I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at EY (Philadelphia, PA) in Oct 2013
Interview
Applied on my university's career website and got an on-campus interview with a manager. A week or so later I received an email telling me I got an offer to interview in the office. The night before I went to a pre-interview "dinner" that consisted of appetizers and got the opportunity to talk to other interviewees and first-year associates. The next day there was a breakfast and a presentation from the managing partner of the firm as well as the recruiter. Everyone was assigned a greeter and they showed us to our interviews. One was with a partner and the other was with a senior manager. Very conversational. After that they took us out to lunch as a large group and we went home.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to explain what happened with the one D on my transcript.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at EY (Kuala Lumpur) in Mar 2009
Interview
I have submit my application to a Manager I know in the department I wanted to join and he in turn send in my resume to the Partner.
Your chances of employment will be higher if the Partner is interested in recruiting you as he will communicate this to the Human Resource department.
There are usually 2 rounds of interview with the first one with the HR followed by the Partner / Directors of the department. Depending on the departments you are joining, it may or may not include any assessment / test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing in specific but Partners / HR personnel will be more keen to know that your intention of joining the firm is not purely monetary driven and you plan to stay for long term.