PwC 2010

barbie_j

Hi all! got an email from PwC this morning invites me to the lunch presentation and interview. Quite over the moon:):) anyone else on the same boat??

Padkir

Yup!! Well I got one last week, its for the Galway interviews, have it next week!! U in dublin??

linola_c

I am the same!!Next Monday??what are u interviewing for??

barbie_j

Mine is 02/11. yep, I m in Dublin, nd I am applying assurance, u guys??:)

jdooley28

mine is friday the 5th, picked a nice late slot! tink presentaion tuesday 2nd..applied for assurance in dublin as well.

Padkir

Yeah, Assurance alright!! Gettin fairly nervous bout them!! Have KPMG and Deloitte nxt week too!!! :eek::eek::eek:

linola_c

I am for tax in dublin. Lunch on the 8th, interview on the 9th!

Looking forward to it

barbie_j

I selected a quite early slot on 4/11.. do u guys think that they put all assurance applicants around 4/11 and 5/11 ?? many people get this chance to go for the interview??

barbie_j

jdooley28 wrote: »

mine is friday the 5th, picked a nice late slot! tink presentaion tuesday 2nd..applied for assurance in dublin as well.

ha:D cud meet u up there!

jdooley28

barbie_j wrote: »

I selected a quite early slot on 4/11.. do u guys think that they put all assurance applicants around 4/11 and 5/11 ?? many people get this chance to go for the interview??

There will a load of people going to the interviews just chattin people in my class and the interviews seem to be spread over a good few days. actually one of them is on 3/november and he definetly assurance as well. was at the kpmg presentation last year luckily i knew other people there kinda if ya dont know anyone at it i thought.

johnn

Haven't heard anything back from anyone yet unfortunately, anyone know if all the invites have been sent out to dublin by now?

thegaffer24

johnn wrote: »

Haven't heard anything back from anyone yet unfortunately, anyone know if all the invites have been sent out to dublin by now?

I wouldn't worry too much about this. I only heard last year that Id got an interview a week after some of my friends heard and they had submitted the same day as me.

Pandoras Twist

Only KPMG, PWC and Deloitte have sent out theirs so far. E&Y will be next week. I have all three so far and its causing serious scheduling issues as the KPMG interview is the same day as the PWC lunch and an exam in college.

...I wonder how bad it is to miss the lunch

jg72

Just wondering does anyone know any of them send a letter or invite out. I got a phone call but was so surprised I can barely remember a word that was said!

npj85

Hi folks is it fair to say that if you haven't heard anything at this stage that you wont be getting through to interview stage or are PWC still contacting people?

Pandoras Twist

They follow up the phone calls with emails

npj85 wrote: »

Hi folks is it fair to say that if you haven't heard anything at this stage that you wont be getting through to interview stage or are PWC still contacting people?

They might be doing it college by college. Everyone in my course (UCD Commerce) that I know got called for pwc.

My friend said E&Y just called him 5 minutes ago

npj85

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

They follow up the phone calls with emails




They might be doing it college by college. Everyone in my course (UCD Commerce) that I know got called for pwc.

My friend said E&Y just called him 5 minutes ago

Yeah maybe they are doing it college by college. I'm from UCC, anyone else from UCC get contacted yet?

jdooley28

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

Only KPMG, PWC and Deloitte have sent out theirs so far. E&Y will be next week. I have all three so far and its causing serious scheduling issues as the KPMG interview is the same day as the PWC lunch and an exam in college.

...I wonder how bad it is to miss the lunch

E & Y called me saturday. its just deloitte i am waiting on a response from. with 3 presentations and 3 interviews looks like im gonna have to miss 6 days of college

Liz86

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

They follow up the phone calls with emails




They might be doing it college by college. Everyone in my course (UCD Commerce) that I know got called for pwc.

My friend said E&Y just called him 5 minutes ago

Are they calling with a private number do you know?

npj85

Liz86 wrote: »

Are they calling with a private number do you know?

Yeah Deloitte called me from a private number.

SM2010

npj85 wrote: »

Yeah maybe they are doing it college by college. I'm from UCC, anyone else from UCC get contacted yet?

In UCC. Got a phonecall from E & Y yesterday, interview on the 11th. No word from anyone else yet

Pandoras Twist

E & Y called me today (for tax).

Bleh to 5 interviews to get through!

johnn

My phone hasnt been working for the last few days, last year it was only Deloitte that contacted first via phone, the rest were by e-mail, has it been mostly done over phone this year?

SM2010

only got one call so far(E&Y-Tax), no emails so keeping my fingers crossed for a second interview!

Pandoras Twist

E&Y, Grant Thornton and Deloitte by phone, KPMG and PWC by email for me anyway

SM2010

not holding out much hope at this point.....

johnn

TBH im not expecting anything at this stage, the times ive got interviews off them in the past i've heard by the weekend after the deadline, or the monday at the latest.

I think undergrads seem to get more interviews for some reason anyway.

barbie_j

Am preparing the interview now... any suggestions ?

johnn

barbie_j wrote: »

Am preparing the interview now... any suggestions ?

Mine sorta went a bit differently as the Partner who sat beside me at the lunch ended up being my interviewer :eek: So all the easy stuff about my interests and hobbies was sort of glossed over cos he said "ah sure we talked about that the other day..." There were two interviewers but the partner pretty much did all the talking and the manager sat saying nothing for most of it.

We had a sort of general chat about myself first, then on to why I chose to get into Accounting, this went on for a while as I was originally a Communications student so he was asking me things like "Why didn't you go into Marketing instead?"

We then talked about my work experience, how i deal with customers, complaints etc.Then about college and working in a group

You'll mostly be elaborating on what is on your application for so make sure you know it like the back of your hand because they can take it in any direction, and I think its based on how well you actually deal with the random questions they ask rather than what you actually say.

Make sure you know a few of the PWC clients, they'll ask you that, and they may ask you about what current business news story interests you. Good luck.

Penisland

Anyone apply for advisory and get a call?

ted2767

When should you expect a response if you're going to get one?
Do they let you know if your interview was unsucessful.
I have pwc next week and deloitte week after.

barbie_j

johnn wrote: »

Mine sorta went a bit differently as the Partner who sat beside me at the lunch ended up being my interviewer :eek: So all the easy stuff about my interests and hobbies was sort of glossed over cos he said "ah sure we talked about that the other day..." There were two interviewers but the partner pretty much did all the talking and the manager sat saying nothing for most of it.

We had a sort of general chat about myself first, then on to why I chose to get into Accounting, this went on for a while as I was originally a Communications student so he was asking me things like "Why didn't you go into Marketing instead?"

We then talked about my work experience, how i deal with customers, complaints etc.Then about college and working in a group

You'll mostly be elaborating on what is on your application for so make sure you know it like the back of your hand because they can take it in any direction, and I think its based on how well you actually deal with the random questions they ask rather than what you actually say.

Make sure you know a few of the PWC clients, they'll ask you that, and they may ask you about what current business news story interests you. Good luck.

Thanks Johnn!!!! that really helps!!! best of luck to ya!!

johnn

I still haven't heard anything either way from any of the 8 companies I applied to anyone else in the same boat?

iwishihadaname

can someone let me know what kind of commercial awareness questions pwc are asking this year, have an interview friday and am a bit worried about that aspect of it

technoviking

I'm an irish student attending a US university, with a strong CV. I applied to the Big 4 in Ireland. I stated in my application that I would be in Ireland to interview in December. I havent heard anything yet, should I assume I've been denied?

linola_c

Does anyone know how many graduates pwc are taking on this year in tax? When i was booking my interview, i noted that there was only 12 slots to pick from? Is the luch you attend only for your stream? ie tax/assurance etc?

governor

Hey there,

Now don't quote me on this, but when talking to a PwC girl at the Grad Fair at the RDS she mentioned they'd be taking roughly 20 in tax....She was only a trainee herself though, so take from that what you will!

I've just withdrawn my application for tax as I've had an offer from elsewhere - so at least that's one less competitor!

Good luck.

linola_c

Great!!!and good for you of course!

Sorry to ask another question, but any idea how many they interview?

Thanks

Pandoras Twist

technoviking wrote: »

I'm an irish student attending a US university, with a strong CV. I applied to the Big 4 in Ireland. I stated in my application that I would be in Ireland to interview in December. I havent heard anything yet, should I assume I've been denied?

Well the offers have to be given out by November 26th because of the rules for set out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and people have to accept by the 10th of December so I would say that is why you haven't heard anything back

The Big Red Button

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

Well the offers have to be given out by November 26th because of the rules for set out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and people have to accept by the 10th of December so I would say that is why you haven't heard anything back

That's not true! It might be the recruitment policy of one or two firms, but most firms don't even start interviewing til well after Christmas!

Pandoras Twist

That is what KPMG and all the other big 4 said anyway.

Grant Thornton and Mazars are the other two that I know are doing their interviews now and giving out their offers by the 26th

barbie_j

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

That is what KPMG and all the other big 4 said anyway.

Grant Thornton and Mazars are the other two that I know are doing their interviews now and giving out their offers by the 26th

got a little confused lads. I thought they would offer you the job the day or the second day after your interview....

ted2767

Yeah I'm confused also I know some earlier people said they got offers within a day or 2. I have pwc tomorrow so hopefully I'll get something outa that.

barbie_j

ted2767 wrote: »

Yeah I'm confused also I know some earlier people said they got offers within a day or 2. I have pwc tomorrow so hopefully I'll get something outa that.

mine is tomo either! I assume that if you havent heard any news from them by that date, you failed.. but if they are happy with your performance, they will give you the offer any time before that date...:o

Padkir

barbie_j wrote: »

got a little confused lads. I thought they would offer you the job the day or the second day after your interview....

Some people get offers a day or 2 after interviews, but obviously they cant give out all their places before they interview everyone, so you may be waiting a week or 2, depends how impressed with ya they are i suppose!!:D

ted2767

Padkir wrote: »

Some people get offers a day or 2 after interviews, but obviously they cant give out all their places before they interview everyone, so you may be waiting a week or 2, depends how impressed with ya they are i suppose!!:D

Did you do your interview in Galway?
How many people do you know who've been called back so far?

barbie_j

Padkir wrote: »

Some people get offers a day or 2 after interviews, but obviously they cant give out all their places before they interview everyone, so you may be waiting a week or 2, depends how impressed with ya they are i suppose!!:D

fingers crossed!

Padkir

ted2767 wrote: »

Did you do your interview in Galway?
How many people do you know who've been called back so far?

Yeah I did mine in Galway last thurs, and got a call friday morning! But they had finished their galway interviews by then! I'd say it will be different with Dublin interviews, because they have so many to get through! Either way, I'd say you should hear back from them within a week or so of interviewing!

I would say about 5 or 6 from my class got offers so far, about 12 or 13 maybe got interviews. I'd say though that even the ones who haven't can hold out hope, they're obviously just waiting to see what the standard is like in Dublin before offering more to people from other places!

Best of luck!!:D:D

Pandoras Twist

barbie_j wrote: »

got a little confused lads. I thought they would offer you the job the day or the second day after your interview....

I said BY the 26th. That's the last day they'll send out replies, but they are ringing people back within a day or two.

I did my Deloitte interview yesterday and got an offer today.

Liz86

Has anyone heard back from PWC waterford yet?

barbie_j

anyone heard any news from PwC dublin yet???:eek::eek: