Cadetships 2013 thread (10 Viewers)

[lordfraction]

I don't think my application was that shit

 

[balla13z]

So no one else has heard back from EY?

 

[Drifting95]

Thank you for your recent application for Ernst & Young's Sydney Cadet Program 2014. We appreciate the care you have taken in preparing your application and have reviewed it with interest.

Unfortunately, this year's process was particularly competitive and whilst we were impressed with your achievements to date, we are unable to take your application further at this stage.

We would like to stress that positions in our Sydney Cadet Program 2014 are limited and that this is reflected in the number of people we can consider for this scheme.

Once again we appreciate the interest you have shown in our firm and wish you every success.

Kind regards,

The Ernst & Young Graduate Recruitment Team

dammm, that sucks.

How do they even determine the good and band resumes if its all computer scanned?

 

[lordfraction]

A long time ago when the only form of screening was through cover letters, people pasted "white text" to the end of their letters including all the company keywords. So if the screening system was looking for a specific word, "synergy" for example, it would detect the white text and accept the application whilst remaining undetectable to the human eye. So basically change the colour of your text to white when including keywords at the end. That's the reason why most firms changed to manual input of a specific font to deter this.

 

[Examine]

So no one else has heard back from EY?

Some people in the thread have received a personality test thingo

 

[Examine]

Also the times for the BDO phone interviews are pretty awkward.

 

[Glaeder]

Any Melbourne people browsing this thread, who don't already know, please be aware that PwC has said positions for first year applicants are now filled. So if you are a first year holding your breath I am sorry but our ship sailed :/! Lol

 

[Dark_End4]

Last year they were at all the ICAA info evenings but I don't think they took cadets. However things may change between years, maybe you should email them and see what you can find out?

I emailed them and got a generic reply saying they haven't finalised the details yet.

 

[Dark_End4]

BDO started emailing people about phone interviews. CHeck your email, guys!

Thanks for the tip. I haven't got a yes or no yet. Fingers Crossed!
I submitted it on the 16th of this month.

 

[Dark_End4]

So no one else has heard back from EY?

Nah, I havnt yet.

 

[Dark_End4]

Also the times for the BDO phone interviews are pretty awkward.

What are the times?

 

[ellentat]

What are the times?

It's about 12pm-6pm spread across 3-4 days. 21st (not sure), 24th, 25th and 27th from what I remember

 

[Examine]

It's about 12pm-6pm spread across 3-4 days. 21st (not sure), 24th, 25th and 27th from what I remember

Yeah this. And I think there are ~72 phone interviews

 

[ilikecats]

When do you guys have school holidays?

 

[Examine]

When do you guys have school holidays?

The week after next week

 

[ilikecats]

The week after next week

Oh, so soon!

Keep and eye on your phones and emails then over the next few weeks. In the past it seems interviews always take place over school holidays so everybody is available.

I know when I did a few interviews it was very much "can you come it at xyz time?", so keep as much time open as possible!

 

[crazy_paki123]

i do the Numeracy test and submit for PwC, then I go back to do my Verbal reasoning test and the infamous 404 erro comes up -__-

 

[ellentat]

i do the Numeracy test and submit for PwC, then I go back to do my Verbal reasoning test and the infamous 404 erro comes up -__-

Application for Traineeship at PwC doesn't require you to do the verbal reasoning?

 

[Guonner]

Has ey finished handing out its cadetship offerings?
Or has it only finished handing out those personality tests?

 

[Dark_End4]

Has ey finished handing out its cadetship offerings?
Or has it only finished handing out those personality tests?

I have appllied to EY but havnt got a yes or no answer from them yet to go to the next step. So I would say they are still finalising reviewing the applications.