 4, ace their IQ and other tests and have really good credentials. I spent 2.5 years working for a small company servicing the industry and every since then I've worked at the big players.

Trust me you'll learn 10x more things at a small company. I work at my first company for 6 months I learn more than working in my current position for 10 years lol.

and the quality of their hires are still mediocre especially pwc.