Cadetships 2013 thread (4 Viewers)

[helloitsg]

Just 15 personality type questions. There's no wrong or right answer so don't stress about it. Just answer what is most accurate to YOU. Maybe try shldirect for practice.

nah its just situational judgement stuff not that hard, and there really isn't much practice you can because the answers are subjective.

Thanks for the help guys! Just completed it, just hoping for the best now

 

[ilikecats]

just wondering in regards to PwC, what's the difference between Private Clients vs Audit/Tax, is it just that Private Clients deals one-on-one with people and involves Audit/Tax services or is it advisory/consulting in some shape or form?

I believe (and somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) private clients is generally individuals with a high net worth, and Audit/Tax is more based around companies, as opposed to individuals.

 

[crazy_paki123]

OMG! I just had my interview with PwC! I feel like I went pretty well. Especially with all the practice I had put in for a clear and confident voice. Oh well, hoping for the best aye

 

[ilikecats]

That's great to hear!

Confidence is key

 

[Examine]

OMG! I just had my interview with PwC! I feel like I went pretty well. Especially with all the practice I had put in for a clear and confident voice. Oh well, hoping for the best aye

Good work man. I stuffed mine up :/

 

[crazy_paki123]

Good work man. I stuffed mine up :/

if u dont mind me asking. how so?

 

[balla13z]

The 5-10 day wait to hear back is going to go forever

 

[ellentat]

The 5-10 day wait to hear back is going to go forever

I know right! Anyone gotten a callback from EY today?

 

[_rachel]

I've applied to PwC and got through to the assessment centre! Does anyone know anything about what sort of tests they do? I'm down for the 10th of July, 8:45 - 2:00. Is the assessment really going to take 5 hours??

 

[ellentat]

I've applied to PwC and got through to the assessment centre! Does anyone know anything about what sort of tests they do? I'm down for the 10th of July, 8:45 - 2:00. Is the assessment really going to take 5 hours??

Nice work!! Never been to an AC but for the one's that I'll be going to, the day entails: one/two interviews, networking with managers/partners/cadets, group activity, validating online test, lunch and office tour. Unsure about the PwC tests, but it might comprise one if not all of: numerical, verbal reasoning and the patterns.

 

[_rachel]

Thanks for your help Are the ones you're going to also from the Big 4?

 

[ellentat]

Thanks for your help Are the ones you're going to also from the Big 4?

Yeap, I have KPMG and EY. Will you be there?! Just had my PwC phone interview today so they said they'd get back to me in 5-10 days. When did you do your phone interview?

 

[_rachel]

Yeap, I have KPMG and EY. Will you be there?! Just had my PwC phone interview today so they said they'd get back to me in 5-10 days. When did you do your phone interview?

Nope, haven't heard back from either ): When did they contact you?
I did my phone interview on Monday night - so much for a 5-10 day wait!

 

[ellentat]

Nope, haven't heard back from either ): When did they contact you?
I did my phone interview on Monday night - so much for a 5-10 day wait!

That's great! I really hope I get through for PwC (fingers crossed). KPMG contacted me last week Thursday and EY was yesterday.

 

[tambam]

just wondering in regards to PwC, what's the difference between Private Clients vs Audit/Tax, is it just that Private Clients deals one-on-one with people and involves Audit/Tax services or is it advisory/consulting in some shape or form?

Audit - You go out to different clients (how long you spend at a single client can range from a few days to a few months) and do tests on their financial statements, stocktakes (someone in audit can probably elaborate more)
Tax - A lot of compliance work with large corporate clients, like tax returns, activity statements. There are a few divisions in tax though, so you can do quite specialised work eg. transfer pricing, and at a higher level there will be more advisory/consulting work
Private Clients - There are 3 divisions within private clients:
- Audit & Assurance (A&A) does much of the same work as the mainstream assurance division but with private companies
- Private Financial Services (PFS) works with the high net worth individuals (CEOs, celebrities etc.) doing things like estate planning, wealth management & tax returns, so there's a lot of consulting involved at higher levels
- Business Taxation Services (BTS) works with a lot of smaller companies, and some large ones that are just not publicly listed. There's a wide variety of things involved - management accounting (preparing financial statements and other accounts), tax compliance, tax consulting, and also some 'outsourced CFO' roles

Given which one I know the most about, I guess its fairly obvious what I do. But remember, its okay not to know which one you want to be in at the moment - when I did my interviews I applied for different divisions for different firms, and even during the interview and after I got my offers, I was still asking questions to find out more about each division!

 

[cheesecheese]

thanks tambam! was just wondering since I have the pwc assessment center next wednesday on the 3rd

 

[helloitsg]

sigh been 3 days since i did the pwc online test and 2 days since the EY one, still no reply /wrist

 

[balla13z]

Does anyone know if 1st Years do the assessment centre separately from the Yr 12's?

 

[RivalryofTroll]

sigh been 3 days since i did the pwc online test and 2 days since the EY one, still no reply /wrist

I think today was the last day for the PwC Phone Interviews iirc.

(Not 100% sure though)

 

[_rachel]

Anyone going to PwC on the 10th of July?