More Interviews - Audit

The past week seemed like a breeze. I did my assessment center with a Big4 on Monday. It consists of:

• a group exercise in a team of 6
• an exercise where the rest of the team guide a blinded teammate to draw something
• a group presentation based on the different information you were distributed
• a manager interview where he asked (15min)
• Why did you switch my major?
• Tell me about your internship experiences.
• What do you feel about working in a team?
• What do you think is important about working as an auditor?
• What do you think of client service?

To be honest, I didn't feel that I did that well in the group exercise. The others were so aggressive to the point that I didn't even have the chance to say anything sometimes. (Esp this girl from HKU...) But I think I've contributed smartly, and my presentation was quite good in the end. I constantly showed that I was listening to others in both the discussion and presentation part.

The manager interivew was really short! I didn't think my answers were good. In fact, I felt they were rather filmsy. But I really pretended to be very confident. Actually I felt I was overly confident and smiled too much at the manager. Meh! But anyways, I got the call today that I'm getting the partner interview next thursday! Surprise, surprise.

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In the afternoon, I did a group intervew with a 2nd tier auditing firm. It was so informal...

• a short self-intro in Mandarin
• a free group discussion
• and a written test

They say we should hear back by next Friday. I don't think I could get in with my biology background. But I've made some friends with the interviewees, and we're going karaoke together tomorrow. lol!

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Other than that, I also just did the written test with the other two Big4s. I still can't believe that KPMG kicked me out after the written test. (I'm just out of practice, ok? :p)

Otherwise, I've been rather lazy for the past few days. :P
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To be honest, I don't think audit would be my first choice of work in life. I'm not sure if I'd be able to handle all the overtiming. But it's a job that provides good job security... Maybe it'll be interesting when I become higher-up?

But I'm not sure that I want to go back to lab either. Ella so nicely put in my CV to this research position at her lab next door, but it got by the admin people probably due to my tardiness. Ah well. I'm a bit relieved to be honest.

I'll think about that after the interview. Yep!

Anyway, I should continue applying. Because if I do get PwC, I'd start only in July.