I applied for an internship after meeting an EY representative at the Careers Fair. The person I spoke to was friendly and seemed to enjoy his role (he had recently started working as a graduate). After I applied I was contacted about a month later with an invitation to attend the Assessment Centre (AC). The AC consisted of 3 rounds: Interview, Group Activity and Office Tour as well as some networking time in between. The group activity involved reading a 10-12 page case study without any highlighters, use of whiteboards or any writing on the actual case study. I recommend creating a SWOT analysis or having some sort of structure whilst you are making notes on the notepad provided. My experience of EY was not as pleasant as the person I had met at the Careers Fair. I found the manager interviewing me to be boring and disinterested (wasn't sure if that was him normally or perhaps he was put-off by my bubbly personality) and during the networking time I felt like I was being 'suffocated' within the firm. By the end of AC found I was just not a good fit with the EY culture. Although, I do believe the AC experience really provided me with valuable AC experience - which proved to be very helpful in securing an internship within another organisation. The feedback provided by EY was critical and brutal - just the way I like it. This provided me with good ground on which to focus for self-development and I believe this was a critical success factor is my subsequent successful AC at a different organisation.

first interview with HR, then some accounting exercise such as what happen to liabilities if this particular scenario appear, and in the end a call with a senior and a junior.