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How did you apply for the opportunity?

I did attend a couple of networking events and ice cream socials held by EY on campus. I was in line waiting for my ice-cream at the EY social event and I met a classmate who introduced me to one of our alums at EY. This alum advised me about the Technology Advisory Program at EY. I applied online on Bentley Link and on EY's career portal, and got an invitation to complete a digital interview after about 2 or 3 weeks.

What was the interview process like?

The digital interview definitely needed a bit of prep work. It focused a lot on leadership, team work skills, and your interest and knowledge for analytics. After that, I waited for about 2 weeks before I got a call for on-site interview. They flew me to Dallas, Texas for the final rounds of interviews.

The night before the interviews, there was another networking session with current EY Advisory consultants and other Senior Management teams. It was great to meet them and most people at EY were approachable and supportive.

The "Megaday" is the final interview day. After breakfast, I had 3 back to back interviews; 2 were behavioral and 1 was a case study round. For the behavioral rounds, be yourself, since they are truly interested in knowing you. Treat the interview like a coffee conversation with a colleague and be calm. For the case study round, I was given a high-level case study and then I had to answer questions based on follow-up exhibits. Always work with your interviewer on the case study- ask clarifying questions if you aren't sure of something. I definitely did prepare a lot for the case study; I read the book "Case In Point", as well as spoke to other friends at EY to help conduct mock interview sessions. I heard back from the team within 2 days, so that was exciting!

Advice to fellow students:

Do read the job description well, since EY mentioned all the technologies that Staff at my profile are expected to work in, and my case study definitely had elements from those technologies. The Graduate Career Services office definitely helped me with prep materials, so, definitely do reach out to them.

Keep networking, especially during on-campus events, with peers who have full-time jobs (they may be able to give you leads) and spend quality time applying to jobs that really garner your interest on job-boards such as LinkedIn and Indeed.com.